Lil Texas

Lil Texas, born Samuel Barry, is a hardcore electronic music producer from Dallas, Texas, now based in Los Angeles, whose work defines a specific subgenre he has come to call 'Texcore' — a maximalist approach to speedcore and hardcore that reaches 200 BPM and treats velocity and volume as primary compositional values. His background is unusual within hard dance: raised with roots in jazz and classical music, he was a member of a band before shifting his creative direction entirely toward electronic production, bringing instrumental training into a genre not typically associated with formal music education. He attended Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas and then studied production at Berklee College of Music — a rigorous academic background that informs the technical precision underneath his deliberately overwhelming sonic output. He began making music in 2012 and had his formal hard dance debut at Basscon: Wasteland in 2018, the Basscon event series that also programmes wasteLAND at EDC Las Vegas — creating a direct institutional connection between his live performance context and the stage he now headlines. The Basscon audience's appetite for the fastest and most intense end of the hard dance spectrum aligns precisely with Lil Texas's output: his 200 BPM Texcore represents the outer limit of what contemporary hard dance production reaches in a club or festival context, making him one of the most sonically extreme live acts on any festival programme. Source: edm.fandom.com/wiki/Lil_Texas, insomniac.com/music/artists/lil-texas, tunicastudio.com/lil-texas-hardness-loudness-and-speed

Berklee-trained Dallas-born hardcore producer Lil Texas debuted at Basscon: Wasteland in 2018 and has built the 'Texcore' subgenre identity around 200 BPM hardcore production. His formal hard dance debut on the same institutional stage as his EDC Las Vegas 2026 appearance gives him direct genre-native lineage within the Basscon ecosystem. Source: edm.fandom.com/wiki/Lil_Texas, tunicastudio.com/lil-texas-hardness-loudness-and-speed At Las Vegas Motor Speedway — wasteLAND, Lil Texas performs on EDC Las Vegas 2026 — wasteLAND and bassPOD (Basscon stages), commanding some of the venue's most in-demand time slots.

Lil Texas currently performs at Las Vegas Motor Speedway — wasteLAND and Las Vegas Motor Speedway — bassPOD in Las Vegas, typically on EDC Las Vegas 2026 — wasteLAND and bassPOD (Basscon stages). Their sets span Hardcore / Speedcore, delivering a sound that has earned them one of the most dedicated followings in the Las Vegas residency circuit.

Lil Texas's sound: 200 BPM speedcore and hardcore under the self-coined 'Texcore' banner — Lil Texas's sets push the hard dance genre to its maximum velocity, delivering relentless kick-driven intensity that rewards the dedicated hardcore audience at wasteLAND and bassPOD with exactly the extreme output those stages are designed to contain. At ZAI Las Vegas, the professional sound systems and production infrastructure amplify every element of their performance — from the sub-bass to the high-end clarity.

Lil Texas typically takes the stage on EDC Las Vegas 2026 — wasteLAND and bassPOD (Basscon stages). Their sets run 60 to 90 minutes and deliver the full Vegas production experience with professional sound, lighting, and crowd energy that you cannot find anywhere else.

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