Tommy Trash

Thomas Olsen was born in Bundaberg, Queensland in 1979 and trained classically on piano and trumpet before he started releasing electro house as Tommy Trash in 2006. “Need Me to Stay” was nominated for an ARIA for best dance record in 2009.

“The End” in 2011 was his breakthrough. “Reload”, made with Sebastian Ingrosso, reached number three in the UK the following year, and his remix of Deadmau5’s “The Veldt” was nominated for a Grammy.

“Wake the Giant”, with the vocalist JHart, came out on Armada in 2015 and is the most representative thing he has made — progressive house with a proper song inside it.

He stepped back from releasing around 2018 and returned in 2019 and 2020 with quieter, more melodic records. He now lives in Los Angeles.

There is no Vegas date for him on our board at present, and the newer material is a long way from the electro house that filled rooms in 2012. If you are going on the strength of “The End”, know that he has moved on from it.

Written from Wikipedia and AllMusic.