In the context of electronic producers leading the vanguard in sound creation, Skrillex has quickly leapt into the forefront of the global conversation. The man creates music that’ll terrorize those with weaker hearts, while sending flocks of adrenaline-seeking youths into states of dancefloor delirium. His Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites EP launched him into the upper stratosphere of main room DJs/producers, expertly riding the line between the low-fi terror of dubstep and the squelching agitation of electro/indie house. Today the LA-based Skrillex (aka Sonny Moore) has dropped his first video, a sort of 3-minute mini-documentary look into the life of a globetrotting DJ as he toured America for the last 8 months — look out for cameos by Diplo, Deadmau5, A-Trak, Tommy Lee, Rusko, DJ Craze, et al. Looks fucking rough (+ copious beer drinking). Maybe it’s time I fired up the old Logic, I still got that remix of “Oh What a Night” bouncing around in my brain… it’ll make me huge, I swear…
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