Steven Jess Borth II aka CHLLNGR released his debut, HAVEN back in 2011, a year after he had made a life changing decision to move from Sacramento, California to Copenhagen, Denmark. The album was a culmination of the cultural change that had happened inside of him and a reflection of the physical and mental shift one makes when moving from a more sunny climate to facing long, dark winter days. Coco O. was actually his first collaborator in his new small home studio and "Sundown" ending up being a stand out track on the album. You can hear the reflection in the tones on the album and there is a taste of California in the album as well with nods to g funk and 808 drops and snaps. A year after HAVEN, CHLLNGR started collaborating with Spoek Mathambo from South Africa and ended up co producing an EP for Sub Pop Records with him and also scoring a film with him in Cape Town as well as travelling the world on tour with him for a stint. Spoek Mathambo would also have a big role in the second album "Form Of Release" because he would introduce CHLLNGR to the then unknown Josiash Wise who would later be known as serpentwithfeet. On "Form Of Release" Steve asked Josiah to feature on 5 of the 11 tracks and in the Red Bull Studios of Copenhagen they would spend a few weeks fine tuning the songs until they were satisfied. In December of 2023 CHLLNGR released his first single in 9 years, a collaboration with Unkwon that was made back in 2013.