Zedd (musician)

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Zedd

(From left to right) Porter Robinson, Zedd, and Skrillex perform at the 2012 South by Southwest in March. Background information Anton Zaslavski Birth name September 2, 1989 (age 24) Born Saratov, Soviet Union Kaiserslautern, Germany[1] Origin Electro house, progressive house, complextro, dubstep, big room Genres house Producer, DJ, musician Occupations 2002present Years active Interscope, OWSLA, Dim Mak Labels Records Porter Robinson, Skrillex, Lady Associated acts Gaga, Hayley Williams Facebook, OWSLA, Zedd Website Website Anton Zaslavski (born September 2, 1989), known primarily by his stage name Zedd, is a Russian-German electronic music producer and DJ.[1][2] He primarily produces in the electro house genre,[3] but has branched out, drawing influences from progressive house, dubstep, and classical music. Zedd grew up and began his career in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Contents

1 Life and career beginning 2 Music production

3 Discography o 3.1 Studio albums o 3.2 Extended plays o 3.3 Singles o 3.4 Guest appearances o 3.5 Production work o 3.6 Remixes o 3.7 Music videos 4 Awards and nominations 5 References 6 External links

Life and career beginning

Zaslavski was born in Russia.[2] He is a classically trained musician,[4] born to two musicians,[5] and 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. Zaslavski's interest in producing electronic music was piqued after hearing by French electronic duo Justice.[6] He began producing electronic music in 2009.

Music production
Under the name 'Zedd', Zaslavski 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 number 2. He has since produced remixes of well-known artists of the likes of Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas, Skrillex, and more. Zaslavski creates his music using the Cubase suite of music production applications, and takes advantage of different plugins including the Sylenth1, Nexus, SynthMaster 2.6, and Omnisphere synthesizers, and the Kontakt sampler. In 2011, Zedd's remixes of Lady Gaga's tracks "Born This Way" and "Marry the Night" appeared on the special edition of her third studio album, Born This Way (2011). In September, Zedd's single "Shave It Up" 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[7] 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 produced and co-wrote the third single "Beauty and a Beat" with Max Martin for Justin Bieber's third studio album, Believe.[8] The single charted at number 5 in the U.S. this being Zedd's highest chart topper.

Zedd produced three songs on Lady Gaga's 2013 album, ARTPOP.[9] He also produced "Heaven" from Namie Amuro's album FEEL.[10][11]

Discography
Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Peak chart positions Title

Album details Released: 2 October 2012 Label: Interscope Formats: CD, digital download

US
[12]

US UK Dance Dance
[13] [14]

Clarity

38

21

"" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Extended plays
List of extended plays Title Album details Released: 25 February 2011 Label: Big Fish The Anthem (Remixes) Formats: Digital download

Autonomy

Released: 28 March 2011 Label: Bugeyed Formats: Digital download

Shave It The Aftershave

Released: 8 November 2011 Label: OWSLA Formats: Digital download Released: 13 February 2012 Label: Dim Mak Formats: Digital download

Stars Come Out (Remixes)

Spectrum

Released: 31 July 2012 Label: Interscope Formats: Digital download

Clarity (Remixes)

Released: 12 February 2013 Label: Interscope Formats: Digital download

Singles
List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Peak chart positions Yea GE AU AU CA IR JP NL N U Title US Certifications Album r R S T N L N D Z K [24]
[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

"The Legend of Zelda"[25] 201 "Dovregubben"[2 1 6] "Shave It"[27] "Slam the Door"[28] "Shotgun"[29] "Spectrum"
(featuring Matthew Koma)

30

4 10 5

Nonalbum singles Clarity Nonalbum singles

80

201 2 "Clarity"
(featuring Foxes)

ARIA: 2 Platinum
[30]

MC: Platinum Clarity

[31]

94

13

17 39 81 13 29 8

RIAA: Platinum
[32]

NZ: Gold[33] Clarity ARIA: (Delux Platinum e [34] Edition )

"Stay the Night" 201 (featuring Hayley 3 Williams)

11

20 20 19

"" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances
List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Changes" 2011 OWSLA Free Treats Vol. 1
(featuring Champions)

"Into the Lair"[35]

2013

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones soundtrack

Production work
Year Artist Eva Simons 2012 Justin Bieber
(featuring Nicki Minaj)

Title Release date Album "I Don't Like You" Mar 26, 2012 N/A "Beauty and a Beat" Nov 12, 2012 Believe "Heaven" "Aura" "Donatella" "G.U.Y." "Swine"
Jul 10, 2013

Namie Amuro 2013 Lady Gaga

Feel Artpop

Nov 11, 2013

Remixes
Year Artist Arbre Blass Armand Van Helden B.o.B
(featuring Bruno Mars)

Title "No Regrets" (SL Curtiz & Zedd Remix) "Witch Doktor" "Nothin' On You" "This Year" "Facebook Love" (Zedd Remix) &
(Zedd Instrumental Remix)

Dan Thomas
(featuring MAB)

David May
(featuring Max Urban)

2010

Erick Decks Fatboy Slim FLX Frowin Von Boyen Lucky Date Moussa Clarke Periphery Skrillex Skrillex

"Nasty" (Zedd Dub Remix) & (Zedd Vocal Remix) "Weapon of Choice" "I Feel Untouched" (Zedd's Bigroom Remix) "Speedy P" "Ho's & Disco's" "Love Key 2010" "Icarus Lives!" "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" "WEEKENDS!!!"

(featuring Sirah)

SL Curtiz & Radio Jack "Kid Yourself" The Black Eyed Peas "The Time (Dirty Bit)" Wolfgang Gartner "Latin Fever" Diddy Dirty Money "Ass on the Floor"
(featuring Swizz Beatz)

2011 Lady Gaga Swedish House Mafia 2012 Skrillex & The Doors Zedd
(featuring Foxes)

"Marry the Night" "Born This Way" "Save the World" "Breakn' a Sweat" "Clarity" (Zedd Union Mix) "Push Play" "Alive" "Stay the Night" (Zedd & Kevin Drew Remix)

2013 Miriam Bryant Empire of the Sun 2014 Zedd

(featuring Hayley Williams)

Music videos
Year Title [36] 2011 "Shave It" "Slam The Door"[37] "Spectrum" 2012 "Stache" [39] "Clarity" 2013
(featuring Foxes)
[40]

Director Sean Stiegemeier Justin Nizer

[38]

Release date
Nov 1, 2011 Jan 12, 2012 Aug 15, 2012 Oct 2, 2012 Jan 11, 2013

Label OWSLA

(featuring Matthew Koma)

Petro Roboto Jodeb

Interscope Records

"Stay the Night"

(featuring Hayley Williams)
[41]

Daniel Cloud Campos Sep 23, 2013

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Nominated work Zedd Zedd Category Next Pop Superstar of 2013 Artist To Watch Favorite Electronic Music Artist Best Dance Recording Result Nominated[42] Nominated[43] Nominated[44] Pending

2013 Popdust MTV Video Music 2013 Awards

2013 American Music Awards Zedd 2014 Grammy Awards "Clarity"

References
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External links

Zedd on Myspace Zedd on Twitter Zedd Soundcloud

Zedd Beatport Zedd OWSLA Zedd Taiwan Taiwan Fansite Zedd Interview Interview with Zedd [hide]

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Zedd
Studio albums

Clarity "Shave It" "Spectrum" "Stache" "Clarity" "Stay the Night" "I Don't Like You" "Beauty and a Beat" Artpop

Singles

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