Latest Release
- NOV 29, 2024
- 1 Song
- LONG.LIVE.A$AP (Deluxe Edition) · 2013
- Skrillex and Diplo present Jack Ü · 2015
- Heavy Heart - Single · 2024
- Bangarang · 2011
- In Da Getto - Single · 2021
- Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites · 2010
- DATA · 2023
- Suicide Squad: The Album · 2016
- Make It Bun Dem After Hours (Remixes) - EP · 2012
- More Monsters and Sprites · 2011
Essential Albums
- Dance-floor kings Skrillex and Diplo show some sophisticated range on their debut album as Jack Ü. “Beats Knockin” turns a New Orleans-style “Triggerman” beat into a synth-heavy workout with MC Fly Boi Keno. Then they immediately flip it on “Take Ü There,” messing with skittering snares and pop melodies atop a juicy, soulful vocal from rave queen Kiesza. There's dark dancehall with Bunji Garlin, low-slung R&B on “Mind,” the tropical-flavored “Where Are Ü Now” with Justin Bieber—Jack Ü is a caffeinated, sensual, super-fun amalgam of everything club music should be.
- Bangarang saw Skrillex home in on his wonky, pitched-up dubstep vision. A more polished recording than his breakthrough EP, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, it wastes no time, immediately going for gut-level adrenaline blasts. “Right In” bangs hard out of the gate, while “Right on Time” works synth blips and rattling percussion into an irresistible, frenetic firestorm. And there's no better manifesto for Skrillex’s cab-shaking, sugar-addled vision than the churning samples and pogoing energy of the title track.
- Skrillex’s 2010 debut EP didn’t invent dubstep, but it did instigate the music’s worldwide explosion. The opening “Rock ‘n’ Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain)” is a Trojan horse smuggling glitched-out swagger inside disco-sampling electro-house, and from there all bets are off. The furious title track proves Skrillex a master manipulator of sound and energy, with bass riffs that feel like sculpted thunderbolts. And while his peers’ remixes cement the sound of the era’s festival EDM, the sweetly emo “With You, Friends (Long Drive)” hints at surprising twists that lie just around the corner.
Albums
- 2023
- 2023
- 2021
- 2021
Artist Playlists
- With every record, the bass-loving human whirlwind sets new frontiers for EDM.
- His visuals are as dark and twisted as his tracks.
Appears On
Radio Shows
- Skrillex and his OWSLA collective friends share their latest obsessions.
- Anna catches up with Skrillex, and Walker & Royce plus VNSSA.
- Interviews with Axwell, Jax Jones, and Chris Lorenzo.
- A mix of pain, passion, and success feat. Juicy J and Rick Ross.
- The Dutch electronic trio showcase tracks from their new LP.
- Skrillex plays a mix of OWSLA releases.
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About Skrillex
In the spring of 2010, few people could have expected that the person about to turn electronic music upside down was the long-haired frontman of From First to Last, a Los Angeles post-hardcore band. But from virtually the moment that Sonny Moore (born in LA in 1988) stepped out as Skrillex, he radically changed the course of dance music. His serrated synths and wobbling bass, as heard on 2011's “First of the Year (Equinox)” and “Bangarang,” helped introduce America—and the world at large—to dubstep, and his irrepressible, punk-like energy brought a crucial dose of personality to EDM at the very moment it was evolving from previous incarnations of rave culture. But boundary-breaking, whiplash-inducing tunes like 2010's “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” were just the beginning: Turns out that Moore is blessed with a rare talent for reinvention. For those who thought he was an unrepentant headbanger, he turned up with sweet, sensitive jams like 2011's “Summit,” featuring Ellie Goulding; by 2014’s shape-shifting Recess, he was wriggling out of dance music’s pigeonholes by teaming up with Chance the Rapper (a remix of Hundred Waters’ “Show Me Love”) and K-pop stars CL and G-Dragon (“Dirty Vibe”). Skrillex’s OWSLA label has proved just as restless in its desire to rewire the future of dance music, releasing work from artists like Anna Lunoe and Dillon Francis. And we haven’t even talked about “Where Are Ü Now,” the runaway hit that Skrillex and Diplo made with Justin Bieber in 2015, which introduced yet another sound to Skrillex's arsenal. The lesson is clear: Having remade dance music in his own image, he's now shifted his aim toward pop music.
- HOMETOWN
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- BORN
- January 15, 1988
- GENRE
- Dance