John Summit

John Schuster, from naperville just outside chicago. he studied accounting at illinois, passed his cpa, and spent his days at Ernst & Young until he walked out in 2019 to make records. the stage name is a ski thing.

I was just like, 'I need a DJ name, I love skiing in the outdoors, I'm gonna name myself Summit.'

dancing astronaut, 16 september 2023

he put "Deep End" out himself in 2020 after a clip took off, then Defected picked it up in june and it went to number one on beatport overall. the year after, he was the top-selling artist on beatport across every genre.

From there I got reached out to from about every major label to sign it, but since Defected has always been the goal for me, I knew that would be a perfect home for the track.

beatportal, 7 july 2020

his label started in may 2022 as Off The Grid and became Experts Only in september 2023 after a dispute over the name. same ski sign the stage name came from. it topped beatport's global label chart in 2024 and most of 2025, and it is where Max Styler's "Wanna Dance" ep and AYYBO's "Obsession" came out, both further up this page.

CTRL ESCAPE, his second album, landed in april 2026. he built Experts Only Festival on randall's island in new york, over fifty thousand people at the first one, and the second runs this september. june through july he held down nine straight mondays at [UNVRS], his first ibiza residency. on 7 and 8 august he is in aspen co-headlining with Dom Dolla, one entry down.