{"id":6469,"date":"2026-02-21T18:32:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=6469"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T21:42:56","slug":"illenium-where-denver-meets-the-dancefloor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=6469","title":{"rendered":"ILLENIUM: Where Denver Meets The Dancefloor"},"content":{"rendered":"

ODYSSEY, ILLENIUM\u2019s sixth studio album, arrives nearly a decade after his 2016 debut, Ashes. Over the years, the Denver DJ\/producer helped define the melodic bass sound that rose to prominence in the mid- to late 2010s, pairing emotional vocals and dreamy soundscapes with big drums and festival-sized drops.<\/p>\n

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As his audience grew, so did his palette, as he incorporated youth influences of metalcore, pop punk, and alternative styles into his work\u2014especially on 2021\u2019s Fallen Embers and 2023\u2019s self-titled album\u2014and began blurring the lines between EDM, rock, and pop songwriting. ODYSSEY continues that evolution on its biggest canvas yet.<\/p>\n

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Joined by an expansive roster of collaborators (Ryan Tedder, Zeds Dead, Bastille, and Kid Cudi among them), ILLENIUM journeys through 19 tracks of explosive main-stage anthems, moody melodic house, growling rock fusion, glowing drum \u2019n\u2019 bass, and his classic, cathartic melodic bass.<\/p>\n

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Created with his new, immersive live show in mind\u2014a task he described as \u201cmaking a movie for an album\u201d\u2014they\u2019re optimized for emotional and cinematic impact. Soar with HAYLA\u2019s powerhouse vocals on maximal bass ballad \u201cIn My Arms\u201d and feel the wrath of Ellie Goulding scorned over dark, searing synths on \u201cDon\u2019t Want Your Love.\u201d Furiously headbang to Bring Me The Horizon\u2019s blistering metal-rave on \u201cSlave to the Rithm\u201d and embrace the present moment with WYLDE on the serene, euphoric closer \u201cUr Alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ODYSSEY, ILLENIUM\u2019s sixth studio album, arrives nearly a decade after his 2016 debut, Ashes. Over the years, the Denver DJ\/producer helped define the melodic bass sound that rose to prominence in the mid- to late 2010s, pairing emotional vocals and dreamy soundscapes with big drums and festival-sized drops. As his audience grew, so did his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[921],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-streamapse-highlights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6472,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6469\/revisions\/6472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}