Seed Sensea DJ known for DJing while wearing a helmet based on his rare cryptopunks NFT announced today that it has signed with talent agency WME with plans to release original music later this year.
The pseudonymous Seedphrase, whose real name is Daniel Maegaard, rose to prominence in the wider crypto community through NFT culture and music with high fashion and digital art.
He is best known for owning and using CryptoPunk #8348, which is considered to be the rarest punk, as it is the only piece in the entire 10,000-NFT collection with seven unique features, while all others are between zero and six have visual features.
A photo of Seedphrase during a DJ set. Image: Seed sense
Since then, Seedphrase has run a series of high-profile events alongside the likes of Steve Aoki and Diplo, all while wearing a helmet based on his pixel CryptoPunk avatar.
“Signing with WME is a tremendous opportunity to expand the Seedphrase brand through partnerships in luxury fashion, music and fine art,” Seedphrase said in a statement. “With the support of their incredible team, I hope to build deeper connections across multiple industries and within my growing community as we push the boundaries of digital identity and modern IP usage.”
Following the collaboration, Seedphrase plans to release its first original music later this year, along with a merchandise collection. There are also plans to launch a new community project.
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“Seedphrase is meant to embody this sacred mindset of what each of us holds dear in this emerging tech space,” Maegaard continued. “Your seed phrase, your actual wallet seed phrase, is a gateway, a key to what you hold dear. That’s what I’m trying to create now with the Seedphrase brand itself. Someone you can look to as a guiding light in the community.
Created by Larva Labs and deployed on Ethereum in 2017, CryptoPunks is one of the most valuable NFT projects of all time. It has generated nearly $2.2 billion in trading volume to date, according to data from CryptoSlam, and has racked up numerous seven-figure sales, including one for $23.7 million worth of ETH.
He is one of many musicians who have turned to their NFT profile picture (PFP) characters to stand out, but also resonate within the wider crypto world.
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Late last year, DJs Steve Aoki and Justin “3LAU” Blau arrived formed the CryptoPunks-inspired duo Punx and then released their first single “Concentrate”. in April via the music rights platform NFT Royal. Co-founded by Blau, the platform gives music fans the chance to support their favorite artists with NFTs that entitle them to a percentage of a song’s royalties.
Punx gave away half of the royalties for “Concentrate” via 99 tokens donated to 3LAU’s NFT holders, Aoki’s A0k1vers Passport NFT holders and CryptoPunks holders.
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The following year, OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder teamed up with DJ Kygo to launch their Bored Ape-inspired metaverse duo, Bored brotherswith their first track released exclusively on blockchain music platform Sound.