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Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ and music producer. Growing up in
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and
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, he joined the
post-hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...
band
From First to Last From First to Last is an American post-hardcore band based in the Los Angeles Area and Tampa, Florida. Formed by Matt Good, Scott Oord, and Parker Nelms in November 1999, the current line-up consists of Matt Good (lead guitar, vocals), Sonny M ...
as the lead singer in 2004, and recorded two studio albums with the band (''
Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount ''Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount'' is the debut studio album by American post-hardcore band From First to Last. It was released on June 29, 2004, through Epitaph Records. The title was taken from a monologue in the film ''Heathers'' ...
'' 004and ''
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'' 006 before leaving to pursue a solo career in 2007. He began his first tour as a solo artist in late 2007. After recruiting a new band lineup, Moore joined the
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to support bands such as
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and
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, and appeared on the cover of '' Alternative Press''' annual "100 Bands You Need to Know" issue. After releasing the '' Gypsyhook'' EP in 2009, Moore was scheduled to record his debut studio album, ''Bells'', with producer Noah Shain. He ceased production of the album, however, and began performing under the name Skrillex, distributing the '' My Name Is Skrillex'' EP for free download on his official MySpace page. Subsequently, he released the ''
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites ''Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites'' is the second extended play (EP) by American electronic music producer Skrillex. It was released exclusively through Beatport on October 22, 2010 through mau5trap and Big Beat Records, while being released on ...
'' EP in late 2010 and ''
More Monsters and Sprites ''More Monsters and Sprites'' is the third EP and first remix album by American electronic music producer Skrillex. It was released exclusively on Beatport on June 7, 2011 through Big Beat Records and mau5trap Recordings, while being released on ...
'' EP in mid-2011, both of which have since become moderate commercial successes. On November 30, 2011, he received five
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nominations at the 54th Grammy Awards, including
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and won three: "Best Dance/Electronica Album", "Best Dance Recording", and "Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical". In December 2011, the
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announced that he had been nominated for their Sound of 2012 poll. The same month, he was also named
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's Electronic Dance Music Artist of the Year. Skrillex has won eight
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s, more than any other electronic dance music artist. Skrillex has collaborated with
Diplo Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with ...
and
Boys Noize Alexander Ridha (born 22 August 1982), better known by his stage name Boys Noize, is a Berlin-based German-Iraqi electronic music record producer, songwriter, and DJ. It is similar to the name of Ridha's label, Boysnoize Records, which he esta ...
to form the groups
Jack Ü Jack Ü was an American DJ duo consisting of electronic music producers Skrillex and Diplo, formed in 2013. They released their first official single, "Take Ü There", featuring vocals from Kiesza, on September 17, 2014. On February 3, 2015, the ...
and
Dog Blood Dog Blood is a side project formed in 2012 by music producers Skrillex and Boys Noize. Their debut single, ''Next Order / Middle Finger'', was released on August 12, 2012, on Beatport and iTunes and other music streaming platforms. The song "Ne ...
respectively. It was announced on Moore's 29th birthday, that he reunited with From First to Last and released a single named "Make War". In 2017, Skrillex produced and mixed '' 8'', the eighth studio album by rock band
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. In July 2017, Skrillex released another single featuring debuting solo artist
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.


Early life

Moore lived in the Highland Park neighborhood of
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, but was brought to the Forest Hill neighborhood of
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at the age of 2, where he attended elementary school. At the ages of 9 and 10, Moore attended a boarding school in the
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LV, but eventually moved back to
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. Both of his parents were
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. He was adopted at birth by family friends of his biological parents and did not find this out until he was 15. By the time he was 12, his family moved back to his birthplace of Northeast Los Angeles. There he enrolled in a private academy school specializing in arts, the school used some of
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's teachings. Later, he was home schooled at the age of 14 due to bullying. In 2004, he learned he was adopted and dropped out of the program when he was 16. While a young teenager in Los Angeles, Moore would attend punk gigs in Mexican American neighborhoods in
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and
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, and later at electro club
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s in the downtown's
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and
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neighborhoods.


Career


2004–2007: From First to Last

In 2004, Moore contacted
Matt Good Matthew Aaron Good (born February 11, 1984) is an American musician, singer and record producer. He is best known for being the lead guitarist, lead vocalist and the only constant member of the post-hardcore band From First to Last from its co ...
of
From First to Last From First to Last is an American post-hardcore band based in the Los Angeles Area and Tampa, Florida. Formed by Matt Good, Scott Oord, and Parker Nelms in November 1999, the current line-up consists of Matt Good (lead guitar, vocals), Sonny M ...
about playing guitar for the band on their debut album. After flying out to
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, Moore was heard singing by three studio producers, Derrick Thomas, Eric Dale, and McHale Butler, and was then made lead singer, with Good playing guitar. In June 2004,
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released the band's first full-length record with their new bandmate, ''
Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count ''Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount'' is the debut studio album by American post-hardcore band From First to Last. It was released on June 29, 2004, through Epitaph Records. The title was taken from a monologue in the film ''Heathers'' ...
''. After performing on several successful tours, two being the
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and Dead by Dawn tour, they began recording their second album, ''
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'' with producer
Ross Robinson Ross Robinson (born February 13, 1967) is an American record producer who discovered acts such as Korn, Glassjaw, The Blood Brothers, Slipknot, and Limp Bizkit. Robinson has also worked with Tech N9ne, The Cure, Sepultura, and many others. ...
. The album was released in March 2006 on
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. With high record sales once again, the band found themselves part of many successful tours, until Moore started suffering vocal problems, causing the band to resign from several tours. After going through a successful vocal surgical procedure, Moore informed the band he would be permanently resigning to work on a solo career. FFTL's last show performed with Moore was in their hometown of
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at The House of Blues while touring with
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. Moore announced he had left From First to Last to pursue a solo career. He then launched a Myspace page displaying three demos ("Signal", "Equinox", and "Glow Worm"). This led to Moore's first performance since his leaving From First to Last. On April 7, 2007, alongside harpist Carol Robbins, Moore played several original songs at a local art building. After months of releasing demos via Myspace, Moore played on the
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Tour with a full band. The tour also featured supporting acts
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and
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. Moore made several demo CDs available on this tour, limited to about 30 per show. These CDs were tour exclusive and were packaged in "baby blue envelopes", each with a unique drawing by Moore or bandmate.


2008–2013: Solo career and extended plays

In February 2008, ''Alternative Press Magazine'' announced the second annual AP Tour, with
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,
The Rocket Summer The Rocket Summer is the solo-project of Bryce Avary, a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and record producer based in Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas. He writes and produces every song on his records, and plays every instrument on them. H ...
,
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, and Forever the Sickest Kids, as well as Sonny Moore. The tour started in Houston, Texas on March 14 and went through North America, ending in
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on May 2, with the majority of the shows being sold out. All bands playing the tour would be featured on the cover of ''Alternative Press Magazine''s annual 100 Bands You Need to Know special, and would be interviewed on the ''Alternative Press Podcast''. During this tour, Moore's line-up consisted of Sean Friday on drums, Christopher Null on guitar, and Aaron Rothe on keyboards. On April 7, 2009, he released '' Gypsyhook'', a digital EP, which featured three songs and four remixes. Also included was "海水" ("Kaisui"), a Japanese version of "Mora". Physical copies of the EP were available at his shows. After going on tour with
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and Paper Route and opening for
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on their European tour, Moore performed at Bamboozle on May 2. He performed on Bamboozle Left's Saints and Sinners stage on April 4. He toured with
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in April 2009 performing under the band name Sonny and the Blood Monkeys, with Chris Null (electric guitar), Sean Friday (drums, percussion, and beats) and Aaron Rothe (keyboards, synthesizers, programming, and turntables). Moore has stated that the album ''Bells'' will not be released. In 2008, Moore began producing and performing under the alias Skrillex at clubs in the Los Angeles area. The name, according to Moore, has no meaning and was "a stupid old online
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screen name". Previously, he had been known on the Internet as Twipz. On June 7, 2010, Moore released his official Skrillex debut EP, '' My Name Is Skrillex'' as a free download. Moore provided programming and vocals for UK
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band
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on their third studio album, ''
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''. Later in the year, Sonny began a nationwide tour with
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after being signed to mau5trap recordings and released his second EP, ''
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites ''Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites'' is the second extended play (EP) by American electronic music producer Skrillex. It was released exclusively through Beatport on October 22, 2010 through mau5trap and Big Beat Records, while being released on ...
''. Moore kicked off the "Project Blue Book Tour" in 2011 with support from Porter Robinson, Tommy Lee and DJ Aero as well as appearances from Sofia Toufa for a new song, "Bring Out the Devil". Skrillex unveiled several new songs on this tour including "First of the Year" (formerly known as "Equinox"), "Reptile", and "Cinema" (remix of a
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track). "Reptile" was featured in the TV commercial for ''
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'', and "First of the Year (Equinox)" is featured on ''
More Monsters and Sprites ''More Monsters and Sprites'' is the third EP and first remix album by American electronic music producer Skrillex. It was released exclusively on Beatport on June 7, 2011 through Big Beat Records and mau5trap Recordings, while being released on ...
'', his follow-up EP and remix companion to ''
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites ''Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites'' is the second extended play (EP) by American electronic music producer Skrillex. It was released exclusively through Beatport on October 22, 2010 through mau5trap and Big Beat Records, while being released on ...
''. In April 2011, '' Spin'' premiered "Get Up", an exclusive new track from
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that was produced by Skrillex. Korn made the track available for free download via their Facebook page. On April 15, 2011, KoRn joined Skrillex on stage for his set at Coachella 2011. On April 18, 2011,
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(SCEA) development studio
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released a trailer for the multiplayer component of their
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game '' Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception'', featuring "Kill EVERYBODY" from ''
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites ''Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites'' is the second extended play (EP) by American electronic music producer Skrillex. It was released exclusively through Beatport on October 22, 2010 through mau5trap and Big Beat Records, while being released on ...
''. In June 2011, "
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" was released on
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, an EP consisting of three original tracks, including "First of the Year (Equinox)" and two versions of his original track "Ruffneck". The track "Ruffneck Bass" had been leaked on the internet months prior which used the same sample as in the new "Ruffneck" tracks on the EP. Skrillex released a music video for "Rock n' Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain)" on his official
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page on June 20, 2011. On August 17, 2011, he announced his label,
Owsla Owsla (stylized in all caps) is an American record label and creative collective. It was founded by Skrillex, Tim Smith, Kathryn Frazier, and Clayton Blaha in 2011. Skrillex announced the label on August 17, 2011. The label's first release was ...
. The label's first releases came from Bristol-based dubstep producers KOAN Sound, then-electro-house producer Porter Robinson from North Carolina, singer-songwriter Alvin Risk, and San Francisco-based M Machine. On August 19, 2011, Skrillex released a music video for "First of the Year (Equinox)" via Spin.com. In late August 2011, it was released that he would be appearing
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's first release, collaborating on "Zoology", a
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style track. A preview was released on YouTube. In late September 2011, he created the track "Syndicate" as promotion for the video game of the same name.
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's 2011 album '' Fire & Ice'' features "Lick It", a collaboration between Kaskade and Skrillex. The video for Skrillex's song "
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" appears on the first episode of the ''
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'' revival. On November 8, Skrillex stated that he intended to release an album, ''Voltage''. Skrillex gave fans more info about ''Voltage'' in RockSound Magazine after a photoshoot for the cover and doing an extensive interview on his tour. For unknown reasons, however, the album was never released, however on December 21, 2011, Skrillex unveiled the ''Bangarang'' EP for a Beatport release on December 23, then on August 12, 2012, his new side-project formed with
Boys Noize Alexander Ridha (born 22 August 1982), better known by his stage name Boys Noize, is a Berlin-based German-Iraqi electronic music record producer, songwriter, and DJ. It is similar to the name of Ridha's label, Boysnoize Records, which he esta ...
called
Dog Blood Dog Blood is a side project formed in 2012 by music producers Skrillex and Boys Noize. Their debut single, ''Next Order / Middle Finger'', was released on August 12, 2012, on Beatport and iTunes and other music streaming platforms. The song "Ne ...
released an EP called ''Next Order/Middle Finger''. On November 6, 2012, Skrillex released a limited edition triple vinyl box set. Skrillex composed the song "Bug Hunt" for the 2012 animated film ''
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'', as well as making a brief cameo as a DJ in the film's first act, and in December 2012, "Make It Bun Dem" is used in as a looped variant during the single-player mission 'Kick the Hornets Nest' in the video game ''
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''. He composed the score for ''
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'' with
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. In 2012, Skrillex formed
Dog Blood Dog Blood is a side project formed in 2012 by music producers Skrillex and Boys Noize. Their debut single, ''Next Order / Middle Finger'', was released on August 12, 2012, on Beatport and iTunes and other music streaming platforms. The song "Ne ...
with
Boys Noize Alexander Ridha (born 22 August 1982), better known by his stage name Boys Noize, is a Berlin-based German-Iraqi electronic music record producer, songwriter, and DJ. It is similar to the name of Ridha's label, Boysnoize Records, which he esta ...
. Their debut single, consisting of the songs "Next Order" and "Middle Finger''"'', was released on August 12, 2012, on
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and
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. The song "Next Order" managed to top Beatport's Techno chart. In 2013, Skrillex formed a duo with
Diplo Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with ...
called
Jack Ü Jack Ü was an American DJ duo consisting of electronic music producers Skrillex and Diplo, formed in 2013. They released their first official single, "Take Ü There", featuring vocals from Kiesza, on September 17, 2014. On February 3, 2015, the ...
. Jack Ü's debut performance took place at the Mad Decent Block Party in San Diego on September 15, 2013, which is a nationwide tour that record label Mad Decent puts together to showcase different artists signed to the label. Diplo announced the project by releasing the Mad Decent Block Party lineup with Jack Ü playing at multiple stops on the tour. After some guessing by many of who Jack Ü was, Diplo finally came out to reveal that "Jack Ü ... means Skrillex and Diplo together".


2014: ''Recess''

Skrillex confirmed at a show in January 2013 that he would release a new LP in the summer. On January 2, 2013, Skrillex released his 7th EP, ''Leaving'', on the OWSLA subscription service, Nest IV. He later released the single "
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" with Alvin Risk. On March 7, 2014, an App titled "Alien Ride" was put up on
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which contained a secret folder with 11 hidden objects and a countdown ending March 10 at 6:30 EST. Moore's website was updated with the App's picture on the front page and it was later revealed the folder contains
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and
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url's which eventually were revealed to be 11 new songs available to stream that comprised his debut LP, titled '' Recess''. The album was made available for pre-order at midnight and was released on March 18, 2014.


2016–present: Collaborations and return to From First to Last

In 2016 Skrillex collaborated with the
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girl group
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. The first track, "Hate", was composed and arranged by Skrillex. On January 15, 2017, Moore tweeted "Happy Birthday" with a link to a new From First to Last song which featured Moore on vocals. He later joined the band in Emo Nite LA for the first time in nearly a decade. In 2017, he released the songs "Chicken Soup" with Habstrakt, " Would You Ever" with
Poo Bear Jason Paul Douglas Boyd, better known by his stage name Poo Bear, is an American songwriter, singer, and music producer. He is best known for being one of Justin Bieber's main collaborators, having co-written many of Bieber's hits (including " ...
, "Saint Laurent" with DJ Sliink and Wale and "
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" with
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and NSTASIA. In July 2018, Skrillex teased fans by collaborating with
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on a snippet nicknamed "ID", a release date for the single has yet to be announced. On October 8, 2018, Skrillex uploaded a photo to Twitter showcasing a collaboration between him and English DJ and producer
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, later posting a video teaser of the song to
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. The collaboration, "
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", was officially released on October 19, 2018. On October 25, 2018, Skrillex released the single "
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", a collaboration featuring
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,
Lil Pump Gazzy Garcia (born August 17, 2000), better known professionally as Lil Pump, is an American rapper. He is one of the most prominent artists of the SoundCloud rap scene and is known for his minimalist music and hyperactive public persona. Li ...
,
Maluma Juan Luis Londoño Arias (born 28 January 1994), known professionally as Maluma, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, and actor. Born and raised in Medellín, he developed an interest in music at a young age, recording songs since age sixteen. ...
and
Swae Lee Khalif Malik Ibn Shaman Brown (born June 7, 1993), known professionally as Swae Lee, is an American singer and rapper. Known for his wide vocal range and genre-bending, Swae Lee is one half of the hip hop duo Rae Sremmurd with his brother Slim J ...
. Skrillex,
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, and Japanese-American singer
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collaborated on "
Face My Fears "Face My Fears" is a song by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada and American record producer Skrillex, released on January 18, 2019, by Epic Records Japan. Along with its English-language counterpart, it serves as the opening theme ...
", an opening song for the video game ''
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''. The single was released on January 18, 2019. On July 18, 2019, Skrillex released a two-track EP, ''Show Tracks'', consisting of "Fuji Opener" featuring Alvin Risk and "Mumbai Power" featuring rapper Beam. Later that year, Skrillex made an appearance at
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in
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alongside
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and
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. On October 27, 2021, Skrillex performed his first solo set in the U.S. since the beginning of the pandemic at Avant Gardner in Brooklyn, New York.


Influences

Moore has cited
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,
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and
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as early influences. Moore stated in an online interview that he is a longtime fan of
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, a label whose roster includes notable electronic artists such as
Aphex Twin Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), best known as Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born British musician, composer and DJ. He is known for his idiosyncratic work in electronic music, electronic styles such as techno, ambient music, ambient, and jun ...
and
Squarepusher Tom Jenkinson (born 17 January 1975), known professionally as Squarepusher, is an English electronic musician, record producer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. His music spans several genres including drum and bass, IDM, acid house, ...
. In an interview for '' Daft Punk Unchained'', a 2015 documentary about the French electronic music duo
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, Moore said he was first exposed to electronic dance music after attending the duo's highly praised 2006
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* Coachell ...
set.


Personal life

Moore dated English singer-songwriter
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throughout 2012. In a 2015 interview, Moore stated that although his parents practiced
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, he does not. He explained that music consumes most of the time he could theoretically devote to religion. His mother died in June 2015.


Discography

;Studio albums * '' Recess'' (2014)


Filmography

* ''Let's Make a Spaceship'' (2014) Moore partnered up with
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to produce a documentary titled "Let's Make a Spaceship". It premiered on October 11, 2014, at 10 p.m. CT at the ACL Festival after his headline performance. His performance and documentary, and others' performances are available for stream at Red Bull TV's website.


Awards and nominations


Listicles


See also

* List of ''Billboard'' Social 50 number-one artists


References


External links

*
Skrillex
on
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