Conor Patton, better known by his stage name Conro, is a Canadian DJ and record producer, based in Kelowna, British Columbia. ^[4] He is best known for his song "Therapy" with over 21 million streams on Spotify and as an artist of the Canadian record label Monstercat. ^[6]

Early life

Conro became interested in music production at a young age, as he took up piano, guitar, and the drums. ^{[7] [8]} He started playing the violins at the age of seven and later, joined rock n' roll and alternative bands. ^[4] He lived in a trailer and worked as a security guard prior to his musical career. ^[9]

Career

2012–2016

In 2012, his debut song "Axiom" was released through the record label Kindergarten. ^{[4] [10] [11]} The song was part of a two-track EP of the same title. ^[12] His 2015 collaboration titled "Bittersweet" with Dyro and vocalist Envy Monroe, which was released through Hardwell's Revealed Recordings, became one of his most successful songs. ^{[4] [13]} In 2016, he released on Canadian record label Monstercat the singles "On My Way Up", "I Wanna Know " and "City Lights", the latter of which features vocalist Royal. ^{[14] [15] [16]} "On My Way Up" has received over 3.3 million Spotify streams as of July 2017. ^[17] He also released a single titled "The Saint" on Monstercat. ^[18]

2017–present

In March 2017, Conro released the single "Chardonnay" which features vocalist Karra. ^{[19] [20] [21]} He also remixed the Martin Garrix song " Scared to Be Lonely". ^[22]

On May 17, 2017, he released a single titled "Lay Low" on Monstercat. ^[23] The song features vocalist David Benjamin, who met Conro at the Amsterdam Dance Event in 2016. ^{[24] [25] [26]} Conro released a single titled "Close", ^{[27] [28]} which would be included as the second single in his debut EP, in July 2017. ^{[29] [30] [31]}

On August 9, 2017, Conro released his debut EP titled Connecting the Dots, featuring 5 songs. ^{[32] [33] [34] [35]} On August 25, 2017, Conro collaborated with fellow future bass producers Anevo and Grant to release a single titled "Without You" on the Canadian record label Monstercat. ^{[36] [37]} The song, which features vocals by Victoria Zaro, was included on the Monstercat compilation album Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 2 alongside three songs from Conro's debut EP. ^{[33] [38]}

On June 30, 2017, he released on Martin Garrix's label Stmpd Rcrds, the song titled "Like You Love Me" as a collaboration with producer Disero and vocalist Alice France. ^[39]

In the December 9 week for the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, Conro's song "Close" peaked at 31st. ^[40]

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Charted singles

Other singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Remixes

2014

• Popeska featuring Denny White – "Heart Of Glass" (Conro Remix) ^[72]

2016

• Paris Blohm featuring Blondfire – "Something About You" (Conro Ultra Miami 2016 Remix) ^{[73] [74]}
• Fais featuring Afrojack – "Hey" (Conro Remix) ^{[75] [76]}
• Mr. Probz – "Fine Ass Mess" (Conro Remix) ^[77]
• Justin Bieber – " As Long as You Love Me" (Conro Remix) ^[78]

2017

• Martin Garrix and Dua Lipa – " Scared to Be Lonely" (Conro Remix) ^[22]
• Martin Solveig – "Places" (Conro Remix) ^[79]
• Youngr – Monsters (Conro Remix) ^[80]
• Louis the Child featuring Elohim - "Love Is Alive" (Conro Remix) ^[81]

Covers

2018

• Earth, Wind & Fire – " September" ^[82]

2020

• Des'ree – You Gotta Be ^[83] (with Lissa)

References