Electronic producer
Pham fuses downtempo, hip-hop, and future bass into his atmospheric compositions. Born Dawid Phan Ngoc in Nysa, Poland, the half-Vietnamese artist grew up in a small town, consuming as much music as he could, from
J. Dilla and
Flume to
Flying Lotus and
Deadmau5. He turned to dance and art as an outlet, learning how to produce at the age of 16. Posting his first remix online, he received enough positive feedback to continue creating. In addition to remixing
Danny Brown and
Azealia Banks, Ngoc issued his debut EP,
Movements, in early 2016. The seven-track set included the Yung Fusion-featuring title track, which exceeded twenty million online streams, as well as "Controls" with Lox Chatterbox and "Holding On" with Anuka. By the end of the year, Ngoc released "Talk to Me," another collaboration with Anuka, and, months later, "Below the Surface," with
Blanda. In 2017, he toured with
Louis the Child and
Vanic, and made appearances at Electric Forest, Middlelands, and Red Rocks. That year, the "Alibi" single -- with
Sober Rob and vocals by
Madi -- was released on
Zeds Dead's Deadbeats. ~ Neil Z. Yeung