The Making of MUTE.

10+ years in the crowd conducting rigorious field testing

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Our founder, a once young promoter and event host, testing how decibel levels echo off the clean ...
2018 Our founder, a once young promoter and event host, testing how decibel levels echo off the clean EBC waters
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Our founders Reese & Madison. Young love doesn't realize how loud it can be back stage working fo...
2019 Our founders Reese & Madison. Young love doesn't realize how loud it can be back stage working for Prime Social Group.
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Across the pond and the only thing in our ears was the sweet sound of UK Bass
2020 Across the pond and the only thing in our ears was the sweet sound of UK Bass
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Frolicking in the forest with no earplugs, not a worry in the world..
2021 Frolicking in the forest with no earplugs, not a worry in the world..
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Artist manager, hitting every festival and event I could. Still no protection. Thought I was invi...
2022 Artist manager, hitting every festival and event I could. Still no protection. Thought I was invincible.
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Front row with the crew & no clue to wear protection.. from the bass.
2023 Front row with the crew & no clue to wear protection.. from the bass.
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First signs of real damage started showing up. I tested every earplug on the market. Nothing felt...
2024 First signs of real damage started showing up. I tested every earplug on the market. Nothing felt comfortable for a long night into early morning at Space.
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Techno City. The scene that taught us everything we know, but I couldn’t attend a single event wi...
2025 Techno City. The scene that taught us everything we know, but I couldn’t attend a single event without earplugs anymore. My ears had officially become sensitive.
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Constantly taking earplugs out to talk… and losing them every single time. The cycle was exhausting.
2025 Constantly taking earplugs out to talk… and losing them every single time. The cycle was exhausting.

The Complete Journey

2026: Forgot my earplugs at Experts Only Festival in Vail. Suffered tinnitus for two straight weeks. That was the moment MUTE was born. 10+ years of living the problem taught me one thing: we don’t have to choose between the music and our hearing. We can Mute the Damage and not the music. We're on a mission to inspire others to do the same.

We have been part of the electronic music scene for over a decade. It hasn't just given us memories. It shaped who we are. It made us kinder. More loving. More generous. More whimsical. And we carry that into everything we do.

Through this music we have met some of the most beautiful, wonderful people in the world. Every corner of the globe, every background, every walk of life, all united by a shared love of sound and the feeling it creates. That community is everything to us.

But we have watched every single one of them leave those experiences with ringing in their ears. Slowly, irreversibly, damaging the very sense that brings them the most joy. Nobody talks about it. Nobody does anything about it. Because nothing on the market ever felt like it belonged to our world.

Until now.

MUTE. is the brand we wished existed. Premium hearing protection that looks as good as it works. One earplug. Three modes. Built for the festival generation.

This isn't a health brand. This is a love letter to a community. The ravers who wear MUTE. don't wear it out of obligation. They wear it because they understand what this scene has given them, and they want to protect their ability to experience it for the rest of their lives.

That's the movement we're building. One twist at a time.