Skrillex

The Profile

Skrillex (Sonny John Moore) is an American DJ and producer who rose to prominence with the 2010 EP Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites after earlier fronting post-hardcore band From First to Last. He has since become a leading figure in EDM and dubstep, releasing Recess as his first studio album and earning multiple Grammy Awards.

Helped popularize dubstep/brostep globally; first studio album Recess (2014); co-founded the OWSLA label; widely recognized for high-energy drops, collaborations, and multiple Grammy wins.

Across four reviews, Skrillex is praised for adrenalized genre-blending and slammed for recycling sounds. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites earns the loudest cheers; Bangarang splits opinion beyond its opener. Recess is framed as clever music in noisy clothing. Leaving EP lands as a tentative step forward with caveats.