- Timmy Trumpet, born Timothy Jude Smith, is a 43-year-old Australian DJ, musician and record producer who has accumulated over 5 billion streams across his career, ranked number 6 in DJ Mag’s prestigious Top 100 DJs list
- His 2017 collaboration “Narco” with Dutch duo Blasterjaxx became one of the most recognisable entrance songs in all of professional sports after Edwin Díaz adopted it as his walk-out theme in 2018
- When Díaz debuted the “Narco” entrance at Dodger Stadium on Friday night, it marked a new chapter for a song that has already crossed 200 million social media views from a single viral moment at Citi Field in 2022
When Edwin Díaz jogged out of the bullpen at Dodger Stadium on Friday night to the unmistakable sound of a trumpet blast, 56,000 fans immediately knew what was coming. But behind that song is a man who grew up in Sydney playing jazz, had never attended a baseball game in his life before 2022, and accidentally became one of the most unlikely icons in American sports culture. That man is Timmy Trumpet, and his story is as unusual as it is brilliant.
A Jazz Prodigy Who Taught Himself to DJ
Timothy Jude Smith was born in Sydney, Australia, and started playing the trumpet at just 4 years old, taught by his father. This was not a casual hobby. It became a full obsession.
At the age of thirteen he was named Young Musician of the Year before being granted a full scholarship to the Conservatorium of Music, where he was tutored by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Anthony Heinrich. Within two years, he had secured a position as the leading solo trumpet player in the Australian All-Star Stage Band, taking part in an extensive European jazz festival tour.
And then, somewhere along the way, he decided to teach himself how to DJ. Nobody told him that jazz and EDM didn’t belong together. He just did it anyway.
He adopted the stage name Timmy Trumpet and began performing alongside Australian DJ duo the Stafford Brothers at clubs and music festivals, incorporating live trumpet directly into his DJ sets. The combination was completely new. Nobody else was doing it at that level, and audiences immediately responded.
The Song That Changed Everything
His debut mainstage performance at Tomorrowland in 2017 became the highest streamed DJ set of all time on the official Tomorrowland YouTube channel. That same year, almost as an afterthought, he co-wrote a track called “Narco” with Dutch DJ duo Blasterjaxx.
The first portions of “Narco” were created by Blasterjaxx members Idir Makhlaf and Thom Jongkind, who wanted a dancefloor staple with what Jongkind described as an “Arabian flute” melody. When they played it for Timmy Trumpet during his 2017 European tour, he suggested substituting a trumpet in place of the flute and recorded the part himself. That single instinct turned a good song into an unforgettable one.
For five years, “Narco” did solid numbers and nothing more. Then Edwin Díaz picked it as his walk-up song with the Seattle Mariners in 2018, dropped it briefly, and brought it back for the 2020 Mets season on a suggestion from his wife. By 2022, the song had become a phenomenon.
The Night That Made History at Citi Field
Before the August 2022 series between the Mets and Dodgers, Timmy Trumpet had never been to a baseball game in his life. Cricket was his sport growing up. But he flew to New York, threw out the first pitch, and promised fans he would perform “Narco” live if Díaz entered the game.
Díaz didn’t pitch on the first night. Timmy Trumpet came back the next day anyway. On August 31, Díaz entered to pitch the ninth inning to live accompaniment by Timmy Trumpet on the field, and earned a save in a 2-1 win over the Dodgers.
The moment clocked over 200 million social media views in just 48 hours and sent “Narco” straight to number one on Spotify’s viral chart in the United States. A five-year-old song. Number one. Overnight. Because of a closer and a trumpet player who had never met before that week.
Bigger Than Baseball
What most casual fans do not realise is that “Narco” at Citi Field was not even close to the peak of Timmy Trumpet’s career. It was simply the moment that introduced him to a new audience.
His overall discography has exceeded 5 billion global streams as of 2025, spanning big room house, psytrance, and hardstyle genres, with collaborations featuring Armin van Buuren, Hardwell, Afrojack, Steve Aoki, and Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike.
Under his own FREAKSHOW banner, he hosts arena experiences selling over 10,000 tickets per show across Europe, and maintains an international touring schedule of over 200 shows per year headlining events like Tomorrowland, Ultra Music Festival, and Electric Daisy Carnival.
In March 2019, he became the first trumpet player ever to perform in zero gravity, a project done in partnership with the European Space Agency and BigCityBeats. Playing trumpet in zero gravity. While DJing. That is not a man who does things quietly.
Now, every time Díaz trots out of the Dodger Stadium bullpen in front of 56,000 fans in blue, Timmy Trumpet’s trumpet notes ring out across one of the most famous venues in American sports. A Sydney jazz prodigy who taught himself to DJ, wrote a song almost by accident, and ended up with his music echoing around baseball stadiums for the rest of Díaz’s career. Not bad for a kid who grew up playing cricket.
