ØBANA (US)
Stephen Obana, aka ØBANA, is a distinguished DJ and EDM Music Producer raising entertainment standards since 2006. Best known for his scaling mixes ranging from mellow beats to high-energy mashups, ØBANA brings an extensive track record in cultivating music that connects with his audiences and leaves them wanting more. To date, ØBANA is respected not only for his music inventory featuring top hits of the time as well as his original music, but also for his sensational live performances throughout A-list locations including Insomniac’s Academy LA, Catch One, Los Globos, and Space Taco to name a notable few. He has since begun cultivating his roots internationally by touring through the Philippines in 2025, and garneringperformances in Seoul,Korea and Ibiza, Spain at the acclaimed Destino Pacha through his accolades gained through Legendary DJs Pete Tong & Carl Cox’s DJ Academy. In 2024 he was selected to accept a nomination as one of the year’s Future Talent Award Winners presented to him at the International Music Summit’s 2024 annual conference.
ØBANA’s ardency towards music theory initiated at an early age when he began learning how to play piano and clarinet. Later evolving into the Rock scene, ØBANA spent the next nine years playing in various Pop Punk/Metal Bands - actively performing throughout Southern California and spending a year coast-to-coast-touring. With this as his base and inspired by strong influences from iconic names like Skrillex, Dilon Francis, Kygo, and Martin Garrix, ØBANA began his solo journey. Ultimately, ØBANA recorded a self-titled EP called "Loventures," and covered numerous top hits that have rendered millions of views on YouTube. Even more, he did so while simultaneously earning his certificate in the Independent Artist Program from the Musicians Institute in Hollywood.
An industry chameleon bringing new vibes to the landscape, ØBANA shifted his focus in 2017 to the world of EDM - with firm pulses on Tech House, Big Room, and EDM Trap. Part of that stemmed from his natural ability to electrifyingly transition sounds and part from his unprecedented versatility when it comes to bridging the production of rhythm, sound syntax, and vocals. Since then, ØBANA has produced original dance music, trademarked a new genre called 'Trapical', and ultimately transitioned into a sought-after DJ with a 200+ show rapport in his career to date and counting. More recently, ØBANA's work includes developing his first original EDM EP titled ‘ALPHA’, which released in the Fall of 2024. Since having released a recent volume of Original work he was able to have his Tech House Single “Self Check Me Out” signed to thriving House Label Addicted Room Records based out of Ibiza and Austria.
Overall, ØBANA is known for creating immersive environments and read-the-room productions that captivate beyond just the surface senses, leading to his staple name over the last decade. But as pendulum-shifting and evolving as his work may be, ØBANA’s vision as an artist has always stayed the same: to challenge the status quo with his unique curation and deliver his audience a performance worth remembering.