Naam | Sonny John Moore |
Functie | 88 × DJ |
Geslacht | man |
Lid van groepen | Dog Blood & Jack Ü |
Geboortedatum | |
Leeftijd | 36 |
Herkomst | Verenigde Staten 🇺🇸 |
Genres | dubstep, electro, house |
Boekingen | paradigmagency.com |
Links |
Biografie
In a cluttered home studio in downtown Los Angeles' Arts District, mere blocks from where he wrote "Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites", the song that sold millions of copies and helped instigate one of the largest shifts in modern American music in recent memory, the galvanizing totem of a youth movement daps at a midi controller, ceaselessly cuing the same snare sound over and over and over and over, for literally hours. Literally. Hours.
Skrillex has a lot of thank you's. At around the one-minute mark of his first Grammy acceptance speech in 2012, iPhone in hand, scrolling interminably down a list, it became clear that Skrillex doesn't feel isolated from his peers. It's always been a defining trait of his character, this aptitude at building things with others. It's since gone on to characterize, color, and define his career, too. Whether with his label, OWSLA, his numerous media projects, the NEST online community or the building in downtown LA he's currently converting into a state-of-the art creative space, Skrillex knows there's power in numbers. Skrillex quite simply loves to make things.
Across the board, those numbers are significant- when a person with one of the largest social media followings in the world decides to engage his community, they engage back. Within a year of forming the label, OWSLA, in 2011, it had launched the careers of some of the most buzzing names in American electronic music, all the while staying true to their connection to the community of artists around them and exploring multiple genres along the way. OWSLA continues to pick up momentum, more heads become aware every day, and they tell their friends.
One year later Skrillex collaborated with friend/cult filmmaker Harmony Korine by scoring his critically acclaimed Spring Breakers movie and also composed an original track for Pixar's Wreck It Ralph while simultaneously penning one of the biggest club hits of the year with A$AP Rocky (Wild For The Night). He then dropped his first fashion collaboration with G-Star around the same time (it sold out globally in a matter of days). Three consecutive homeruns across a broad appeal spectrum, but it's easy to identify commonalities among these seemingly disparate projects when they're examined in this uniquely Skrillex context – awesomeness prevails, always. And it's always a team effort.
And every team needs a dugout. So when Sonny returned to Los Angeles to rally the troops, plucking talent from France, Spain, Chicago, Florida, and Tennessee this last spring he purchased an 11,000 square foot compound nestled in the heart of LA. It currently houses his label, management, and publicity staffs as well as a new, futurist venture called NESTHQ.com. The project, which began as a subscription-based sub-label of OWSLA, began to take on new meaning as the team sought to further integrate all of the Skrillex and OWSLA-related media content into one vertical silo. NESTHQ.com was formed as a means of iterating the values and personalities of the dance music community, Skrillex's community, in one consistently positive voice. The building itself is the physical manifestation of this intent and more plans are underway to construct several high-end recording studios, media production labs, video suites and other creative spaces to further inspire the associated artists under the OWSLA/Skrillex umbrella.
But let's get back to that snare sound. Sonny John Moore, the man who upended popular music in 2011, knows there's too much in the balance, and he addresses the seemingly menial with utmost gravity. He invests himself into everything he does. It's not just a career at stake. Skrillex acknowledges the huge responsibility we all have to bring positivity into the world through art and expression, and that whether it's iterated musically or otherwise, getting those ideas out is group therapy at its best. We're in this together, so let's get it right.
Finally, despite being one of the biggest names in music, Skrillex hasn't walked away from the 'do-it-ourselves' attitude he's had since his start. "When you grow you're going to need more people, more bodies to do stuff," he said. "It's all about making true partnerships. I think the less you can take out of something and the more you can do yourself, it's more equal-interest. So you're not taking out big bank loans, you're betting on yourself. You can sustain everything. Maybe it takes a little longer — it's been since 2004 to get to where I am now, with the same team, the same manager. That's how we did it. There was no rush ever to get giant checks." Throughout all of this, he's decided to keep the music industry at an arm's length. "I kind of wanted to stay away from Hollywood… I guess my scene and the energy and the core of where I came from is Downtown L.A. and throwing warehouse parties and being inspired by spaces that gushed potential, more than something that was already done."
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BACKGROUND:
Skrillex was born in 1988 in Mount Washington, Los Angeles, California. He moved to San Francisco at age 2. When he was 12, his family moved back to his birthplace of northeast L.A. He lives in downtown Los Angeles currently
Skrillex has a lot of thank you's. At around the one-minute mark of his first Grammy acceptance speech in 2012, iPhone in hand, scrolling interminably down a list, it became clear that Skrillex doesn't feel isolated from his peers. It's always been a defining trait of his character, this aptitude at building things with others. It's since gone on to characterize, color, and define his career, too. Whether with his label, OWSLA, his numerous media projects, the NEST online community or the building in downtown LA he's currently converting into a state-of-the art creative space, Skrillex knows there's power in numbers. Skrillex quite simply loves to make things.
Across the board, those numbers are significant- when a person with one of the largest social media followings in the world decides to engage his community, they engage back. Within a year of forming the label, OWSLA, in 2011, it had launched the careers of some of the most buzzing names in American electronic music, all the while staying true to their connection to the community of artists around them and exploring multiple genres along the way. OWSLA continues to pick up momentum, more heads become aware every day, and they tell their friends.
One year later Skrillex collaborated with friend/cult filmmaker Harmony Korine by scoring his critically acclaimed Spring Breakers movie and also composed an original track for Pixar's Wreck It Ralph while simultaneously penning one of the biggest club hits of the year with A$AP Rocky (Wild For The Night). He then dropped his first fashion collaboration with G-Star around the same time (it sold out globally in a matter of days). Three consecutive homeruns across a broad appeal spectrum, but it's easy to identify commonalities among these seemingly disparate projects when they're examined in this uniquely Skrillex context – awesomeness prevails, always. And it's always a team effort.
And every team needs a dugout. So when Sonny returned to Los Angeles to rally the troops, plucking talent from France, Spain, Chicago, Florida, and Tennessee this last spring he purchased an 11,000 square foot compound nestled in the heart of LA. It currently houses his label, management, and publicity staffs as well as a new, futurist venture called NESTHQ.com. The project, which began as a subscription-based sub-label of OWSLA, began to take on new meaning as the team sought to further integrate all of the Skrillex and OWSLA-related media content into one vertical silo. NESTHQ.com was formed as a means of iterating the values and personalities of the dance music community, Skrillex's community, in one consistently positive voice. The building itself is the physical manifestation of this intent and more plans are underway to construct several high-end recording studios, media production labs, video suites and other creative spaces to further inspire the associated artists under the OWSLA/Skrillex umbrella.
But let's get back to that snare sound. Sonny John Moore, the man who upended popular music in 2011, knows there's too much in the balance, and he addresses the seemingly menial with utmost gravity. He invests himself into everything he does. It's not just a career at stake. Skrillex acknowledges the huge responsibility we all have to bring positivity into the world through art and expression, and that whether it's iterated musically or otherwise, getting those ideas out is group therapy at its best. We're in this together, so let's get it right.
Finally, despite being one of the biggest names in music, Skrillex hasn't walked away from the 'do-it-ourselves' attitude he's had since his start. "When you grow you're going to need more people, more bodies to do stuff," he said. "It's all about making true partnerships. I think the less you can take out of something and the more you can do yourself, it's more equal-interest. So you're not taking out big bank loans, you're betting on yourself. You can sustain everything. Maybe it takes a little longer — it's been since 2004 to get to where I am now, with the same team, the same manager. That's how we did it. There was no rush ever to get giant checks." Throughout all of this, he's decided to keep the music industry at an arm's length. "I kind of wanted to stay away from Hollywood… I guess my scene and the energy and the core of where I came from is Downtown L.A. and throwing warehouse parties and being inspired by spaces that gushed potential, more than something that was already done."
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BACKGROUND:
Skrillex was born in 1988 in Mount Washington, Los Angeles, California. He moved to San Francisco at age 2. When he was 12, his family moved back to his birthplace of northeast L.A. He lives in downtown Los Angeles currently
Uitgaansagenda Skrillex
Statistieken
87 | · | optredens |
geen | · | in de toekomst |
87 | · | in het verleden |
2519 | fans | |
1 | · | nieuws |
16 | · | foto's tijdens optreden |
23 | · | video's |
72 | · | opmerkingen |
6 | · | waarderingen |
geen | stemresultaat (3.083 stemmen) |
72 opmerkingen
Deze man vorige week in Brussel gezien, geen woorden voor hoe geniaal!
COME TO AMSTERDAM!!!
schande van de dubstep..
Uitspraak van verwijderd op zaterdag 14 mei 2011 om 15:26:ben echt benieuwd hoe die live is
ik heb op youtube gezien dat hij wel heel wat blunders heeft gemaakt.
Dus het zal zeker lachuh zijn
Uitspraak van verwijderd op maandag 9 mei 2011 om 23:53:Ideale kandidaat voor Lowlands
En hij is het nog geworden ook! Skrillex op Lowlands 2011!
Uitspraak van verwijderd op vrijdag 10 juni 2011 om 15:51:Skrillex op Lowlands 2011!
Kut zoooii en geen kaartjes kunne krijgen...
Producer niets meer dan respect voor.
Maar als ik z'n setjes bekijk die op het internet rond slingeren kan die gast echt voor geen meter draaien.
laatste aanpassing 2 augustus 2011 20:41
Hij is altijd wel heel energiek achter de draaitafels en dat vind ik wel super vet om te zien.
Dat dan weer wel, maar mixtechnisch gezien is 't een beunhaas en dat is iets wat een DJ juist wel moet kunnen.
Mixwerk is bij vrijwel alle setjes (i.i.g die op LSDB) inderdaad meuk.. Maar dat interesseert me geen reet, want hij levert kwaliteit!
Uitspraak van actief op dinsdag 23 augustus 2011 om 13:30:schande van de dubstep..
Comercieele bagger. Where is tha real dubsound.
laatste aanpassing
schande van de dubstep..
Uitspraak van George Clowney op maandag 16 mei 2011 om 10:30:Overrated en overhyped.
Maarja wat verwacht je anders van een Amerikaan.
Onee.. de menigte heeft weer iets gevonden
Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 16 oktober 2011 om 19:40:Comercieele bagger. Where is tha real dubsound.
echte kenners hiero, mensen van t eerste uur waarschijnlijk...
proficiat hoor jongens, jullie zijn de ekte ekte... hulde!
Uitspraak van oh oh oost op woensdag 21 december 2011 om 13:56:Skrillex is gewoon een kut-emo
een top producer met zijn eigen sound die we 28 april in 1 van de betere akoestieken van NL gaan ervaren .. gvd lekker gvd
Serieus? Dubstep? Omdat hij een paar tunes maakte die wob wob wob zeiden?
Ieder normaal persoon die niet doof is kan toch horen dat dit kutherrie is voor hipster.
hokjes plaatsen heeft geen nut
goede muziek
is en blijft goede muziek
voor de 1 kut
voor de ander gezegend..
sja ieder zn ding.. i like the tune !
altijd grappig al die haters, die maken hem tot hoe groot hij nu is! en daarbij, hij maakt muziek met gevoel en wil niet in het hokje dubstep geplaatst worden! dubstep is vet, skrillex vind ik ook geniaal, maar het is geen dubstep artiest en dat wil hij ook niet zijn! als je beetje research doet op youtube dan had je dat ook geweten, ipv meteen te roepen dat ie commercieel is en dubstep verpest, skrillex is commercieel gemaakt!
Uitspraak van verwijderd op vrijdag 27 april 2012 om 15:37:altijd grappig al die haters, die maken hem tot hoe groot hij nu is!
Uitspraak van verwijderd op vrijdag 27 april 2012 om 15:37:en daarbij, hij maakt muziek met gevoel en wil niet in het hokje dubstep geplaatst worden! dubstep is vet, skrillex vind ik ook geniaal, maar het is geen dubstep artiest en dat wil hij ook niet zijn!
Britney Britney!
Uitspraak van verwijderd op vrijdag 27 april 2012 om 15:37:als je beetje research doet op youtube dan had je dat ook geweten, ipv meteen te roepen dat ie commercieel is en dubstep verpest, skrillex is commercieel gemaakt!
Dit is geen zin. Wat wil je nu zeggen?
Die Skirllex, irritante sound heeft ie. Lijkt een beetje op wat Irene Moors toen heeft gedaan met de smurfen
Serieus? Dubstep? Omdat hij een paar tunes maakte die wob wob wob zeiden?
Ieder normaal persoon die niet doof is kan toch horen dat dit kutherrie is voor hipster.
Eindelijk iemand die het snapt!
Dus dit:
Uitspraak van verwijderd op dinsdag 1 mei 2012 om 16:49:Amerikaanse, gehypte, commerciele, smakeloze Trol!