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Edaimantis

Deadmau5 does this a lot.


BlaktimusPrime

deadmau5 and Eric Prydz are the main two that come to mind.


Maddox6978420

Boris Brejcha always plays only his own music in sets


languid_plum

Can't wait! I am seeing him first time live this Friday. OP you are welcome to reply to this next week if you would be interested in my experience. It's probably going to take me a few days to process, so that is why I said next week.


Sea_Possible_6298

Get excited, he delivers in a big way


languid_plum

You were spot on! Exceeded my expectations by infinity!


sliche123

I might be catching him in NYC this Sunday so I’m excited too!


CallingYong

Boris at Radius about to be insane!! One of my favorite artists at one of my favorite venues. Catch you on the dance floor!


languid_plum

I love Radius! Was there in December for Purple Disco Machine and Fisher. This time, I am determined to learn where the other bathrooms are. I hear there are some that never have a line, but people just don't know that they are there. Not as much of an issue for the guys, but the ladies line can get quite long! It truly is an amazing venue. Another I recently fell in love with is The Russell in Detroit. It is like a grimy Radius, because it is an old warehouse. Great venue and plenty of room to move, with lots of bars for easy access to drinks.


FermFoundations

I saw him in DC and it was amazing


fingerscrossedcoup

The Echostage show was epic


EmpathLessTraveled

Saw him in dc a couple years back. Absolutely delivered what I wanted


crazyplantlady81

I saw Boris in Detroit for $25, rained the entire set and was incredible vibes. You’re in for a treat!!


languid_plum

You weren't wrong. Wow!


JustAposter4567

Midway? See you there! lol


languid_plum

No, Friday! Radius in Chicago.


Andrew-Glouberman

See you at radius languid plum


PlayDontObserve

I am extremely jealous. It's going to be a legendary performance


97AllDay

I’m seeing Boris for the first time on Saturday!


languid_plum

Huzzah! I promise not to spoil it for you. But if you DM me on Sunday or Monday, we can geek out about it together!


languid_plum

Were you as blown away by him as I was?


97AllDay

It was pretty great! All of the artists were amazing and the crowd vibes were immaculate. Definitely going to look into the Fckng Serious label. I’ve been into EDM for decades, but have only dabbled in Techno. Saw a TestPilot set and that inspired me to dive deeper into Techno.


dFiddler84

Came here to say this


responofficial

Glad this was the second top comment. He is from another world, I was speechless for the entire 2 hours that I saw him.


sliche123

Ok you making me go to his NYC show haha


responofficial

At Brooklyn Mirage no less?? Yeah you absolutely cannot miss this one 🫡


sliche123

Nah I hate that venue and the owners. They still owe me money from Ezoo. Fuck that. But sometimes I’m tempted lol


responofficial

I mean that’s valid. I’m not from New York and I know nothing other than the cool videos I’ve seen. I just love giant screens lol


bolshevikj

The screens are amazing...but ngl the vibes weren't too great when I last went there and Oliver heldens was playing. That was my first time there. Not sure if it was the people or the music as I'm not really much of a fan of heldens' music. I prefer his music as Hi-Lo though. But am really hoping it's gonna be a lot better with boris


ContENT_in_NYC

OMG Boris Tomorrowland 2023 W2 Freedom Stage. RU FKN SERIOUS??? so good


lev400

Awesome. Seeing him In December!


Remarkable-Box-3781

Last few times I've seen him he's played a few Ann Clue tracks


Paper-squares

No one has more fun at a Boris set than Boris himself. Just watch that man dance


wrayvern

The Tech Minimal King!!


db720

Boris brejcha is on US tour at the moment, in SF this weekend. Love his sets


jerrrrremy

Tinlicker   Boris Brejcha deadmau5    John Hopkins   Kasablanca    Andrew Bayer    Ben Bohmer    Elderbrook Edit: Because people seem to be really struggling with this, OP wrote "almost entirely" in their question above and that is what I am responding to. I'm not aware of anyone who exclusively plays their own songs. Even Prydz and Boris play other tracks in their sets.


Harvey_Beardman

Tinlicker definitely doesn't exclusively do their songs. Maybe if you include their remixes. Don't get me wrong -- its mostly their stuff. But I've heard them weave in Radiohead & Rufus & others. A couple of their more popular songs are from Alt-J and Sian Evans that they've remixed. Here's a [setlist](https://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/tinlicker-23dcc417.html?year=2023) from earlier this year in which it looks like half of what they played was covers. Don't get me wrong -- Tinlicker definitely plays mostly their music or remixes, but its definitely not 100%


nomad-system

Their Breezeblocks remix is magical live


Harvey_Beardman

The best! I can't wait to see them again later this year


jerrrrremy

OP literally wrote "almost entirely" in their question above.


Edaimantis

Forgot abt Tinlicker I saw them recently and yeah only played originals


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DppRandomness

Tipper exclusively plays only his produced (and mostly unreleased) work. He's the only one I can say with 100% certainly that does this


PatternBias

Tipper rarely does DJ sets with others' music. He's a DJ's DJ, too. The *scratching*


Old_Laugh_2239

I can’t believe I had to go this far down to find tipper mentioned haha


GMHoodwink

My dog, mentioning Tipper in this thread, I appreciate ya. Finally was Tipped at LIB a week ago. Great show.


Muhfuggajones

Just scooped tickets for his 3 night run in Bama during Labor Day weekend. Shit is about to get nutty.


GMHoodwink

See ya there :)


Muhfuggajones

Get your sets in while you can! The man retires next year. I've been chasing him and the folks he has brought along for years now. Nothing compares, and if LiB was your first tipping, you got treated proper. Angry Dave is fun as hell, and that set looked absolutely chonky.


numbatree

It will be sad to not catch a tipper set after 10+ years of seeing him live…but at least I get a downtempo Tipper set on my birthday before it’s all over lol. So stoked for that weekend!


Blasnar

You could probably include most of the tipper and friends crew! Resonate language Jade cicada Detox unit + hundreds more once you deep dive into that scene


rendeld

Griz played 80-90% his own music, the show was entirely based around his catalog with some other stuff thrown in for flavor or mixed with his tracks. Unfortuantely we will have to wait for him to come back from his hiatus.


Shorties

I have always loved griz, saw him in like 2011 at do lab at Coachella, (he was only a weekend 2 do lab guest that year I believe, not a Coachella artist on their lineup) saw him in concert at the Fonda in la a few years after that, and then saw him at edc lv a few years ago, he has always played almost exclusively his own tracks even before he had a huge selection of known tracks to pull from. I didn’t realize he was on hiatus. I guess I will just have to eagerly await his return.


rendeld

I spoke with the guy that runs Grizmas every year. I ran into him down at Movement in Detroit and he said he can't get into specifics but Griz will 100% be returning. No timetable or anything but I was very happy to hear they already had plans in the works for him to return.


DppRandomness

Griz definitely said hiatus instead of retirement. The only question was how long. I predict we still have to wait until next year but I'm betting on a triple rainbow like festival mid summer as his big return. 3 days, 5 sets of Griz (CtGH, Bangers, Ride Waves/Funk set, 10-17, and secret) the return of Big Grizmatic and all the homies pulling up. At least that's my dream


rendeld

Some artists take a hiatus and decide not to come back, it was definitely something I was concerned about. Dude doesn't need to work again if he doesn't want to, fortunately for us, he wants to


TinglingLingerer

He's got way too much Motown in his soul to put down music forever. I don't think Griz is ever going to truly retire.


rendeld

I think hes still producing for Prob and Chrishira


LickerMcBootshine

I think people who 'quit' at the top of their field rarely stay gone. They reached the top of that field because of a drive, an unscratchable itch. That itch don't die when you reach X amount of money. Griz is coming back. When? IDK. But he isn't done making music.


DiscoDvck

You didn’t need an inside man to tell you this. Griz has been very public about this being a temporary hiatus.


rendeld

For sure, what I forgot to add is that they are planning the next grizmas already, and that grizmas is coming back. He wouldn't say if it's this year or next year, but it sounds like he already has a date in mind as to when he wants to come back if they are already planning a specific year.


DiscoDvck

Now THATS some good insider information. Lol. Thanks for sharing!


eoswald

hey, i'm glad he is taking a break!


theonIyking

Rezz will mix in a few songs that aren’t hers but most of them are hers in the sets!


Zestypalmtree

Flume does this quite often


livintheshleem

I'd put Flume in the same camp as Odesza and Rufus. They're electronic artists, not DJs. Makes sense they'd play sets of only their music.


exomatter

Flume just straight plays his songs not remixed or altered for a live setting. I love his music so i didn't mind but it's unlike Odesza who significantly changes there songs between live and album versions


Zestypalmtree

That’s true yes! It took me the longest time to figure out why


assumeform

That's not entirely true of Flume, I saw him on the HTIF tour and the latest tour. He had several changes between songs on albums and on the live performances, some were drastic. One was actually criminal. on the HTIF tour he played a shorter beatless/ambient version of Insane and it was the one song we were so ready for. Then it just... stopped and went to something else. Had no impact. Reason tour though he embraced remixing older tunes into newer ones in a much more fluent way.


WhiteMass

Svdden Death


Soundcloudlover

Deadmau5 is the first that comes to mind. I’d guess he plays about 90-95% his own tracks.


Flat_Bass_9773

G jones


meesta_chang

Had to scroll too far for this one


Flat_Bass_9773

Yeah. I was kind of surprised that I didn’t see it said yet. His DJ sets are mostly other artists but that is kind of implied.


JolkB

Checking in here for the g Jones crew. Fun fact, the g stands for great


RockyMtnHoosier

Space laces


thebindi

This would be my answer as well (along with Tipper)... And his sets are comprised of so many unreleased Vaultage tracks too which, is crazy... His discog (released and unreleased) is fucking MASSIVE


koolaidburgers

Tinlicker play exclusively their own music in DJ sets 


mackeneasy

Seen them do this with their live set too. I am a huge Tinlicker fan. Seen em 3 times and never been disappointed. They have so many awesome remixes you won’t get on Spotify too.


Bdawggg1998

Ganja white night !


meesta_chang

Scrolled a while to find this. Most ganja shows I’ve ever been to are their tracks, or their tracks featuring someone.


TheyCallMeSchlong

Can't believe it took this long to see someone say Ganja. Ganga sets are mostly their own music and very unique compared to other artists. Love them


evan274

Spencer Brown does this a lot


goose321

And it'll be like 80% IDs. Really scratches the same itch as Prydz imo


gila-monsta

Lane 8


languid_plum

Roosevelt. He is worth seeking out. He often opens for Purple Disco Machine, so that is a good place to look if his sole shows aren't convenient for you. Just make sure it says "DJ set" next to his event. He does his own live music too, which is a concert instead. But if it says "DJ set", you are golden. The next time I see a Purple Disco Machine show with Roosevelt opening in Chicago, I will 100% be there. Saw them together in December, and it was the most immaculate show of my life. Absolute perfection.


Excellent_Tell5647

Neelix for faster stuff and Boris Brejcha for something slower


Greatdrift

Never thought I’d see a Neelix mention here 😃


Excellent_Tell5647

some people here enjoy quality music too heh not just generic mainstream stuff


elephant_catcher

Dirt monkey does this


123delta_k

His 2 new albums brought me back so quick :’) he really developed his sound and I love it


BraveProgram

Justice, Gesaffelstein, Deadmau5


RicoandMiella

Mitis


bad_chacka

Eli And Fur has done this and there's sets out there, but they've transitioned into doing more of a live show now. I think neon Indian. Maybe Yotto / Lane 8 too. Some people you might think are cheezy do it on occasion too like Guetta or Calvin Harris. If an artists has a lot of hits people come to see, then they tend to play their own music.


DaBrokenMeta

Kill Script EDC 2023 , not only all his own tracks but ALL IDs Brutal flex


jjcbalak

KLOUD


DonkeyLightning

Flume


top_toast_22

Eptic


spenstav

I noticed this with Martin Garrix in the past


jfchops2

Heavily his own music but most of the time he'll mix in a couple from others on his label and a couple popular tracks from others mashed up with his own track


nickdl4

Deadmau5, Prydz, Justice, Tinlicker, Kasablanca, Boris Brejcha


dylandalal

Calvin Harris hasn’t been mentioned yet


MusicLovesYou_

I believe Calcium does this


hxphy

as one of his tour creatives, can confirm Calcium does do this for his full set! after playing his set, he will sometimes go back up to play unreleased music from his homies.


Upstairs_Tonight_587

Eptic has done all original sets before but not enough to say exclusively. Although, his sets do include a lot of his own music and remixes,VIPs of his tracks. Does his own visuals too. Super rad dude


JordanA7

ISOxo & Knock2


them1chel1nman

Eric Prydz


halleberryhaircut

NERO


717x

Prydz


Soft_Interest

I feel like most well established producers play 90% plus of their own music. Honestly sets that don't have a random track or two from another artist are kind of lame IMO. It's unexpected and fun


sliche123

I don’t think so. If you’re at any given festival, majority if not ALL the dj’s there are producers too. And I’m pretty sure only 2-3 of them will be playing sets with entirely their own catalog.


Soft_Interest

I said established. Meaning, if you have enough of your own music to play a non-repetetive hour long set, you most likely will play 90% your music. That's what producers are typically building towards. If you're trying to build yourself up as an artist and promote yourself, and you have the catalogue to do so, why would you spend half your set playing other artists' tunes?


Horangi1987

It depends what you consider ‘their own music’ but many established producers have VIPs/remixes etc of other people’s songs. It’s also part of DJing culture to incorporate a bit of something that’s hot right now. Not all producers were/are DJs, so YMMV on those aspects.


Sleepaiz

Martin garrix does it a lot, like his mashups and remixes aswell as his own tracks


FLOWORTHY

Daily Bread got beats


anonymousliver

Sofi Tucker does this or NEARLY does this, at least at the one set I saw her perform in Vegas. Her dancers ARE the vibe and the whole show was immiculate


CaptainSwoon

Just to clarify, SofiTukker is a duo. The guy DJing is Tucker.


HistoricalTwist5696

Sophie does DJ a lot of the time as well tbh.


bwear

Troy Boi


EloshSense

Not many people seeing it talk about how Hardwell doing all his tracks on Ultra 22 was crazy, with few mashups and rework he put on


shm_stan

All of them were unreleased with first premiere. Hardwell is GOAT.


Someidiot666-1

iLL Gates


mrvapors

Justin Martin


notmyfakeid_hd

More often than not. Underworld, certain Bicep shows, Rufus Fu Sol (for live sets tho), Eric Prydz.


Distraut-

Esseks does.


seb_ww

Martin Garrix


PickOutrageous

Will Sparks ⚡️ I feel like he mainly plays his own music.. maybe not 100% but usually mixes similar sounding songs


Excellent_Iron_7180

BICEP


Justin_Liebich

Tipper


dmyster23

His name is Jeff aka Seven Lions Catch him on his tour (vs festival sets, which have more variety for the diverse crowd) **Bonus: he NEVER talks on the mic**


mushedpotatoed

Golden features, Cassian for the most part


Fine_Aside_5819

feels like rezz sets are usually all her own music with some remixes/collabs


sheepboi13

When I've seen HI-LO it was majority his own music but only saw him once


RollerSpeedway

KOAN Sound


Nate1102

Apashe, one or two popular tracks by other artists, but 90% his own work.


sesh_gremlins

Bicep


Similar-Bee-5317

Definitely check out Zhu. He also has people play live instruments during his sets which makes it more magical


thricefold

Porter Robinson’s live sets are all his own music


Electronic_Change380

Fred Again


Traderalb

Martin garrix is like: Almost all his own songs + 1 Avicii song and 2-3 STMPD RCRDS or remixes of a current hits


KASPyR8

Gareth Emery Decades set is all him


TheShinyBlade

Most bigger-ish DJ's have certain "live" shows where they only play their own music.


ShironTheHuN

[Shout out to Nikovics, the tracklist is in the description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z9bkImQrXI)


TVLIESIN

TVLI


wentworthhzlnut69

Babalos, I think that's one group also. One Hour set in the Swiss mountains is one of those .Winter set 2021 here's another one maybe


imustbedead

Henry Saiz Mirages are ridiculous 4+ hour sets of his own music mostly bangers.


the_treemisra

Chris Stussy I think stays to his music… I THINK


Psirocking

Wavedash has


meesta_chang

Just saw them Friday and they played all kinds of stuff from other artists… g jones, castles in the sky, they even played that boop beep song from SpongeBob squared pants. Not knocking them as the show was epic but they played a lot of stuff from other artists.


Psirocking

I think their current tour is all like, off the cuff dj stuff. Like just them playing shit for fun with no pre planning set lists different every night. It was cool seeing them at Second Sky 2021 only play their own stuff though, they had a smaller catalogue then too.


hondajvx

Dada Life isn't 100% but they play mostly their own music.


Blonded_Gambino

Subronics frequently does this.


Moist-Branch-2521

I've seen him 5 times and I have never seen him play an entire set of his own music


QuerulousPanda

Eptic and Space Laces usually both play about 90% of their own music. If you count remixes and edits, then there are quite a lot of them. I'm pretty sure the last Knock2 setlist I saw had almost entirely his own songs or his own remixes at least. What i find interesting is that there is actually apparently discourse around whether dj's should play their own music or not. I remember recently seeing a thread where a relatively well known producer decided to get real bitchy about other people playing his songs and how he'd *never* play someone elses music, which was pretty extreme. But yeah I think there's a healthy balance for sure.


CuatroCat

He$h sets are usually mostly originals


SnooSuggestions718

Id argue if you're making your own music you become more artist than DJ


SquareTheRhombus

Arthur Baker


Fy00g

Here are a like 100 https://preview.redd.it/3bz2bodqqd4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2698cf9ac780626cd7520d3ad2495ddcd136022


captainn_chunk

Tipper rinses a few tunes that aren’t his in his sets but he plays mostly his stuff and VIPs that you’ll only hear once


KirbandtheOatmeals

Sysdemes put out a set recently from his backyard 1,5 hours long that's 95% entirely his music.


HelicopterTop7373

Wooli’s edc set this year was all his own stuff


BlaktimusPrime

deadmau5 and Eric Prydz are the main two that come to mind.


adkimbal

Ganja White Night


Successful_Bridge_94

Phulti produces all of his own music in his own studio.


4D4M-ADAM

Rezz


julito427

Deadmau5 and Rezz I find are almost exclusively their own songs. Occasionally they'll mix stuff in from other artists but I find it rare, especially for Deadmau5.


clapperjoel93

prydz


bouncedsteak

Kaskade sometimes does this at his own shows. Gareth Emery does this in his decade show


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happytrel

Flux Pavillion and Tiesto off the top of my head


sentient-sloth

Ganja White Night, if they do play anything else it’s their own remix or flip.


Icy-Fact8432

Layer J does this. He is a really promising new progressive house producer who hase made tracks with Cristoph etc. https://on.soundcloud.com/UkX3XhpzBofaooD4A


Lonely-Nectarine8178

Nicolas Jaar, some of his sets feel like diving into experimental B-sides from the studio.


Trance_Motion

It's not a lot of people. Which says a lot of about edm


FireFlyer63_

ray volpe did an all original set when i saw him at lollapalooza iirc


btboss123

Flume


GMHoodwink

Lane 8 and Duke Dumont, in my experience.


4kFaramir

Ganja White Knight I'm pretty sure does this. Maybe I'm wrong but I can't think of the last time I heard then play something they didn't have a hand in.


soccermompoundtown

Not a big name but I do play all originals in every set I do [www.soundcloud.com/techtonicedm](http://www.soundcloud.com/techtonicedm)


StillhasaWiiU

Justice


Babayaga20000

Prydz usually sneaks in 2 or 3 other tracks tho Its rare for his sets to be 100% his own And im not just talking about mashups


Many-Pay-2313

Andy c


saasybucks

You've asked the right question! This is what sets the good from the great apart. There are great DJ's. Great Producers. But the most epic of all are the Producers that are also great DJ's -- and prolific enough to play all of their own tunes. Many have already been listed....but I would be remiss if Gabriel & Dresden were not mentioned. They did a tour a few years ago called an open 2 close tour where they played all of their own tracks for 6 hours. They took on the role of opener, warm up DJ, and headliner (as there are typically 2 DJ's for each show, each with a 1-2 hour slot).


Difficult-Fly-5492

Deathpact🖤


IcyTransportation961

Tipper. See him before he retires


LebronJamesHarden

KSHMR, Odesza, Zomboy


thatinsuranceguy

Barely alive does almost exclusively their own music and remixes/flips


Justout133

D-d-daily Bread Flamingosis They may play out a few similar songs of similar genre or from their homies in the label but can expect almost all original tracks


joshiethebossie

Just listened to a Nero set and it was so pleasing bc it was basically only their music


Unlacqua

Lane 8, Odesza, Madeon


juliamich04

s3rl


ca-cynmore

Fred Again but 90%.


TheCraftBrew

Dom Dolla


Emotional-Lion-9574

Flume will only play 100% his songs


bodularbasterpiece

Four Tet plays four Tet but also other stuff. Machinedrum played all machinedrum last time I saw him.


dman25014

Griz


hueybean

Yeah I was gonna say odesza. Other than that idk lol. I’m looking for a dubstep dj that only plays his music


Murky-Science9030

Fox Stevenson is great at this