Skrillex
Sonny Moore (born January 15, 1988), professionally known as Skrillex, is an electro house/dubstep producer from Los Angeles, California and former frontman for the American band From First to Last.[2][3] In late fall of 2007 he embarked on his first tour as a solo artist, the Team Sleep Tour with Team Sleep, Strata, and Monster in the Machine. After recruiting a new band lineup, Moore toured North America on the Alternative Press Tour, supporting bands such as All Time Low and The Rocket Summer, and appeared on the cover of Alternative Press annual 100 Bands You Need to Know issue.[4]... read more
Big Beat
Founded as an indie label in 1987 by 22-year-old New York deejay Craig Kallman, the company initially operated out of Kallman's parents' apartment. After achieving some notoriety on the underground dance music circuit, Doug Morris — then head of Atlantic Records — brought Kallman and Big Beat into the Atlantic stable in1991. Atlantic purchased the label outright in 1992.
Although the label originally focused on house music, being entrenched in the often cutting-edge New York music scene inevitably led Big Beat to embrace the growing hip hop genre... read more
About This Album:
The EP was released for purchase on Beatport on October 22, 2010, and is his first major release since being signed to Deadmau5's label mau5trap Recordings. The EP was an immediate success taking over 8 of the top ten positions on the Beatport home page. Skrillex has revealed in interview that he made this EP in his apartment using a laptop.
A sound clip of Rachael Nedrow's aka speedstackinggirl exclamations are used in the songs "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" and "Rock n' Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain)."
The song "Kill EVERYBODY" was used in the Uncharted 3 multiplayer beta trailer.
A remix companion & follow-up EP was announced on June 2, 2011, entitled More Monsters and Sprites. It was released on June 7, 2011.
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