Tyler Marenyi (born October 11, 1990), better known by his stage name Nghtmre (stylized as in all caps; pronounced "nightmare"), is an American DJ and electronic dance music producer based in Los Angeles, California.
Marenyi was born in Stamford, Connecticut, but was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. He attended North Raleigh Christian Academy, where he was a member of the tennis team. He went to Elon University and obtained a degree in finance prior to moving to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career. He then attended Icon Collective Music Production School where he met fellow producers Derek and Scott of Slander and developed a working relationship, subsequently resulted in numerous collaborations and frequently touring together as headlining acts.
In the beginning, he created trap and house remixes of songs by Tiësto, Rae Sremmurd, and Skrillex. Later on, he started producing his own songs, as well as, collaborating with other producers. He gained recognition when Skrillex played one of his songs during a set at Ultra Music Festival. Marenyi eventually signed to Diplo's record label, Mad Decent and had his first song, "Street", released shortly after. He debuted at EDC Las Vegas 2015, which was his first festival performance. He has regularly toured and collaborated with fellow DJs and producers, Slander, with whom he released his debut EP, Nuclear Bonds, also later released on Mad Decent.

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