BIOGRAPHY
the story so far…
From Ushuaïa for Tomorrowland to UNVRS for Fisher, Carly Wilford’s first season in Ibiza has landed with serious momentum. With residencies at Café Mambo and the Tomorrowland Store, alongside a run of major club and festival appearances, she’s shared line-ups with Paco Osuna, Armand Van Helden, Tini Gessler and Franky Wah, while taking her sets to Tomorrowland, Glastonbury and Boardmasters.
With her weekly show 4:4 on Tomorrowland One World Radio, Carly hosts the station’s first dedicated house music show, bringing underground sounds to a global audience and championing the artists, records and club culture shaping the scene. Alongside 4:4, she hosts Live From Ibiza, broadcasting directly from the island and connecting its energy, artists and sounds with listeners around the world.
Following a breakout run of releases that landed across Spotify and Apple Music’s most influential playlists, Carly is emerging as a distinctive force in global dance music. With releases across Toolroom, Armada and Nervous Records, she is now channelling a darker, more club-driven sound with stripped-back grooves, heavy low-end and raw percussion. It’s a shift that marks her evolution from selector to serious producer; one who’s not just playing the scene but pushing it forward.
Her high energy sets bring forward a new wave of house music whilst honouring the very roots of the scene she grew up raving to. After learning to produce in lockdown and hearing the statistic that only 2% of women were Music Producers, Carly decided that there was work to be done. Joining Toolroom Records, Toolroom Academy Course, she set out to learn how to make music. Going on to release her debut single ‘Generation X’ with Mr V on the label with the track being signed within ten months of her laying down her first beat on the course.
Found behind the decks at the UK’s most celebrated clubs and touring festivals across the world, she strongly connects both the US and UK music scenes, her solid roots in the UK have helped to bring through so many of the artists on today’s airwaves. Her confidence to take risks on musicians from a very early stage has seen her build bonds with the likes of Sam Smith, SG Lewis, Rudimental and Skrillex who have all spoken publicly about her unrivalled support.
As a Presenter, she fronted travel documentary 'Sampled' on MTV & Paramount Plus starring alongside renegade Marc Rebillet. The episode saw them explore London's rich musical foundations and channel the rebellious energy of the city, from making a Grime beat in Jammer's basement to shutting down Shoreditch with an unannounced street rave.
Alongside music, Carly broke new ground launching meditation and wellbeing platform a:live. An essential support network to the unconventional, always on, culture of the music industry. Having worked as a Personal Trainer before jumping into the music business, her knowledge and experience has created an invaluable space bringing together some of the most ambitious minds in health, fitness and performance.