Biography
Brooklyn-based producer After Wes makes modern, exploratory dance music that transcends traditional nightlife settings — dance music that feels just as at home in the sunshine as it does in the club.
After Wes (full name: Wesley Olmsted) grew up in Gainesville, Florida, and spent seven years in the Bay Area before moving to New York in 2021. He loves the vibrant, multi-faceted energy of north Brooklyn, where he currently calls home, as well as the community of friends and creatives he’s found in greater New York.
In the spirit of many of his musical inspirations and contemporaries (Aries, Fred again.., Porter Robinson), Wes loves to incorporate elements of his physical and emotional surroundings into his work, whether that means using warm synths to evoke comfort in cold winters (now we're letting go) or sampling a voice memo from his girlfriend (in paris, the windows are always open). His trademark sound is modern, melodic, and deftly textured, informed by both the hip-hop he grew up on and the hyperpop he came of age with.
By playfully balancing experimentation with an intuitive understanding of “what just sounds good,” Wes is able to create his most infectious songs whenever and wherever the mood strikes — at a coffee shop in a new neighborhood, in an aisle seat on an airplane, or on a park bench in a bustling city square. The result? An ever-growing, kaleidoscopic catalog of dance music that gives glitter to everyday life.
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