Black Caviar is an American DJ duo from

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, consisting of Troy Hinson and Jared Piccone. Black Caviar produced "What’s Up Danger", which was featured on the ''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' soundtrack.

History

2015–2017

In 2015, Hinson and Piccone started producing music under the name Black Caviar. Before founding Black Caviar, Piccone and Hinson had started their careers playing in Pennsylvania rock bands, which is how they met. Hinson is known for his work on Sirius XM's ''Jim Norton & Sam Roberts Show''. Piccone was the cofounder and drummer of

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, and later worked as an A&R representative at

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. In 2015, Black Caviar gained popularity with their cover of "

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" by

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2017–2019

Black Caviar signed to Casablanca Records in 2017, and released their debut single "Coco" in November. The single peaked at 22 on Billboard's

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charts in February 2018. In 2018, a remix of "Coco" by Piccone's former Innerpartysystem bandmate Kris Barman (better known as

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) was released. Black Caviar's "What's Up Danger" was released on November 1, 2018, as the second single from the ''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' soundtrack. The single was a collaboration with rapper Blackway. The soundtrack reached number one on Billboard's Top Soundtracks and number 2 on

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. Black Caviar released an official dance remix of "What's Up Danger" in February, 2019. Black Caviar produced several singles in the summer of 2019, including "El Camino", "Alright Alright Okay", "Zonin", and "Do You Like It When I'm Freaky". Black Caviar collaborated with the DJ trio Jaded and London-based duo Antony and Cleopatra for the single "Slippin". The duo hinted at new releases and movie work in a 2019 interview. Black Caviar released an EP titled "Boing/Keep My High" on October 22, 2019. Black Caviar remixed the "Charlie's Angel Theme" for the 2019 ''Charlie's Angels'' soundtrack. The duo released their second EP, ''Moon Landing'', on November 22, 2019. On December 6, 2020 the duo released the official cover of Justin Caruso's "Broken Hearts".

2020–present

In January 2020, Black Caviar self-released their EP ''Caviar Chronicles Vol. 1''. In June 2020 they released "Stacks On My Feet" on

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's record label Confession. Black Caviar collaborated with Norwegian DJ duo

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on the single "Jack". Black Caviar collaborated with Blackway once again on the single "Do The Damn Thing", released November 22, 2020. Black Caviar released three more singles, "Hometown", "Money Money" and "Own My Own Masters" in 2021.

Influences

Black Caviar's music has been described as producing hip hop influenced

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, which includes elements of the

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, house, R&B and

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genres. In an interview with ''EDM Identity'', Black Caviar listed

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Fatboy Slim, and Daft Punk as influences

Discography

Singles

Remixes

List of official remixes, showing original artists and record label

References

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