Lost Kings Biography

The DJ duo known as Lost Kings is comprised of Nick Shanholtz and Robert Abisi. The two men met in their mid-twenties, but long before their meeting both were already well-experienced aspiring musicians.

Abisi was from Boston, Massachusetts, where he was influenced by his father’s work in the radio industry. By the time he was in his late teens, he was working with a DJ controller; in his early twenties his moved to Los Angeles, where he met Shanholtz. Shanholtz had grown up in Baltimore and learned to play drums, piano, and guitar as a young child; after graduating from the Berklee College of Music, he too set his sights on Los Angeles to fulfill his dreams of becoming a musician.

Lost Kings officially established in 2014; the duo signed to Disruptor Management and began working on remixes. Early works from that year include: “Human” ( The Killers); “Black Balloons” (Local Natives); “Unbreakable” ( Dirty South); and “Latch” (Disclosure featuring Sam Smith.) In 2015, the duo provided the remixes for Imagine Dragon’s “I Bet My Life”; Vance Joy’s “Wasted Time”; and Krewella’s “Somewhere to Run,” to name a few. Later that year, Lost Kings also released their debut EP – The Bad EP, in digital download format – featuring the songs “Bad” (featuring Jessame) and “You” (featuring Katelyn Tarver.)

Since that time, Lost Kings have been on a steady rise in the industry. Their second EP, The Good EP was released in 2016, and later that year Lost Kings dropped their first top twenty dance hit, with “Phone Down” (featuring Emily Warren.) Now signed to RCA Records, the duo has spent the last year performing at some of the industry’s most notable festivals, including: Moonrise Festival, Crush, Hangout Music Fest, Summer of sound, and Hellow Festival.

Most recently, Lost Kings released the non-album singles “Quit You” (featuring Tinashe) and “Look at Us Now” (featuring Ally Brooke and A$AP Ferg.) Both singles rose into the top forty on the dance charts.