Frédérik Durand (born 4 May 1988), professionally known as SNAILS, is a DJ and music producer from Montreal, Canada. Durand's musical style has been described as "vomitstep", featuring "guttural bass gurgles, crushing 808s and synthesizers oscillated well past the point of absurdity" according to ''Billboard''.

Career

Early career

Durand's first tracks, including his debut release "Bubble Gun", appeared online in 2012 through Canadian label Kannibalen Records.

Rising success

Durand continued to gain success, collaborating with artists like

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and

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and frequent plays from

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and other notable DJs. In 2014, Snails released two singles, "Wild" and "Pump This", and made his first US concert appearances. In 2015, Durand performed at EDC Las Vegas,

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and

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, and released a single titled "King Is Back". Durand continued steadily releasing music through multiple labels, including several releases on Skrillex's

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imprint.

2016–present: Tours and continued success

In early 2016, Durand embarked on the North American Enter Slugz City Tour as direct support for

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, as well as playing festival sets at

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and

. Durand also briefly toured Asia, performing at numerous venues and festivals in China, Japan, and Taiwan. To close out 2016, Durand toured through Australia with

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and

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on the Touch Bass traveling festival. The final Snails show of 2016 took place in Denver, Colorado at Decadence Music Festival, where he announced that he would be throwing his own festival, Sluggtopia, at Red Rocks in October 2017. In May 2017, Durand and fellow electronic musician Botnek released their collaboratory single "Waffle House" on

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, along with a music video. A couple of months later, in August, he participated in the making of the song of

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'' The Serpent '' in his last EP called ''Materia.'' On 29 August 2017, Snails released the song "Into the Light" as well as releasing the title of his new upcoming album titled ''The Shell''.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

* 2018: "Snailephant" (with

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) * 2018: "Follow Me" (with

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featuring Sara Diamond) * 2019: "Jackhammer" (with Krimer) * 2019: "RKO" (featuring Rico Act) * 2019: "Snailclops" (with Subtronics) * 2021: "Slime Zone"

Remixes

* 2021: Hi I'm Ghost — "Death Rail" (Snails Slime Rail Remix)

References

{{Authority control 1988 births Living people Canadian DJs Canadian electronic musicians Musicians from Quebec People from Lanaudière Monstercat artists Owsla artists Electronic dance music DJs