Rooks & Raven

The name Savant has proved a highly appropriate moniker for Norwegian producer Aleksander Vinto, who has managed a highly prodigious output since he started making music in 2009. Drawing influence from dubstep, drum’n’bass, electro-house, glitch-hop, and chip tune, the musician’s debut release was the 2009 album “Outbreak” released under the moniker Vintor in Hollywood. Introducing his often elaborate style to a whole new audience, the record was later nominated for a Norwegian Spelleman Award. A year later after signing with SectionZ, the album “Mamachine” was issued by the label, this time under the name Vinter in Vegas.

The DJ and producer subsequently released the full-length “Ninür” in 2011, and four impressive albums in 2012, “Vario”, “Overworld”, “ISM”, and “Alchemist”. The latter album of which topped the Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Electro-House, Glitch Hop, Drumstep, Indie Dance/Nu Disco, and overall Beatport charts. Savant subsequently released a pair of EPs “The Ritalin Project” and “Mindmelt” later in 2012 to test out future material. The international appeal and widespread popularity this afforded the musician led Savant to tour extensively across North America, and remix well-known artists including Kelis, “P!NK, Daft Punk, Justice, and Armand Van Helden.

The free studio album “Overkill” arrived in 2013, followed a few months later by the full-length “Cult”, and “Orakel” in December 2013. The latter release peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. iTunes Dance Chart and cemented Savant’s revered position in electronic music. In 2014 SectionZ issued Savant’s 11th studio album “Protos” that was marked more by the influences of space rock than EDM and topped the Bandcamp Electronica and Overall Charts. The full-length “Zion” followed peaking at No. 19 on the Billboard Dance Chart, and No. 24 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. Savant issued his 13th studio album in six years, “Invasion”, in 2015, which marked his most bubbly to date, and led esteemed producer deadmau5 to refer to Savant as “the change that electronic music needs”.