Azyr

Azyr is Oliver Rowley, from Blackpool in North West England. His early Visionary events and connection with Teletech helped take his music beyond the local scene.

Azyr is Oliver Rowley, a DJ and producer from Blackpool in North West England. While training in aerospace engineering at Rolls-Royce, he used the 2020 lockdown to teach himself to DJ, then began producing within six months. His Visionary nights at Bootleg Social gave him his first audience. Support for his tracks from Kander and 999999999 opened doors with Teletech, and his widely shared 2023 Boiler Room set brought his music to a much larger international audience.

His music moves between hard techno, Schranz, acid and hard dance, drawing on hardstyle and psytrance influences. Fast rhythms, forceful kicks and bouncing grooves give it a restless rave energy. The core of his selections remains the lively hard techno that shaped his rise in 2023, with industrial tracks appearing among a broader range of sounds. Through Speed Limit Records, which he launched in 2025, he also supports emerging producers with distinctive approaches to the harder styles.

He prepares his regular sets closely, shaping their sequence around changes in energy and the impact of each selection. All-night performances give him more space to tell a longer story and move freely through his musical range. His own productions and unreleased music sit within those sets, connecting the studio work to the dancefloor. An active presence behind the decks reinforces the physical, direct character of the music.

Azyr plays energetic hard techno, Schranz, acid and hard dance, with hardstyle and psytrance influences. Fast, bouncing rhythms and forceful kicks connect his productions to the changing energy of his DJ sets.

Azyr is pronounced “Azire”. Oliver Rowley took the name from the Xbox gamertag and nickname he used growing up.

Azyr founded Speed Limit Records as a platform for emerging producers. Fast, bouncing hard techno connects the releases, with space for different approaches to the harder styles.

• Explore Speed Limit Records

The Bassline Gives Her Ecstasy appeared on Nine Times Nine’s Hidden Gems VA Vol.1 in 2023. Resistance with VIDO followed on Teletech in February 2026. Speed Limit Records is the route into his own imprint’s catalogue.

• Listen to Resistance
• Explore Speed Limit releases

Azyr’s early Visionary shows and Teletech connection led to a wider audience through Boiler Room. In December 2024 he won Breakthrough DJ at DJ Mag’s Best of British awards.

• Azyr’s Best of British award

Follow Azyr’s official Instagram for artist announcements and use his Ticketmaster artist page for listed shows and ticket links. Ticket listings are a selection of announced events, so check the individual promoter for the latest schedule and entry details.

• Azyr on Instagram
• Azyr tour dates and tickets

2021 · First release and early shows

A first release on MOTZ Berlin and the Visionary parties in Blackpool preceded his connection with Teletech.

2024 · DJ Mag Best of British — Breakthrough DJ

Azyr won Breakthrough DJ at DJ Mag’s Best of British awards on 12 December 2024.