Cameron Argon is a 21-year-old, up-and-coming recording artist and DJ from Laguna Hills, better known as Big Chocolate. Prior to his formally known name “Big Chocolate,” that stemmed from an old joke from his scene-kid days, Argon started his career as lead singer of the heavy metal band Disfiguring The Goddess.
His openness to different sounds and genres led to his dabbling into electronic music such as dubstep, electro, as well as drum and bass. Many have compared his transition from heavy metal to techno similar to popular artist Skrillex, but Argon challenges those statements saying, “I don’t want to be the next Skrillex or Deadmau5.”
He feels that they paved the way for him and other artists but he considers his style different.
“I like to combine genres of music and putting my own twist on it,” Argon says. “I want to take everything I know how to do and do it all at once.”
His music is openly getting recognition in which Argon was invited to play for Warped Tour, which opened the door for his success and made him more familiar on the music scene. With Argon’s popularity rising he’s kept a blog for his fans in which he posts EP’s he is working on such as “Can’t Let You Live” and “Rabbit Eye,” as well as to chime in about his progress within music and tour dates.
He is also an artist who is asked to remix popular songs for bands such as Breathe Carolina, which he was recently on tour with. Argon stressed that he wanted to experiment with all kinds of genres from hip-hop, heavy metal, to electronic music. He is very thoughtful on his ideas of taking other music, putting his own flair on it, which creates a new sound and a new genre.
“I want to be on the outside of every clique but not exactly be a part of it,” said Argon avidly. “I made all my own material, and I just want to wow everybody.”
As a rising artist, Argon makes his music known by traveling and playing different shows in the U.S. He has also been invited to play for Ultra, a larger event with a broader audience ranging from 90,000 to 100,000 people.
He is climbing up the ladder into the music industry and also making his name known in more than one way. Catch Big Chocolate spinning live on stage projecting his varied dubstep and remixed sound Feb. 4 at The Dome in Bakersfield from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. for Sugar’s one-year anniversary.