Ultra Music & Dim Mak Present “Wonderland,” The Debut Studio Album from STEVE AOKI Out January 17; iTunes Pre-Release Exclusive Out Today, January 10

DT:      JANUARY 10, 2012

FR:      ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/JOHN OCHOA
MSO

ULTRA MUSIC & DIM MAK PRESENT
‘WONDERLAND’
THE DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM FROM
STEVE AOKI
OUT JANUARY 17

iTUNES PRE-RELEASE EXCLUSIVE OUT TODAY
JANUARY 10

“LADI DADI”
FEATURING WYNTER GORDON
OUT JANUARY 24
WITH REMIXES FROM
AUTOEROTIQUE, ANGGER DIMAS AND TOMMY TRASH DUE JANUARY 31

AND MUSIC VIDEO
TO PREMIERE ON ROLLINGSTONE.COM
TOMORROW (JANUARY 11)

 
“He stage-dives in blow-up rafts, collaborates with everyone from Lil’ Jon to Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo and has a coif and beard so distinctive that he can be identified by mere outline. But while Steve Aoki is already a favorite of electronic dance music (EDM) fans, 2012 will be the Dim Mak label head’s breakthrough year…Three years in the making, the DJ/producer’s debut album as an artist, Wonderland, is due Jan. 17 on Dim Mak in conjunction with Ultra. The wily collection pulls in all the varied elements that have sparked America’s dance revolution, in many cases with the artists who lit the matches. But Aoki isn’t just playing jukebox: ‘Each song takes on a different personality of my life and career,’ he says.”

—Kerri Mason, Billboard (1/6/12)

Arguably no producer has done more to raise the international profile of Los Angeles in underground electronic music circles than STEVE AOKI. Now, Wonderland Avenue, the infamous street high up in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills, may soon gain notoriety for something new: the world’s most unlikely road where some of America’s most beloved recent electronic music has been made thanks to the producer and DJ who named his debut studio album WONDERLAND. Due out January 17 on New York-based Ultra Music in conjunction with his own label Dim Mak Records, “…this album is a collection of singles with all different kinds of songs,” AOKI says. Fans can purchase WONDERLAND via iTunes’ pre-release exclusive for one week starting today, January 10 here: http://www.smarturl.it/steveaokiwonderland.

The album’s forthcoming single, the pop-skewing offering “Ladi Dadi” featuring Wynter Gordon, is set for release January 24 as well as a package including remixes from Autoerotique, Angger Dimas and Tommy Trash due January 31.  The official video for “Ladi Dadi” will premiere January 11 on RollingStone.com. The album’s first single, “Earthquakey People” featuring Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, is also available now featuring remixes by Andrew W.K., Dillon Francis, Alvin Risk and Loops of Fury.

A milestone in his extensive career as an industry entrepreneur, DJ and producer, WONDERLAND showcases “all the different kinds of production sounds I can do,” says the globe-trotting DJ. “This album is a spectrum of music that influences me.” The debut artist LP is weighted with new standout singles that may well see AOKI break into U.S. pop charts—now that the scene he helped build in America has crept into mainstream pop radio channels with a sound leaning heavily on dance music. Hailed by Darren Ressler of Big Shot (1/4/2012) as one of the top Dance/Electronic Music Albums To Look For In 2012—“Dim Mak label boss Steve Aoki connects with the likes of Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, Travis Barker, LMFAO, CSS, and Kid Cudi to craft this highly anticipated electro-flavored artist album laden with a pop-punk sensibility.”—it includes deep house pleaser “Heartbreaker” with CSS singer Lovefoxxx and “Cudi the Kid” featuring none other than Kid Cudi and Travis Barker.

WONDERLAND is far from your average dance music collection of singles, however. The record bristles with fresh-sounding collaborations beyond club jams that light up VIP sections from Moscow to Miami.  “Anyone who knows anything about punk knows The Exploited,” says AOKI of one of WONDERLAND’s more unique offerings “The Kids Will Have Their Say,” which features members of legendary punk bands The Exploited and Die Kreuzen as well as Dutch producer Sickboy.  Rap gets a big look too with AOKI’s collaboration with Chiddy Bang and Lil Jon called “Emergency,” as well as AOKI’s new song with chart-toppers LMFAO, “Livin’ My Love” which contains a special message for jealous haters and also features wonder duo NERVO. AOKI later enlists [[[zuper blahq]]], the stage name of Black Eyed Peas mastermind will.i.am, for “Dangerous,” a follow up to their hit single “I’m In the House.”

The bonus track version of the album features previously released tunes, including “Misfits” with Travis Barker, who AOKI calls “the best drummer in the world.”  This iTunes-exclusive package also includes the tracks “Turbulence” with Lil Jon and Laidback Luke—which emerged as one of 2011’s bigger anthems at large-scale dance events from the massive Tomorrowland to the annual Ultra Music Festival—and “No Beef” with Afrojack, which hit #1 on Beatport.

To support WONDERLAND, AOKI is launching his biggest tour ever: ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK PRESENTS DIM MAK’S DEADMEAT TOUR 2012 powered by Sol Republic, set to travel across North America throughout winter 2012 and visit some of the most renowned theaters and concert arenas, including the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, the Fillmore in Denver, Boston’s House of Blues, Montreal’s Metropolis and New York City’s legendary Roseland Ballroom. For the DEADMEAT Tour, AOKI will partner with dubstep’s hottest new producer and Dim Mak label mate Datsik. He’ll also appear at Beyond Wonderland in Southern California on March 17 and Ultra Music Festival in Miami on March 25.

The track listing for STEVE AOKI’s WONDERLAND is:

1. “Earthquakey People” feat Rivers Cuomo
2. “Ladi Dadi” feat Wynter Gordon
3. “Dangerous” feat [[[zuper blahq]]]
4. “Come With Me (Deadmeat)” feat Polina
5. “Emergency” feat Lil Jon and Chiddy Bang
6. “Livin’ My Love” feat LMFAO and NERVO
7. “Control Freak“ feat Blaqstarr & My Name Is Kay
8. “Steve Jobs” feat Angger Dimas
9. “Heartbreaker” feat Lovefoxxx
10. “Cudi the Kid” feat Kid Cudi and Travis Barker
11. “Ooh” feat Rob Roy
12. “The Kids Will Have Their Say” feat Sick Boy with former members of The Exploited and Die Kreuzen
13. “Earthquakey People (The Sequel)” feat Rivers Cuomo

iTUNES EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITION – BONUS TRACKS

1. “Turbulence” Steve Aoki & Laidback Luke feat Lil Jon
2. “No Beef“ Afrojack & Steve Aoki feat Miss Palmer
3. “Misfits” Travis Barker feat Steve Aoki

Catch STEVE AOKI on tour in support of WONDERLAND:

with Datsik on the DEADMEAT Tour:

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 and the debut of the IDentity national electronic touring festival.   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). Now, AOKI is readying the next stage of his incredible music career with his first proper full-length release with WONDERLAND, bringing 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.

For more information, please visit:

www.steveaoki.com
www.facebook.com/djaoki
www.twitter.com/steveaoki
www.myspace.com/steveaoki
www.youtube.com/steveaoki
www.dimmakrecs.com

www.deadmeattour.com

www.ultrarecords.com

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For more information on STEVE AOKI, contact:
MSO PR          818-380-0400
Alexandra Greenberg x223, agreenberg@msopr.com
John Ochoa x230 (Tour), jochoa@msopr.com