Austin Tate

About Austin Tate

The creative union of DJ/producer Ed “Billon” Butler and vocalist/songwriter Lee Paul Williams (a.k.a. “LPW”), Austin Tate serve up a distinctive fusion of unexpected styles, merging house music energy and underground unpredictability with nocturnal R&B and neo-soul to shape a sound unlike anything else on the dancefloor. The two artists came together as Austin Tate in 2021 having already made worldwide waves with their own prodigious output. Butler has produced a variety of club anthems over the past decade, combining crisp, cutting edge production with a love of classic analogue synths on remixes for high profile stars like Avicii, Childish Gambino, and SG Lewis, as well as hit tracks such as “They Know,” named an “Essential New Tune” by the BBC’s legendary Pete Tong. Meanwhile, LPW has fast grown a global reputation as both singer and songwriter, with co- writing credits that include Craig David’s latest single “DNA” featuring Galantis as well as MK’s multi-million streaming smash, “Body 2 Body,” lending vocals to the latter. Joining forces as Austin Tate, LPW and Butler instantly unlocked a unique creative chemistry, channeling their individual strengths to collectively set a new rhythm for electronic music spiked with R&B. Tracks like “Hurt This Way” and the SOMMA & Yuma & Austin Tate collaboration, “Harder We Fall,” have quickly amassed close to 10 million worldwide streams along with support from DJs such as Gorgon City, Jamie Jones, and Rudimental, to name a few.