Family tree by James Opie

JAMES OPIE

1032517_3 — 2024-03-13 02:58:20 UTC

First Influence - Skrillex

1032517_3 — 2024-03-13 02:58:46 UTC

Skrillex has been a huge influence for me and my music. Since around 2020, he has strayed away from the big dubstep sound that he makes and focuses now on the minimalistic style, and demonstrates to me that there is so much power in the simplicity of music. Songs include "Rumble" with Fred Again and Flowdan.

Second Influence - Subtronics

1032517_3 — 2024-03-13 02:59:08 UTC

Subtronics is an influence for me as he is a leading force in new wave dubstep, incorporating various elements of both the classic US dubstep sounds like riddim as well as elements from UK dubstep like minimal trap and future bass. He is also influential to me in the way that he also uses fun and silly samples from pop culture references, making his songs always sound and have a fun and silly feel to them despite being the leading sound in dubstep on an international level. He never takes himself too seriously and I relate to this.

Daft Punk Influence on Skrillex

1032517_3 — 2024-03-13 03:00:06 UTC

Skrillex said in the Daft Punk Documentary "Unchained" that seeing the way that they approached EDM, specifically the way that they approached live performance as well as live mashups of songs into their sets, made him rethink his perspective of what EDM is and how to incorporate a performative aspect into your music. This was in reference to their Coachella set in 2007 (Black, 2015).

Noisia Influence on Skrillex

1032517_3 — 2024-03-13 03:13:54 UTC

EDM.com (2019) explains that Skrillex was heavily influenced by Noisa while he was coming up and making music and said that he strived to "make music that they [Noisa] would play in a set". He goes on to say that the sound that they were making at this time was a huge influence on his early production days, as well as his more recent songs including his album "Quest of Fire" due to the UK sound Noisia represents.

Excision Influence on Skrillex

1032517_3 — 2024-03-13 03:14:34 UTC

EDM.com (2019) also shows that one of Skrillex's biggest influences was Excision during his early breakthrough into dubstep. The iconic and innovative sound design that Excision used for his dubstep at the time, pushed Skrillex to make new and innovative sounds. This specifically refers to mainly saw wave synthesis which at the time, was an underdeveloped way of creating sounds in dubstep.

Radiohead Influence on Subtronics

1032517_3 — 2024-03-13 03:25:49 UTC

Subtronics often has a unique style to his intros which he credits to Radiohead in the article by EDM.com - Subtronics, Rise of Riddim (Masood, 2018) as he was influenced by their high energy melancholy style, but also happy about it. He is continued to be shaped by this style to this day.

SKiSM Influence on Subtronics

1032517_3 — 2024-03-13 03:33:00 UTC

Subtronics credits SKiSM with influencing his early sound designing days when he was finding his way as a dubstep producer. Masood (2018) explains that SKiSM was the first dubstep producer to make Subtronics think to himself - how does he make those sounds? At the time SKiSM pushed for a more UK style of dubstep.

Virtual Riot Influence on Subtronics

1032517_3 — 2024-03-13 04:02:21 UTC

Subtronics explains in Masood (2018) about how the European style of dubstep that Virtual Riot is developing is a huge inspiration to the sounds that he is making today, specifically his Scream Saver EP released in 2018. The European style that Virtual Riot makes can be seen in Subtronics's later work such as his debut Fractals album.