The EP was self-released for free on Skrillex's Myspace page on June 7, 2010.

[1] It is Moore's first release to feature the stage name Skrillex.

In a 2018 review of the EP, Kat Bein of Billboard called the My Name Is Skrillex a "timeless classic".

[1] Your EDM named the EP "one of [dance] culture’s most important".

[2] EDM.com called the EP "one of the most influential EDM albums of all time".