Erol Alkan

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Erol Alkan is a London-based electro DJ of Turkish descent. He was resident DJ and co-founder of London club night Trash. He released a series of mash-ups using the alias Kurtis Rush in the early 2000s. 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 the 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.

1 Discography
- 1.1 Remixes
- 1.2 Other work
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Remixes

Year	Artist	Title
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	Justice	"Waters of Nazareth"
2006	Scissor Sisters	"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
2007	Klaxons	"Golden Skans" ^[1]
2007	Digitalism	"Jupiter Room"

[edit] Other work

Erol Alkan has produced remixes for Headman and Ali Love 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 has also released mix compilations for Bugged Out and Muzik Magazine.

Also he is a legend of the long hair