At a time when dance acts like Diplo and Skrillex are getting more mainstream radio airtime than ever, Kygo, whose tropical house sound registers at around 100 beats-per-minute--slower than the ...

In recent years the masses have flocked to Kygo’s sound, a slowed-down style heavy on piano melodies dubbed “tropical house,” rather than the 24 year-old Norwegian producer tailoring his ...

But Kygo is keen to insist that his debut album, called Cloud Nine, branches into other sounds as well. “It’s not necessarily easy for a dance act to put together an album,” he explains.

The other thing that makes Kygo a force in dance music is his choice of tempo. Progressive house artists like Avicii or Calvin Harris generally set their songs to relatively peppy 128 beats per ...

Proving that tropical house is no longer niche, John Legend came out on the Greek stage early to sing his Kygo collaboration “Sexual Healing,” which is about as grown-and-sexy a vouch as a ...

Kygo is often referred to as the founder/creator of the genre “tropical house,” a musical phenomenon that dominated much of electronic music in the past few years, influencing even the biggest ...

With that song and Drake’s “One Dance”’s omnipresence, it’s hard not to wonder if it’s time for Kygo’s brand of tropical house to be subsumed by a new, full-on pop-dancehall craze.

So, what does Kygo don on stage when even the tropical energy of PTC can’t effect the temperature of outdoor Aspen in February? “I don’t have any go-to outfits, but I’m a big fan of Alo ...

He's responsible for bringing tropical house to the masses, but Kygo says he needs to now take it to "the next level". The Norwegian DJ has gained mass airplay with tracks like Firestone and Stole ...

Puma and Rickie Fowler have partnered with DJ Kygo and his lifestyle brand, Palm Tree Crew, to release a fresh drop. Whether your vacation takes you to a course or a beach, show up in style in the ...