Oleg Mokhov, known by his stage name Mokhov, is a Russian-born American electronic music producer [1] based in Las Vegas. [2] He creates his music in a mobile manner, programming and recording sounds with music software on a laptop in various locations. [3]
His productions are influenced by electronic musicians such as Four Tet, Boards of Canada, and Aphex Twin. [4] [5] [6] 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. [1] [3] 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". [1] 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. [1] [7] In May 2012, he released his second full-length in less than a year, Perfect Dream. [1] In October 2012, Mad-Hop Records released his track "U Know" on the compilation album Mad-Hop Vol. 5. [8] In April 2013, he released his third full-length, Magic Times, also in less than a year. [1]
In June 2014, he released his fourth full-length, Future Hope. [1] In November 2014, charitable organization Touched released his track "Dream Aroma" on the compilation album Touched Two for Macmillan Cancer Support. [9] In December 2014, charitable organization Mo Chroí released his track "Eternal Soul" on the compilation album Mo Chroí for Irish Heart Foundation. [10] In January 2015, he released his fifth full-length, Euphoric Magic. [1] In April 2015, record label Sun Sea Sky Productions released his track "Hidden Love" on the compilation album Seasons: Volume One. [11] In February 2016, he released his sixth full-length, Solace Embrace. [1] In July 2016, Touched released his track "Future Flow" on the compilation album Touched 3 for Macmillan Cancer Support. [12] In December 2017, he released his seventh full-length, Massive Love. [1] In July 2018, Sun Sea Sky Productions released the album Of Tree, which contains 3 Mokhov tracks called "Sea Dream", "Sky Reflection", and "Sun Teardrop". [13] In September 2018, he released his eighth full-length, Jupiter Melodies. [1] In November 2019, he released his ninth full-length, Sun Bloom. [1] In June 2020, he released his full-length Afterglow Reverie, and in May 2021, he released his full-length Drifting Off, with another full-length Solid State Dreams released that November. [1]
Mokhov co-founded the podcast network BlueRize [6] [14] 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. [15]
Mokhov's track "Fly Away" was used in a video for the 2014 Australian Open major tennis tournament, [16] in a video commissioned by the City of Toronto documenting the installation of the art installation Forever Bicycles by Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei [17] and in a commercial by Braun for their CoolTec electric razor. [18] His tracks "Soul Link" and "Love Shine" were used in videos by Boeing about metallic microlattice and solar cells respectively. [19] [20] His track "Sky High" was used in a video by Fox Sports featuring Michael Jordan speaking out against gun violence, [21] in a video by Boeing about converted freighters [22] and in a video by Gilt featuring American actress and model Kate Bosworth. [23] 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. [24] His track "Bliss Life" was used by Vail Ski Resort for their opening day 2015 video. [25] 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. [26] [27] His track "Magic Times" was used in the ice truck melt video by Canadian Tire [28] and in the Poland episode of the Amazon Web Services series Now Go Build. [29] His track "Halcyon Days" was used in a video by Harvard Business Review featuring the author Jeff Dyer [30] and in a video by Boeing about digital flight decks. [31] His track "Love Love Revolution" was used in the film The Thing About Harry. [32]
Mokhov's music was featured in the soundtrack of the racing video game Gear.Club by the video game developer Eden Games. [33]
Mokhov has created the scores for the 2008 documentary film Signed, the 2012 short film Academic Integrity [34] and the 2023 short film Artjom. [34] [35] [36] He has also created the soundtrack for the 2014 puzzle video game Digits by the software company Simple Machine. [37]
Mokhov has, on YouTube, the most-played remix of the song "Endorphin" by Burial. [38]
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. [39] In August 2011, Mokhov won a remix competition for the band Vanity Theft. [40] 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. [41] 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. [1] [42] 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". [43] [44]
In July 2012, website MTV Hive featured a Mokhov remix of the song "White" by Frank Ocean. [45] In October 2012, Vigilante Music released Vanity Theft - Remixes Vol. 2 - Forget What You Came For, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Rattle Rattle". [46] In July 2013, Neferiu Records released Mantrakid - Dragon Refrain, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "The Shaman". [47] In September 2013, Sun Sea Sky Productions released Melorman - Waves Remixes, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Lights", [48] and in October of that same year they released Melorman - Mokhov Remixes, which contains 8 Mokhov remixes of songs by Melorman. [49] In January 2015, Export Label released Printempo - Fluctuation Remixes, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "PT03". [50] 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. [51] In October 2016, Gustaf Fjelstrom released Diametric, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Imprint". [52] 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. [53]
In March 2018, Cиtropy released a self-titled EP on Sun Sea Sky Productions, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Star". [54] In May 2018, Sun Sea Sky Productions released Ruxpin - Mokhov Remixes, which contains 5 Mokhov remixes of songs by Ruxpin. [55] In August 2018, Sun Sea Sky Productions released Melorman - Somewhere, Someday & Away (Remixes), which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Breath". [56] In August 2020, Sun Sea Sky Productions released Isophene - Echo Point, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Echo Point". [57]
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