Daft Lucario is a DJ supergroup from New Jersey, USA & Oaxaca, Mexico made of European-American 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 independent record label/distribution service UnitedMasters). 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, Tomorrowland, HYPERGLOW, A State Of Trance, Amsterdam Dance Event, and more. They specialize in the Mainstage Trance and Mainstage Techno subgenres of the electronic music scene.

On April 11, 2021, Daft Lucario announced that Mexican producer, Willi Bautista 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 Dutch DJ group, Dash Berlin) called, Dash Wolf. Daft Lucario is still 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.

Daft Lucario and Zanny Duko recently performed at HYPERGLOW‘s Asbury Park show on July 5. Marking a huge new step in the careers of the trio.

Reports are now stating that, Daft Lucario & Zanny Duko are rumored to play at Miami Music Week in 2025 for NYC-based Surfing DJs marking yet another new milestone in the careers of both entities.

Both shows are part of a 2-part tour dubbed the “Legends of The Feels Tour“. Starting in May 2024 and ending August 2025.

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