Joshua Mellody (born Joshua Paul Jenkin, 1 June 1989), professionally known as Zomboy, is an English

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, and DJ whose mascot is a zombie.

Biography

Before Joshua Mellody was active under the name Zomboy, he had an electronicore project called Place Your Bet$, under which a self-titled demo album was released in 2010. Zomboy debuted in 2011 with the EP ''Game Time'', which was released through his independent record label, Never Say Die Records. His debut EP was in top 5 of the Beatport dubstep charts for over eight weeks. At the end of the year, his music and remixes were licensed to compilations on labels like Warner and

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. In 2012, he released his second EP, ''The Dead Symphonic EP''. In March 2013, he released the single "Here to Stay" featuring Lady Chann on No Tomorrow Records. In September 2013, his ''Reanimated EP'' was released in two parts, of which Pt. 1 was released on Never Say Die Records & Pt. 2 on No Tomorrow Recordings. His debut album entitled ''The Outbreak'' on Never Say Die Records was released in August 2014. 2016 saw the release of the ''Neon Grave EP'', featuring four tracks; remixes of these tracks were released in an EP in early 2017. 2017 also saw the release of an EP entitled ''Rott N' Roll Part 1'' coinciding with a US tour; the remixes of this EP were released that November. Zomboy cites influences such as

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, Reso, Rusko and Bare Noize. He studied Music Production at the Academy of Contemporary Music in

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Discography

* ''Game Time EP'' ''(2011)'' * ''The Dead Symphonic'' ''(2012)'' * ''Reanimated, Pt. 1 EP'' ''(2013)'' * ''Reanimated, Pt. 2 EP'' ''(2014)'' * ''The Outbreak'' (2014) * ''Resurrected'' (2015) * ''Neon Grave EP'' ''(2016)'' * ''Rott N' Roll, Pt. 1 - EP'' ''(2017)'' * ''Rott N' Roll, Pt. 2 - EP (2019)'' * ''Dead Man Walking, Pt. 1 - EP'' ''(2022)'' * ''Dead Man Walking, Pt. 2 - EP (2024)''

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* English remixers English record producers Living people British dubstep musicians Moombahcore musicians English electronic dance music DJs 1989 births People from Penzance {{UK-electronic-musician-stub