electronica

Skrillex is the pseudonym used by Sonny Moore to differentiate his dance music from his band music. It was originally an old AIM screenname of his. Throughout 2010 Skrillex has become more and more a part of Sonny Moore’s life, having released the ‘My Name Is Skrillex EP” for free and ‘Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites’ through Mau5trap on Beatport exclusively until November 19th, where it will arrive at all other digital distribution stores and websites.

Moskitoo is Sanae Yamasaki (b. 1978), a sound-artist and graphic designer residing in Sapporo, Japan. She began making music in 1997 playing guitar and small casio keyboards in various bands in Sapporo. In 2005 she began writing, playing, and singing under the moniker Moskitoo. "Drape" (2007, 12k1041) was her first full-length release. A 4 track EP with remixes shortly followed, featuring remixes by Frank Bretschneider, Mark Fell and Taylor Dupree, who was also the mastering engineer on "Drape".

Flicks originally started as a 3 piece Pop/Rock Band from Brisbane, Australia, which formed in late 2007. They worked hard writing and crafting their live performance playing 100 school shows over the next 2 years. In 2009 Flicks commenced writing their first radio single Hayley, which was inspired by the lead singer of Paramore and all-around-hottie, Hayley Williams. Produced by Todd Morse (H20, The Offspring, Juliette Lewis) it was recorded at the Grove Studios in Gosford...

Jacques Lu Cont, born as Stuart Price on Sept. 7 1977, is the same gentleman who brings you Madonna's tour this year (2006), as he is her manager. Reportedly, he has said that the Human League's album 'Dare' inspired his sound the most, as evidenced by the video "Hey You What's That Sound," which looks amazingly like Madonna's "Hung Up." Hmm. He also laid down some sexy beats to her Confessions album...