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Steve Aoki
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American DJ and music producer (born 1971)
OverviewAI-generated
Steve Aoki is an American and Japanese disc jockey, record producer, actor, and collector. Born in Miami on November 30, 1977, he is the son of Hiroaki Aoki and the sibling of Devon Aoki. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, and began his professional work period in 1996. Aoki speaks English and Japanese.
His musical output includes works in the electronica, electronic, house, and tech house genres. He has released music through Spinnin' Records and Dim Mak Records. Aoki also plays the modular synthesizer. He is a member of the crew for the dearMoon project.
In addition to music, Aoki has authored works such as *Steve Aoki Presents - HiROQUEST GENSIS and DOUBLE HELIX Book One - Manga Edition* and *Cakes for Kids*. He has also been involved in acting.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Steve Aoki Presents - HiROQUEST GENSIS and DOUBLE HELIX Book One - Manga Edition
- Steve Aoki Presents
- Blue
- Cakes for Kids
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Miami, Florida, USA
Known for
- Steve Aoki: Live at Ultra Music Festival Miami - 2025 — Self2025
- Longevity Hackers — Self2024
- SUGA: Road to D-DAY — Self2023
- The Muppets Mayhem — Steve Aoki2023
- Senior Year — Steve Aoki2022
- Behind the Card — Self2022
- Aviation Movie2021
- Steve Aoki x Sonic Concert — Steve Aoki2021
- Extinct — Vinny (voice)2021
- Head Down — Self2021
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1977
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,542,368
- Total plays
- 40,726,222
Tags
Steve Aoki, the DJ/Producer, grew up in Newport Beach, CA, and went to college at UCSB. In his early 20s, he founded his own label, Dim Mak Records, in 1996. The label has released music by other electro house artists such as Datsik, Infected Mushroom, Dada Life, Zeds Dead, his own collaboration with Tiësto, MSTRKRFT, The Bloody Beetroots, Felix Cartal and Mustard Pimp, as well as by Bloc Party, Battles, The Kills, The Gossip, Klaxons, Scanners, Whitey, and Mystery Jets to name a few. The label
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,107x
- Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using
<b>lme4</b>
· 2015 · cited 75,958x
- Fast Parallel Algorithms for Short-Range Molecular Dynamics
· 1995 · cited 42,184x
- WGCNA: an R package for weighted correlation network analysis
· 2008 · cited 23,787x
- New Guidelines to Evaluate the Response to Treatment in Solid Tumors
· 2000 · cited 13,419x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Steven Hiroyuki Aoki , ( 1977-11-30 ) November 30, 1977 (age 48) , Miami , Florida, U.S.
- Origin
- Newport Beach, California , U.S.
- Genres
- EDM electro house big room house Dutch house trap hardcore punk
- Occupations
- DJ record producer music programmer record executive activist philanthropist
- Instruments
- Keyboards synthesizer Ableton Live turntables
- Years active
- 1996–present
- Labels
- Dim Mak Ultra Spinnin' Ministry of Sound
- Spouse
- Tiernan Cowling ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2015 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2018 ) Sasha Sofine ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2024 )
- Website
- steveaoki .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Steven Hiroyuki Aoki (/eɪˈoʊki/ ay-OH-kee, Japanese: [çiɾoꜜjɯki aoki]; born November 30, 1977) is an American DJ and record producer. In 2012, Pollstar designated Aoki as the highest-grossing electronic dance music artist in North America from tours. In 2024, Gold House recognized him as one of the Most Impactful Asians. He has collaborated with artists such as will.i.am, Alan Walker, Afrojack, LMFAO, Tini, Linkin Park, AGNEZ MO, Iggy Azalea, Grandson, Lil Jon, Blink-182, Taking Back Sunday, Laidback Luke, BTS, Monsta X, (G)I-dle, 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.
Aoki has released seven studio albums to date, including several Billboard-charting albums. His debut studio album Wonderland was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album in 2013. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Steve Aoki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.