You are witnessing the rise of the Volpetron.
EDM.com’s Class of 2022 artist Ray Volpe finally released “Laserbeam” in June of last year – one of the most anticipated & sought after IDs of the year. “Laserbeam” has been a breakthrough single for Ray before & after its release, hitting major milestones & becoming the defining Dubstep record of the year. It was crowned the most played track at EDC Las Vegas 2022, reached #1 on Beatport’s Dubstep Chart & #1 on iTunes Electronic Chart, debuted on two Billboard charts – Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic & Billboard’s Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales Chart as one of the few, if not the only dubstep track on the charts at the time of writing, streamed half a million times across platforms in under two weeks of release, garnered tens of millions of views on TikTok & IG Reels, with thousands of videos using the track audio, started trending on Twitter, and infiltrated other genres of dance music with high praise & playouts from Skrillex, Chris Lake, Timmy Trumpet, Sub Focus, The Chainsmokers, Dillon Francis, & more.
By the end of 2022, “Laserbeam” was officially named the #1 most played Dubstep track of 2022 by 1001tracklists as well as the #1 most purchased Dubstep track of 2022 by Beatport.
Ray has since released his much anticipated & fan favorite collab with global superstar Marshmello, which immediately hit Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic & has been a staple & opening song of Marshmello’s DJ sets. After triumphantly concluding his massive 2022 headline tour, with more than half of the headline dates selling out, he is now deep into a world tour in 2023, already selling out dates in Asia & NZ. He’s also making festival appearances at Lollapalooza, EDCLV, Tomorrowland & more.
Winning Electronic Dance Music Awards 2023 for “Best New Artist” and additionally being nominated for “Dubstep Artist of the Year,” Ray Volpe continues to prove why he is a legend in the making.
