Sam Vogel, also known by his stage name Jauz, is an American DJ and electronic dance music producer based in San Francisco, United States. He founded his own record label, Bite This, in 2017. Vogel grew up in Northern California. He began playing guitar and producing electronic music on his computer at the age of 15. He went to Icon Collective music production school. He previously went to a film school in Loyola Marymount University where he joined Kappa Sigma before deciding to pursue a musical career, prompting him to enroll in Icon Collective. He began releasing future house tracks before adopting the stage name Jauz. His career kickstarted when fellow musician Kennedy Jones had played one of his remixes. Jones also had introduced him to his manager, Moe Shalizi which helped Vogel to release music on Borgore’s record label, Buygore. Vogel produces chill trap, bass house and dubstep. He also incorporates heavy bass sounds similar to the styles in the 80s and 90s. Vogel uses Ableton as his digital audio workstation. Before starting his professional career, he used “Escape Dubstep” as a stage name. He later used ‘Jauz’ because he thought it was short, simple and catchy despite hating the word. The name was also described by Vogel as a slang word for ‘bullshit’ and a liar. He started his career by uploading remixes. His songs caught the attention of well-known DJs such as Diplo, Skrillex and Borgore. In 2014, he released “Proppa Demands”, “Pure Evil”, and “Feel the Volume”. He also released songs on Monstercat and Spinnin' Records. In 2015, he released “Rock the Party”, “Get on Up”, and “Squad Out!”. In 2016, he released “Higher”, “Get Down”,“Goodiez”, “Shark Attack”, “Magic”,“Infected”, “Ok!”, and “Feel the Volume (JOYRYDE ‘Stick It in Reverse’ Mix)”.
In 2017, he released “Claim to Be”, “The Game”, “I Hold Still”, “Alpha”, “Meant To Love You”, “Lights Go Down”, and “Dinner Chat” with first posthumous album called, “Off the Deep End, Vol. 1”.
In 2018, he released “In The Zone”, “Gassed Up”, “Motherfuckers”, “Keep the Rave Alive”, “Diamonds”, and"Super Fly" with second posthumous album called, “The Wise and The Wicked”. In 2019, he released “Dance Floor”, “I Dare You”, “Don’t Leave Me”, “Truth”, “Thunder”, “Shake”, “Movin”, “Get to Me”, and remix of “Trampoline” with SHAED. In 2020, he released “Erase You”, “Super Hott”, “Bring Em Back”, “Wildlife”, “No Doubt”, and “Dangerous”. In 2021, he released “Oceans & Galaxies”, “Sick”, “Forever”, “Make It Good”, and remix of “Nessa Barrett” song called, “i hope ur miserable until ur dead”.