The next year, Aoki collaborated with One Direction's Louis Tomlinson on the single "Just Hold On," which debuted at number two on the U.K.
2 followed in 2015 with appearances from Rivers Cuomo, Snoop Dogg, and J.J. Marketed as a two-part record, the first installment arrived later in the year, topping the Billboard Dance chart with the help of guests such as Fall Out Boy, will.i.am, and Waka Flocka Flame. In 2014, he announced details of his sophomore effort, Neon Future, Vol.
The track became Aoki's highest-charting single to date. More collaborations followed, including a single between Aoki and Linkin Park titled "A Light That Never Comes," which was expanded as an EP featuring remixes by Rick Rubin, Vicetone, Coone. In late 2012, he released his first EP, It's the End of the World as We Know It. The album was later nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards. Wonderland arrived in early 2012 and marked Aoki's first appearance on the Billboard 200. By the end of 2011, the early fruits of sessions for his debut album had materialized as the singles "Earthquakey People" - a collaboration with Weezer singer Rivers Cuomo - and "Tornado," on which Aoki combined forces with the multi-award-winning Tiësto. Further high-profile artists' material was also reworked by Aoki during this period, with tracks by Michael Jackson, the Killers, and Lenny Kravitz all benefiting, while collaborations with like-minded producers such as Armand van Helden and the Bloody Beetroots continued to appear on Dim Mak. In 2009 his remix work brought rapper Drake's single "Forever" to the dancefloor, while 2010 saw him release the "I'm in the House" single with Zuper Blahq, alter ego of Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am. The mix peaked in the Top Ten of the U.S. Featuring tracks by Justice, Klaxons, Mystery Jets, Peaches, Datarock, Yelle, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, and Scanners - most of them remixed - Pillowface & His Airplane Chronicles represented Aoki's renown as a taste-making dance party DJ.
In 2007, he released his first official compilation CD, Pillowface & His Airplane Chronicles, on Thrive Records. On the side, Aoki continued to perform in bands and solo sets. Dim Mak went on to count indie bands and electronic acts such as Gossip, Bloc Party, the Kills, Klaxons, MSTRKRFT, and Bloody Beetroots among its stable of signees. record production hobby and made it official with the formation of indie label Dim Mak Records. Born in Miami in 1977, Steven Hiroyuki Aoki grew up in California - the Japanese-American son of former wrestler and restauranteur Rocky Aoki - where he balanced academics, athletics, and social activism with his love of music, double-majoring at University of California, Santa Barbara while also playing secret shows from his college apartment.
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