| Anton Zaslavski | |
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| Born | September 2, 1989 Russia. |
| Genres | Electronic music, Electro house, Electro house#Complextro |
| Occupations | Producer, DJ |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | OWSLA |
| Website | Zedd Facebook Zedd TwitterZedd Soundcloud |
Anton Zaslavski (born September 2, 1989) known primarily by his stage name Zedd is a German electronic dance music producer and DJ from Kaiserslautern, Germany. He primarily produces in the electro house genre,[1] but has branched out, pioneering what is known as 'Zedd style', which draws influences from Progressive house, Complextro and Dubstep.
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Anton is a classically trained musician,[2] born from two musicians,[3] who began playing the piano at the age of four, and began producing original d up the drums at age 12, and in 2002 began playing for the German post-hardcore/rock/metal trio Dioramic, signed by Lifeforce records. Anton's interest in producing electronic music was piqued after hearing '†' by French electronic duo Justice.[4] He began producing electronic music in 2009.
Under the name 'Zedd', Anton has produced a wide variety of remixes and originals. He first made waves in the scene when he won two different Beatport remix contests; his first original release, 'The Anthem', broke into the Beatport Electrohouse Top 20. His remix of Skrillex's "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" broke into the Beatport Electrohouse Top Ten charts, coming to rest at #2. He has since produced remixes of well-known artists of the likes of The Black Eyed Peas, Fatboy Slim, Skrillex, and many more.
In 2011, Zedd's remixes of Lady GaGa's tracks "Born This Way" and "Marry the Night" would appear on the Born This Way Deluxe Edition releases.
'Zedd Style' has been the term used to describe Anton's style of complex, intelligently-progressed melodies and highly layered, crunchy bass.[5] Anton creates his electronic music using the Cubase suite of music production applications, and takes advantage of different plug-ins including the Sylenth1, Nexus2 and Omnisphere synthesizers.
In September 2011, Zedd's newest single "Shave It" was premiered as a thirty second teaser on Skrillex's YouTube page, this being Zedd's first release on OWSLA records.
As a DJ, he has toured frequently in Germany and the US and performed alongside artists including Deadmau5, Porter Robinson, Skrillex, and many, many more.
He has performed, or is scheduled to perform, at several major music festivals in 2011 including Ultra Music Festival,[6] Electric Daisy Carnival (3 cities),[7] The Electric Forest, Global Dance Festival,[8] Beyond Wonderland[9] and Nocturnal Festival.[10]
Throughout 2011, he appeared with Skrillex and Porter Robinson at a multitude of venues and festivals around the world.
In June and July 2011, he performed as direct support to Skrillex on the OWSLA tour.
In August and September 2011, he performed as direct support to deadmau5 on his Meowington Hax tour of the United States. Recently did a solo tour through the US with a big stop at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor at The Necto (nightclub).
Singles
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| Year | Album details |
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| 2011 | Autonomy
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Remixes