Slander (stylized as SLANDER) is an American DJ duo consisting of Derek Andersen and Scott Land based in

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. They are best known for their unique sound and subgenre "heaven trap". They attribute most of their success to their close friend Nathaniel Bates, who they say “single handedly gave them the inspiration and confidence to become full time DJ’s”.

Early life

Andersen and Land met at their

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, in

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. They later went to and graduated from Icon Collective, a music production school together with Nghtmre. Andersen said: "My relationship with Tyler (Nghtmre) came out of nowhere when we were put in the same classroom at Icon Collective together." They initially played gigs for their college friends and at local venues. The name Slander was combined from the duo's real names: "S(cott) Land" and "Ander(sen)". They have performed at

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(Las Vegas, Orlando and Mexico),

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, Sun City Music Festival,

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, and

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Career

2014: ''We Like to Party'' remix

Slander's remix of

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's song "We Like to Party" had surpassed 12 million plays on

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. It was also credited as Slander's rise to success and popularity. They exchanged their remix with Nghtmre's before combining them in a studio at Icon Collective. Their remix of Above & Beyond's "Love Is Not Enough" was described as pure "heaven trap", a trap-trance combination genre pioneered by Slander. They collaborated with Nghtmre for a single titled "Ascensions". A long-term residency deal was signed by Slander with XS Las Vegas. In December 2014, they released "Vanguard" as a single. They remixed

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's "Up All Night",

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's "Here For You" and Sam F's "When Will the Bass Drop".

2015: Nghtmre collaborations

They released an EP titled "Nuclear Bonds" together with Nghtmre on

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's record label

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. A single titled "Gud Vibrations" from the EP was released. Slander's song "Love Again" featuring Wavz was released as a free download. They released "You" as a single with frequent-collaborator Nghtmre. Two more Slander-Nghtmre collaborations titled "Power" and "Warning" were released. They were signed as residents of

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for 2015. GTA's "Red Lips" was remixed by Slander and Nghtmre.

2016: ''Duality''

Slander released the song "After All" as a collaboration with Yookie and Jinzo. It was released through the British record label Never Say Die Records. They also went on tour with Nghtmre. It was as part of the "Gud Vibrations" North American tour. They performed at Tomorrowland 2016 alongside Nghtmre and Snails. Their nine-song EP titled "Duality" featured originals and remixes of the songs "Dead" and "Love Again". It was released on November 18, 2016, through Mad Decent. They later collaborated with Adam K, Matthew Steeper, and

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. They released "Breathe" as a single. They remixed

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's song "Mind". Kill The Noise's "Kill It 4 The Kids" was remixed by Slander.

2017–present: ''Drop It'' and Monstercat releases, ''Thrive''

Slander collaborated with Basstrick. They released "Drop It" as a single. They launched a weekly radio show called "Gud Vibrations Radio" with Nghtmre on SiriusXM. Slander started releasing on

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on June 23, 2017, with "

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". The duo released "Without You" with

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and featuring Dylan Matthew on September 29, 2017. Slander and Kayzo also released "Holy" featuring Micah Martin and their collaborative EP "

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" on October 27, 2017. In December 2017, Slander released a collaboration with

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titled "Welcome to the Fire" on the record label Disciple Recordings. The duo proceeded to release many singles on Monstercat in 2018, including "Happy Now" on March 2, "Slow Motion" featuring Bret James on June 1, "So Long" featuring Juliana Chahayed on June 29. Monstercat, alongside

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's "

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" featuring British metal band

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on August 9, 2018. It was highly praised by both the electronic music and rock industries. Towards the end of 2018, Slander released three singles leading up to their EP, "

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": "You Don't Even Know Me" with Riot on September 20, "Running To You" with Spag Heddy featuring Elle Vee on November 15, and "Hate Being Alone" featuring Dylan Matthew on November 29. The EP was also released on November 29. One month and four days before "Running To You" was released, Slander released their collaboration with

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and Dabin, titled "First Time". Slander's first release in 2019 was a collaboration with

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featuring Calle Lehmann titled "All You Need To Know", which was released on March 27. On May 30, 2019, after many months of teasing, the music video for a collaboration with

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and

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titled "

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" was released. A day later, the song was released on all streaming platforms. On September 22, 2022, Slander released their debut studio album, ''Thrive''.

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describes it as a

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that "tells a "cosmic love story" set in the near future and focused on a singular astronaut in search of a new home for mankind."

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Remixes

;2014 * Ummet Ozcan - "Raise You Hands" (Slander Festival Trap Edit) * Showtek - "We Like To Party" (SLANDER & NGHTMRE EDIT) *

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- "Love Is Not Enough" (Slander Heaven Trap Edit) *

– "Take Ü There" (Slander Remix) *

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and W&W – "Waves" (Slander Remix) *

– "Up All Night" (Slander Remix) *

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" (Slander Remix) * Gorgon City – "Here For You" (Slander Remix) * Sam F featuring The Lonely Island and

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– "When Will the Bass Drop" (Slander Remix) * T.I. – "What You Know" (Slander Remix) *

featuring

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– "Don't Leave" (Slander Remix) ;2015 *

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– "

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" (Slander Remix) * GTA – "Red Lips" (Slander and Nghtmre Remix) *

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– "U Don’t Know" (Slander Remix) ;2016 *

– "Mind" (Slander Remix) * Kill The Noise – "Kill It 4 The Kids" (Slander Remix) *

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featuring

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– " Let Me Love You" (Slander & B-Sides Remix) ;2017 * Halsey – "Now or Never" (Slander Remix) ;2018 * Above & Beyond – "Always" (Slander Remix) * Kill The Noise - "Jump Ya Body" (Slander and Tucker Kreway Remix) ;2019 * Excision and Space Laces - "1 On 1" (Slander and Shadient Remix) ;2020 * Slander - "Potions" (Slander and Bossfight Remix)

References

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