John Summit

With a catalog ranging from slick, rolling tech-house to more melodic, vocal-driven house, Miami-based John Summit is a major figure in the dance music world, appearing at countless festivals and producing several top-selling and heavily streamed tracks. Releasing music since the late 2010s, he broke through with the infectious 2020 song "Deep End," and found further success with tracks like "Human" (featuring Echoes), the Sofi Tukker collaboration "Sun Came Up," and "La Danza." Summit formed the label and event brand Experts Only (originally known as Off the Grid) in 2022 and released additional tracks such as "Revolution." He scored one of his biggest hits with the 2023 anthem "Where You Are," and followed it with the trance single "Fade Out." Comfort in Chaos, his debut album, arrived in 2024. Other singles followed in 2025, such as "light years" and a remix of Britney Spears' "I Wanna Go."John Walter Schuster took piano lessons as a child, and got into electronic music after he attended Lollapalooza and started sneaking into clubs and after-parties. He learned to produce and DJ while an undergraduate student at the University of Illinois and began releasing music as John Summit around 2017. After issuing digital tracks for a few years, he focused on making music full-time. His persistence paid off when "Deep End" was released by Defected in 2020, racking up major online sales and streaming numbers. Several more tracks followed in 2021, including "Thin Line" (with Guz), "Make Me Feel," and "Sun Came Up" (with Sofi Tukker). "Human" (featuring Echoes) was released by FFRR near the end of the year, and subsequently became a radio hit. Summit returned to Defected with 2020's "La Danza," and launched his Off the Grid label with "In Chicago." He also remixed "Escape" by Kx5 (the duo of deadmau5 and Kaskade) and "Freeze" by Kygo. "What a Life" (with Guz featuring Stevie Appleton), "Show Me" (featuring Hannah Boleyn), and "Revolution" followed. At the end of 2022, Summit was named Artist of the Year by dance website EDM Train. "Where You Are," a progressive house anthem featuring vocalist Hayla, appeared in 2023 and quickly became one of Summit's most heavily streamed songs; it was even namechecked by Barack Obama as one of his favorite songs of the year. Summit rebranded Off the Grid as Experts Only, and released several "Where You Are" remixes, as well as "Fade Out," a progressive trance tune with MKLA. "Legacy" (with Vltra) and "Hungover" (with Camden Cox and Mathame) also appeared. Comfort in Chaos, Summit's first full-length, was issued in 2024, with Kaskade, Sub Focus, Julia Church, and Elderbrook all making appearances. The album debuted at number 39 on the Billboard 200. In 2025, Summit released the more reserved "Focus" (featuring CLOVES) and the exuberant "light years" (featuring Inéz). He also collaborated with Gorgon City and rhys from the sticks on the song "Is Everybody Having Fun?," and released remixes of Delerium and Sarah McLachlan's "Silence" and Britney Spears' "I Wanna Go."
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