Philadelphia electronic artist Instupendo floats into earshot with original downtempo compositions that listeners say they turn to when they feel, or want to feel, a certain way. Dancing Astronaut compared his distinctive sound as “something akin to taking Tycho’s work, incepting it into a dreamscape, and slowing it way down”, while The Deli Magazine called it “a silken and ethereal logic operating somewhere in the space between trap and ambient.”

Like many of his peers, Instupendo (aka Aidan Peterson) got his start as a pre-teen on SoundCloud, organically building a fanbase and network of collaborators before venturing onto commercial streaming services in 2016. Within months, his single “Beauty Unit” was featured on Spotify’s Fresh Finds and subsequently charted on Billboard’s Spotify Viral 50. Successive singles, including ”Falling”, “Light Lock”, and “Comfort Chain”, secured additional playlist placements and attention from the likes of Indie Shuffle, Majestic Casual, ChillHop Music, La Belle Musique and ThisSongIsSick.

2017 saw Pigeons & Planes naming him an essential rising artist to watch, and Cosmo’s Midnight tapping him to remix their hit “History”. Instupendo followed up with his debut EP “Friend of a Friend”, featuring collaborations with artists Lontalius and Benny Sings. Nest HQ dubbed the EP “an emphatic assertion that Instupendo’s time has arrived.” The 17 year-old producer concluded the year with a remix of Grammy-winning remixer RAC’s “Unusual feat. MNDR” which promptly charted at #1 on Hype Machine’s remix chart and landed the top spot on Apple Music’s global Today’s Chill playlist.

Instupendo released his sophomore EP, "Faces I Know" -- featuring Hype Machine #1 "Boy", and US/CA New Music Friday selection "Fleur feat. Teen Daze," in early 2018, and followed it up with his Pitchfork and KCRW endorsed remix of Rostam's "Half-Light feat. Kelly Zutrau". 2018 also saw him opening for Shallou, Digitalism, Eevee, Rostam, and Quickly Quickly.