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Posted: 2016-03-11T16:46:10Z | Updated: 2016-03-11T17:04:24Z

On March 26, 2015, after an intimate night of piano and vocals for friends and family on a scenic Miami rooftop, 23-year-old Kyrre Grvell-Dahll, known to most by his stage name Kygo , capped off Miamis Music Week. Looking forward to officially headlining his first music festival, the Norwegian DJ sensation pulled out all the stops -- and showed everyone there that night exactly how he was changing the face of electronic music as we know it.

His subtle understanding of sound has popularized a new genre -- dubbed by many as tropical house. Along with similar electro pioneers like Thomas Jack and Klingande, Kygo melds the sounds and rhythms of electronic dance music (EDM) with the sweet notes of conventional instruments like saxophones, xylophones and flutes. This marriage of dance-centric house music and kinder melodies has started a revolution among electronic fans, creating music fit for a paradise of dancing.

Its amazing and Im really happy that my whole family could be here. Its just, for me, to play the piano Ive been doing this since I was 6. To finally be able to actually play the piano with vocalists and actually do, like, a proper concert -- that feels really good, he told The Huffington Post after his performance.