Sample Breakdown: Skrillex - First Of The Year (Equinox)

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[Naamex]

Well, some people may not know Sonny Moore is actually Skrillex's actual name, so he basically sampled himself lol

[HanTran-nhlt]

This puts into perspective how insane of a mind Skrillex has.

[robadobflob]

There's a reason the song was called "First Of The Year (Equinox)"... And I have learned it now.

[piedynasty]

As I said, this is the reason why Daft Punk respects Skrillex so much as a producer, he used to go to their Alive 2007 show and acknowledge him as a producer.

[Cmplx.]

I wonder how sonny Moore feels knowing skrillex sampled his music

[ghivifahmi]

Wow this Sonny guy sounds lit, better use him in my samples
-Skrillex

[annahakobyan]

he sampled himself holy shit that is genius
he didnt have to pay anyone

[maxo._.lote]

It’s really cool that Skrillex samples less known artist like Sonny Moore to show their music

[urnotren]

Don't know why... the transition on 0:22 give me chills🥶

[TheGrimFuckingReaper]

this is on some daft punk level sampling. Skrillex is a beast!

[lindergonzalez]

Got goosebumps when the track started playing backwards!

[kimdraculaz]

I had no idea these were his vocals!! I remember going nuts back in middle school when I realized that was his voice in Scary Monsters, now I'm a sophomore in college and my mind is blown once again. You really do learn smth new every day lol

[Sergio-nbhj]

tbh a lot of electronic producers don't get the praise they deserve when it comes to flipping samples.
Some of the most creative flips I've heard came from the electronic world

[momfckrboss]

its insane because listening to your original isolation of the sample before he finished the song he could've made an extremely different sounding melody. sound production like this is so crazy to me

[TheTobeyGaming]

I'm always amazed how people find samples like that 🤔

[coxochary]

reversed, pitched, and chopped his own vocals! excellent job breaking it down

What I like about Skrillex is how he reuses and samples his old stuff. So the more he produces, the more entrenched he is in his own signature sound

[matheusoliveira]

Skrillex is a fucking genius, he sampled himself!

[harry.t]

Probably the most trippy sample flip I’ve seen yet. This makes even J Dilla look normal by comparison.

[placeholderblankspace]

So that’s why it’s called equinox it was a song he did earlier well damn you learn something new everyday