In a quiet town tucked deep in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, two artists are building one of the most aggressive new names in American drum & bass.

 

VYYPR — the duo project formed by Dylan Deri and Dylan Godsey — wasn’t born in a major music hub, a label office, or an industry writing camp. It started in a small Pacific Northwest dispensary after Godsey was promoting a local DJ night and crossed paths with Deri, a recently relocated Los Angeles producer searching for connection in an unfamiliar town.

 

The two quickly discovered more than a shared love for electronic music — they shared the same first name, complementary creative instincts, and eventually, a larger vision for where heavy electronic music could go next.

 

“We wanted to make music that bites,” the duo explains. “Fast, aggressive music with a killer instinct.”

 

That philosophy became the foundation for VYYPR: a monochromatic, high-intensity drum & bass project blending tearout aggression, metal guitar textures, live-performance-minded arrangement, and relentless stylistic switchups designed to keep listeners fully locked into the moment.

 

Before VYYPR, the pair had already built a regional reputation through local events and their first promotion company, Taste Trap, helping cultivate bass music culture in their hometown of Sequim, Washington — a rural coastal town located nearly two hours outside Seattle. But despite successful events and growing local traction, both artists felt creatively boxed in by scenes that didn’t fully align with the energy they wanted to push.

 

At the time, Godsey’s solo project PANIOLO was gaining momentum throughout Seattle and Tacoma’s bass circuit through heavy tearout dubstep, while Deri had been producing bass house and exploring darker hybrid sounds in the studio. Drum & bass eventually emerged as the perfect collision point between both worlds.

 

“We saw DnB as an untapped lane in the States,” they say. “But we didn’t want to make dancefloor. We wanted something heavier. Something dangerous.”

 

That danger is central to the VYYPR experience.

 

Their tracks are engineered less like traditional DJ tools and more like adrenaline systems — designed to raise heart rates, sharpen attention spans, and physically move crowds through unpredictability. Metal guitar riffs slash through distorted basslines. Sections mutate rapidly. Drops rarely stay in one place long enough to become comfortable.

 

“We produce with live performance in mind,” Deri says. “There’s nothing worse to us than hearing the same thing over and over for an entire set. We want to make music the ADHD kid can’t get bored with.”

 

But beneath the aggression sits a surprisingly human intention.

 

For VYYPR, the goal isn’t simply heaviness for heaviness’ sake — it’s immersion. Escape. Presence.

 

“We want people too locked into the music to care about anything else going on in the bullshit of the normal world,” the duo explains. “We chase loud screams and moving bodies.”

 

That philosophy extends directly into the visual identity surrounding the project. VYYPR’s branding trades the colorful optimism often associated with EDM culture for something sharper and more cinematic: black-and-white visuals, strobe-heavy performances, leather jackets, distressed black denim, and an energy that feels closer to a rock show than a traditional electronic set.

 

The snake imagery woven throughout the project symbolizes power, instinct, and transformation. Fans are encouraged to “throw their fangs out” during performances — extending two fingers into a snake-fang gesture that’s quickly becoming part of the duo’s growing identity.

 

“We love the inclusiveness and positivity of dance music culture,” they say. “But we also wanted to bring rockstar energy back.”

 

That ambition stretches far beyond club bookings.

 

VYYPR have their eyes set firmly on helping push drum & bass deeper into the American mainstream while simultaneously building infrastructure for the heavier side of bass music through their newly launched imprint, Threshold Records — a label envisioned not just as a release platform, but eventually as a broader creative ecosystem for aggressive electronic music.

 

“We’re headed for the top of the U.S. drum & bass scene,” they say confidently. “We want to help DnB fully break in the States.”

 

It’s a bold statement — but watching the duo perform, it doesn’t feel unrealistic.

 

There’s a noticeable intensity surrounding VYYPR that feels increasingly rare in electronic music: the sense that every set matters, every visual choice is intentional, and every track is trying to leave a scar instead of simply filling a playlist.

 

Their ultimate goal is simple:

not just to play another set —

but to leave people walking away asking:

 

“Who the fuck were those guys?”

 

And if VYYPR continue evolving at their current pace, the answer to that question may not stay underground for very long.