How "Skrillex - First of the Year" Vocal Melody Was Made :)

[@jonascorrealemos]

I know i'm 7 years late, but i just wanna say that it's bizarre how your voice and accent are the exact same as Virtual Riot's

[@marioCazares]

It's funny because I get this comment so often but I thought it was just a meme y'all started (which I love) but now I'm thinking many of you genuinely think this haha! I love virtual riot so much so I'm flattered but I'm not sure how much I sound like him. I will say I'm Mexican and he's German so if there are similarities I'm not sure how it happened lol

[@astromusic_ofc]

I think it's cuz virtual riot got much inspiration from skrillex, and then he create music with some lines that looks like skrillex. And if i'm not wrong, i remember that Virtual Riot was in some project Sony made

[@onyx3919]

After watching this...I felt like skrillex the kind of guy reversing tracks for fun and that's how he found this out

[@tash5540]

No shit. He likely heard how nice that vocal transition at the end. Then he put chords over them.

[@YTHandlesWereAMistake]

@@tash5540 I mean.. that is his own song, and I mean the original.

[@Doodlebug1996]

does anyone else realize that's skrillex singing that original vocal ?

[@3eeway]

Duuh, idiots don't only.

[@lisah1922]

toasterguy Skrillex is a singer. He has a beautiful voice. :3

[@danielflecha4154]

Lisa H *was. he still dabbles with it but he hurt his voice severely so since the incident he's been less active with his vocals. i agree though that his voice is absolutely beautiful. it's a shame he can't sing as much as he used to when he was just Sonny Moore :/

[@UndeadRonin]

daniel flecha he actually does still sing, at almost every show he does he sings a little bit. Weather it be promises, or other songs he has released with vocals

[@Stbricechannel]

He returned to From First To Last last year and they released this song on Sonny's 29th birthday which I think is pretty good: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6LdgGV3n6uWic0.

[@xerix10]

all that time...skrillex kept it secret to himself. i wonder how many of these hidden things he has done to his songs

[@rebirth4119]

Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites reversed has vocals in them.

[@es2kaaay908]

I mean Sampling has been around forever bro but to reverse it, finding a good melody and chopping it up takes creativity.

[@sunnytex1337]

@@es2kaaay908 i agree with that

[@TombRaiderSyd]

Needed Change samples Signal by Sonny Moore.

[@TombRaiderSyd]

I actually think as a big fuck you to atlantic for not letting him release Bells he used as much of his vocals from it chopped up as he could. With you friends is actually sonny singing all i ask of you.

[@jaydenjhammer]

I’m so sad this doesn’t have more views, this is insane

[@marioCazares]

+Jayden Hammer Thanks for watching and the kind words : )

[@matremex7859]

@@marioCazares You're so tralented!

[@perellex]

Dang you sound like Virtual Riot

[@voyage7644]

I legit thought that in the first 20 seconds of the video aswell XD

[@cidthesloth1430]

Not rlly at all

[@djyanvo9811]

Thought about it too lol

[@professordogshit]

tonally i feel like he does but i get what you're saying after like two seconds he clearly doesn't have vr heavy accent@@cidthesloth1430

[@skrillboy5163]

Voice?

[@nachiketagrawal5154]

The original acapella is also by Skrillex singing the song under name Sonny Moore 🔥

[@BrMatthewF]

*Hears equinox* This boy KNOWS. My gosh sonny Moore was such a good artist.

[@lisah1922]

Matthew Franklin He still is

[@SyyLux]

I know this is old but you should not forget that the vocal line is from an old song of himself where he called himself by his real name Sonny Moore. that all was done before he got addicted to dubstep and the whole EDM genre. So cool that he reworked all his old stuff to produce all this cool things :)

[@wyldwolf]

Reveal yourself, are you Skrillex himself?

[@mayhare9754]

And people say no work or thought goes into Skrillex's songs.

[@barsatik5635]

Lmao who says that? Skrill is a fucking legend.

[@allroundlad]

@@barsatik5635 People who know nothing about edm

[@barsatik5635]

@@allroundlad Not only edm, they would have to know nothing about modern music production in general. Those people get me so fucking angry. If you dont know then stfu right?

[@jimiboi87]

Sombra!

[@saymyname2618]

Or in eletronic music in general

[@Miibussy]

This is always so funny to watch. I’m glad people are finally realizing most his skrillex work was actually his solo project stuff but remixed and sampled.

[@DerekRoig]

so THAT’S WHY IT IS CALLED EQUINOX WTF

[@Jasperr2016]

sonny is such a cool fucking artist

[@TombRaiderSyd]

and it was the first song he made that year

[@Buddy_Holly]

wait why is it called equinox wait what edit: nvm just read the description

[@allieboy181]

@@Buddy_Holly doesn’t really explain why it’s still called equinox lol

[@allieboy181]

@timeless no shit, donut puncher

[@MasonTuckOfficial]

I love that Vocal Melody

[@coldmantra9728]

wtf! man. skrillex u fuckin genius.

[@tsunamicolive]

I remember watching this video after school, I wasn't going to do my homework and was having a bad day. So I pull out my iPhone 5s and see this in my related videos. This video changed my whole perspective on audio and how it could work. I would think about this video over the years at random times but had forgot the name of the video. Today it popped up in my feed and I just wanted to say thankyou for sharing this! This video inspired me soo much!!

[@kendrickdiego6654]

Skrillex sampling himself, amazing

[@beatsbyjonesy3856]

Sonny is a musical genius

[@marioCazares]

100% agree

[@mxskedd]

I'm 7 years late, but this is still just as fucking sick. You are the man

[@marioCazares]

Thanks!

[@AustinBear8393]

Equinox is a beautiful song 😍

[@marioCazares]

It is!

[@spook1359]

My love for Sonny only keeps increasing

[@3eeway]

Skrillex- First of the Year. Lyrics at start: I give away my unhappiness in colorful for the Sonny Moore - Equinox lyrics at one point - " I GIVE AWAY MY UNHAPPINESS IN COLORFOUL FOR THE" Proof that Sonny Moore and Skrillex are the same person. Skrillex first of the year it's Skrillex's voice speed up then unreversed. So, that makes it sound like: Baby I'm your w-o-oooorst Nightmare O-o-o-oooooh,baby, I'm your worst NIGHTMARE... Smart boy is Skrillex.. :)

[@o.t.n_ofthenightproduction1952]

Sonny is a true artist... vocals beat and live performance👌 hes top notch

[@RichardGuns]

I watch this for the first time when i was ten, so nostalgic

[@OfficialAdamWest]

Who would have thought Skrillex was using his own voice for vocals on his songs.

[@lethalinfection1060]

OH MY GOD...... SALUTE MY FRIEND THAT IS INSANE YOU DID THIS, OPENED MY BRAIN UP TO INFINITE CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES

[@Johnny.j]

wow you really nailed it

[@marioCazares]

Thanks!

[@TheShadowQ]

I mean many people figured it out long ago but DAMN YOU ACTUALLY MADE IT BY YOURSELF! It's amazing how it sounds exactly the same!

[@Grovliom]

this is actually amazing

[@au5music]

Fascinating. Good job!

[@marioCazares]

Oh my gosh you're Au5 :0! I did a double take haha, thanks for the watch/comment

[@phantomworkz6633]

Wow Au5 ;)

[@TurboThunderGaming]

What still baffles me is that if you look up lyrics to the skrillex song, you find actual sentences "baby you got a nightmare" or something... so now I see it's a random song backwards, wut?

[@kazumsato2290]

Pensé lo mismo.

[@albertorodriguezfernandez2160]

No words, just insane! THANKS.

[@xeon1943]

That must’ve taken so long to do !! And it gives me chills that sample with the drums is probably what the song sounded like and they were all going crazy in the studio

[@leakees5633]

Thats freaking insane

[@aneeshchengappa]

Thumbs up for putting the effort into making this! :)

[@marioCazares]

+ANEESH CHENGAPPA Thank you for watching!

[@chrismariscal8412]

This is genious, the guy who made the video and also Skrillex

[@nobody-wd8lr]

My mind was just blown up by this video . I meant how ... how the hell skrillex could come up with this vocal melody

[@ankurpandey6324]

So when Skrillex samples sunny it’s on another level especially the reverse part

[@levii1081]

i can't believe it lol awesome!

[@Savant20]

can’t imagine how much time you put into re-arranging the vocals, good stuff

[@ragilsetyaf22]

so, that's a reason the lyrics is "gwearrrwww gwreeeeeeee greawwwwww"

[@ssyko]

i watch over this video so many times

[@tsu_mikan]

SYKO

[@ssyko]

@@tsu_mikan damn my names known in the skrill community, hiii!

[@gutterdrown]

​@@ssyko keep bombastic, stay skrilltastic

[@djcj]

bro this is NUTS! you're a genius

[@AkatsukiMurderer]

Shit was beautiful to watch

[@itz_kyla_b654]

Holy hell, thats SICK! congrats on finding this out man, i love the fact i actually get to see how it was made!

[@WyattCayer]

You the real OG! Thanks for the vocal sample download. It's fun to play with, and loved the deconstruction :D

[@djsavage4690]

Here from 2021, amazing work.

[@quinnqueen9031]

WHAT THE heck THIS IS really reallly cool

[@NerdVinTV]

That is insane! I enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing!

[@theotherfather]

This is from his album Bells…. Sonny Moore tried his hand at electronic music and did a tour with Shawn Friday.

[@pthumerian5017]

This is so amazing for you to show. I love that you took the time to do this 8 years ago! Thank you!

[@Frost0ne_]

That's insane ! You voice sounds like Virtual Riot, hope you'll be at least known as he is because I think you deserve it.

[@lucasgarcia8986]

Good work damn you got it perfectly I always thought he threw the vocal on a sampler and did automation with the midi

[@HDand3D]

Dude this is insane!!! Thank you for showing us this. Crazy work

[@HamzaARTi]

Duuuuuuude this was from 5 yearss Daaamn i am impressed I love skrillex now i love u 😂 I am learning so much from u

[@xSoNiCcRaCkErSx]

Nice job! I was suprised to see no one had done this yet. I had done it many years back when the song came out because I love remaking parts of songs I find interesting in how the producers made it. I don't know what could get them to do something like this it is really amazing. I'd have to say Skrillex, Surkin and Madeon have come up with the most amazing ways of sampling different pieces of work I have seen so far.

[@BTSGKross]

Amazing, someone went on a tangent and just rode 'er out. Great job figuring it out.

[@OfficialAdamWest]

Well done lad! That was kickass!

[@nickgwinner3136]

He hid it right under our noses the entire time by citing the original song in parenthesis

[@iyerpratik]

Damn. Amazing, brother! Skrillex is indeed a legend

[@theViSibleBlaCk27]

Damn this is so awesome, how it has been made! So great to see that! Just no one Knows that technic, how skrillex made that vocals, except you! Thats awesome!! :)

[@mangasprai]

skrillex has some creative skills...

[@DJCosmicLatte]

This is so cool! As a huge fan of mashups and remix culture, your efforts are greatly appreciated 🙏

[@razv9209]

Dude i appreciate your work!! You worked really hard!! Thank you so much! 👏👏👏👏

[@marioCazares]

Thanks for watching!

[@zel6274]

Bro this is awesome, crazy work here and I like that !

[@marioCazares]

Thanks appreciate the comment!!

[@ninjan_259]

useful, easy to follow, straight to the point

[@voyage7644]

MIND FRICKEN BLOWN

[@1gltch]

incredible video, i have watched it over 10 times in the past year :)

[@АркадийПоровозов-ю9т]

Simple and genious

[@ronits.m8288]

This is soo cool!

[@thauroficial]

Man, this is so awesome.

[@TalDITO]

I'm Shocked! this is so crazy, WOW

[@dafoxxcave4633]

Bro that’s so cool I never knew that! 👍

[@agivondio4266]

MAANNN THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@lazcodm9325]

Thanks man for the driscription of the link now I can make a equinox remix

[@skellyflower]

i expected this to have at minimum 1m views, this video is far to underrated

[@Plavie22]

God damn Bruh, you're good.

[@UnreleasedDrops]

The vocal in First of the Year is actually an updated version of Equinox, not the version that leaked.(supposedly Equinox 2009 version).

[@JSTDCRS]

I mean the official title says Equinox... So yeah...

[@sillyfello]

thats so crazy man!!!...

[@theboyofdance100]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH3NfKignsh9aK8 brasil...

[@bumenprint]

Mind blowing 🤯

[@DubstepOmniplex]

Keep up the good work!

[@zeldafanx4751]

this is SO freaking epic and interesting!!

[@Iwantapplez109]

you sound a little like Virtual Riot

[@marioCazares]

+Iwantapplez109 Even though I don't see it I'll take that like a compliment! :D

[@Iwantapplez109]

+mario Cazares if you watch Virtual Riot's Serum videos, you'll know what i mean

[@ilytears]

Ikr

[@escobarpablo1607]

wtf. HE IS VIRTUAL RIOT :OOO

[@lisah1922]

Actually a lot

[@bidyutsaikiamusic]

wow! that's amazing 😍 thanks for your video!

[@chrissyb.5414]

You should do one for "scary monsters and nice spirites" btw your so talanted💗

[@solracs_]

ohhhhh so that's why its named "equinox"

[@oguzerayorhan9566]

HOLY SHIT!!! you are my hero buddy :D Geeez this is awesome... not that I am high right now, I will watch this again when I am sober and Im sure I will find it awesome again :D

[@marioCazares]

x) Thanks for watching

[@sheatrejo7722]

Wooooow bro thats amazing! Good stuff man

[@inlinescreamer]

He must've built the song around that vocal.

[@rabitec.]

Interesting to know

[@sawer]

I can not believe it yet I totally believe it. Fucks sake you are one genious mastermind.

[@surajranapal404]

Reversing and Pitching are common techniques, Chopping is the hard part.

[@heimeroaxaco6167]

my respect brotha

[@samshahi4049]

wow that was crazy

[@nuflamnia3703]

nah i have saw your video so many time, it is still cool man

[@Yabitom]

You say really, really really often and I can’t help but smile because it’s really really funny, really really good job on making this video it’s really really interesting

[@marioCazares]

Hahahaha I promise I've been working to stop! Really, really, I have really

[@JackMooney]

"That's insane, how do people figure this stuff out" *watching a video of a guy who's figured this shit out"

[@saymyname2618]

Wow,this is so complex and hard for a person to discover,i felt i was watching an episode of CSI,Sherlock Holmes or some futuritic sci-fi movie where the character is trying to decipher a message sent by the villain,or many people will die or something.

[@BassYourSpeakers]

OMFG, this is amazing! 😍😍😍🔥