The native Californian may be better known to date for Billboard and Beatport chart success achieved through his progressive house and electronic-based output, but early influences including Nine Inch Nails, Bush and Nirvana refuse to be silenced. It’s this love of hard rock and 90s grunge that is now seeing Justin Michael develop a new sound fusing big room electronica with rock influences, and one that is, for now, all his own.\r \r Signed to Armin Van Buuren’s Armada Music, Justin’s latest single – ‘Eyes Closed’ featuring Saint Motel’s A/J Jackson – is already a top 20 hit on the Beatport progressive house charts, sitting alongside cuts from Avicii, Sander van Doorn and Hardwell, and mirroring the success of his first single on Armada, ‘Too Late Tomorrow’, which reached #12 on its progressive house charts. ‘Eyes Closed’, however, is a different dancefloor beast.\r \r Blending big room synths, progressive house and contemporary electronica w...