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Epicure is an American Creative based in both Austin, TX and Boston, MA that runs electronic & dance music shows, operates multiple online imprints, manages PR for several brands and artists, and has a collective of upcoming musicians.

Epicure serves as the umbrella brand to their network, which includes imprints Jadu Dala, Make War Not War, Prema, The 808 Arcade, and Inked Eclipse.

History
Epicure was founded in January 2016 by Jared Rapoza and Will Mendez, two aspiring music producers. From its inception, their intentions were to create a community of motivated, like-minded producers who who would help each other grow in the electronic music scene.

After receiving smalltime attention from music curators and artists, the ownership of Epicure transferred evenly to Jared Rapoza and Nelson Mak, with the newfound goal of creating an electronic music inspired lifestyle brand and community comparable to Moving Castle, Electric Family, and Owsla.

Through 2016, Epicure released a selection of tracks on its label (also named Epicure) and saw immense growth and success from them. It’s most prosperous release to date has been ‘Keep Yourself Away’, by EGZOD featuring Caiti Patton, with almost 200,00 streams on SoundCloud and hundreds of thousands of streams on other platforms including Spotify and YouTube. EGZOD’s single also reached the #1 spot on Hype Machine’s ‘Popular’ chart. After releasing this single, Epicure has not put out any new music through its label.

As 2016 came to an end, Epicure found itself involved in the digital strategy for artists from 20Twenty Music under Roc Nation, those being Candyland (musician), BARE, Castor Troy, and others under the management group. They have helped such artists garner millions of plays on SoundCloud, boosting their brands on the widely recognized site for electronic music discovery.

Along with its partnership with 20Twenty Music, Epicure has provided digital strategy and PR assistance for Mind of a Genius, Spirix, Thrive Records, Artist Intelligence Agency, Rauthentic, Terravita, Tribal Trap, Lowly Palace, Elysian Records, Valentine, and other electronic music brands.

Coming into 2017, Epicure has appeared quiet from the eyes of the public. That being said, during SXSW ‘17, they and other partners hosted two showcases featuring performances from Luca Lush, BARE, and other acclaimed artists. Going into 2018, Epicure is working to strengthen their closely knit family of artists and evolve itself into an electronic music inspired lifestyle brand.

Accolades
In 2017, Epicure was featured in Almost Real Things magazine, stating "Their (Epicure’s) mission is to enable artists and return the focus of the music industry onto creatives.” Epicure’s influence on SoundCloud has grown from nothing into just below one million followers across their imprints, artists, and partnership brands. In January 2017, Epicure helped THEY.’s single titled ‘U-RITE’, reach over 100,000 plays on SoundCloud during the first two days of its release. U-RITE continued to grow to 1.5 million plays on SoundCloud (as of 8/31/17) and reach the #1 spot on Hype Machine.

Music Promoted by Epicure with over 250,000 Plays on SoundCloud

 * THEY. - U-RITE
 * 1,500,000 plays
 * AZAD - Sweet (prod. By Hucci)
 * 813,000 plays
 * Lost Kings - Phone Down (Spiric & Sep Remix)
 * 617,000 plays
 * Elephante - Hold (Candyland (musician) Remix)
 * 562,000 plays
 * Valentine - Her
 * 355,000 plays
 * Dillon Francis - Candy Feat. Snappy Jit (Candyland (musician) Remix)
 * 342,000 plays
 * Whethan Feat. Flux Pavillion - Savage (Wolfik Remix)
 * 320,000 plays
 * Terravita x BARE - Right Now Ft. Tima Dee
 * 281,000 plays
 * Candyland (musician) - Just Fro With It
 * 278,000 plays
 * What So Not - Touched (Part Native Remix)
 * 271,000 plays