Carmine Conte was born in Toronto and Matteo Milleri in New York. They both moved to Italy at a young age and met in Milan in 2008 while studying sound engineering at the SAE Institute. They relocated to Berlin and began recording music together. Their debut EP Dark Song was released in 2011. They followed this up with Another Earth in 2013 and North Star/Silent Space in 2015, and in 2017, the group signed with Deutsche Grammophon and released its first full-length album, titled Endless. In 2016, the duo founded the Afterlife label. Under its umbrella, they have signed a number of musical artists, and in 2023, they formed a partnership with Interscope. DJ Mag named the duo one of the top 100 alternative DJs in 2018. In 2018, the group was featured in the Grand Theft Auto Online DLC After Hours update.In 2019, they performed at the Coachella festival. They returned for another performance at the 2023 event.