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| birth_name = Jeffrey Hartford

| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada

| occupation = {{hlist|DJ|producer|musician}}

| associated_acts = [[deadmau5]], Maylyn

| current_member_of = Sun Lo

| image = ATTLAS_July_2021.jpg

The following year, Hartford self-released a number of singles. To celebrate [[Piano day|Piano Day]] in March, he released the instrumental track "86cc".<ref>{{cite tweet |author=ATTLAS |author-link=ATTLAS |user=attlas |number=1376595562485649409 |date=2021-03-29 |title=happy piano day! to celebrate, my track "86cc" is out now :) links here : https://t.co/FRCfrmtv0Z https://t.co/Ug2MlmO9Jl |language=en |access-date=2022-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Ariel |date=2021-05-18 |title=ATTLAS respins Joachim Pastor and EKE's 'Be Someone' [Stream] |url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2021/05/attlas-respins-joachim-pastor-and-ekes-be-someone-stream/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Dancing Astronaut |language=en-US}}</ref> June brought "Long Way Home", a collaboration with [[Anjunabeats|Anjunadeep]]'s Oliver Wickham. A visualizer for the song was once again created by Cyclo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mitchell |date=2021-04-21 |title=ATTLAS returns with melodic soother 'Long Ride Home' |url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2021/04/attlas-returns-with-melodic-soother-long-ride-home/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Dancing Astronaut |language=en-US}}</ref> In August, Hartford released "Into Arms of Lovers" featuring Maylyn. The song had been in the works for a while, with Hartford often playing earlier versions in live sets. He called the song "an effort of passion and patience" and "an honest final product".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alzgheibi|first=Husam|date=August 21, 2021|title=ATTLAS Delivers Sentimental Beauty On 'Into Arms of Lovers' feat. MAYLYN|url=https://www.edmtunes.com/2021/08/attlas-into-arms-of-lovers-feat-maylyn/|url-status=live|website=Edmtunes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821144736/https://www.edmtunes.com/2021/08/attlas-into-arms-of-lovers-feat-maylyn/ |archive-date=2021-08-21 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Ariel |date=2021-08-25 |title=Let ATTLAS, MAYLYN whisk you away with a new joint single, 'Into Arms of Lovers' |url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2021/08/let-attlas-maylyn-whisk-you-away-with-a-new-joint-single-into-arms-of-lovers/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Dancing Astronaut |language=en-US}}</ref>

 

Mid-February 2022, the Attlas and mau5trap [[Twitter]] pages both announced that Hartford's third album, titled ''Carry it with You'', would be released on March 11 and would be preceded by the single "Waterbug" on February 25. Hartford remarked that the album would be very personal, emotional, and vulnerable.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gilmore|first=Grant|date=2022-02-16|title=ATTLAS Announces Third Album on mau5trap|url=https://edmidentity.com/2022/02/16/attlas-announces-carry-it-with-you/|access-date=2022-02-24|website=EDM Identity|language=en-US}}</ref> Songs from the album were meant to convey a broad range of emotions, from dread and hope, to failure and frustration, to brutal honesty with oneself.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Schriewer |first=Megan |date=2022-03-17 |title=ATTLAS issues third studio album, 'Carry It with You,' via mau5trap |url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2022/03/attlas-issues-third-studio-album-carry-it-with-you-via-mau5trap/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Dancing Astronaut |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cartel |first=Groove |date=2022-03-02 |title=ATTLAS announces studio LP 'Carry It With You' and drops single 'Waterbug' |url=https://thegroovecartel.com/news/attlas-announces-studio-lp-carry-it-with-you-and-drops-single-waterbug/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=The Groove Cartel |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Gilmore |first=Grant |date=2022-03-11 |title=ATTLAS Shares a Piece of Himself on 'Carry It with You' [Review] |url=https://edmidentity.com/2022/03/11/attlas-carry-it-with-you-review/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=EDM Identity |language=en-US}}</ref> Hartford listed a number of influences that contributed to the songs on ''Carry it with You'', including the bands [[Boards of Canada]], Prince of Denmark, [[Modern Baseball (band)|Modern Baseball]], O'Flynn, [[Vessels (band)|Vessels]], and the painter [[William Kurelek]],<ref name=":7" /> The album received praise for the emotional depth conveyed and the diversity of sounds.<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10" />

 

In September the same year, Hartford tweeted that a new vocal-focused album was coming soon, which confirmed hints that he had dropped previously.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{cite tweet |author=ATTLAS |author-link=ATTLAS |user=attlas |number=1567558150428950529 |date=2022-09-07 |title=first masters from the new, every song is a vocal track, album are in. |language=en |access-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202031608/https://twitter.com/attlas/status/1567558150428950529 |archive-date=2022-12-02 |url-status=live}}</ref> This new material was later announced to be a collaboration with British singer-songwriter [[Richard Walters (singer-songwriter)|Richard Walters]] and would be released under the name Sun Lo. The duo released their debut single "Factory Gates" in November 2022 under [[Nettwerk|Netwerk Music Group]]<ref>{{cite tweet |author=ATTLAS |author-link=ATTLAS |user=attlas |number=1588557680339484672 |date=2022-11-04 |title=New band, new songs, Nov 18th. Follow @sunlosongs https://t.co/E05X4405en |language=en |access-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104162318/https://twitter.com/attlas/status/1588557680339484672 |archive-date=2022-11-04 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.sunlosongs.com/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Sunlosongs.com |language=en}}</ref> and followed it with "Nothing Permanent" in December the same year. Several more singles were released before the group announced their debut album ''Shapes in My Head'' would be released in April 2023.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=Bray |first=Axel |date=2023-03-07 |title=Sun Lo: "The AI novelty is a bit thrilling, albeit worrying" |url=https://electronicgroove.com/interview-sun-lo-2023/ |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Electronic Groove |language=en-US}}</ref> The duo explained that this album was heavily inspired by [[Kazuo Ishiguro|Kazuo Ishiguro's]] novel ''[[Klara and the Sun]]'' as well as the relationships between people and [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] that evolved during the pandemic.<ref name=":15" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Padin |first=Malvika |date=2023-03-18 |title=[INTERVIEW] Electronica duo Sun Lo drop "Heights," chat about the impact of AI in life and music |url=https://earmilk.com/2023/03/18/interview-electronica-duo-sun-lo-drop-heights-chat-about-the-impact-of-ai-in-life-and-music/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=EARMILK |language=en-US}}</ref> One review for the album said it was "cinematic, highly emotional, and show[ed] off the innate artistry that ATTLAS and Richard Walters possess."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gilmore |first=Grant |date=2023-05-04 |title=Sun Lo Evokes Emotions on 'Shapes In My Head' {{!}} EDM Identity |url=https://edmidentity.com/2023/05/04/sun-lo-shapes-in-my-head/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=edmidentity.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

 

 

== Discography ==

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| scope="row" |"86cc"

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| scope="row" |"Long Ride Home (featuring Oliver Wickham)"

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|"A Game Of Fairies"

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| rowspan="3" |2018

|"Streamline"

|Released on the remix album ''[[The Reworks]]''

|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-01|title=Pendulum reveal stacked track list for 'The Reworks' album|url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2018/03/pendulum-reveal-stacked-track-list-reworks-album/|access-date=2021-12-01|website=Dancing Astronaut|language=en-US}}</ref>

|"Keep Moving"

|Riley Pierce

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