Skrillex's 'Soma': 13 Tracks, Every One a Collaboration

Skrillex released 'Soma', a 13-track album on Atlantic Records in which every single song is a collaboration. The project gathers musicians from across the globe, from underground club innovators to Latin music stars and some of dance music's most talked-about producers.

The guest list includes Young Miko, Feid, Chris Lake, ISOxo, Blawan, Nitepunk and Naisha, among others. That roster signals where the producer's head is creatively at this stage of his career.

Who appears on the album?

The full tracklist maps the range of pairings:

• Skrillex & Nitepunk – "Soma"
• Skrillex, Randomer, Blawan & MC Dricka – "Thistle"
• Skrillex, Tracey, Taichu & Anita B Queen – "Tranki"
• Skrillex, ISOxo, Cristale & TeeZandos – "Smoke"
• Skrillex & Feid – "Noche Without You"
• Skrillex & rom – "Scut 2"
• Skrillex & Naisha – "Cheeni"
• Skrillex, Dismantle & MC Dricka – "Pente Rala"
• Skrillex, Chris Lake & RHR – "É o Bonde"
• Skrillex, Chris Lake & Anita B Queen – "La Noche 2"
• Skrillex & ISOxo – "Anybody"
• Skrillex & Young Miko – "Duro"
• Skrillex, Naisha & BEAM – "Diwali"

Chris Lake appears twice, joining RHR on "É o Bonde" and Anita B Queen on "La Noche 2." Naisha also appears twice, on "Cheeni" and on the closing track "Diwali," which features BEAM as well. Nitepunk opens the record with the title track.

What does the collaboration approach tell us?

Skrillex has long been curious about sounds that don't necessarily belong together. His early records helped bring aggressive electronic production into the mainstream, but his interests have stretched far beyond the dubstep explosion that made him famous. On 'Soma', collaborators bring their own musical backgrounds and production instincts into the mix, making the collaboration itself the album's central creative idea.

Several pairings stand out. "Thistle" teams Skrillex with Blawan, Randomer and MC Dricka — producers associated with harder, more experimental club sounds, which leaves room for unexpected musical decisions. "Smoke" features ISOxo alongside Cristale and TeeZandos, combining bass music and rap influences.

The album also moves into Latin territory. "Duro" features Puerto Rican rapper Young Miko, while "Noche Without You" is a collaboration with Colombian star Feid.

How does 'Soma' fit into Skrillex's recent run?

The release arrived during a busy stretch. Days earlier, he debuted Contra, his new event platform developed with Berlin Atonal. Its first gathering took place May 30 and 31 at Kraftwerk Berlin, a venue whose industrial surroundings suit adventurous electronic music.

He then returned to Primavera Sound Barcelona, performing on the festival's Revolut stage on June 5 before curating the Cupra Pulse stage the following evening.

Why the collaborations matter

Skrillex's willingness to work across genres has helped introduce audiences to producers and performers they might never otherwise have discovered, and that exchange remains one of the most exciting things about dance music, where a DJ set can introduce a completely unfamiliar sound and have thousands of people moving to it within seconds.

Rather than building an album around one fixed sound, Skrillex has created a space where established stars, underground favourites and artists from different cultural perspectives bring their ideas together — and the record suggests he is still having fun discovering what happens when talented people share a room.

Takeaway: 'Soma' turns collaboration from a marketing device into the album's structural principle, and its global cast indicates where Skrillex intends to push electronic music next.