Troy Kurniawan (pka. Similar Outskirts) is an Indonesian-American bass music artist from the Bay Area, California. His passion for blending bass-heavy and melodic styles have gathered support from NGHTMRE, SLANDER, Tokyo Machine, Ace Aura, Kotori, Lizzy Jane, Hyper Potions, Synthion, and more.
Kurniawan was exposed to many facets of music during his childhood, from learning piano and drums to joining school music groups. As such, he naturally grew interested in music production in 2012. With over a decade of experience under his belt, he has produced a number of projects including EPs such as Titans, Headspace and Generations. Moreover, he has released official remixes for artists like Chime, Skybreak, bo en, Tenkitsune, Disero, skygate, and foxi. His works have also been released with record labels including Disciple, Rushdown, Proximity, and Heaven Sent.
In recent years, a majority of Kurniawan's influences have come from a new genre movement in the community called Colour Bass. This style aims to cohesively combine the aggressive elements of bass music and the catchiness/tonality of melodic music. Inspiration is also drawn a lot from video games soundtracks and Japanese Pop/Rock, namely by Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose & Morikazu Aoki (Pokemon), Yasunori Nishiki (Octopath Traveler), Christopher Larkin (Hollow Knight), Sangatsu No Phantasia (Kiznaiver), Yorushika (A Whisker Away), and Eve (Jujutsu Kaisen, Dororo).
