Drinking Beers and Talking Trance With Seven Lions

Don’t be fooled by the metal-inspired appearance of Jeff Montalvo, aka Seven Lions; he might be the kindest, most down-to-earth producer in the game right now. His relaxed demeanor could not be more different then his in-your-face, genre-clashing musical output. A tall, strapping man with model-like hair—who makes dubstep-infused trance more apt to head-banging then dancing—is taking the electronic music world by storm, one Guinness at a time.

“I drink Guinness during shows because I go all-out onstage,” Jeff says about the iconic tall can by his side during his sets. “If I drank IPAs, I would probably end up throwing up everywhere.”

Like many beer drinkers, Jeff has recently been smitten with Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin. However, if you ask the Lompoc, CA, native to go local, he says you can’t go wrong with anything from Island Brewing Company in Carpinteria.

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