BBC - Sound of - 2012

4th place for US producer Skrillex

Skrillex has come 4th in the BBC Sound of 2012 countdown. Los Angeles born Skrillex (aka Sonny Moore) already has an impressive track record for a 23 year old. Though he'd been dabbling with making electronic music since his early teens (Aphex Twin and The Prodigy were early influences), he first came to public attention as the singer for post-hardcore 'screamo' band From First To Last.

He managed two albums with them before leaving to go solo in 2007. A number of demos, collaborations and low key free digital releases followed, till 2010's My Name is Skrillex EP kicked off an impressive run of activity including production work with Californian nu-metallers Korn and our own Bring Me The Horizon.

His hyperactive, no holds barred combination of dubstep, hardcore and noise (sometimes referred to as 'brostep') caught the attention of Deadmau5, whose mau5trap label released the second Skrillex EP. Remixes for Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and The Black Eyed Peas have followed and in August 2011, Moore announced he was setting up his own label, OWSLA as well as collaborating with Pendulum side project Knife Party. Whatever feelings this young man might stir up on dubstep forums, we're going to be hearing a lot of the Grammy nominated producer in the next year (very possibly soundtracking a computer game ad...).