Erol Alkan
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| Birth name | Erol Alkan |
| Occupation(s) | DJ |
| Instrument(s) | Turntables |
| Website | www.erolalkan.co.uk |
Erol Alkan is a London-based electro DJ of Turkish descent. He was resident DJ and co-founder of London club night Trash. Trash was located at The End nightclub in Central London, and in its ten years (1997 - 2007) saw performances by Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Electric Six and many more up and coming bands.
Erol Alkan released a series of mash-ups using the alias Kurtis Rush in the early 2000s, including a mix of Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You out of My Head" and New Order's "Blue Monday", which was performed by Minogue at the Brit Awards. Erol also uses the alias Mustapha 3000, and is half of the psychedelic rock act Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve. He has also produced B-Sides for The Long Blondes and Klaxons.
Erol Alkan has remixed tracks from artists including Mylo, Bloc Party, Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers and Digitalism, and his profile increased considerably during 2006, when remixes for Scissor Sisters, Justice and Franz Ferdinand helped earn him the Mixmag 2006 "DJ of the Year" award.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Remixes
| Year | Artist | Title |
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| 2004 | Mylo | "Drop The Pressure" |
| 2004 | Alter Ego | "Rocker" |
| 2004 | Death from Above 1979 | "Romantic Rights" |
| 2005 | The Chemical Brothers | "Believe" |
| 2005 | Bloc Party | "She's Hearing Voices" |
| 2005 | Mystery Jets | "Zoo Time" |
| 2006 | Franz Ferdinand | "Do You Want To" |
| 2006 | Hot Chip | "Boy From School" |
| 2006 | Daft Punk | "The Brainwasher" |
| 2006 | Riton | "Squaque Eyes" |
| 2006 | Klaxons | "Atlantis to Interzone" |
| 2006 | Justice | "Waters of Nazareth" |
| 2006 | Scissor Sisters | "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" |
| 2007 | Klaxons | "Golden Skans" [1] |
| 2007 | Digitalism | "Jupiter Room" |
| 2007 | Interpol | "Mammoth" |
| 2007 | LA Priest | "Engine" |
[edit] Other work
Erol Alkan has produced remixes for Headman, Ali Love and Voodoo Chilli under his Mustapha 3000 alias.
He is also one half of psychedelic rock group Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve. BTWS have remixed tracks for Peter Bjorn and John, Midlake and Findlay Brown and are currently working on their debut album, after releasing a six-track 12" EP called Spring in March 2006.
Erol compiled a 2xCD mix for the Bugged Out series. The second disc, "A Bugged In Selection with Erol Alkan", is a collection of downtempo tracks. Erol has also released mix compilations for Muzik Magazine and Mixmag.
He also produced the Klaxons song Electrickery, which was the b-side to the 2007 re-release of Gravity's Rainbow, and several songs for the Long Blondes including their second album "Couples" (album).
It is widely expected that Alkan will produce the forthcoming third album from Franz Ferdinand.[2]
Erol was working on remixes for Björk and Interpol in summer 2007, but lost them due to a hard drive failure. [3]
Erol had also produced a track for UK group Late of the Pier[4]
Erol is the Mystery Jets' producer for their album entitled 'Twenty One' which was released on 24th March 2008 from which the first single, "Flakes" debuted online.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Klaxons' Official Website. Retrieved December 29, 2006.
- ^ MTV. Retrieved Sunday 8th July 2007.
- ^ Erol Alkan Forum Post. Retrieved Tuesday 31st July 2007.
- ^ "Bathroom Gurgle".
- ^ "Flakes", Retrieved Saturday 5 January 2008.
