Z Artist Spotlight: Zedd

Z107.3  wants to take the time to give you a little more information about the artists that you hear all day, everyday on Bangor's #1 Hit Music Station.

This week we put the artist spotlight on Zedd.

REAL NAME:  Anton Zaslavski

BIRTH DATE: September 2, 1989

WHERE FROM:  Saratov, Russia; Kaiserslautern, Germany

MUSICAL LINKS: Foxes, Selena Gomez, Alessia Cara, Maren Morris, Grey, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Justin Beiber, Hailey Williams (Paramore), Troye Sivan, Liam Payne

TO THE POINT POINTS:

• His parents are musicians.  His father is a guitarist and mother a piano teacher.
• He started playing the piano at age 4
• Played in a signed German deathcore band called Dioramic.
• Has remixed songs by Justin Beiber, Lady Gaga, and the Black Eyed Peas
• Produced "Aura", "G.U.Y" and "Donatella" on Lady Gaga's 2013 album, Artpop
• Won a Grammy in 2012 for "Clarity" for Best Dance Record

All information obtained by Wikipedia.

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