Steve Aoki, Chris Lake & Tujamo
Jul 27, 2014
Steven Hiroyuki "Steve" Aoki is an American electro house musician, Grammy Award nominated record producer and the founder of Dim Mak Records. He is widely known for his acrobatic crowd surfing stunts, throwing cake at fans, spraying champagne bottles, and riding rafts on the dance floor.
Steven Hiroyuki Aoki was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Newport Beach, California. He is the third child of Rocky Aoki and Chizuru Kobayashi. His father was a former Japanese wrestler who also founded the restaurant chain Benihana.
By his early 20s, Aoki had built his own record label, which he named Dim Mak. It is speculated this is in reference to the alleged cause of death of his childhood hero, Bruce Lee, but may also be a reference to a 1970's comic book martial arts phenomenon known as Count Dante. He has also been in numerous bands, including This Machine Kills, which released an album on Ebullition Records, Esperanza, and The Fire Next Time.
He has remixed many artists and bands, including Jackson 5, Drake, Kanye West, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Mike Posner, Girls Generation, All American Rejects, Refused, The Killers, Bassnectar, Lenny Kravitz, Bloc Party, Snoop Dogg, Robin Thicke, S.P.A., Kid Cudi, Fërnando Oviedo, Chester French and Peaches.
Through relentless touring he gained huge support from colleges. Performing an average of 250 shows a year, he has recently started touring with production via bus tours like the spring 2012 Deadmeat Tour he headlined more than 55 cities in 60 dates across the United States and Canada. Many of the artists Aoki collaborates with make appearances on tour with him.
Aoki collaborated with Linkin Park on the song "A Light That Never Comes" that was included on the remix album, Recharged 18 days later. Several remixes of the song were added on the January 2014 digital download EP A Light That Never Comes (Remixes). His latest single is entitled, "Delirious (Boneless)," and features Chris Lake, Tujamo and Kid Ink.