Darth Athena

Orlando Verdell

Atlanta

Darth Athena is the stage name of an electronic music producer who currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Darth grew up listening to electronic dance music, movie soundtracks, fantasy soundtracks, darkwave, rave, rock, jazz, rap, and R&B music since childhood. An accumulation of influences and listening to several music artists, and genres has had an impact on his musical style and sound. From an early age, he wanted to create a character to develop a storyline and integrate it with dance tracks. Thus, he created Darth Athena. His releases have specific names that tie into the Darth Athena storyline and each track tells a story through unique sounds and dance melodies. His music crosses genres and styles incorporating a mix of Trance, Progressive Trance, Techno, Tech House, and R&B with Movie, Fantasy, Pop, and Video game soundtracks. He has currently crafted five LPs: Orbit, Dark Horizon, Xanathar, Alien Scanner, and Rain. Orbit was his first release in 2018 and Dark Horizon was his second in May 2019. Dark Horizon’s most notable tracks are Xenomorph and Crusader. His third LP named Xanathar released on January 24th, 2020, his most notable tracks are Pinnacle, Exploration, and the title release Xanathar. Notable EP Castle and singles released include Only you, I See You, Orion, Critter, and Skydome.