Born Anton Zaslavski, Zedd was raised in Kaiserslautern,Germany by two classically trained musicians. He beganplaying the piano at the age of four and built up hisknowledge of the Classical repertoire throughout hischildhood, at times writing a song a day. At age twelve,Anton learned to play the drums and, soon after, he beganperforming with the post-hardcore/metal trio Dioramic. As apreteen he was already composing and producingnumerous rock songs in his band's own studio. As theaughts progressed, Anton's awareness of other genreswidened, and in 2009 his interest in producing electronicmusic was piqued after hearing the French electronic duoJustice. With his gift for musicality and background incomposition, instrumentation and production, the move intothe realm of electronic dance music was seamless. 2009 proved to be a watershed year for Zedd. It was duringthis