Steve Aoki is a Grammy nominated international producer/DJ, electronic dance music entrepreneur, and founder of the trendsetting record label, events/lifestyle company and apparel line Dim Mak. Since launching in 1996, Dim Mak has broken bands such as Bloc Party or The Gossip through deftly marketed single and dull-length releases and now has nearly 500 releases to date.

As a solo artist, Aoki has become a force of nature averaging over 250 tour dates per year. Aoki’s second artist album NEON FUTURE I, was released September 30, 2014 via Dim Mak/Ultra Music and features his Gold certified single “Delirious (Boneless)” with Chris Lake and Tujamo featuring Kid Ink, “Born To Get Wild” featuring will.i.am and “Rage The Night Away” featuring Waka Flocka Flame.

The second part of his Neon Future album, NEON FUTURE II, was released on May 12, 2015, and features collaborations with Linkin Park, Matthew Koma, Snoop Lion, Rives Cuomo and NERVO, plus a very special appearance by creative genius J.J. Abrams who voices the outro to close the album.

Aoki is also serving as an Executive Producer and soundtrack curator of the Nerdist’s first feature film acquisition.

The Hive. Directed by up-and-coming writer and director David Yarovesky and produced by Cary Granat of Scream 2 and Scream 3 fame, the film was dubbed by Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn as “the most horrifying and disgusting love story ever.”