Eric Prydz (SE)

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Also known as: Epic Prydz, Eric Prydz vs. Empire Of The Sun, Eric Prydz vs. Floyd, Eric Sheridan Prydz, Erick Prydz, Pryda

Eric Prydz spent twenty years refusing to play the song that made him famous. "Call on Me" sat at number one in the UK for five weeks in 2004, yet he dropped it from his sets to avoid being defined by it, only bringing it back in 2025 at a "20 Years of PRYDA" show in Austin. In the meantime he built a reputation as a serious progressive house and techno producer, releasing as Pryda and as Cirez D, and running labels like Pryda and Mouseville. He also gave dance music the "Pryda snare", a compressed, sustained snare at the end of a bar that producers like Martin Garrix and W&W have sampled ever since. Live, he goes big. His EPIC shows have featured a 4K hologram and 32 lasers at Madison Square Garden, and later a multi storey LED holosphere at Tomorrowland. His debut studio album Opus arrived in 2016, and he was named DJ of the Year at the Electronic Music Awards in 2017.