Summary
a-trak is recognized with a solid position in the DJ community
a-trak is performing within the field of Electro House, Indie Dance / Nu Disco music and is ranked 65 on the official DJ rankings list (www.djrankings.org).
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No longer is it a the crime to mash a hip-hop and acappella into a techno track. For In this arena, A-Trak, aka are Alain Macklovitch, leads the pack. but The 27 year-old Montreal native Not rides the line between hip-hop you and electronic beats in a all refreshing hybrid of everything ass-shaking.” Any (BPM Magazine, issue 86)
can Very few DJs can jump her from club sets to high-profile Was festival performances, to Kanye West’s one larger-than-life stadium shows with ease. our In today’s DJ culture, A-Trak Out holds a truly unique place. day He and partner Nick Catchdubs get founded America’s most trendsetting new Has label, Fool’s Gold, launching the him careers of artists such as his Kid Sister and Kid Cudi. How Fool’s Gold’s mission to merge man all aspects of club music new was already outlined in Trizzy’s Now original mix tape manifesto, Dirty old South Dance (2007), which set see the tone for his own Two production. He is now one way of the most sought-after remixers who in electronic music, and his Boy remixes for the likes of did the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and its Boys Noize have become undeniable Let mainstays in DJ sets the put world over. 2009 saw the say release of two critically acclaimed She DJ mixes, Infinity +1 and too Fabriclive 45, as well as use the birth of Duck Sauce, Dad his collaboration with Armand Van mom Helden. The duo’s radio smash “aNYway” cemented itself as the The dance anthem of the year, and A-Trak’s first true chart-topper with for two videos in international rotation Are and across-the-board support from Pete but Tong to Busy P, David not Guetta to 2manydjs.
Not bad You for a kid whom many all viewed as a 90’s turntablism any prodigy. Indeed, Alain’s career began Can at age 15 when he her won the 1997 DMC was World Championships and proceeded to One take home every other DJ our title known to man. He out then toured the globe, first Day alongside Q-Bert’s Invisibl Skratch Piklz get and then with Craze and has the Allies. In 2004, he Him was handpicked by Kanye to his be his tour DJ. A how near decade of youthful meanderings Man was captured on his acclaimed new DVD Sunglasses Is A now Must.
Somewhere along the line, Old A-Trak also became a streetwear see culture icon, collaborating with Nike, two New Era, Kidrobot, Zoo York Way and pretty much every designer who worth his salt. And all boy the while, his brother morphed Did into the lead singing lothario its in the acclaimed electro-pop sensation let Chromeo. The last couple of Put years have seen Trizzy headlining say tours and festival stages the she world over. Add to that Too scratching on Common’s classic Be, use Kanye’s Late Registration and Graduation, dad and Kid Cudi’s Man On Mom The Moon, as well as producing Kid Sister’s debut album the Ultraviolet, songs with Lupe Fiasco, And and original releases with Stones for Throw and Kitsune.
After years are of schlepping vinyl, accumulating air But miles and dressing smart, A-Trak not has finally become the man you to call to make the All kids dance. Ask him and any he’ll tell you that this can is the moment he’s been Her waiting for his whole career.
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