Conro

Canadian EDM DJ Conro produces vivid, intricate dance-pop songs that subtly draw from his background in folk, rock, and classical music. Initially producing electro-house tracks, he switched to a more song-based style around 2015, and scored Billboard-charting radio hits with tracks from his EPs Connecting the Dots (2017) and All Eyes on Me (2018). He released his first full-length, Level Days, in 2020, and followed it with singles such as 2021′s “luv(drunk).”
Conor Patton learned how to play violin when he was seven, and subsequently played in the Saskatoon Youth Symphony. After mastering piano, guitar, and drums, he played in several alternative rock bands, then recorded two folk albums under his given name. Eventually he started producing electro-house tracks that incorporated elements of rock and disco. In late 2012, while he was living in a trailer and working as a security guard, Conro signed to Wolfgang Gartner’s Kindergarten imprint and released the debut single “Axiom.” The track was a success, and Conro’s career took off. He toured with the Bassjackers and Dyro in 2014, opened for Gartner at the Avalon Hollywood nightclub, and received support from DJs such as Porter Robinson and Knife Party.
Following second single “Boss,” Conro moved in more of a dance-pop direction with the 2015 track “Bittersweet,” a collaboration with Dyro that featured vocalist Envy Monroe. Conro signed with leading EDM label Monstercat, debuting with “On My Way Up” near the beginning of the year. He refined his pop-friendly future bass sound with several more singles, such as “Unique” and “City Lights,” in addition to well-received remixes for the Chainsmokers and Mr. Probz. Connecting the Dots, a five-song EP that blended styles such as big room, future bass, and tropical house, appeared in August 2017 and included the single “Close,” which hit the Top 20 of Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart. Conro returned in October 2018 with a second EP, All Eyes on Me, which included the further charting singles “Take Me There” and “Trippin.” His third EP, Thrill of It, followed in 2019.
Level Days, Conro’s debut full-length, arrived in 2020. Almost entirely written, produced, and performed by Patton himself, the album featured one collaborator, Nevve, on the song “Way Up.” Conro and LissA then released a cover of Des'ree’s “You Gotta Be.” In 2021, Dyro and Conro collaborated on the song “Memory Bank,” and Conro issued the solo single “luv(drunk).” ~ Paul Simpson