Zedd

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 But Has Branched Out Drawing Influences From Progressive House Complextro And Dubstep.
Anton Is A Classically Trained Musician Born From Two Musicians Who Began Playing The Piano And Drums At The Age Of Four. In 2002 He Began Playing For The German Band Dioramic Signed By Lifeforce Records. Anton's Interest In Producing Electronic Music Was Piqued After Hearing '†' By French Electronic Duo Justice.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 Electro House Top 20. His Remix Of Skrillex's "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" Broke Into The Beatport Electro House 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 More. Anton Creates His Music Using The Cubase Suite Of Music Production Applications And Takes Advantage Of Different Plug-Ins Including The Sylenth1 Nexus And Omnisphere Synthesizers. 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. In September Zedd's Single "Shave It" Was Premiered As A Thirty Second Teaser On Skrillex's YouTube Page This Being Zedd's First Release On OWSLA Records. In 2012 Zedd Signed With Interscope Records And Released His Debut Single From The Label Spectrum With Vocals By Matthew Koma. He Then Produced The Eva Simons Song I Don't Like You Which Was Also Released On Interscope. He Also Co-Produced The Track "Beauty And A Beat" With Max Martin And For Justin Bieber's Third Studio Album Believe. read less