Josh Legg, known professionally as Goldroom, is an American electronic musician.

Background and career

Legg grew up in

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and studied psychology at the

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. He and classmate Kyle Peterson formed the synthpop band NightWaves and co-founded the record label Binary Entertainment, although the former went on hiatus in 2011. Since being established in 2007, Binary has worked with artists including Anoraak, Bag Raiders,

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, Futurecop!, Miami Horror, and The Twelves. Legg began producing music under the name Goldroom in 2011, with remixes of tracks including Niki and the Dove's "Mother Protect". He took his stage name from the name of a bar in the

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area of LA. He released his debut EP, ''Angeles'', the same year, followed by the EP ''Embrace'' in 2013. Although Goldroom had performed vocals on all ''Angeles'' tracks (he also sang harmonies and backing vocals in NightWaves), for ''Embrace'' he enlisted vocalists including Chela, Ariela Jacobs,

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, and Say Lou Lou. In 2014, Goldroom released the single "Till Sunrise", the music video for which was directed by actress

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. In 2015, he issued the EP ''It's Like You Never Went Away'' via Downtown Records. Accompanying the EP, music videos for each of the tracks were premiered via the video messaging application

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. ''It's Like You Never Went Away'' includes a newly recorded version of "Embrace" featuring the song's co-writer, George Maple. Goldroom's musical influences include

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, and

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. He describes his output as "modern dance music production incorporating live instrumentation" and "dance music for the backyard, dance music for the beach".

Discography

Studio albums

*''West of the West'' (2016) *''Plunge /\ Surface'' (2019)

Extended plays

*''Angeles'' (2011) *''Embrace'' (2013) *''It's Like You Never Went Away'' (2015)

Singles

*"Fifteen" (2012) *"Sweetness Alive" (2012) *"Only You Can Show Me" (2013) *"Embrace" (2014) *"Till Sunrise" (2014) *"Waiting to Ignite" (2015) *"Silhouette" (2016) *"Lying to You" (2016) *"Retrograde" (2016)

Remixes

* Penguin Prison – "Fair Warning" (2011) * Poolside – "Do You Believe" (2011) * Niki and the Dove – "Mother Protect" (2011) *

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– "We Can Dance" (2012) * Alpine – "Hands" (2012) *

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– "All Eyes on You" (2012) * MS MR – "Hurricane" (2012) *

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– "Back Seat" (2013) *

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– " You (Ha Ha Ha)" (2013) *

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– "Modern Hearts" (2013) * Owl Eyes – "Jewels & Sapphires" (2013) * MØ – "Don't Wanna Dance" (2014) * Architecture in Helsinki – "I Might Survive" (2014) * EKKAH – "Last Chance To Dance" (2015) *

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– " No Sleeep" (2016)

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