Photo by Roger Ho
Photo by Roger Ho
Photo by Roger Ho
Press Quotes:
"...I was intrigued but a little skeptical that one shaggy-haired guy and a keyboard/keytar would be all that good to watch live.
Holy fuck, was I wrong. Live, Vincent is a beast; he gets up on the stage and dives immediately into the funkiest, ’70s-est, sweatiest groove you’ve heard in years, all built around old-school-sounding synths and snapping, disco-ified beats, and despite the seeming ridiculousness of it all — I mean, c’mon, a dude with his shirt halfway open rocking the hell out on a keytar? — he’s got the swagger and skill to pull it off. By the end of his set, I was into it..."
- Space City Rock, link
"Epic synth rock pairing ELO grandeur with New Wave hooks and drive."
- Ovrld, "Every Austin Artist Submitting to NPR’s 2019 Tiny Desk Contest," 2019, link
"A.J. is a force of nature."
- Frenchie Smith, The Bubble/Frenchie Smith Records
Holy fuck, was I wrong. Live, Vincent is a beast; he gets up on the stage and dives immediately into the funkiest, ’70s-est, sweatiest groove you’ve heard in years, all built around old-school-sounding synths and snapping, disco-ified beats, and despite the seeming ridiculousness of it all — I mean, c’mon, a dude with his shirt halfway open rocking the hell out on a keytar? — he’s got the swagger and skill to pull it off. By the end of his set, I was into it..."
- Space City Rock, link
"Epic synth rock pairing ELO grandeur with New Wave hooks and drive."
- Ovrld, "Every Austin Artist Submitting to NPR’s 2019 Tiny Desk Contest," 2019, link
"A.J. is a force of nature."
- Frenchie Smith, The Bubble/Frenchie Smith Records
Quick Biography:
Cinematic high-energy electronic dance music produced by A.J. Vincent in Austin, Texas.
Short Biography:
Party Wolfe is cinematic high-energy electronic dance music piloted by A.J. Vincent of Austin, Texas. Growing up in Austin has led to a very well-rounded mix of many genres from blues and country to electronic and indie rock, but the most influential thing for Party Wolfe is A.J.'s love of making people dance. Party Wolfe is heavily influenced by Justice, Com Truise, Daft Punk, and Ghostland Observatory, with the occasional 1970's influences of bands such as Pink Floyd and WAR.
A.J. has a long history of music and touring playing with bands such as The Bright Light Social Hour (2007-2013) and Scorpion Child (2015-2018), but he now does Party Wolfe and keyboards/vocals in The Matt Gilmour Band. A.J. has toured all over the United States, Canada, the U.K., and Europe, but Austin, Texas is home base for Party Wolfe.
Party Wolfe is entirely recorded and produced by A.J. at his studio in Austin, Texas, but A.J. has also spent many hours in multiple professional studios around Austin working with producers such as Frenchie Smith and Danny Reisch. A.J. also live streams music production and live music to Twitch (twitch.tv/party_wolfe).
The newest single, "Wild Self Will Be Free," is the second of many songs planned for release in 2019 and 2020. Check out partywolfe.com/music or find Party Wolfe on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. to hear all of Party Wolfe's music.
A.J. has a long history of music and touring playing with bands such as The Bright Light Social Hour (2007-2013) and Scorpion Child (2015-2018), but he now does Party Wolfe and keyboards/vocals in The Matt Gilmour Band. A.J. has toured all over the United States, Canada, the U.K., and Europe, but Austin, Texas is home base for Party Wolfe.
Party Wolfe is entirely recorded and produced by A.J. at his studio in Austin, Texas, but A.J. has also spent many hours in multiple professional studios around Austin working with producers such as Frenchie Smith and Danny Reisch. A.J. also live streams music production and live music to Twitch (twitch.tv/party_wolfe).
The newest single, "Wild Self Will Be Free," is the second of many songs planned for release in 2019 and 2020. Check out partywolfe.com/music or find Party Wolfe on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. to hear all of Party Wolfe's music.
Biography:
Born from pure love of music and pushing the boundaries of 'the norm,' Party Wolfe is a musical anomaly piloted by A.J. Vincent of Austin, Texas. Growing up surrounded by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ghostland Observatory, Austin City Limits, and South by South West Music Festival, A.J. has a well-rounded mix of many genres and styles, but the glaringly obvious nature of Party Wolfe is founded in A.J.'s love of making people dance.
A.J. has been obsessed with the piano and making music since he was five years old. He started songwriting at age 15, and started playing shows around Austin at 17. He shifted from basic songwriting into full compositional music production as he worked with bands and on his own through the years, and he has now become a very experienced music performer and producer. A.J. toured the United States and Canada for multiple years with the dance-rock party-starters The Bright Light Social Hour, with whom he was awarded "Best Keyboardist" at the Austin Music Awards two years in a row during SXSW in 2011 and 2012. During his time with the TBLSH, he opened for Aerosmith at Festival d'été de Québec, played Austin City Limits Music Festival, South by Southwest Music Festival, Wakarusa, and many more festivals and venues across North America. After leaving The Bright Light Social Hour, he then continued his mastery of synth-shredding skills and soaring vocal prowess with his first solo album released under his own name (Thief of Fire, released February 2014), and toured the United States as a solo artist in 2014. Shortly thereafter, he joined the 70's-inspired heavy rock band Scorpion Child in 2015, and co-wrote the second Scorpion Child album, Acid Roulette, with famed Austin producer, Chris "Frenchie" Smith. After releasing the album, Scorpion Child slayed stages all over the world on multiple tours through the U.K., Europe, and the United States. After many years of experience making music on tour and in the studio, coupled with a wild affinity for electronic dance music, A.J.'s solo music, Party Wolfe, was officially born. The purpose of Party Wolfe is to explore new, undiscovered seas of electronic music, and continually push back the boundaries of music itself.
"Wild Self Will Be Free" is the newest release from Party Wolfe. With a fat bass and feel-good groove, "Wild Self Will Be Free" is a song that sets off dancing and intimacy. The unexpected twists and turns of the song really help set off the feeling of immersion in the track, and by the end of the song the whole journey of music comes comfortably to an end.
"Love Will Take Us Far" represents a new age in the sound of Party Wolfe. After extensively exploring the hybridization of electronic music and rock music production styles, A.J. set his sights on a new destination for the sound of Party Wolfe. A.J. realized it was time to look further into the future, and make a new electronic music style that can be heard in the single, "Love Will Take Us Far."
Electric Kind of Love (2017) was written, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by A.J. Vincent in his home studio in Austin. It is a full concept story album that lyrically delves into a world based around two characters: the Sorceress and 'The Demon Keeper,' who fight creatures of another dimension to keep the world at peace, and the rest of the world is completely unaware of the battle. The album plays on so many emotions, and it's like a series of movie scenes playing in your head while you listen. It brilliantly blends rock and electronic music by placing synthesizers, dance beats, and pounding bass forward in the mix, but there is still an essence of classic songwriting within the chords and production that glimmer with rock overtones. Throughout the album, like a dance track that just exposed it's inner mosh-pit rock-god, Party Wolfe unleashes wicked solos that would make a theory professor cry foul, but an audiophile feel goosebumps. A.J.'s mastery of his instruments, plus his knowledge of how music affects the ears, body, mind, and soul, becomes apparent when traveling through the musical story that is Electric Kind of Love.
As for 2019 and into 2020, Party Wolfe will be releasing more music, and slaying stages all over the world. Along with new music and shows, Party Wolfe will be live streaming music performance and music production on multiple streaming platforms such as Twitch and LÜM (and as an avid gamer, you will occasionally catch A.J. streaming games on Twitch as well). The new vibe found within the track "Love Will Take Us Far" has been released, but there's much more to be found in this new chapter of Party Wolfe, and A.J. has already set sail to find it.
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Music:
"Wild Self Will Be Free"
Single - Released May 21st, 2019
"Love Will Take Us Far"
Single - Released March 9th, 2019
Electric Kind of Love
Full Album - Released June 23rd, 2017
Video:
Party Wolfe's 2019 NPR Tiny Desk Submission
"Love Will Take Us Far' - Light design by Party Wolfe
"Love Will Take Us Far' - Light design by Party Wolfe