Skrillex
Skrillex ( born January 15, 1988 in Los Angeles; civil Sonny John Moore) is an American DJ and record producer in the field of Dubstep, brostep and Electro and former lead singer of the band From First to Last.
Biography
Sonny Moore grew up in Northeast Los Angeles. 2004, at the age of 16, he came over MySpace in contact with Matt Good from the band From First to Last and wanted to play guitar with them. After the other band members and some studio producer heard him sing, but he was made the lead singer of the band. In June 2004 they released their debut album Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count at Epitaph Records. The band had several successful tours, and in March 2006 released their second album, Heroine. Finally, Sonny got voice problems and underwent successful surgery. On 27 February 2007 he announced, however, that he would leave the band to pursue a solo career.
It was not until he released some demos on his MySpace page and after a few months he went on tour with Team Sleep. In February 2008, Alternative Press Magazine announced the second annual AP Tour with All Time Low, The Rocket Summer, The Matches, Forever the Sickest Kids and Sonny Moore. During the tour included Sonny's cast Sean Friday on drums, Christopher Null on guitar, and Aaron Rother on the keyboard.
2008 Sonny also began to produce music under the alias Skrillex and had appearances in various clubs in the Los Angeles area. On 7 April 2009 appeared his first Gypsyhook EP Extended Play with three songs and four remixes. This was published under his name Sonny. He went again with different bands on tour and performed in April 2009 with the band Hollywood Undead as Sonny and the Blood Monkeys.
His first production under the name Skrillex he published on 7 June 2010 with the EP My Name Is Skrillex, which he presented as a free download. In the summer of 2010 he worked with the metalcore band Bring Me the Horizon on their third studio album There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen it. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret. Finally, he was taken from Deadmau5 mau5trap on his music label Recordings under contract and published in this his second EP Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.
In April 2011 the band Korn released the song Get Up!, Produced the Skrillex. The song was placed on her Facebook page as a free download. On 15 April 2011 also came grain on the stage during his set at the Coachella Valley Music Festival in 2011 and had a brief appearance.
August 2011 Skrillex founded his label Owsla. In September 2011, published Skrillex the theme song for the computer game Syndicate remake. 2011 Skrillex was also the first place 100 DJs by DJ Mag in the choice of the top and came in at number 19, it was the highest new entry in the list that year. In November 2011, he was nominated five times for the Grammy Awards, including " Best New Artist " and "Best Music Video " of which he won in February 2012, three ( "Best Dance Recording", "Best Electronic / Dance Album" and "Best Remix recording" ). At the Sound of 2012, the BBC, he finished as the most prominent of the 15 candidates ranked 4th also at the Grammy awards in 2013 Skrillex has been awarded for "Best Dance Recording" and "Best Electronic / Dance Album ".
From 2011 to October 2012, Sonny Moore was with the British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding.
His debut album was released on Recess March 14, 2014 in Germany.
Discography
Studio albums
EPs
Awards
- Grammy Awards 2012: Grammy for Best Remix of Cinema by Benny Benassi
- Grammy Award for Best Dance / Electronica album Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
- Grammy for Best Dance Recording with Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
- Nominated for Best New Artist
- Nominated for Best Music Video with First of the Year ( Equinox )
- Grammy Awards 2013: Grammy Award for Best Dance / Electronica album Bangarang
- Grammy for Best Dance Recording with Bangarang
- Grammy for Best Remix of Promises by Nero