Anton Zaslavski was born in Russia and raised in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Born to two classically trained musicians, he started with music in his daily routine from his early childhood. Zedd as the world now knows him began playing the piano at the age of four and built up an ocean of knowledge of the classical repertoire throughout his childhood, at times writing a song a day. By the age of twelve, Anton had learned to play the drums and soon after he began performing with the post-hardcore/metal trio Dioramic. In his preteens he was already composing and producing a number of songs in his band’s own studio.

As the aughts progressed, Anton’s awareness of other genres and the developments in music widened and in 2009 his interest in producing electronic music was born after hearing the legendary french duo Justice. With his gift of musical aptitude and a background in instrumentation, composition and production, the move into the transcendental world of dance music was seamless.

2009 proved to be an unbelievable year for Zedd. It was during this year that he began producing music which he’s now famous for all over the globe and within an incredibly short period of time gathered depths of critical and audience acclaim. Within a few months of beginning, he won two Beatport remix contests, the “Armand Van Helden / Strictly Rhythm Remix Contest” and the “Fatboy Slim / Skint Remix Contest”.

These critical wins gave this budding talent the notoriety to catch the interest of another stalwart, Skrillex who essentially found him on the net and signed him to his label OWSLA. He caught the ear of Interscope A&R Dave Rene and Interscope Geffen A&M Chairman Jimmy Iovine and successfully released several official remixes for powerhouse artists such as Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, P. Diddy, Swedish House Mafia and Skrillex on labels including mau5trap, Interscope, and EMI.

In the sphere of his original work, Zedd’s hit singles ‘Shave It’ and ‘Slam The Door’ (both on OWLSA), held the top spot on Beatport’s charts for multiple weeks at a time. In the same year, his remix of Lady Gaga’s “Marry the Night” appeared on the deluxe edition of the superstar’s latest album Born This Way and his remix of “Born This Way” appeared on Born This Way: The Remix. Zedd also has had other heavyweights take their turn at his tracks, including Armin Van Buuren, Kaskade, Knife Party and more.

Zedd’s stellar development is undoubtedly linked to his unique and highly complex style of composition. It stands out in a crowded field as meticulously detailed and incredibly carefully produced, very playful and at the same time remarkably catchy despite the complex musicality drafting it up. Drawing from his diverse musical background spanning from classical to post-hardcore/metal to dance music Zedd’s music not only draws from uncommon sources but also has the ability to appeal to a number of different audiences.

He recently signed to Interscope records and is readying his debut LP Clarity on the label for and October 2012 release. The album’s first single, “Spectrum,” featuring Matthew Koma, garnered massive global attention, climbing into the Top 10 of iTunes dance charts and holding the number one spot on Beatport Worldwide for almost three weeks. Zedd has also racked up several massive original production credits including Eva Simons’ “I Don’t Like You” and Justin Bieber’s “Beauty And A Beat.”

A Rolling Stone “Artist to Watch” for 2012, Zedd has appeared at major festivals, including Ultra, Electric Daisy Carnival, and more. In 2012, he performed at Coachella and was confirmed to appear at Lollapalooza, Hard Summer in Los Angeles and Electric Zoo in New York. Zedd was also chosen to be the only opening act for the Asian leg of Lady Gaga’s world stadium-tour “The Born This Was Ball”. In June he returned to the U.S. for a series of headlining shows, including several appearances at Marquee in Las Vegas.

As an individual Zedd is entertaining on twitter and is definitely as humorous as is talented. At the recently concluded Ultra Music Festival, Miami he ran on to the main stage during dance music superstar Deadmau5′s set clad in pink fluffy briefs after a series of messages exchanged between Deadmau5 and him.

Check out some of the finest and most popular works of this maverick which you shouldn’t miss;

#Skrillex & The Doors – Breakn’ A Sweat (Zedd Remix)

#Zedd – Spectrum (feat. Matthew Koma) [Extended Mix]

#Zedd – Satche (Original Mix)

#Zedd & Lucky Date ft. Ellie Goulding – Fall Into The Sky (Extended Mix)

#Zedd – Clarity (feat. Foxes) [Extended Mix]

A musical prodigy from the start, his originality and momentum has unquestionably propelled him into the ranks of superstars. Catch Zedd as Submerge & WMS Entertainment bring the superstar to your city;

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