Gridlock Talent

There’s no metric for whether your post sent someone to your profile to actually listen. Or started a conversation with their friend about coming to your next show. Or put a song in someone’s ears that made their day better than it was.
None of that shows up in your analytics. It still happened.

Keep going.

Build a system, not an extra job. 🔗

Create a system, not another job. 🔗

Build a system, not an another job.

VLADE is officially signed to Gridlock Talent for management and development.

Victor Arias sat down at a piano at 5 years old and never got up. By 15 he was DJ’ing and producing. Eleven years of relentless work later, his records live on Insomniac and Dim Mak, with DJ support from Steve Aoki, Yellowclaw and Mariana Bo.

Nostalgic mainstage melodies or peak-time club weapons — the Miami native knows exactly which one the room needs.

Welcome to the team!

Jazz has rules. Dubstep has rules. “Amor” has neither. new single is out now! 🎷⚡️

— the portal opens on Halloween night.
Mile High family, this one’s a must. 🎃

The portal is open. 🌀

We’re proud to officially welcome OSSIEN to the Gridlock family for development & management.

A jazz musician from the swing era falls through a portal, lands in 2026, hears EDM for the first time, and realizes every note he’s ever played was building toward this moment. That’s the lore. The reality is even better.

17 years of jazz training. Live saxophone over wonky dubstep drops. The warmth of a Blue Note record colliding with the violence of a bass drop inside the same measure. The speakeasy and the spaceship sharing an address.

OSSIEN is what happens when 17 years of jazz training falls through a portal and lands on the heaviest drop you’ve ever heard.

Welcome to the family. Step through. 🎷✨

We’re proud to officially welcome Bassurgence to the Gridlock family for development & management.

The brainchild of Denver-based producer Johnny Ruffin III, Bassurgence is carving out a lane of his own in Bass Capital USA, fusing dub, reggae, and early dubstep roots with expansive synthscapes, gripping rhythms, and bone-rattling bass.

A producer first and foremost, Johnny spent years behind the scenes perfecting his craft. The result? Live sets that are immersive, unpredictable, and always unforgettable.

The resurgence is here.

Welcome home,

From soldier to saxophonist. 🎷

We’re beyond proud to officially welcome ALiV (pronounced Al-ee V) to the Gridlock Talent family for development & management.

After nearly a decade serving in the U.S. Army, ALiV returned to music with one mission: turn life’s hardest chapters into something you can dance to. Soulful sax solos, bluesy guitar licks, reggae rhythms, and heavy basslines, every track is a journey from structure to freedom.

Welcome home,