Producer GRiZ, alternative artist Lowell and electronic band Five Knives will be the opening acts for Friday, Oct. 24’s WILD concert, Social Programming Board announced Wednesday night.

Lowell and Five Knives will be accompanying headliner Icona Pop on the duo’s U.S. Campus Consciousness tour, which aims to emphasize sustainable practices in concerts.

GRiZ, a 23-year-old electronic music producer from Detroit, MI, performs at the Underground Stage at the 2012 Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit. GRiZ will be one of three opening acts for Icona Pop at this year’s Fall WILD.

Junior J.J. Linn, WILD director, said he believed that the varied genres of the Campus Consciousness openers would combine with GRiZ to make for a strong performance.

“[Lowell and Five Knives] both bring a very unique taste of music. They both have their own different styles, and I think it will really round out the complete WILD,” Linn said.

Five Knives pose for a promotional.

Linn said that SPB had hoped to secure GRiZ—who will be taking the stage immediately before Icona Pop—as an opener regardless of the openers for the Campus Consciousness tour. GRiZ appeared as an option on SPB’s WILD opener survey distributed early this fall, and Linn noted the cross-genre producer’s similarities to electronic artist Gramatik, who appeared on the earlier WILD headliner survey and, according to Linn, received positive student feedback.

Gramatik and GRiZ have previously performed as a joint act under the name Grizmatik.

Linn said that the additional funding allocated for WILD talent in the 2014-15 general budget helped SPB to sign GRiZ along with Icona Pop and the Campus Consciousness openers.

“Since Icona Pop was a part of the Campus Consciousness tour, we were actually able to get a really good deal for them, which allowed us to pursue an opener on the level of GRiZ. GRiZ would’ve been probably out of our price range had it been a previous WILD, but because of the budget increase we were able to get a headliner and an opener that the students really want and round [WILD] out with two additional openers that would be touring with Icona Pop,” Linn said.

GRiZ, a 23-year-old electronic music producer from Detroit, MI, performs at the Underground Stage at the 2012 Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit. GRiZ will be one of three opening acts for Icona Pop at this year’s Fall WILD.

Junior Tim Elton said that he had not heard of the opening acts, but he was excited about Icona Pop and glad to hear that the Detroit-based GRiZ was among the openers.

“I prefer the blend from GRiZ because it’s more fun to dance and jam to than the other two,” Elton said.