John Summit is a stage name for American DJ, producer, and record label owner John Walter Schuster, who was born on July 29, 1994. He has played for crowds at Coachella, Lollapalooza, Tomorrowland, and Electric Daisy Carnival, and he specializes in house and techno. Additionally, Summit has graced legendary locations including Madison Square Garden, Red Rocks, BMO Stadium, and The Kia Forum.
Variety praised him as “one of EDM’s biggest rising stars” in 2024, while Rolling Stone called him “the hottest name in dance music.” Original songs, remixes, and renowned long DJ sets are all incorporated into his music, which includes multiple number one singles on the US dance charts.
Paul Simpson’s biography of John Summit Miami-based John Summit is a prominent figure in the dance music industry, with a discography that includes everything from smooth, rolling tech-house to more melodic, vocal-driven house. He has produced multiple top-selling and highly streamed singles and performed at numerous festivals. He has been putting out music since the late 2010s. He made his debut with the catchy 2020 single “Deep End,” and went on to record hits including “Human” (with Echoes), “Sun Came Up,” a duet with Sofi Tukker, and “La Danza.”In 2022, Summit founded the label and event brand Experts Only (formerly Off the Grid), and he went on to record other songs, including “Revolution.” The song “Where You Are,” released in 2023, was one of his biggest hits. It was followed by the trance tune “Fade Out.” His first album, Comfort in Chaos, came out in 2024.
After attending Lollapalooza and beginning to sneak into clubs and after-parties, John Walter Schuster, who had taken piano lessons as a child, became interested in electronic music. Around 2017, he started releasing music under the name John Summit after learning how to create and DJ while still an undergraduate at the University of Illinois. He spent a few years releasing digital tracks before he made music his full-time career. His perseverance paid off when Defected released “Deep End” in 2020, amassing significant streaming and internet sales figures. The songs “Thin Line” (with Guz), “Make Me Feel,” and “Sun Came Up” (with Sofi Tukker) were among the others that came out in 2021. Near the end of the year, FFRR released “Human” (with Echoes), which went on to become a radio smash. 2020 saw Summit rejoin Defected with “La Danza,” and he debuted his Off the Grid label with “In Chicago.” In addition, he remixed Kygo’s “Freeze” and Kx5’s (deadmau5 and Kaskade) “Escape” “Show Me” (with Hannah Boleyn), “What a Life” (with Guz featuring Stevie Appleton), and “Revolution” came next.
The dance website EDM Train awarded Summit the Artist of the Year at the end of 2022. The progressive house anthem “Where You Are,” which featured vocalist Hayla, was released in 2023 and swiftly rose to the top of Summit’s streaming charts. Barack Obama even mentioned it as one of his favorite songs of the year. In addition to releasing multiple “Where You Are” remixes and the progressive trance song “Fade Out,” which he co-wrote with MKLA, Summit renamed Off the Grid as Experts Only. Also featured were “Legacy” (with Vltra) and “Hungover” (with Camden Cox and Mathame). In 2024, Summit released his debut full-length album, Comfort in Chaos, with features by Kaskade, Sub Focus, Julia Church, and Elderbrook. On the Billboard 200, the album debuted at number 39.