Genre-defining Australian producer and one of trap music’s earliest pioneers, What So Not, officially launches a new creative era with the his new project I SAW A TRAP DJ AND IT CHANGED MY BIO CHEMISTRY finally released today.
The launch arrives as both a personal reflection and a broader recontextualisation of the trap and bass music era that transformed global dance culture throughout the 2010s. Long regarded as one of the defining producers behind the rise of cinematic trap and forward-thinking bass music, What So Not helped pioneer a sound that reshaped festival stages, internet music culture, radio programming, and electronic music’s crossover into the mainstream.
“This exact record here is me at my core. I wrote it in a flow state, everything happening like magic. I knew it was something so special that for almost 10 years I didn’t dare try and say it was ‘done’ and release it,” explains What So Not. “For a long time I found myself running away from a sound I helped create. In my journey to always do the ‘next’ thing, I think I neglected my thing. I feel like I’m coming back to myself, taking ownership of my story and reconnecting to a beautiful community that came together from all corners of the globe to change it for the better.”
“I think I’m coming back to a childlike form of myself, how I used to think and create from a place of joy and playfulness. Sometimes music is meant to be messy, raw and unpolished. I SAW A TRAP DJ AND IT CHANGED MY BIO CHEMISTRY embraces the 2016 nightclub energy of phones down chaos. And maybe a stupid tweet the next morning like the title of this EP!”
Drawing inspiration from cultural moments spanning iconic collaborations and early SoundCloud culture, and the explosion of globally influential trap and bass music, the project reflects on an era that fundamentally altered how electronic music was consumed and emotionally experienced online.
While What So Not’s career evolved toward larger crossover stages, live instrumentation, songwriting, and collaborations with artists such as Daniel Johns, the emotional DNA of that early movement remained foundational to his creative identity. I SAW A TRAP DJ AND IT CHANGED MY BIO CHEMISTRY revisits that influence through the lens of artistic maturity, combining the emotional intensity and unpredictability of early trap culture with years of sonic experimentation across drum & bass, analog production, cinematic songwriting, and global rhythmic influence.
“I feel like I’m finally writing the music everybody wants from me, but on my own terms, on my own time, with the tools of a lifetime chasing ‘what’s next’.”
Since his breakthrough in 2013 with tracks like High You Are (Branchez Remix) which has amassed more than 158 million Spotify streams alone, What So Not has built a legacy defined by innovation, emotional depth, and forward-thinking production. His sound and artistic identity have consistently pushed electronic music into new territory while maintaining the emotionally charged and cinematic sensibilities that first set him apart.
From the emotive pull of Gemini to his iconic reimagining of RÜFÜS DU SOL’s Innerbloom, What So Not carved out his place during electronic music’s most transformative era not by following trends, but by defying them through a genre-blurring and emotionally immersive creative vision. More than a decade later, he continues to bridge nostalgia and reinvention, creating music that resonates deeply with longtime fans while introducing a new generation to the emotional DNA of that era.
I SAW A TRAP DJ AND IT CHANGED MY BIO CHEMISTRY EP is out now here
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