Tyler Joseph Acord (born September 12, 1990), also known by his stage name Lophiile and formerly known as Scout, is an American record producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter born in

Lakewood, Washington Lakewood is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 63,612 at the 2020 census. History Lakewood was officially incorporated on February 28, 1996. Historical names include Tacoma/Lakewood Center and Lakes Distric ...

. He is a member of the English-American R&B group Radiant Children and is a former member of the American

metalcore Metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore) is a fusion music genre that combines elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. As with other styles blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of ...

band Issues.

Early life

After moving to Los Angeles, Acord joined the

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band A Memoria Brooded playing drums and met

Tyler Carter Derek Tyler Carter (born December 30, 1991) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer from Gainesville, Georgia. He is most notable for being the former vocalist and founding member of American metalcore band Issues. Cart ...

during his time at Atlantic Records. Together, they formed the band Issues.

Influences and musical style

Born into a deeply musical family, his mother a gospel singer and his father a trumpet player and sound engineer, Acord had early introductions to Motown and soul, from classics like Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye to contemporary artists like Jill Scott and India Arie.http://www.bluenote.com/lophiile-shares-new-single-youve-changed-announces-new-ep/ He fell in love with hip-hop as a teenager, studied jazz in college, and spent three years touring as a DJ in the American

band Issues, alongside his twin brother Skyler Acord, who plays bass guitar, and longtime collaborator and lead vocalist

. As a solo artist, he prominently produces hip hop,

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lo-fi Lo-fi (also typeset as lofi or low-fi; short for low fidelity) is a music or production quality in which elements usually regarded as imperfections in the context of a recording or performance are present, sometimes as a deliberate choice. The ...

, and

contemporary R&B Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music. The genre features a distinctive record production style, drum machine-backed rhythm ...

music. Acord has crafted a style heavy on bass and drawing from elements as far-ranging as hip hop, old school funk, and sample-based R&B. Acord has written and produced for artists such as:

GoldLink D'Anthony William Carlos (born May 17, 1993), better known by his stage name GoldLink, is an American rapper and singer. In 2014, he released his debut mixtape, ''The God Complex'', which received critical acclaim. In June 2015, GoldLink was cho ...

H.E.R. Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson (born June 27, 1997), known professionally as H.E.R. (pronounced "her", an acronym for "Having Everything Revealed"), is an American singer, songwriter, musician and actress. She has received several awards includin ...

, Gallant, Ray Blk, Moss Kena, Nick Grant,

Freddie Gibbs Fredrick Jamel Tipton (born June 14, 1982), better known by his stage name Freddie Gibbs, is an American rapper from Gary, Indiana. After initially being signed to Interscope Records in 2006, Gibbs recorded his debut studio album under the label ...

Skrillex Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ and music producer. Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he joined the post-hardcore band From First to Last as the lead sing ...

, and

Zedd Anton Zaslavski (russian: Антон Заславский; born 2 September 1989), known professionally as Zedd (), is a Russian-born German disc jockey, DJ, record producer, and songwriter. Zedd grew up and began his musical journey in Kaise ...

. As a producer, he has stated that Billboard, Oliver, whereisalex,

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, Gravez, Tennyson, and MXXWLL influence his production.

Career

2012–15: Issues

Acord became acquainted with singer and songwriter

while interning at

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. He toured with Carter as a DJ on a solo tour in the United States. After helping Carter start Issues in 2012, Acord later accepted a position in the band as a keyboardist and DJ. Acord adopted the alias Scout and pursued keys, production, and DJ for the group from 2012 to 2015, before disbanding as a permanent member. While no longer a performing member, Ty is still a session member for the band as a producer and keyboardist, having participated on their second and third albums ''

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'' (2016) and ''

Beautiful Oblivion ''Beautiful Oblivion'' is the third studio album by American metal band Issues, released on October 4, 2019, on Rise Records. It serves as a follow-up to their second studio album, ''Headspace'' (2016) and was produced by Howard Benson. The alb ...

'' (2019).

2012–present: Solo career

Tyler Acord moved from

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to begin pursuing a career in producing music. He first began pursuing music under the alias Scout. In the summer of 2014, he performed on the

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stage on the

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. On August 31, 2015, Scout won

's " I Want You to Know" remix contest. The following year, he adopted another alias, Lophiile. He released the song "Preach" on September 23, 2016. He released the single "Newno", featuring American rapper Nick Grant and singer Moss Kena, on July 20, 2017. On September 27, 2017, he released the song "left you". On November 14, Lophiile premiered the single "Off Top", featuring American rapper

, on

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's radio show with

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, and was released to critical acclaim. On March 20, 2018, Lophiile released a song, titled "when". The following year, he released the ''To Forgive'' EP on February 21, 2019. On September 25, 2019, he released the single "No Bus" under No Tricks/Blue Note Records.

2018–present: Radiant Children

Radiant Children formed between three musicians, songwriters, and producers in 2016, consisting of Acord, singer Fabienne Holloway, and multi-instrumentalist Marco Bernardis, based out of

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. Bernardis and Acord previously had collaborated with other musicians such as Gallant and

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. The group released their debut single, "Life's a Bitch", in June 2018. They self-released their debut extended play (EP), ''TRYIN'', on August 24, 2018.

Production Credits

2012

;

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– '' Wild Ones (Deluxe)'' (2012) * "I Cry" ; Issues – ''

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'' (2012) * "King of Amarillo" * "Love, Sex, Riot" (featuring Fronz) * "The Worst of Them" * "Princeton Ave" * "Black Diamonds"

2013

; Issues – '' Issues'' (2013) * "Stingray Affliction" ; Issues – '' Guitar Hero Live GHTV Soundtrack'' (2013) * "Hooligans" ;

(2013) * "Mirrors"

2014

; Issues – '' Diamond Dreams'' (2014) * "King Of Amarillo (Re-Imagined)" * "NLYF x Neck Deep" (featuring Neck Deep) * "Hooligans (Re-Imagined)" * "Tears On The Runway (Re-Imagined)" (featuring Nylo) * "The Worst Of Them (Re-Imagined)" ; Issues – '' Issues'' (2014) * "Never Lose Your Flames" * "Disappear (Remember When)" * "Mad at Myself" * "The Langdon House" * "Tears on the Runway Pt. 2" (featuring Nylo) * "Life of a Nine" * "Sad Ghost" * "Late" * "Personality Cult" * "Old Dena" * "The Settlement" ; Fronz – '' Party People’s Anthem'' (2014) * "Turn It Up" ;

– '' Leave Your Love EP'' (2014) * "Tears On The Runway, Pt. 1" (featuring Nylo) * "Georgia" ; Buried In Verona – '' Faceless '' (2014) * "Blind Eyes"

2015

;

– '' Leave Your Love EP'' (2015) * "Sophisticated" * "So Slow" * "Find Me" * "Leave Your Love" ;

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– ''

'' (2015) * "Screwtape" ; Fronz – '' Party People’s Anthem'' (2015) * "ZILLA"

2016

; Issues – ''

'' (2016) * "Slow Me Down" * "COMA" * "Made to Last" * "Someone Who Does" * "Hero" * "Rank Rider" * "Yung & Dum" (featuring Jon Langston) * "Lost-n-Found (On A Roll)" * "Flojo" * "The Realest" * "Blue Wall" * "I Always Knew" ;Moss Kena (2016) * "These Walls" ;

(2016) * "Forget You" ;Sundai (2016) * "All I Got" ;

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(2016) * "LIT" ;

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– '' Blue Neighbourhood (Remixes)'' (2016) * "WILD (lophiile & Grey Remix)" ;

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(2016) * "Chance of Rain" ;

(2016) * "Beautiful Now (Lophiile Remix)" (featuring lophiile, Jon Bellion)

2017

;

– '' H.E.R., Vol. 2 - EP'' (2017) * "Avenue" ; RAY BLK (2017) * "Patience (Freestyle)" ; Gallant, Tablo & Eric Nam (2017) * "Cave Me In" ;

– '' Homey'' (2017) * "Nayhoo" (featuring lophiile, Masego) ; Star Cast – '' Star: Original Soundtrack From Season 2'' (2017) * "Little Bird" (featuring Jude Demorest) ;

– ''

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'' (2017) * "Summatime" (featuring Radiant Children, Wale) ;

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– ''

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'' (2017) * "Through Enough" (featuring GoldLink) ;

– '' The Most Hated (EP)'' (2017) * "Goose" * "40oz" * "The Worst" * "Loud" * "Icronic" * "Crosty" ; Moss Kena (2017) * "48" (featuring Jay Prince) ;

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(2017) * "Everyday Is My Birthday" ;lophiile (2017) * "Newno" (featuring Nick Grant, Moss Kena) * "Off Top" (featuring Freddie Gibbs) ; Mark Johns (2017) * "Same Girl" ; Gallant (2017) * "Bourbon (Remix)" (featuring lophiile, Saba) ; OmenXIII – ''

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'' (2017) * "Vampire" ; Zedd, Alessia Cara & Lophiile – '' Helix (Volume 1)'' (2017) * "Stay (Lophiile Remix)" ;

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(2017) * "I Miss You (Lophiile Remix)" (featuring Bahari)

2018

;

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– '' LOVE YOURSELF 轉 ‘Tear’'' (2018) * "낙원 (Paradise)" ; Radiant Children – '' TRYIN’'' (2018) * "Poke Bowl" * "Go Left" * "Life's a Bitch" * "Tryin’" * "48th & 9th" ; New Years Day – ''

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'' (2018) * "Skeletons" ;

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– '' The Nature Of The Beast'' (2018) * "Don't Waste My Time" ;

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– ''

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'' (2018) * "Phone" ;

– ''

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'' (2018) * "Pressure" * "Focus" ;

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– '' Right Here, I Need To Know'' (2018) * "Right Here" ;

– '' New Levels New Devils'' (2018) * "Death Note" (featuring Ichika) * "Saucy" ;

– ''

'' (2018) * "Cool Off the Rain (Interlude)" ;lophiile (2018) * "Common Sense" (featuring VIC MENSA)

2019

; Issues – ''

'' (2019) * "Drink About It" * "Tapping Out" * "Without You" * "Beautiful Oblivion" * "Downfall" * "Get it Right" * "Second Best" * "Your Sake" * "Rain" * "Flexin" * "No Problem (Keep it Alive)" ;

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– '' It Was Divine'' (2019) * "To Me" ; lophiile, Col3trane & Amber Mark (2019) * "No Bus" (featuring Amber Mark, Col3trane) ;

– ''

'' (2019) * "HBSL" (featuring Ben Great) ; lophiile & NSTASIA – '' To Forgive'' (2019) * "My Side" ;

– '' Silk Canvas (The Remixes)'' (2019) * "Cool Off the Rain" (featuring Ari Lennox) * "Through Enough REMIX" (featuring MNEK) * "Through Enough (Jarreau Vandal Remix)" (featuring GoldLink) ;

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– '' DEVIL NEVER EVEN LIVED'' (2019) * "Know It's Wrong" * "4 Letter Word" ; lophiile & Jesse Boykins III – '' To Forgive'' (2019) * "You're Gonna Need It" ;lophiile – '' To Forgive'' (2019) * "You've Changed" * "Late Ass" ; lophiile & Sophie Faith – '' To Forgive'' (2019) * "One Hand" ; damienfarron & NIKHEDONIA – '' MEMETAL ILLMESS'' (2019) * "TOKYO DRIP!" ; Iophiile & NSTASIA (2019) * "My Side"

2020

;

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– ''

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'' (2020) * "Party in Heaven" (featuring Lil Durk) ;

(2020) * "Trust" ;

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– '' Girl Eats Sun'' (2020) * "Crazy" ; Gallant – '' Our Beloved BoA'' (2020) * "Only One" ; Radiant Children – '' There’s Only Being Yourself'' (2020) * "Sky Mind" * "Rare" * "Mariposa" * "Gently" * "I Need Love" * "Pretend" * "Mind Control" * "Jane" * "Radio Silence" ; Xavier Omär – '' if You Feel'' (2020) * "want/need" ; Jae Stephens & VanJess – '' And Friends - EP'' (2020) * "Already On It" ; Kinfolk Jon (2020) * "Gassed" (featuring $teven Cannon, Lil Xan) ; HXRY – ''

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'' (2020) * "MRFREEZE" (featuring Jeff Doubleday) ; Issues (2020) * "Tapping Out (Stripped)"

2021

; Emir Taha – '' Hoppa pt. 2'' (2021) * "Katakulli" * "Bad Reception" ; Ace Hashimoto – '' PLAY.MAKE.BELIEVE.'' (2021) * "GIRLS" (featuring pH-1) ; Yasmeen Al-Mazeedi – '' PURPLE. '' (2021)

Discography

with A Memoria Brooded

* ''Human'' (2012) * ''Conduit'' (2014)

with Issues

;Extended plays * ''

'' (2012) ;Studio albums * '' Issues'' (2014) * '' Diamond Dreams'' (2014) * ''

'' (2016) (as session member) * ''

'' (2019) (as session member)

as Lophiile

;Singles * "Preach" (2016) * "Newno", featuring Moss Kena and Nick Grant (2017) * "left you" (2017) * "Off Top", featuring

(2017) * "when" (2018) * "No Bus" (2019) ;Extended plays * ''To Forgive'' (EP) (2019)

with Radiant Children

* ''TRYIN'' (EP) (2018) * ''There's Only Being Yourself'' (2020)

Remixes

* " I Want You to Know" (Lophiile Remix) (2015) * "

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" (Lophiile Remix) (2015) * "Breathe Life" (Lophiile Remix) (2016) * " Kiss the Sky" (Lophiile Remix) (2016) * "

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" (Lophiile Remix) (2017) * "I Miss You" (Lophiile Remix) (2017)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Acord, Tyler Living people American electronic musicians Musicians from Pasadena, California Musicians from Seattle People from Lakewood, Washington Record producers from California Record producers from Washington (state) 1990 births