Daft Lucario

Daft Lucario is a Mexican/American DJ trio from New Jersey, USA & Oaxaca, MX made of American 21-year-old twin brothers, Sam & Tyler Orlick (better known as Samwell and Tydal/MultimediaLucario) as the American frontmen, and Mexican producer, Will Bautista as the Mexican frontman and producer.

Originally a duo, At age 2 in 2005, the two brothers watched the movie, "Madagascar", which heavily featured the song, "I Like To Move It" by Reel 2 Real & The Mad Stuntman, which was the very first Electronic Dance Music track they had ever listened to.

Many years later, at age 12 in 2015, They started listening to songs such as "One More Time," by Daft Punk which was the second dance music track they ever listened to.

1 year later, At age 13, on February 16, 2016, Daft Lucario officially started to join the dance music game when they were in music class in middle school. However, because they had some technical difficulties with their sound, they originally ceased operations from 2017 until late 2018 when they were inspired by their best friend, Zanny Duko to restart their career.

They're signed with their label Spectrum Music (a neurodiverse talent-focused label/joint venture of Samwell's company, Universonality Media & Entertainment, LLC and California-based record label/distribution service SUGO Music Group). Right now, Daft Lucario is rising in the dance music game, improving their sound over time. They're Inspired by bigger artists like Alan Walker, NWYR, Avicii, Martin Garrix, Daft Punk, Zanny Duko, SaberZ, W&W, Jeffrey Sutorius, Dash Berlin, KEVU, and Armin Van Buuren. One of their biggest dreams is to perform mainstage at Ultra Music Festival, EDC (Las Vegas, Mexico & Korea), Tomorrowland, Coachella, HyperGlow, A State Of Trance, ADE, and more. They specialize in the Mainstage Trance and Mainstage Techno subgenres of the electronic music scene.

In 2021, Daft Lucario announced that Mexican producer, Willi Bautista had joined the group as Daft Lucario's producer and third member, making the duo into a trio.

On November 1, 2021, Daft Lucario's frontmen, Sam & Tyler Orlick launched their side project / joint venture with American DJ-producer Zanny Duko consisting of the Progressive Mainstage Trance (a subgenre popularized by Dash Berlin & Jeffrey Sutorius) called, Dash Wolf. Daft Lucario is continuing alongside Dash Wolf to this day.

On October 11, 2023, Daft Lucario did their very first closing set at the "Beats Bartenders Brushes" Open Deck Night, organized by Hoboken-based Get Down DJ Group marking a new era for the group.

On July 5, 2024, Daft Lucario (alongside American DJ/producer, Zanny Duko) are playing at the esteemed HyperGlow in Asbury Park, NJ.

In March 2025, Daft Lucario and Zanny Duko are rumored to play at Sweet Liberty for Miami Music Week 2025.

The future ahead is looking very bright. Whether it is under Samwell, Daft Lucario, or Dash Wolf, the music isn't stopping anytime soon.