Erol Alkan
is a London-based electro DJ of Turkish descent. He was resident DJ and founder of London nightclub Trash. Trash was located at The End nightclub in Central London, and in its ten years (1997 - 2007) saw performances by Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, Klaxons, Bloc Party, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 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 psycho-balearic act Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve
, along with Richard Norris.
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 him to earn the Mixmag
2006 "DJ of the Year" award.
Most recently he's taken a hand to producing. He produced Mystery Jets' second album, Twenty One, Late of the Pier's debut record, Fantasy Black Channel, and The Long Blondes' second album "Couples". He has also produced B-Sides for The Long Blondes and Klaxons.In 2007 Erol found his label, named Phantasy Sound.
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EROL ALKAN TICKETS
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Discography
Remixes
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As Erol Alkan
Year
| Artist
| Title
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2004
| Mylo
| "Drop The Pressure"
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2004
| Alter Ego
| "Rocker"
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2004
| Death from Above 1979
| "Romantic Rights"
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2005
| The Chemical Brothers
| "Believe"
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2005
| Bloc Party
| "She's Hearing Voices"
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2005
| Mystery Jets
| "Zoo Time"
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2006
| Franz Ferdinand
| "Do You Want To"
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2006
| Hot Chip
| "Boy From School"
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2006
| Daft Punk
| "The Brainwasher"
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2006
| Riton
| "Squaque Eyes"
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2006
| Klaxons
| "Atlantis to Interzone"
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2006
| Justice
| "Waters of Nazareth"
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2006
| Scissor Sisters
| "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
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2007
| Klaxons
| "Golden Skans" [1]
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2007
| Digitalism
| "Jupiter Room"
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2007
| Interpol
| "Mammoth"
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2007
| La Priest
| "Engine"
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2008
| Fan Death
| "Veronica's Veil"
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2008
| ZZT
| "The Worm"
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2008
| SebastiAn
| "Momy"
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2009
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs
| "Zero"
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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 (often listed as "Re-Animations") for
Peter Bjorn and John,
Midlake,
Simian Mobile Disco,
Franz Ferdinand,
Badly Drawn Boy,
The Chemical Brothers,
Goldfrapp,
Late of the Pier,
Tracey Thorn, Dust Galaxy, The Real Ones, 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.
After signing to
Rough Trade Records, Erol produced all of
The Long Blondes' b-sides including their second album
"Couples".
Erol was working on remixes for
Björk and
Interpol in summer 2007, but lost them due to a
hard drive failure.
[2]
Erol produced the
Mystery Jets' second album entitled 'Twenty One' which was released on 24 March 2008 from which the first single, "Flakes" debuted online.
[3]
He has also produced
Late of the Pier's debut album "Fantasy Black Channel", which was released August 11, 2008 on Parlophone Records.
References
- Klaxons' Official Website. Retrieved December 29, 2006.
- Erol Alkan Forum Post. Retrieved Tuesday 31st July 2007.
- "Flakes", Retrieved Saturday 5 January 2008.