Genre Dance/electronic | ||
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Albums Halcyon Days, Perfect Dream, Magic Times, Future Hope Record labels Magnatune, Dusted Wax Kingdom, Neferiu, Mokhov Music Similar Kingbastard, Anders Remmer, Anders Ilar, Lorenzo Montaná, Bocuma Profiles | ||
Oleg Mokhov, known by his stage name Mokhov, is a Russian-born American electronic music producer based in Las Vegas. He creates his music in a mobile manner, programming and recording sounds with music software on a laptop in various locations.
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His productions are influenced by electronic musicians such as Four Tet, Boards of Canada, and Aphex Twin. His productions were initially offered on three 3-track releases on netlabels, which are all free downloads: Glass Soul EP, Purity EP, and Midnight Love EP. In July 2011, he released his first full-length, Halcyon Days, which collected the nine previously-mentioned tracks and added a new track called "Eternal Wings". In October 2011, record label Made in Glitch released his first new material since his first full-length on the 4-track release Kickback EP. In May 2012, he released his second full-length in less than a year, Perfect Dream. In October 2012, Mad-Hop Records released his track "U Know" on the compilation album Mad-Hop Vol. 5. In April 2013, he released his third full-length, Magic Times, also in less than a year.
In June 2014, he released his fourth full-length, Future Hope. In November 2014, charitable organization Touched released his track "Dream Aroma" on the compilation album Touched Two for Macmillan Cancer Support. In December 2014, charitable organization Mo Chroí released his track "Eternal Soul" on the compilation album Mo Chroí for Irish Heart Foundation. In January 2015, he released his fifth full-length, Euphoric Magic. In April 2015, record label Sun Sea Sky Productions released his track "Hidden Love" on the compilation album Seasons: Volume One. In February 2016, he released his sixth full-length, Solace Embrace. In July 2016, Touched released his track "Future Flow" on the compilation album Touched 3 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Mokhov co-founded the podcast network BlueRize and on it has interviewed other electronic musicians about the topics of music production and business - "by a musician, for musicians". He has interviewed the following artists: Braiden, J Boogie, Asura, Christopher Willits, Loscil, Com Truise, Oliver Chesler aka The Horrorist, Dr. Strangeloop, Solvent, Austin Peralta, Ochre, and Tobias Tinker.
Music placements
Mokhov's track "Fly Away" was used in a video for the 2014 Australian Open major tennis tournament, in a video commissioned by the City of Toronto documenting the installation of the art installation Forever Bicycles by Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei and in a commercial by Braun for their CoolTec electric razor. His tracks "Soul Link" and "Love Shine" were used in videos by Boeing about metallic microlattice and solar cells respectively. His track "Sky High" was used in a video by Fox Sports featuring Michael Jordan speaking out against gun violence and in a video by Boeing about converted freighters. His tracks "Eternal Wings" and "Tides of Clarity" were used in an episode of Culture Beat on the VICE Media and Intel channel The Creators Project. His track "Bliss Life" was used by Vail Ski Resort for their opening day 2015 video. His tracks "Purity" and "Glass Soul" were used in videos by Shiseido featuring American film actress Jennifer Connelly for their skin care product line Future Solution LX. His track "Magic Times" was used in the ice truck melt video by Canadian Tire. His track "Halcyon Days" was used in a video by Harvard Business Review featuring the author Jeff Dyer and in a video by Boeing about digital flight decks.
Soundtracks
Mokhov has created the scores for the 2008 documentary film Signed and the 2012 short film Academic Integrity. He has also created the soundtrack for the 2014 puzzle video game Digits by the software company Simple Machine.
Remixes
Mokhov has, on YouTube, the most-played remix of the song "Endorphin" by Burial.
In November 2010, Morphosis Records released Aeron Aether feat. Catherine - Twilight (Notable Mentions), a remix release which features a Mokhov remix of the song "Twilight" by Aeron Aether featuring Catherine. In August 2011, Mokhov won a remix competition for the band Vanity Theft. The competition was hosted by the website Laptop Rockers. His remix will be officially released along with the other winning remixes by Vanity Theft's record label Vigilante Music. In September 2011, Neferiu Records released graciellita - Past the Hour EP: Mokhov Remix, which contains 5 Mokhov remixes of songs from Montreal, Quebec-based singer graciellita's Past the Hour EP. In November 2011, Los Angeles-based group NazcarNation released their single "Hot Girls" on Totes Dece, which features a Mokhov remix of the song "Hot Girls Have It So Easy".
In July 2012, website MTV Hive featured a Mokhov remix of the song "White" by Frank Ocean. In September 2013, Sun Sea Sky Productions released Melorman - Waves Remixes, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Lights", and in October of that same year they released Melorman - Mokhov Remixes, which contains 8 Mokhov remixes of songs by Melorman. In January 2015, Export Label released Printempo - Fluctuation Remixes, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "PT03". In June 2015, Touched released the compilation album Touched Two (The Remixes) for Macmillan Cancer Support, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Sea Bound" by 2020k & Wet Eyes. In October 2016, Gustaf Fjelstrom released Diametric, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Imprint". In November 2016, Sun Sea Sky Productions released SineRider - Hours Days (Mokhov Remixes), which contains 8 Mokhov remixes of songs from SineRider's full-length Seconds Minutes.
Albums
EPs
Compilation appearances
Remixes
Songs
Halcyon DaysHalcyon Days · 2011
Perfect TomorrowHalcyon Days · 2011
Fragile MemoriesHalcyon Days · 2011