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]

Music placements

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]

Soundtracks

Mokhov has created the scores for the 2008 documentary film Signed and the 2012 short film Academic Integrity.^[34] He has also created the soundtrack for the 2014 puzzle video game Digits by the software company Simple Machine.^[35]

Remixes

Mokhov has, on YouTube, the most-played remix of the song "Endorphin" by Burial.^[36]

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.^[37] In August 2011, Mokhov won a remix competition for the band Vanity Theft.^[38] 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.^[39] 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][40] 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".^[41][42]

In July 2012, website MTV Hive featured a Mokhov remix of the song "White" by Frank Ocean.^[43] 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".^[44] In July 2013, Neferiu Records released Mantrakid - Dragon Refrain, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "The Shaman".^[45] In September 2013, Sun Sea Sky Productions released Melorman - Waves Remixes, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Lights",^[46] and in October of that same year they released Melorman - Mokhov Remixes, which contains 8 Mokhov remixes of songs by Melorman.^[47] In January 2015, Export Label released Printempo - Fluctuation Remixes, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "PT03".^[48] 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.^[49] In October 2016, Gustaf Fjelstrom released Diametric, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Imprint".^[50] 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.^[51]

In March 2018, Cиtropy released a self-titled EP on Sun Sea Sky Productions, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Star".^[52] In May 2018, Sun Sea Sky Productions released Ruxpin - Mokhov Remixes, which contains 5 Mokhov remixes of songs by Ruxpin.^[53] In August 2018, Sun Sea Sky Productions released Melorman - Somewhere, Someday & Away (Remixes), which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Breath".^[54] In August 2020, Sun Sea Sky Productions released Isophene - Echo Point, which contains a Mokhov remix of the song "Echo Point".^[55]

Discography

References

External links

• Official website
• Mokhov at AllMusic
• Mokhov discography at Discogs
• Mokhov at IMDb
• Mokhov at Last.fm
• Mokhov page at Magnatune