Who Ekali is
Nathan Shaw (born September 22, 1991), known professionally as Ekali, is a Canadian electronic music producer, DJ, and musician based in Vancouver, British Columbia. To date, he has released one studio album, A World Away (2020) via Big Beat Records and two EP's, Crystal Eyes (2018) via OWSLA and his most recent, Alinea on June 23, 2023, through his independent imprint, Awakening. Over the course of his career, Shaw has collaborated the likes of ZHU, Denzel Curry, KRANE, ILLENIUM and performed at a series of high-profile music festivals, such as Coachella, The Grass Is Greener, and Shambala Festival.
Biography from the Ekali article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Ekali, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Listener trend
2 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 288K in the week of Aug 10, 2026.
Scene ranks
Around them in the chart
Artists to compare
Acts at a similar level in bass, and the biggest names from Canada.
Ekali in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does Ekali have?
Ekali has 287,200 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Aug 17, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Ekali's world ranking?
Ekali is ranked #703 of 1214 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Ekali from?
Ekali is from Canada, where they rank #17 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Ekali make?
Ekali is categorised as Bass in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as future bass.
Snapshot from the week of Aug 17, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.