Jackson Stell, known by his stage name of Big Wild, is an electronic DJ, producer, composer, and engineer. Stell was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts. When he was only 14, Stell started making hip-hop influenced beats under the name "JBeats". However, it wasn't until his girlfriend took him to Big Sur California in 2012 that he began making music under the name Big Wild. Stell said in an interview with 303 Magazine, "I never really had witnessed a landscape like that befor…

Claude says:Jackson Stell grew up making hip-hop beats in Massachusetts as JBeats, then rechristened himself Big Wild after a trip to Big Sur cracked open something bigger and more atmospheric in his sound — ODESZA heard him on SoundCloud, brought him on tour, and eventually signed him to their Foreign Family label. You caught "When I Get There" from his 2017 Invincible EP once this spring, but it didn't stick around.