Tyler Marenyi (born October 11, 1990), better known by his stage name Nghtmre (stylized as in all caps; pronounced "nightmare"), is an American DJ and electronic dance music producer from Raleigh, North Carolina.[3][4][5][6][7]
Marenyi was born in Stamford, Connecticut, but was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina.[3] He attended North Raleigh Christian Academy, where he was a member of the tennis team.[8] He went to Elon University and obtained a degree in finance prior to moving to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career.[3][9] He then attended Icon Collective Music Production School where he met fellow producers Derek and Scott of Slander and developed a working relationship, subsequently resulted in numerous collaborations and frequently touring together as headlining acts.[9]
In the beginning, he created trap and house remixes of songs by Tiësto, Rae Sremmurd, and Skrillex.[3] Later on, he started producing his own songs, as well as, collaborating with other producers.[3] He gained recognition when Skrillex played one of his songs during a set at Ultra Music Festival.[3] Marenyi eventually signed to Diplo's record label, Mad Decent and had his first song, "Street", released shortly after.[3] He debuted at EDC Las Vegas 2015, which was his first festival performance.[10] He has regularly toured and collaborated with fellow DJs and producers, Slander, with whom he released his debut EP, Nuclear Bonds, also later released on Mad Decent.[11][9][12]
In 2016, he released his EP titled Nghtmre which had charted on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[3][13] He collaborated with Pegboard Nerds and Krewella to release "Superstar" as a single on the Vancouver-based label, Monstercat.[14] He later collaborated with producer Dillon Francis to release the single "Need You" on Mad Decent.[15][16][17] An official music video for the song was released by Francis on May 9, 2016, via YouTube.[16][18] He later collaborated with Flux Pavilion to release "Feel Your Love" as a single on his label, Circus Records.[19][20][21] He collaborated with rapper Afro to release the single "Stronger" which would also be released on Mad Decent.[22] He additionally collaborated with Toronto-based production duo Zeds Dead to release "Frontlines" as a single which would later be released on their debut album Northern Lights through their label, Deadbeats.[23] He collaborated with LOUDPVCK to release "Click Clack" as a single through Skrillex's Owsla label.[24] In 2017, Marenyi was in the lineup at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.[25]
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| US Dance [13] | ||
| Nuclear Bonds (with Slander) |
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| Nghtmre |
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| Magic Hour[27] (with Pell) |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [28] | |||
| "Walking on Sunshine" (with Richard Vission featuring Jackie Boyz) |
2014 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Mtrd" | 2015 | — | |
| "Street" | — | ||
| "Aftershock" (with Boombox Cartel) |
— | ||
| "You" (with Slander) |
— | Nuclear Bonds | |
| "Warning" (with Slander) |
— | ||
| "Power" (with Slander) |
— | ||
| "Superstar" (with Pegboard Nerds featuring Krewella) |
2016 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Need You" (with Dillon Francis) |
21 | ||
| "Feel Your Love" (with Flux Pavilion featuring Jamie Lewis) |
— | ||
| "Frontlines" (with Zeds Dead featuring GG MAGREE) |
— | ||
| "Click Clack" (with Loudpvck) |
— | ||
| "Stronger" (with Afro) |
— | ||
| "Gud Vibrations" (with Slander) |
— | ||
| "End of the Night" (with Ghastly) |
2017 | — | |
| "Embrace" (with Carmada featuring Xavier Dunn) |
— | ||
| "Only Want U" (with Snails featuring Akylla) |
— | ||
| "On the Run" (featuring Passeport) |
— | NGHTMRE, Pt. II | |
| "The Killer"[29] (featuring Bret James and Rnsom) |
— | ||
| "No Coming Down" (featuring Alex Wiley and Sky Montique) |
— | ||
| "Another Dimension" (with Dillon Francis) |
— | ||
| "Grave"[30] (with Wavedash) |
2018 | — | Non-album single |
| "Save Yourself" (with The Chainsmokers) |
21 | Sick Boy | |
| "Like That"[31] (with Big Gigantic) |
— | Non-album singles | |
| "Bang"[32] (with Shaq and Lil Jon) |
2019 | — | |
| "Redlight"[33] (with ASAP Ferg) |
— | ||
| "Man's First Inhibition"[34] (with Zhu and Kid Keem) |
— | ||
| "Bruises"[35] (with Grabbitz) |
— | ||
| "Cash Cow"[36] (with Gunna) |
— | ||
| "Feeling Gud"[37] (with Slander) |
2020 | 34 | |
| "Wrist"[38] (featuring Tory Lanez) |
— | ||
| "Nuclear Bass Face"[39] (with Subtronics) |
— | ||
| "Tu Tu Tu (That's Why We)"[40] (with Galantis and Liam O'Donnell) |
— | ||
| "Falling"[41] (with Klaxx) |
2021 | — | |
| "Speak Easy"[42] (with Alexandar Smash featuring Ghostlo) |
— | ||
| "Scars"[43] (featuring Yung Pinch) |
— | ||
| "Mosh"[44] (with Smokepurpp) |
— | ||
| "Shell Shock"[45] (with Zomboy featuring Georgia Ku) |
— | ||
| "Shady Intentions"/"Shady Intentions VIP"[46] (with Zeds Dead featuring Tori Levett) |
40 | Drmvrse | |
| "Fall into Me" (with Slander featuring Dylan Matthew) |
2022 | 33 | |
| "Nothing's Perfect" (featuring Oliver Tree) |
42 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
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