Nihil Young

About Nihil Young

Nihil Young (Born Mattia Marotta) is an Italian DJ, producer and electronic music artist. For over 15 years his tracks have focused on melodic techno, progressive house and indie dance. He prioritises raw emotion and storytelling over strict genre rules, building immersive pieces that hit on a personal level. As a writer and producer he has passed 100 million streams. As an artist he has more than 30 million streams on Spotify alone. His music regularly appears on major playlists, charts in the Beatport Top 10 and draws support from tastemakers worldwide. He has released on Toolroom, Purified, Odd One Out (Yotto), Saved, Kittball, Zerothree, Vandit, Armada, Spinnin’, Enhanced, Sony, Universal and others. Standout records include the best-selling Alchemy EP on Odd One Out, the Lonely Night EP on Purified, Upper Love, Luna and Motions on Toolroom, plus the 10-million-stream track Hey Now. Key collaborations include How It Feels with Franky Wah, Sacred with Tom Ferry and ARi, and work with Jordan Arts, Einmusik and more. Under the earlier alias Less Hate he delivered remixes for Dennis Ferrer, Roland Clark, Kevin Saunderson, Inner City and Etienne de Crécy. He founded and A&Rs his own label Frequenza and hosts the monthly Dark To Light radio show on Frisky Deep. In 2025 the Hypnosis EP with Ashkan Dian and Unseen (Perspectives Digital) placed the title track on the cover of Spotify’s Electronic Rising playlist. Year-end singles Bring It Back and Out Of Control came out on Frequenza. 2026 opened with the lead single A Feeling on Zerothree, supported by Ferry Corsten on A State of Trance. Further releases included Automatic on Magnetic Magazine, high-profile remixes for Dennis Sheperd/Aldor and Vintage Culture, and the collab NXTBND with Dirty Doering on Katermukke, which also took the Electronic Rising cover. His debut album COMPASS LP arrives on Zerothree on 14 August 2026.