A lot of times, we even get lumped into a certain category. People are always going to put you in a certain box. Have you heard any Indian music? Do you plan to sample some in your set over the weekend? I love Bollywood; I watch Bollywood movies all the time on airplanes. All my musical influences have been people who have done things differently or come from an alternative side. I grew up listening everything, from hip-hop, to metal, to punk and EDM.
I first heard Aphex Twin when I was really young and I realised that you can do something all by yourself, and let your imagination run wild and use a computer or electronics as an instrument.
That inspired me to become a producer. I like that, no matter who you are collaborating with, you always learn something new about yourself and how to approach making music.
I always respected Justin Bieber as an artiste and the fact that he was so young and was doing what he did, as well as his natural charisma and just him as a person.
I was intrigued by him. Skrillex is touring four cities as part of Vh1 Supersonic. The current standard narrative of fame, especially for US stars, would have him explain how the "haters" make him stronger, how he overcame this or that crippling disadvantage and was now showing all those who doubted him how strong he really is. Moore, however, doesn't see it that way. I didn't even know people had an issue until someone said: 'Oh, this and that forum seem to have a real problem with you.
He was "emo with good reason" as a teenager, he says: "I discovered I was adopted when I was But not only that, I found out that everyone — my parents' friends, my own friends, my friends' parents, everyone — had known except me. I've made up with my parents now, but I wasn't too happy at the time. But Moore is free from self-pity. And he doesn't suggest that the episode was some kind of dramatic epiphany. Rather, it just made him act on his desire to pursue music.
At 13 he started going to punk gigs in "mainly Mexican parts of town". Later came illegal warehouse raves and sneaking underage into clubs. Like most rock kids of his generation, from an early age he had a working knowledge of electronic music through listening to industrial bands such as Nine Inch Nails , and an obsession with "IDM" "intelligent dance music" , in particular "anything on Warp Records ".
The other thing his leap into a life on the road revealed was a Stakhanovite work ethic. Asked where he fits sleep alongside gigging and making music much of which is recorded on the tour bus , he replies: "I don't. But I don't do hard drugs all the time either. People always say it must be some cocaine lifestyle, but nobody could sustain that and do all the shows I do. There doesn't seem to be a material goal, just a desire — naive, maybe, or even old-fashioned — to be part of music scenes and to connect with crowds.
Moore's self-image tallies with the view of British dubstep star Skream , who has stood up for Skrillex against more-underground-than-thou snobs. He's almost done to dubstep what me and Benga did to garage. Whether or not Moore takes credit, his electro house and amped-up dubstep sound has found its way into the fabric of American subculture in a way no other rave genre has before.
It's the demented flipside of David Guetta bringing Euro house into the mainstream. And while metropolitan hipsters sneer at dweebs, rednecks and "bros" donning UV facepaint and throwing shapes at commercial festivals, Moore is overjoyed to witness their thrill of discovery.
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