Wyatt Pearson, better known as Electric Mantis, is an electronic music producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is originally from Anchorage, Alaska. ^[undefined]

Pearson grew up in Anchorage and from a young age had an interest in music.

His father was in a local band and encouraged Pearson to pursue music throughout his life.

In elementary school, Pearson taught himself how to use GarageBand and later learned to play the trumpet and drums. During his teenage years, Pearson took a break from production and was involved in several different types of bands including jazz combos, latin bands, metal bands, and more. ^[undefined]

After high school, he moved to Eugene, Oregon to attend the University of Oregon and studied Biology. Around the same time, Pearson rediscovered GarageBand and his roommate introduced him to chiller, underground music. ^[undefined] In the middle of college, Pearson upgraded to Reason, a more advanced production program, in order to produce the sound he desired. Although he had a positive experience at school, Pearson spent more time focusing on music and eventually dropped out and moved to Portland to pursue his passion full-time. ^[undefined]

In 2013, Electric Mantis posted his track "Flips And Flops, Drips And Drops" to Reddit and the next day it went viral.

^[undefined] A cosign from Mad Decent producer Djemba Djemba helped catapult the song to the front page of /r/music and went from 50-100 plays to over 180,000 plays in three days. ^[undefined]

Electric Mantis has been heralded as "The American Flume" by Vibe magazine and his music has been characterized by a chill, Future bass sound. ^[undefined] He has received support from other artists such as Odesza, Giraffage, Gramatik, and Porter Robinson. ^[undefined] Other inspirations Electric Mantis looks to for inspiration include Wave Racer, Cashmere Cat, Haywyre, and Mr. Carmack. ^[undefined]

Electric Mantis has a growing social media presence online.

As of July 2017, Electric Mantis had over 74K followers on SoundCloud, 18.5K likes on Facebook, 6.1K followers on Twitter, and nearly 4K followers on Instagram. ^{[undefined] [undefined] [undefined] [1]}