The Best Unreleased Skrillex Tracks Of All Time

[@Nawtystep]

What's your favourite unreleased Skrillex track of all time? Let me know in the comments! I review new Bass music projects every week on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/nawtystep Socials links / websites for the creators involved in this video are provided in the description. Enjoy! 💙💙

[@ROG3R999]

father said w/ 12 planet

[@ians9045]

Pretty Bye Bye VIP is an ID that never really got talked about, only a clip that's a few seconds long exists but it's so good

[@Roses_R_redeR]

Electronic music is missing Bluegrass 🥀🥀🥀🥀 🪕🎻🎚🎛🎹 RCGM

[@LeoLeito.]

I had a thing for the first version of the Alvin Risk's collab "Imma try it out", that intro was so good

[@gelteravemusic]

My favorite Skrillex ID has to be Love you From a Distance. I’d say why, but I don’t wanna spoil it for you.

[@justalpha9138]

Whether you love or hate Skrillex, you know who he is and his impact on ALL of EDM is immense.

[@ihaveunevennostrils9455]

music in general, too. we see more EDM in today's music than people might think. kinda surprised me when i literally started hearing drops in pop songs (chainsmokers). before skrillex music that had anything to do was electronics was looked down upon, "all you're doing is pushing buttons"

[@whatwentwrong4599]

@@ihaveunevennostrils9455 America isn't the rest of the world. Europe has had a Electronic Music scene for many many years. Typical Americans thinking the world revolves around them.

[@ihaveunevennostrils9455]

@@whatwentwrong4599 i was gonna write this big ass essay about how much i know about eurodance and correcting you because i'm a second gen immigrant who just so happens to live in america, but lemme get straight to my main point: you were paying attention to your superior european mindset to realize that in america EDM wasn't as widely accepted as it was because it was "talentless musicians just pressing buttons that create unnecessary noise". skrill helped expose the mainstream to dubstep in the 2010s which helped give the EDM subgenre itself a spot to be mainstream which it ended up being. literally just a case of old people not liking the young'ns music and eventually it became the norm (rock and roll, heavy metal, rap, etc). no hard feelings tho, plur and all that

[@whatwentwrong4599]

@@ihaveunevennostrils9455 Yes, this was all happening in Europe long before Skrillex 🤦 Dubstep/garage/dnb had been in seeping into popular culture for many years. Skream being used on episodes of Top Gear, Burial in some fantastic Adam Curtis documentaries, multiple films revolving around the DnB/Jungle and garage rave culture, grime becoming ever more popular. Then "Skrill" and the hyper Americanised capitalistic mindset put a big f you to all the culture and typically the US artist and fans tried to take all the credit for literal decades of leading up to the point of "Skrill". He ruined EDM, he certainly didn't make it any better.

[@EX1zzzT]

@@whatwentwrong4599 How many people know any Skream or Burial track? Now compare it with Skrillex. I'm from a European country, but what the hell are you talking about

[@ian01gd10]

I remember downloading skrillex ids with KZbin converters because I couldn’t get enough of oldschool skrillex

[@batoolsh.6524]

How can I get them?

[@dr_skipwith]

Finally someone else said it. WE NEED MORE MOOMBAHCORE.

[@FrequencyFilthy]

THANK YOOOUUUU

[@iVilliain]

Right? I've been out of the genre for a while, but is anyone doing anything similar? Can someone put me on? The whole scene has changed drastically.

[@mindofanintrovert2046]

@@iVilliain not a full song, but my favorite artist ever xKore previewed an unreleased song in 2011 called 'Cool' that i clipped and turned into an mp3. I wish he did more and released this. 17:20 in the mix kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5ysfmBqlN-ondU

[@ChrisLaupama]

Puppy is it’s own genre, to this day I’m still mind blown by it. That snare is probably one of the best he’s made. It’s literally like the origin of a future bass snare.

[@UnlovedZetsu]

Scream N' Shout and SlatsSlatsSlats were my first Skrillex songs I've listened to. So sad he didn't release those.

[@fultron4307]

I think I've heard all of these IDs, but have completely forgotten about them. Good Nostalgia trip.

[@chypruskid]

man, you keep hitting hard with these videos. this format is so clean and accessible to people who aren’t that much in bass music, i’m not even joking when i’m saying that you could make the genre go mainstream again.

[@shrineofbeats6447]

The presentation is really amazing!

[@BOORY-fw3lw]

ngl I've always wanted dubstep and underground bass music to go mainstream again but after some thoughts I think it will get ruined just like melodic dubstep so I prefer it to stay like it is for rn.

[@Yosh4761]

Speaking about skrillex’s next LP is like speaking about a legend or a prophesy. It feels like there’s a good chance it’ll never happen but it’s fun to believe it

[@chasey4069]

skrillex is a perfectionist so he could take a lot of time

[@4.26]

He recently made an Instagram post, saying he pulled out of upcoming shows to work on finishing his album(s), so i think we might actually get an album of some sorts sooner than later. Then again, this is Skrillex we’re talking about so soon could be in like 3 Skrillex years, which to us is 6000 years, but who knows.

[@talphazero1036]

This is a video featuring some of the most banging tracks Skrillex has ever made and will NEVER RELEASE. An album/LP will always seem like a false promise from him

[@ascdrgn3481]

:)

[@glizzgoblin]

Soon bestie real soon

[@shrineofbeats6447]

Make one on Virtual Riot now please 😊 from his days of home studio to what he is today

[@slices7960]

He’s mostly home studio still lol

[@yash_kirnapure4528]

So you want a 1hr video?

[@shrineofbeats6447]

@@yash_kirnapure4528 No problem if it's about Virtual Riot 😅! Guy's really a big inspiration for me and many

[@shrineofbeats6447]

@@slices7960 Yeah, he still prefers home tho he can do it anywhere he likes now 😅

[@4.26]

I’d like a vid about Eliminate’s best friend.

[@alti_gottem]

you could honestly do a 3 hour video talking about skril ids, there's so many of them. I got into collecting skril ids back in 2015, and now my unreleased skrillex archive is bigger than my regular music library.

[@Mimi.the.legend]

Hope you'll provide a link to all of them😝

[@4.26]

GIVE ME YOUR COLLECTION!!!!!!!

[@talphazero1036]

Please give a link, we need it

[@raymond2136]

uh hello show some of these bangers!?

[@Zynet_Eseled]

@@raymond2136 think we will ever get a true brostep release from him again? Or is that dream forever dead

[@JamesTech_]

You're missing one of the best! Battlefield (even though it was mentioned in the screenshot at 6:57), Skrillex also has a more offical collab with Virtual Riot with a higher chance of release that he had played at Second Sky in 2019, Virtual Riot playing it at pretty much every show since 2020 Also Without Control and One Life which were mentioned towards the end of the video as being "newer IDs" are both fake Skrillex tracks, likely produced by smaller artists that want their work to reach his audience

[@soJ2]

Oh man I honestly love when people make “fake” skrillex tracks, especially when they’re convincing enough to be shared around. Still remember when Hallywood X’s “Rescue Me” made the rounds as a Skrillex track before they officially released it.

[@DJCosmicLatte]

"Noisia remixed Bug Hunt in full a few years later" Actually no, the Noisia remix was on the film soundtrack, officially released as soon as it hit theatres. Very strange to see an officially released remix of an unreleased original, especially *in the original's place on the soundtrack it's from* 🤔

[@frankwalline1113]

Your wealth of knowledge and ability to research is fucking incredible, this evolution you've taken with regards to your channel has been amazing. Every time i see a new video come up i can't wait to watch it. Keep it up!

[@rump438]

I'm pretty sure Needed Change WAS "released" as a freebie EP OWSLA did for like 2 years, I swear I remember that happening.

[@rump438]

Same with Still Getting it VIP, I'm 99% positive I downloaded it from the freebies section on NSDs facebook page years and years ago.

[@MoceanRCT3]

Yes, you are correct.

[@speechdog270]

I feel like this is unlikely, but I'd love to see you do a video on Kdrew, dude was killing it in the early years of dubstep, with his tracks like, Bullseye and Circles.

[@talphazero1036]

So many dub artists stopped producing. Bone N Skin, Datphoria, Heist, I could go on, but I'll need to check my library of them to even remember some of the others

[@sabersz]

Circles is still a bop

[@MegaChickenpower]

This documentary format is better than I expected, loving it 🔥

[@deecee330]

I remember Skrillex playing Voltage live when I saw him in Manchester back in 2012 and it was unreal. Definitely one of my favourite tracks he’s made!

[@thedroidattackonthewookies2164]

I forgot about father said 😭

[@TeethHurtHeadHurt]

very happy that out of all of these, disco rangers was the only i hadnt heard. Had most of these on repeat in middle school, very nostalgic.

[@rob4iks]

dude im so happy you reviewed his early ids from 2009-2011... i always wanted to know what others think about them and its so interesting to hear the opinions... make things for smile will always be my favourite song from Sonny and will hopefully always stay that way :)

[@BingoRL]

I really respect that you dove deep into his IDs even though, like you mentioned, you try to stay away from listening to ID alltogether. Great video, thanks again! Edit: It really was inevitable that you made a video about Skrillex sooner or later :D I love it

[@shipmasteryo]

Love these documentary style videos please keep em coming!

[@hamboneh2701]

Surprised you didn't include the unreleased Moody Good collab from around 2015 or 2016 (also on MTGFYT Vol. 3). Its absolutely one of his most bonkers tracks, and is a great blend of Skrillex's post-recess dubstep sound (like the red lips and make a move remix) and Moody Good's vocal chops and piercing stabs. Awesome showcase of both of them. Regardless, I loved this vid! Great trip down memory lane, along with discovering IDs I never knew existed. Keep up the great work with these video essays mate, love watching them!

[@wsjodr]

he didn't include drop dead tune too (?)

[@sunnytex1337]

Agree

[@nomoremandead3910]

The moody good x skrillex was first showed cased way back in 2014 around the time eddie(moody good) dropped his LP. But I do like the first demo as it flows a bit better than the updated vers

[@Koreznikov.]

Who remembers?) Blawan - Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage (Skrillex Remix) Gorgon City - Imagination (Skrillex Remix) Skrillex - ID (Jurassic) (Dog Blood?) Skrillex - Battlefield Skrillex - ID (Sonar) Skrillex, Diplo & G Dragon - El Cuco Skrillex - Call him the Devil LH4L & Billion Dollars - Neoprene (Skrillex Remix)

[@salonipagar1132]

my favs from his are the space laces ,salvatore , starrah collab and bunch of melodic ids the fact he got more unreleased stuff more than his released

[@stylore]

Waterloo 2011 (Star Wars Lasers) this was the ID that true fans melted over when the clip surfaced. It may even have been a collab with 12th planet since 12th played it out live as well.

[@Vasy2310]

12:45 'Puppy' tune was so dope to me back then, but most likely because of the visuals I guess. And still it's really beautiful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6izaamImNB1r7M

[@noahsgarden7072]

The Louis the Child collab released, he just got “written and produced by credits” its called “Waiting to Feel Like This”

[@PractiVegasConsejos]

Make one of Feed Me / Spor pls, there's a lot of unreleased gems from mr. Jon Gooch floating around the internet awaiting to be discovered! My favourite unreleased Skrillex tune is somewhere in between Turmoil and San Diego VIP

[@LeoLeito.]

Unreleased tracks from skrillex, i just heard that string of words one or two times in all my life and i never have been more ready to watch something like this

[@Mai.LostArk]

I bought Still Gettin It on iTunes in 2011, it was released under UKF Dubstep. I found it when I was 11 so I'm surprised to hear you didn't know of its existence until the timing of this video. I've bought some other tracks that were released under UKF for other artists so there might be some hidden gems for others in this genre that I might have bought.

[@PapiSalad]

I still have most of these tracks on the iPod Nano I used from 2010 - 2016. I had no idea these were hidden gems; cool to know!

[@IAMOSCARWYLDE]

San Diego VIP it’s only like 2 minutes but this song should 1000% have been released.

[@familialdysautosis2717]

Mate I have 560 skrillex songs on my phone rn. Mans needs to put out music more often.

[@familialdysautosis2717]

Heads Down V2 Leaked in full recently

[@alltube264]

@@familialdysautosis2717 mind sharing? discord?

[@familialdysautosis2717]

@@alltube264 yeah I can do that what's up

[@Cubexx]

@@familialdysautosis2717 whats ur disc

[@familialdysautosis2717]

@@Cubexx see above comment^

[@cosminlungu9038]

Ooooh shiiiit!!!! Bro I love your videos!!! It’s the thing I was always wondering and honoring there will be a class breaking down tunes like these and here it is… you’re amazing and your videos are very well taught out and crafted! I’ll call you “ professor nawtystep” from now on 🚀🚀

[@celestialgamingxd]

Suprised to know all of these except for Puppy, great video man!

[@Zypher_Music]

The only song that I think you forgot was another collaboration with Virtual Riot which is (I think that's what it's called) second sky featuring melodic/future bass and heavy riddim music side by side. Should definitely check it out.

[@dawsonhicks5929]

The Moody Good collab is one of my favorite IDs of all time

[@martinsotelo5269]

me too its sick

[@ribri_]

My favorite unreleased Skrillex ID has to be El Dorado, mainly because I watched his EDC Mexico set when it dropped, I'm still waiting for it to release.

[@ribri_]

I just realized it was not mentioned in this video... Damn

[@ribri_]

Oh wait, it's #14 at the end hahaha

[@apurvakonde7272]

it's been renamed to 'good space' now, and I too love that id

[@yetuh1016]

whatever that background tune is, its super vibey

[@BromanderShow]

I love your new direction so much!! Your knowledge and presentation absolutely lend themselves to a long format deep dive on heavily established acts like Knife Party or Excision and I hope to see something like this in the future. I know your focus is on bass music, but are there any plans or considerations to do videos on artists like Porter Robinson or Madeon?

[@18kss2]

Always wanted his Halloween ID from a long time ago. Same with Real Drag which I thought was coming out last year but I guess not.

[@BizoFR]

actually at 7:27 you're talking about Organ Donor as a sample for Amplifier's intro but that's just because that ID was ripped from a mix and 'Organ Donor' was the track played before, just wanted to clarify that haha also I feel like the Still Getting It VIP sounds more like a demo than a VIP imo love those videos! keep it up!

[@btr4yd]

A. Hundred percent live ripp. B. Parts of the demo that were scrapped for the Original Mix release, were later put back into the VIP. [Variation In Progress] 👌☺

[@IkusaGT]

The Noisia remix was released right at the same time as Wreck Ralph was in theaters. It was on the Noisia channel for a few years but it wasn't until recently that it was mysteriously removed.

[@nomoremandead3910]

Copyright, disney owns the right to both tracks which probably why bug hunt didn't get a release

[@ALANRAFAELTV64]

I hope that you can do a second part, I remember the remix with Dillon Francis for Only Getting Younger by Elliphant, Dillon was playing that remix in a lot of sets like Spring Awakening and EDC in 2014

[@JakeAdkinsOfficial]

I remember downloading his free releases off his website in high school. Crazy how far we've come.

[@PackOfWolves928]

this was a massssive nostalgia trip. i had so many of these ripped off youtube on my ipod nano my freshman year of high school

[@arthurxmedic]

he was always talked about for his vocal chops, but both Make Things For Smile and Slats Slats Slats proved he had serious melody writing skill, in a way i don't really think he's come back to

[@rob4iks]

yeah... i think every skrillex fan would be so hyped if Sonny did something with the tracks like make a VIP of them or a remake

[@kiodev5202]

Thank you for this interesting video, I never heard some of these songs even though I've been following Skrillex since 2014! My all time favourite are "Turmoil", "Father Said" and "Voltage"

[@slyckzdub]

13:50 - from what I heard/understand, this version of ‘Heads Down’ that’s shown in the video is actually a complete reconstruction of the original that was made by my friend Spitfya, and the original is actually the trappy-style version that has those jagged and repetitive vocal chops. I could be wrong though.

[@NeonBeeCat]

i havent seen this yet, but i bet that zoology is one here, and i think that it could be a very great song with some polishing and restructuring. the idea and sound design for the song is soooo goood!

[@xxgirlb0yxx]

I fully applaud you for not listening to the Face My Fears remix just yet, it's one of the most incredible dubstep tunes I've ever heard. The payoff you'll recieve if it actually does release will be earthshattering, I promise. My every extremity is crossed that these see the light of day sooner rather than later.

[@gelteravemusic]

I love that remix. I also really love their track, the second sky ID. Either way, I just hope that at least one of these gets put out.

[@clearlyblurry508]

I don’t really like that remix, tbh.

[@fiachnaodonnell7895]

@@clearlyblurry508 I think it works as a live ID but it's not a releasable track imo. It's very DJ tool vibes with the 3 drops back to back using sounds we've heard before

[@PlanetSadala]

I was hoping skrillex would put out new music before summer but that is becoming less likely as time goes on. Last year when he released butterflies and too bizarre, he teased a song on tik tok and Hasn’t dropped it. That song sounded finished so maybe he’s been waiting to shoot music videos for the news songs? I love all of skrillex’s id’s but his club songs are my favorites. I never thought Fuji opener would come out but when it did I was so hyped. Even with the remix of supersonic, I was pretty sure that song would never come out but it did.

[@gelteravemusic]

Yung Lean dropped a couple tracks with Skrillex. Summertime Blood is my personal favorite of the 2.

[@PlanetSadala]

@@gelteravemusic yea I have heard that

[@rebirth4119]

Its quite strange to see that the unreleased San Diego VIP was renamed as Nothing Yet. I also wonder why years later DubstepGutter had to take down the gem.

[@vaffelproductions]

I’m from Norway and the Disco Rangers 2011 tune was made for a Norwegian high school graduation party bus! In Norway we have a tradition of decking out buses with lasers and massive sound-systems and then give the bus a theme to base the decoration on - the Disco Rangers bus from class of 2011 had a big Skrillex logo on the back of it and that song was a banger here in Norway for a while! Really cool to hear it again I had totally forgotten abt it such a dope track! brings me back…

[@w.e.s9711]

I understand the issue with copyright strikes etc in doing it, but I wished you did more live reviews of tracks whilst we hear it with you. They were so energetic and fun to watch.

[@Odsum]

Disco rangers was a track skrillex was paid for by a club or something. Which is probably why there is a copyright issue.

[@xFTE97x]

Funfact about the Disco Rangers track, it’s made for (and paid by) a group of Norwegian high school studens for their end of high school celebration period, a tradition in Norway called «russetid» (roughly transelated to «russ-time/period») where all the students dress up in red or blue pants or overalls and celebrate. In this period from usually 1st of may to 17th of may, Norway’s National Day, the «russ» party hard, drinking, do fun tasks and go on festivals set up for the russ only. Also many of them form groups with their mates and some of them have vans og even busses (hence the Disco Rangers bus) that they drive around in and party all night for the whole russ-period. Painting, decorating and furnishing their vehicles with their own logos and so on. It’s common to have merch and song for the group. So this is the group/bus called Disco Rangers from 2011’s own song for their celebration. Pretty insane to think they got Skrillex to make them a track back then. He’s way too big of an artist now for this to happen today. I can’t even imagine how much they must have paid him for this track. It’s «pretty normal» for russ-groups to pay 700k-1mill Norwegian Kroner for tracks these days, 70k - 101k USD, but still.

[@ianforde3284]

Slam dunk remix with getter and neoprene remix are crazy

[@BassheadMusicConnoisseur]

Are you going to make a tribute video about Never Say Die records label death

[@gabetitoo_]

omg bug hunt used to make me headbang soo much when i was younger

[@asahnmusic]

thank you for sharing this with us!

[@MikeIVIV]

Keep these videos coming mate! well made and greatly educational for all edm fans! the marauda one was my fav so far.

[@shdwskrm5820]

Drop #2 is my fave on rock'nroll ID it gets me every time

[@Joe-ot5bo]

I love these types of videos from you. Your hard work is not left unnoticed.

[@callmealx]

I liked the version of Amplifire with the Sonny rap in that they played like once! But my fave unreleased is Jurassic, it makes me go insane

[@casuallydeep1368]

Glad to see the Syndicate ID on this list. that shit got me obsessed with the game.

[@helixxmusic]

this is your best video yet

[@lastweekliquid-adrumandbas5630]

Great video

[@greyman2711]

amazing that the only thing from this list to end up on QFF/DGTC was the missy Elliot collab

[@Galileo578]

Loved this one man 👌

[@MudrasofEarth]

Thanks for your work

[@EPILEPTICS]

What happened with Turmoil is that it was gonna be released as a Sonny and the Bloodmonkeys track, this happened right before My Name is Skrillex dropped, Skrillex became his main project when it was a side hustle only, Atlantic refused to fund Skrillex and wanted to push him as a band instead, it was left out if everything because the band diasolved and the transition to Skrillex happened in the middle of this timelapse, his own remix of Turmoil is actually one of his best tracks ever imo

[@cthulha_north]

i started listening to skrillex in 2011 and deep dived and listened to all released and unreleased ids so many times

[@noahmcgrath2997]

these video essays are so good dude!!

[@Schxndr]

10:12 if you’re lost in nostalgia it was also titled “nothing yet”

[@mistfulshadow]

Amazing video, Nawty! This is the first video I have seen by you and it's really nice!

[@GreyGroove]

There was few in there I've never even listened two 😯 also was dope meeting you at the vr concert.

[@PERTEKofficial]

Man back in 2013 I downloaded a pirated version of skrillex’s (at the time) discography and it happened to include all of these unreleased songs, and I nearly blew my ears out listening to them all. It felt like I had found some special hidden skrillex songs that nobody else has heard haha. I still love how the Sheffield version of his Levels remix sounded, it’s unfortunate that version never made its way onto the internet besides crappy concert rips. I might have to try remaking it myself now that I’ve been producing for a decade

[@vybore9494]

Make things for smile is still a legendary tune IMO

[@chaoxwx]

I'm pretty sure that Heads Down (first dubstep version) was made around 2012, and not 2014.

[@JamesExploresHorror]

My favorite ID or mashup he has done is the Fabrication ID from Paradiso 2019! Its so nasty! 🔥💀

[@richardasap9772]

Forgot dancing on my own (Skrillex remix)

[@joeyfeniello]

the two songs you talk about the end arent even real skrillex songs. lmao Skrillex - Without Control and Skrillex - One Life

[@vybore9494]

Dogblood - Jurassic is an unreleased tune that slaps. Also, Skrillex & Moody Good - T4/Skriddim/Fuck Em Up is another unreleased track that goes hard. There’s so much more but it makes you wonder how many tracks Skrillex makes a day every day.

[@CarlJohnson234]

Jurassic is a skrill dj tool, confirmed by himself

[@javantgarde]

My personal favorite ID has to be DnB Ting w/ Ragga Twins. Still hoping for an official release even though is very unlikely now.

[@BlazertronGames]

'Do We Really' is a good one. I don't think a full version of it exists, though, only spliced edits.

[@skyguard5248]

Awesome video as always bro !

[@hyper0505]

Ah yes, The Disco Rangers Bus Perfectly sums up the Brostep and Complextro side of Skrillex btw i prefer the second part of the drop which is more melodic

[@sampson9115]

6:20 Second drops the better one imo

[@vishalj5047]

Let's goo

[@jayscaping]

was hoping you'd also cover id's that eventually came into fruition too! especially how much better fuji opener was in its original form

[@juliangaspari1504]

Lustbug & turmoil are straight bangers, I've been listening to them for years

[@TheBlahTeo]

These songs go so hard and so crazy

[@btr4yd]

*DANCING ON MY OWN REMIX* AAAHHH Like Bug Hunt, it's like one of, if not, the the hardest to find in good length/decent quality/actual leak. I remember I found a reeeaalllyyy good remake a year or so ago.

[@BrysonPrice]

TURMOIL was life changing 🔥

[@ArenBerberian]

Need one of these for Knife Party next.

[@ssyko]

[@rafaelmoraes9294]

hii syko

[@cubedroid5087]

same

[@ssyko]

@@rafaelmoraes9294 hi

[@niciol36]

Needed change was released tho, alongside tracks from zedd and flinch on the free treats vol 1 ep