Steve Aoki is a recognized and very popular American DJ. During his career, he managed to make dozens of successful remixes. Steve Aoki began his career in high school, and at the age of 20 years old he already founded his record company.
Steve Hiroyuki Aoki (this is the full name of the American popular DJ) was born in the town of Newport Beach, which is located in the US state of California. The date of its birth is November 30, 1977. Steve has a fairly large family, he was the third child with his parents. The oldest children in the family are Kana and Kevin. Steve also has three more younger sisters and brothers, including a girl named Devon. She is recognized as the shortest supermodel in the whole world, and at the same time she is still involved in acting.
The childhood and youth of the musician
A boy was born in a wealthy family. His father, Hiroaki (Rocky) Aoki, was once a famous Japanese wrestler who was part of the Olympic team. He later opened his restaurant chain. Mother Tizuru Kobayashi devoted herself more to the family and raising children, with which Steve's grandmother helped her.
Since childhood, Steve was interested in music, but in addition to creativity, sport took a certain place in his heart. He was professionally engaged in badminton, at one time he was even a member of the school team. But at some point, the craving for musical creativity still became stronger. Steve decided not to devote his life to sports, and at the age of 14 he began to create music and release records.
After graduating from high school, Steve Aoki went to the University of California, which is located in Santa Barbara. Having received a diploma of higher education, the young man completely immersed in art and creativity.
Steve Aoki's career and work
In 1996 - at that moment Steve was only 20 years old - the young man created his own record label, called Dim Mak Records.
At the same time, Steve Aoki is actively involved in mixing various tracks, developing his DJ skills. He begins to perform more often in nightclubs scattered throughout the state (California), and very quickly becomes famous in certain circles.
The next step in Aoki’s career was working with a man named Blake Miller: they created a duet called Weird Science.
Thanks to the quickly achieved popularity and his natural talent, Steve Aoki begins to receive more and more offers of cooperation with eminent musicians, bands and artists. During his career, he created a huge number of remixes of popular, hit songs.
The first full-length album, Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles, was released by Steve Aoki in 2008. The next studio album, entitled "Wonderland", was released in 2012. Many stars of the music scene worked on this disc with a DJ.
There are two more full-fledged studio records in the discography of the DJ:
- "Neon Future I", release date: 2014;
- "Neon Future II", went on sale in 2015.
Steve Aoki has been nominated for various awards over his career. So, for example, in 2007 he was recognized as the best world DJ, and in 2008 he received the award for the best remix album.
Additional projects
In 2006, along with his younger sister, Steve Aoki launched his clothing line. A collection of sunglasses was later developed.
After a while, Steve Aoki began developing a series of special headphones. The starting party was created in green shades, as this color is a favorite with an American DJ.
In 2013, Steve Aoki was busy working on a joint composition with Linkin Park, and in 2016 recorded a track with the Korean group BTS.
