Aoki has collaborated with fellow producers and thus far has released singles with The Bloody Beetroots, Armand Van Helden of Duck Sauce, Afrojack, Laidback Luke, Tai, Chris Lake, Angger Dimas, Sidney Samson, and Tiësto. He had an Essential Mix that aired on BBC Radio 1 on August 2, 2008, and again on October 27, 2012. Aoki's debut DJ mix album, Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles was released in January 2008. In May 2006, Aoki became a board member for MC5 bassist Michael Davis' Music Is Revolution Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides music education support within public schools. Aoki has also been in numerous bands, including This Machine Kills, which released an album on Ebullition Records, Esperanza, and The Fire Next Time. The duo of Miller and Aoki work under the moniker Weird Science. Aoki teamed up with Blake Miller of the Los Angeles-based band Moving Units to produce remixes. The label has released music by other electro house artists such as MSTRKRFT, The Bloody Beetroots, Felix Cartal, and Mustard Pimp, as well as Bloc Party, The Rakes, The Kills, Klaxons, Infected Mushroom, Scanners, Whitey, and Mystery Jets.
Music career 1990s–2000s: Dim Mak Records and early releases Īoki founded his own label, Dim Mak Records, in 1996. By his early 20s, Aoki had built his own record label, which he named Dim Mak – a reference to his childhood hero, Bruce Lee. Aoki was also involved in student activism at UCSB, being the founder of a Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League chapter on campus. As a concert venue, the apartment became known as The Pickle Patch. In college, he produced DIY records and ran underground concerts out of his Biko room in the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative, which was located in Isla Vista, a section of residential land adjacent to UCSB. degrees, one in feminist studies and the other in sociology. Īoki attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated with two B.A. His half-sister is model and actress Devon Aoki. He has two older siblings, sister Kana (who is sometimes called by her middle name "Grace"), and brother Kevin (owner of Doraku Sushi restaurant). His father was a former wrestler who also founded the restaurant chain Benihana.
He is of Japanese descent, the third child of Rocky Aoki and Chizuru Kobayashi. He graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1995, where he was a player on the varsity badminton team. 2.5 2017–present: Steve Aoki Presents Kolony, 5OKI, Neon Future III and IVĪoki was born in Miami, Florida, but grew up in Newport Beach, California.2.4 2014–16: Neon Future albums and film.2.2 2010–12: International breakthrough.2.1 1990s–2000s: Dim Mak Records and early releases.In 2019, Aoki published a memoir, Blue: The Color of Noise. He is the founder of the Steve Aoki Charitable Fund, which raises money for global humanitarian relief organizations. He has collaborated with artists such as will.i.am, Afrojack, LMFAO, Linkin Park, AGNEZ MO, Iggy Azalea, Lil Jon, blink-182, Taking Back Sunday, Laidback Luke, BTS, Monsta X, Louis Tomlinson, Backstreet Boys, Rise Against, Vini Vici, Lauren Jauregui, and Fall Out Boy and is known for his remixes of artists such as Kid Cudi.Īoki has released several Billboard-charting studio albums as well, notably Wonderland, which was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album in 2013. In 2012, Pollstar designated Aoki as the highest grossing electronic dance music artist in North America from tours. Steven Hiroyuki Aoki ( / eɪ ˈ oʊ k i/ born November 30, 1977) is an American DJ, record producer, music programmer, record executive, and heir to his father Rocky Aoki's fortune from the Benihana restaurant franchise.
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