Sasquatch Artist Spotlight:Skrillex
Skrillex performing Monday May 30 in the Banana Shack
Sonny Moore, who is known professionally as Skrillex, is a breakbeat,house, dubstep DJ from Los Angeles CA. Before becoming a DJ Sonny was the lead singer for the Screamo band From First To Last. In 2007 Sonny split from From First To Last and went to record as a solo artist, embarking on the AP tour in 2007 . A solo record “Bells” was made but Moore has said that it won’t be released.
In 2008 his DJ alias Skrillex was introduced to Los Angeles nightclubs. He released his first EP “My Name Is Skrillex” for free download on June 7, 2010. Moore then signed a contract with Mau5trap records and toured with Deadma5 later on last year. Skrillex also released his second EP “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” last year. The title track from the album became a huge hit along with the song “Kill Everybody.”
Skrillex is one of the artists that I can’t wait to see perform because I just recently started getting into his music. The first song that I heard of his was “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” when my friend had it as her ring tone. That song immediately got me hooked, the bass drop that he put in is one of the sickest I’ve ever heard. He almost puts extra distortion into his wobbles so that it sounds more like a guitar.
