NASHVILLE |MSO ARTIST
GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS
deadmau5, STEVE AOKI, CALVIN HARRIS
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MSO artists deadmau5, STEVE AOKI and CALVIN HARRIS have garnered nominations for the 55 Annual GRAMMY Awards®:
deadmau5
**BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM**
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deadmau5
[mau5trap Recordings/Ultra Music]
**BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL**
“The Veldt” (Tommy Trash Remix)
Thomas Olsen, remixer (deadmau5 Featuring Chris James)
[Ultra Music]
About deadmau5
Joel Zimmerman, more commonly known as deadmau5 (pronounced ‘dead mouse’), is one of the world’s most respected electronic music producers of modern times. Enjoying international chart success with his singles “Professional Griefers,” “Sofi Needs A Ladder,” “Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff” and “I Remember,” he has also released four critically acclaimed albums: >album title goes here<, 4×4=12, For Lack Of A Better Name and Random Album Title. The multiple JUNO Award-winning and Grammy®-nominated artist performed at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards as part of its first ever telecast performance highlighting electronic music. His ability to push the boundaries of his talent grows at an equal rate to his fan base, which counts over 6.8 million on his Facebook page. A major touring act, he has headlined Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Sonar, Virgin Mobile FreeFest, Ultra Music Festival and Electric Daisy Carnival, and sold out Rogers Centre in Toronto and PETCO Park in San Diego, as well as multiple consecutive nights at legendary venues like the Roseland Ballroom in NYC and the Palladium in Los Angeles. In 2013, he will embark on a major world tour that includes headlining slots at Lollapalooza Chile and Lollapalooza Brazil. Earlier this year he appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone (summer double issue, 2012), marking him as the first electronic artist to do so.
www.deadmau5.com
www.facebook.com/deadmau5
www.twitter.com/deadmau5
www.deadmau5.tumblr.com
www.ultramusic.com
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STEVE AOKI
**BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM**
WONDERLAND
Steve Aoki
[Dim Mak/Ultra Music]
About STEVE AOKI
STEVE AOKI broke bands such as Bloc Party, The Bloody Beetroots, Klaxons and The Gossip through deftly marketed single and full-length releases on his Dim Mak label, which he began in 1996 and now has over 250 releases. Those releases often dovetailed into performances at his weekly Dim Mak nights including Dim Mak Studios (still going strong every Tuesday night in the heart of Hollywood). As a label owner and shrewd curator of talent from around the world, those club nights have hosted the debut U.S. performances of hundreds of acts over the last decade from Lady Gaga to Ed Banger Records & Justice, Ke$ha, Skrillex, Kid Cudi, Kaiser Chiefs, No Age to Boys Noize. AOKI’s become a force of nature who has helped turn underground house, electro and harder-edged EDM with rap and rock leanings into the phenomena it is today: regularly pulling in 150,000+ fans at events such as Las Vegas’ Electric Daisy Carnival, the debut of the IDentity national electronic touring festival and his Deadmeat co-headlining tour with Datsik. AOKI’s punk roots go back to the art of the house party, when he was just a student at UCSB and was already booking bands such as The Rapture, !!!, Jimmy Eat World, Hot Water Music and At the Drive-In at his Pickle Patch bash and forging relationships with big names that would end up serving him well in the future (he met Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo at a secret show in college). In 2012, AOKI was in the next level of his incredible music career with WONDERLAND as his first proper full-length release, followed by WONDERLAND REMIXED and his DEADMEAT: LIVE AT ROSELAND BALLROOM DVD, all which bring a lifetime’s worth of passion for bands, DJs and artists of all stripes he has met and/or worked with over the past two decades to the forefront. Before doomsday hits and the rapture of darkness takes the world over, STEVE AOKI beckons with a fantastic farewell party with IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT. Set for release December 11 on his own imprint Dim Mak, the producer ushers out the old and rings in the new with a three-song EP of tracks he produced with Angger Dimas featuring My Name Is Kay, Dan Sena & Miss Palmer and Rune RK.
www.steveaoki.com
www.facebook.com/djaoki
www.twitter.com/steveaoki
www.myspace.com/steveaoki
www.youtube.com/steveaoki
www.dimmakrecs.com
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CALVIN HARRIS
**BEST DANCE RECORDING**
“Let’s Go”
Calvin Harris, producer; Calvin Harris, mixer
[Ultra Music]
**BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO**
“We Found Love”
Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
Melina Matsoukas, video director; Juliette Larthe & Ben
Sullivan, video producers
[Def Jam]
About CALVIN HARRIS
Over the course of 15 global anthems, the multiplatinum-selling, award-winning Scottish electronic dance music artist, producer, singer and songwriter known as CALVIN HARRIS welcomes a bevy of marquee talent into his wild and wonderful world. He has collaborated with everyone from Kyle Minogue, Ke$ha and LMFAO to Tiësto, Scissor Sisters and Dizzee Rascal, but he changed the entire game through a little collaboration with Rihanna. Calvin wrote and produced her mega-hit “We Found Love” from Talk That Talk. With its shimmering synths and universally irresistible refrain, “We Found Love” moved over 6.3 million digital singles, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all-time. Now “We Found Love” now shines on 18 Months, his third album out now on Columbia/Roc Nation/Ultra. There’s a myriad of other hits as well. Racking up more than 48 million YouTube/VEVO views, “Feel So Close” is his first solo single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and it’s become certified double-platinum for sales in excess of two million as well as the GRAMMY nominated “Let’s Go” featuring Ne-Yo and current radio single “Sweet Nothing” with Florence Welch. Along the way, Calvin has played prominent sets at Lollapalooza, Coachella, Made in America, Big Day Out, and more as well as touring with the likes of deadmau5 and Rihanna. This year, MTV invited him to be the house artist for the 2012 VMAs at the Staples Center. That night, he also took home honors for “Video of the Year” for “We Found Love” and “Best Electronic Video” for “Feel So Close.” He was also nominated for his first American Music Award in the category of “Favorite Artist — Electronic Dance Music”—also a first for the ceremony.
www.calvinharris.co.uk
www.facebook.com/calvinharris
www.twitter.com/calvinharris
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