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Subtronics

Jesse Kardon, better known by his alias Subtronics, is an American electronic music producer and DJ from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He began playing drums as a child and continued through grade school, before discovering EDM in high school. He has toured internationally, headlined major festival stages, launched his own annual festivals in North America, and released multiple charting albums. In 2020, he founded his own label, Cyclops Recordings. Subtronics' freshman album Fractals released in January 2022 and charted at No. 4 on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart and trended globally over K-pop on Twitter/X. He is known for his song "Griztronics", a collaboration with Michigan-based electronic music artist GRiZ that peaked on Billboard s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs at the No. 9 position in late 2019. Kardon peaked at No. 10 on Billboard s Next Big Sound chart in September 2019. Kardon is married to fellow producer and dubstep DJ Sonya Broner, also known by her alias Level Up. In 2024, Subtronics released his second album Tesseract, which peaked at No. 5 on the US Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

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Jesse Kardon, better known by his alias Subtronics, is an American electronic music producer and DJ from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He began playing drums as a child and continued through grade school, before discovering EDM in high school. He has toured internationally, headlined major festival stages, launched his own annual festivals in North America, and released multiple charting albums. In 2020, he founded his own label, Cyclops Recordings. Subtronics' freshman album Fractals released in January 2022 and charted at No. 4 on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart and trended globally over K-pop on Twitter/X. He is known for his song "Griztronics", a collaboration with Michigan-based electronic music artist GRiZ that peaked on Billboard s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs at the No. 9 position in late 2019. Kardon peaked at No. 10 on Billboard s Next Big Sound chart in September 2019. Kardon is married to fellow producer and dubstep DJ Sonya Broner, also known by her alias Level Up. In 2024, Subtronics released his second album Tesseract, which peaked at No. 5 on the US Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

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  1. release date: 2022 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 2017 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. release date: 2020 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. release date: 2025-04-04 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2022". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "2017". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the release date is "2020". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the release date is "2025-04-04". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377872302

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