An emerging force in electronic music, shankz has built a following by doing something most DJs don't — making people feel something. This shoot followed him through a live performance, chasing the moments between the drops: the stillness before a crowd erupts, the light finding him at exactly the right second. Shot on stills alongside videographer Noelia Valle

An emerging force in electronic music, shankz has built a following by doing something most DJs don't — making people feel something. This shoot followed him through a live performance, chasing the moments between the drops: the stillness before a crowd erupts, the light finding him at exactly the right second. Shot on stills alongside videographer Noelia Valle

An emerging force in electronic music, shankz has built a following by doing something most DJs don't — making people feel something. This shoot followed him through a live performance, chasing the moments between the drops: the stillness before a crowd erupts, the light finding him at exactly the right second. Shot on stills alongside videographer Noelia Valle

An emerging force in electronic music, shankz has built a following by doing something most DJs don't — making people feel something. This shoot followed him through a live performance, chasing the moments between the drops: the stillness before a crowd erupts, the light finding him at exactly the right second. Shot on stills alongside videographer Noelia Valle