Skrillex’s Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites is officially 16, sixteen years after the EP helped push his bass-heavy sound into the global mainstream
Released on October 22, 2010 through mau5trap and Big Beat Records, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites came only months after Skrillex introduced his solo project with My Name Is Skrillex. The nine-track EP included Rock ’n’ Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain), Kill Everybody, All I Ask of You and the title track, alongside collaborations with Pennybirdrabbit, Foreign Beggars and Bare Noize. Sonny Moore was still establishing himself as Skrillex after his earlier years with From First to Last, but the release quickly became one of the most important records from that transition.
How Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites Came Together
During a stay with Noisia in the Netherlands in May 2010, Skrillex started experimenting with Native Instruments FM8 after Nik Roos introduced him to the synthesiser. An early idea titled FM8 Test later developed into Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites after he returned home. The name also came from outside electronic music,
