If I can put it this way, the tension between iconic British newspaper The Guardian and Skrillex goes way back. Why so? Back in 2011, the respected newspaper had an interesting interview with the OWSLA kingpin titled “The Most Hated Man In Dubstep“. Fast forward 4 years to 2015 and The Guardian writer Peter Robinson has managed to interview the brostep pioneer again. Notably, Skrillex mentioned his reason for avoiding interviews.
“Well, to be honest, I stopped doing interviews because of a Guardian interview I once did. It was the one with the headline “The most hated man in dubstep”. It was the beginning of my career and I was definitely a punching bag for purists, but I just wanted to make music.”
Here are few interesting excerpts from the interview.
” Hi Sonny, if I’d come up to you five years ago and told you that in 2015 you’ll have produced half a Justin Bieber album, how would you have reacted?
It’s funny you should ask that. I’m always transporting myself to five years ago and asking myself the same questions. I’d have been really excited! I’ve never had an ill thought about that guy, even when he got in trouble for egging someone’s house. I think we all grew up with way worse kids than that. (2) It’s been a turning point for both our careers in that we both did something new together. All the best songs of all time are collaborative: the Beatles, Michael Jackson with Quincy Jones, Tupac and Dr Dre. ”
“Do you think Aphex Twin could make a good Justin Bieber record?
The real question is: would he? He did that album 26 Mixes For Cash, that had a bunch of more famous songs that he flipped. Although some of them sound as if he didn’t use anything from the song.”
“When did you last feel victorious?
Well. When we won at the AMAs recently. To be quite honest, I’d never paid attention to the AMAs because it’s the biggest names in pop music; I’d never had that sort of attention before.”
Skrillex also tipped marshmello as his musical tip for 2016. And looking at the amount of amazing music the mystery man has delivered this year, the upcoming year surely will see some heavy work from the masked man.
“Dej Loaf is really talented, Goldlink is amazing. There’s an artist I just signed called Marshmello, he sounds like nothing else. He’s about to do his first tour and he’s sold out every show; he’s so viral but so organic. He’s just done a great remix of Adele’s Hello. It’s going to be a huge year for Marshmello.”
Sonny Moore also revealed the upsurge in demands for him to collaborate with pop stars to which he seemed to be very picky about.
“There have been a lot; lots will come from people who’ll text me: “Hey, I’m not sure if you’re into this but would you be into producing the Meghan Trainor song for the new Snoopy movie?” Things like that.”
He also talked about his forgettable childhood memories and whether he was embarrassed quickly,
“Actually, when I was about eight, I did get pantsed in the schoolyard. I get the “naked at school” dream a lot. I used to have a dream where I’d be wearing a T-shirt that comes up past my belly button, and I’m walking around school with no pants or underwear, just trying to pull my shirt down enough to cover myself.”
Source : The Guardian
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