DJ ALX
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| ALX | |
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| Origin | Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece |
| Genre(s) | Hip hop |
| Years active | 1992-present (solo) |
| Label(s) | IhoSpira / Fm Records, Spira, 33 1/3 Entertainment |
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ALX (born 1975 in Detroit, Michigan, USA), pronounced Alex, is one of Greece's most influential hip hop producers. He was perhaps the first producer in Greece to compose using a sampler. He was a member of the hip hop group Terror X Crew and produced all of their albums.
ALX is also known for his work on music videos. From 1997 to 2001 he directed and edited a number of videos for Terror X Crew, Ihokratoria, FFC, Razzastar and other hip hop artists.
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[edit] Terror X Crew
Terror X Crew was perhaps the first hardcore hip hop group in Greece. After starting life in the early 1990s as a graffiti crew, they began to record demos when DJ ALX joined them in 1992. In 1993 ALX moved to San Diego, California and then to Los Angeles to attend recording engineer and video production classes. When he returned to Greece he used his new skills to record, produce and mix Terror X Crew's albums, two of which (I Polis Ealo and I Gefsi Toy Menous) achieved gold certification. He also directed and edited the Crew's videos, which received heavy rotation on Greek music television networks. As of 2007, he is working in his studio, 396 Degrees, on a Terror X Crew remix album titled I Gefsi Toy Telous ("Flavour of the End"). Since the group has now split, this will be its last album.
[edit] Ihokratoria
ALX also formed Ihokratoria (State of the Boom), a talented production team whose aim was to raise the quality of Greek hip hop. The first group to receive Ihokratoria's support was Zontani Nekri (Living Dead), whose first EP and LP influenced many other would-be MCs upon their release in 1998. ALX subsequently produced Zontani Nekri's lead rapper Timvorihos's first solo album Paidi Thavma - Rima Gia Hrima ("Wonder Boy - Rhyme For Cash"). Terror X Crew was also an Ihokratoria production, but became an independent project with its own fan base.
ALX began to receive many demos, and released a compilation titled I Ihokratoria parousiazei, meros a ("Ihokratoria presents, part 1"). However, there were many disagreements between Ihokratoria artists, and the quality of the team's output has arguably decreased in recent years.
[edit] Discography
All released on Fm Records.
[edit] Terror X Crew
[edit] Albums/EPs
- 1995 Terror X Crew EP
- 1997 I Polis Ealo
- 1999 H Gefsi Toy Menous
- 2001 Essete Hmar
- 2006 I Gefsi Toy Telous (The DJ ALX Remixes)
[edit] CD singles
- 1998 "Mi Fovase/Apla Mousiki"
- 1999 "H Gefsi Toy Menous"
- 2000 "Xipnios Mesa Sta Oneira Kapoion Allon"
[edit] Ihokratoria
- 1998 Zontani Nekri: ZN Entoles EP
- 1998 Zontanoi Nekri: O Protos Tomos LP
- 1999 To Paidi Thavma: "Stin Athina" CD single
- 1999 To Paidi Thavma: Rima Gia Hrima LP
- 2000 Various artists: I Ihokratoria Parousiazei, meros a LP
- 2001 Alfa Gama: Neoellina Akoy EP
- 2001 Alfa Gama: Agnostofovia LP
- 2002 Midenistis: Megalos Iroas LP
- 2003 Tigre Sporakia: Theoria Kai Praxi LP
- 2004 Harmanis/Taki Tsan: To Scholeio LP
- 2006 Taki Tsan: Sto Myalo Toy Panagioti Stravalexi LP
[edit] Isvoleas (on Spira Records)
- 2004 "Mono Agapi" CD single
- 2004 Ta Afieromena III LP
- 2004 Tropos Zois EP
- 2005 Me Tis Pantes EP
[edit] Full Fix
- 2005 Taki Tsan: Mixtape Vol.1
- 2005 Taki Tsan: Misa Lefta/Dipli Magia
- 2006 DJ ALX: Mono Gia T' Aftia Sou
- 2006 DJ ALX: Den Ehoun Styl
[edit] Guest appearances as producer/composer
- 1998 "I Proti Epafi Remix" (CD single by Goin' Through)
- 1999 "Funk-Jazz-Tico" (from Paraksena Mas Ta Les File by Evnus)
- 2003 "Vimata" (from La Sagrada Familia by Goin' Through)
- 2004 "Logia-Logia Remix" (from Sti Yiorti Tis Fantasias by Rodes)
- 2006 "To Sima" (from Siniparksi by Evnus)
- 2006 "Mikre Mou Yie" (from Siniparksi by Evnus)
- 2006 "Diathiki" (from Yeraki Sto Homa by Stihoima)
[edit] Videography
[edit] Terror X Crew
- "O Ellinas Pou Eheis Sinithisei"
- "Hip Hop Hooligan"
- "Mi Fovasai"
- "Gefsi Tou Menous"
- "Gefsi Tou Menous - Electroware Remix"
- "I Komposta"
- "I Methodos Tou Prokrousti"
- "Xipnios Mesa Sta Oneira Kapoion Allon"
- "Xipnios Mesa Sta Oneira Kapoion Allon - Electroware Remix"
- "Eis Ta Vathi Tis Kardias Mou"
- "To Xodi"
[edit] FF.C
- "Stimmeno Paihnidi"
- "Neos Tropos Skepsis"
[edit] Razastarr
- "Naupigi Tis Fantasias"
- "Ta Pio Omorfa Oneira Einai Anonyma"
[edit] To Paidi Thavma
- "Stin Athina"
- "O, Thavma"
- "Den prokeite ego na isixaso"
[edit] Alfa Gama
- "Neoellina Akou"
- "Arketa Gia Na Matheneis"
[edit] Other artists
- Nevma, "Xehasmeni Heroes"
- Zontani Nekri, "Sti Hora Ton kaliteron MCs"
- Evnus, "Mahairia Sti Siopi"
- Michael Delta, "747 - Agapimeno Mix"
- Distorted Reality, "Pes Mou Ti Thes"
- Karzanova, "Mavri Trypa"
- Mplofa, "Sinchroni Ippotes"
- Barcode Crew, "Posa Lefta"
- Midenistis, "Vromikes Pistes / Zita Nita"
- Endeleheia, "Krisi Panikou"
- Motivo 4, "Mporei"
- Tigre Sporakia, "De Sou Zitisa Ego"
- Taki Tsan, "No Sunshine"
- Guru feat. Eisvoleas, "Step In The Arena pt2" (Greek version of the video)
- Eisvoleas, "Ta Paidika Mou Hronia"
- Skoteini Plevra, "Kane Piso"
