At 24, Eddie Johnston has released more music than many artists do in their careers. The songwriter and producer behind Lontalius has already released three EPs and two albums, plus several more EPs and many remixes as his electronic producer alter-ego Race Banyon.
His music has attracted many millions of streams, with over 200k monthly listeners on Spotify, and yet Lontalius is better known in America than his homeland. He was signed to Brooklyn-based indie label Partisan Records for his first album I’ll Forget 17, then spent five years in Los Angeles, collaborating with the likes of Grammy Award winning producer Om’Mas Keith (Frank Ocean, Erykah Badu) and Jim Fairchild (Grandaddy, Modest Mouse) on his sophomore album All I Have, which he released in late 2019 upon his return home to Wellington, New Zealand.
Lontalius first debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Albums on 4 April 2016 with the album I'll Forget 17. There is one entry by Lontalius in the charts.
Title |
Type |
Debut |
Weeks |
Best |
I'll Forget 17 |
Top 40 Albums |
04 Apr 2016 |
1 |
27 |