Unlike Pluto
Unlike Pluto
Armond Arabshahi, better known by the name Unlike Pluto, is an electronic music producer who is based in Los Angeles, California. He originally hails from Atlanta, Georgia.
Biography
Early Life
Unlike Pluto was born and raised in Atlanta and is of Persian descent. Throughout his childhood, he always had an interest in music. At the age of 5, he taught himself how to play the piano and later taught himself the guitar, drums, and clarinet. Having a wide variety of different tastes, Armond immersed himself in different genres including rock, country, folk.
In high school, Armond held a skater/punk persona and was in several different bands including rock, metal, folk, screamo and even country.
In school, he performed very well in academics and after graduating, he went on to study Biology at Emory University. When he had free time, Armond would find himself making music and releasing his work on the HypeMachine.
Introduction into EDM
Unlike Pluto playing a set
Unlike Pluto's first interaction with producing was using Audacity free in 2006 and started releasing tracks in the early 2010s. [1] One thing that pushed him to make EDM was that he hated dealing with drummers in bands. Although his music has been influenced by jazz, pop, and rock, his dance-centric sound was inspired by artists such as Skrillex, deadmau5, and Justice (band). When he started releasing music, some songs he dropped only received 10 plays in 5 days, but he persisted.
Move to Los Angeles and Rise to Prominence
Unlike Pluto in a hotel room
After graduating college, Armond initially applied to go to dental school, but it was not in his heart to follow through with it.
Instead, he moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in music and starting off sleeping on his sister's couch. He received his big break when his music started being released under the Monstercat label and has gone on to work with Mad Decent. Armond has collaborated with Seven Lions, Mike Taylor, Joanna Jones, and his own sister.
Today, Unlike Pluto's songs like "Worst in Me", "Waiting for You" featuring Joanna Jones, and "Everything Black" featuring Mike Taylor have gone on to be streamed millions of times and has played at festivals such as Ultra, Bonnaroo, and soon Nocturnal Wonderland. Growing in success, he has been listed on Billboard Dance's Artists to watch in 2016 and Dancing Astronaut's artists to watch in 2017. As of July 2017, Unlike Pluto has garnered 86.5K followers on SoundCloud, over 31K likes on Facebook, 11K followers on Instagram, and 8K followers on Twitter.