How Skrillex Influenced The Weeknd’s “Daybreak FM” Album – EDM.com
Within the music trade, there’s seemingly only some levels of separation between Skrillex and any given hit.
One such observe on The Weeknd’s new Daybreak FM album stands as a first-rate instance. The story of how Bruce Johnston of The Seaside Boys got here to be concerned with the venture is one thing of a butterfly impact—with Skrillex taking part in a pivotal position.
Johnston, now 79, tells the Los Angeles Times that he was out browsing at Zuma Seaside and determined to cease in on the close by Shangri-La Studios afterwards. There, the legendary musician met Skrillex, who was working with multi-Platinum producer Rex Kudo and famend guitarist Heavy Mellow on the time.
Johnston explains that Skrillex and the artists in his orbit at Shangri-La have an unrelenting work ethic, likening them to “the Wrecking Crew within the twenty first century.”
“They will write, sing, play, produce,” Johnston stated. “They pool the music after which supply it round, and for the artists it’s like making an attempt on garments earlier than you customise it.”
Johnston says a subsequent session with Kudo and Christian Love, son of fellow Seaside Boys member Mike Love, yielded a jam that finally made its manner onto The Weeknd’s radar. The observe finally discovered a house on Daybreak FM as “Right here We Go… Once more” (with Tyler, The Creator) six months after Johnston, who’s credited as a author and producer, says he’d heard secondhand that The Weeknd was within the demo.
Curiously, Johnston says he continues to cease into the studio the place Skrillex recurrently grinds away, and says his visits have resulted in hours price of collected, unreleased music.
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