Dabin (music producer)
Canadian musician, DJ, and record producer
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Dabin Lee, who goes by the mononymous stage name Dabin, is a Canadian musician, DJ, and record producer. He has released three albums, the first of which was nominated for the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year in 2018. He has collaborated with major EDM artists including Illenium, Said the Sky, Seven Lions and Slander.
June 9, 1992
- DJ
- record producer
- musician
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| Born | Dabin Lee June 9, 1992 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
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| Website | dabinmusic |
Biography
Dabin was born and raised in Toronto[1] on June 9, 1992[db 1][2], and is of Korean ethnicity.
His album Two Hearts was nominated for the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year in 2018.[3]
Dabin collaborated with Slander and Seven Lions on the single "First Time", released on October 13, 2018.[4]
He collaborated with Said the Sky on several songs including "Superstar" (feat. Linn) (2018) and "Hero" (feat. Olivver The Kid) (2019).[5][6] The two performed together as Dab the Sky at the Digital Mirage Online Music Festival in 2020.[7]
He was a guitarist and supporting member on Illenium's Awake (2017), Awake 2.0 (2018), and Ascend (2019) concert tours,[8][9][10][11] On Christmas Day 2020, Dabin, Illenium, and Lights released the song "Hearts On Fire", which reached number 11 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart and number 16 on the New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) chart.[12][13] He also participated in Illenium's Trilogy concert at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on July 3, 2021. This was the stadium's first-ever music concert event since its opening.[citation needed]
His Into the Wild tour, which supported his second album Wild Youth, was postponed in 2020 (with some venues cancelled) because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][14][15] In October 2021, he released his third studio album Between Broken and resumed his Into the Wild tour.[16][17][18] He held a US tour to support his third album for the first half of 2022.[19][20] His album single "Holding On" was featured on iHeartRadio and became the No. 1 added song of the week in mid-February 2022 after he won the iHeartRadio Future Star. [21]
Dabin announced the Sanctuary Tour for the spring 2023 with support artists Ray Volpe, Jvna, Grabbitz, and Myrne.[22] This includes a stop at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, where he was reported to be the first Korean electronic music artist to headline that venue prior to cancellation of the event due to extreme weather,[23][24] the Shrine in Los Angeles, and the Brooklyn Mirage / Avant Gardner.[25]
Dabin Presents Stay In Bloom
Starting in 2024, Dabin personally began curating Stay In Bloom, a two-day music festival primarily based in Stanford, California at the eponymous university's Frost Amphitheater, advertised as a "celebration of music, art, and community". [26]
The idea of Stay In Bloom came after Dabin's Sanctuary Tour in 2023 when United Talent Agency proposed the idea of him doing a two-day festival at Frost Amphitheater. Due to having never done a festival of such magnitude prior, Dabin initially declined but later agreed after giving it further thought and for his personal appreciation for the venue. Additionally, he had stated that the festival would be "a really cool way to bring my fans together and kind of celebrate being a community".[27]
After the festival's success and conclusion, it was announced that in addition to the California festival returning for 2025, Stay In Bloom would also make its debut in New York City and perform at the Under The K Bridge Park, Brooklyn.[28] Unlike its California counterpart, Stay In Bloom NYC is a one-day festival.
Both the California and New York festivals were announced to return in 2026[29]. For the California festival, a community DJ contest was held for the first time with the grand prize being a live performance slot on the second day[30]. The grand prize winner was announced on April 20, 2026[31].
| Year | Event | Dates | Venue | Performers |
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| 2024 | Dabin Presents Stay In Bloom | April 27-28, 2024 | Frost Amphitheater, Stanford, California | Chyl, Dabin, Frosttop, Grabbitz, Jai Wolf, K?d, Nikademis, Noah J, Ray Volpe, Sundial, Tiffany Day[32]
(Special Guests: Dia Frampton, Kai Wachi, Trella)[33] |
| 2025 | Dabin Presents Stay In Bloom | April 26-27, 2025 | Frost Amphitheater, Stanford, California | Audrey Nuna, Blanke, Dabin, Hoang, Johnny Chay, MAX, Nikita The Wicked, Said The Sky, Tisoki, William Black[34] |
| 2025 | Dabin Presents Stay In Bloom NYC | May 31, 2025 | Under The K Bridge Park, Brooklyn | Audrey Nuna, Blanke, Dabin, Ericdoa, Jason Ross, Paper Skies, Senza, Wavedash, William Black[35] |
| 2026 | Dabin Presents Stay In Bloom | May 1-2, 2026 | Frost Amphitheater, Stanford, California | Chyl, Dabin, Demotapes, Juelz, Keenan Te, Klaxx, Louis the Child, Nurko, Yung Kai[36]
(Community DJ Contest Grand Prize Winner: Home By Dawn)[37] |
| 2026 | Dabin Presents Stay In Bloom NYC | May 30, 2026 | Under The K Bridge Park, Brooklyn | Armnhmr, Dabin, Illenium, Kai Wachi, Piao, Skybreak, Yung Kai[38] |
Personal life
Dabin lives in Denver, Colorado.[18]
Discography
Albums
- Two Hearts (Kannibalen, 2017)
- Wild Youth (Seeking Blue, 2019)
- Between Broken (Seeking Blue, 2021)[39]
- Aura Park (Kannibalen, 2025)