Kay Wilder is the artist moniker of producer, dj and label owner Herman-Jan (Kay) Wildervank. Production-wise dropping breakthrough electronic productions, delivering his energetic sound, either for the bigger stages as Kay Wilder or delivering a more deep and melodic sound for the underground with his WLDR. moniker. Kay creates his own musical landscape where the melodic influences of trance, progressive, techno and future rave seem to be in a well-balanced cohesion. Kay signed his music to renowned record labels such as High Contrast (Be Yourself Music) Armada, Ministry of Sound and his own label imprint Epic247 Recordings. Performing live while touring throughout Europe and Asia with key-showcases on A State of Trance Festival and Kay his solo performance in the Afghan desert. Being voted as one of the global tastemakers in progressive & trance, as #94 in the TrancePodium.nu DJ Poll Top 100.


The year 2022 seems to be an interesting year for the Dutchman, with a pocket full of fresh releases to be send out into the world on the notorious High Contrast imprint. Receiving support by leading artists, such as Tiësto, W&W, Above & Beyond, Sander van Doorn, Marco V, Orjan Nilsen, Andrew Rayel, MaRLo, Showtek, Judge Jules, Cosmic Gate a.o.


Alongside his artist projects, Kay runs his boutique artist management agency & record label, Epic247, representing artists like Sick Individuals, Shapov, Thomas Newson, Magnificence, Laura van Dam and more at https://www.epic247.com