Skrillex's Contribution to Music

The artist I chose to do a little bit of research on from the music module was Skrillex. Skrillex is an American DJ and producer from Northeast Los Angeles. First performing as a DJ by the name of Sonny Moore (his real name), Moore joined the Alternative press to work with other groups such as a famous pop-punk band All Time Low. In 2007 he began his solo career, and anticipated his debut album to be published in 2009. However, in late 2009 he ditched the album and began performing under the artist name "Skrillex", where he released the EP "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites", which is arguably one of his now most popularly known pieces of work. My personal favorite from his early works is his song "Cinema", which I myself have made several remixes to for class projects throughout my educational career. Skrillex gave a huge breath of life into what is now known as electronic dance music, influencing many of today's modern DJs. Winning over 8 Grammy awards, Skrillex holds the record for the most Grammy awards won by an Electronic Dance Music Artist. Skrillex is one of the largest members of the EDM scene, which started back in the early 1990's. EDM is a broad genre of music, included but not limited to techno, house music, dubstep, and some sorts of hip-hop. Historically known for its rave and drug use correlations, EDM has evolved into a genre of music that can be appreciated by a wide variety of people. Even though I do not necessarily listen to a lot of EDM, it still has affected the way my favorite genre, hip-hop, is produced for the past decade.

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