Alkatraz have proven to be the future of Dance Music. Bursting on to the scene in 2009 with their debut release on BlackHole Recordings, the pair have been catching the eyes and ears of the indusrty's top dogs. Although fairly new to the scene, they have been queitly plotting their rise to the top for nearly ten years.
Gabriel Maga and John Pirito, better known as Alkatraz, joined forces after a chance meeting at one of Canada's top Sound Engineering Institutions. In 2006, after years of working on several projects spanning many genres, they decided to sculpt their signature sound in Dance Music. The 'Alkatraz Sound' blurs the lines of House, Techno and Trance in an effort to keep the party rockin. Over the last 3 years, they have done just that; Alkatraz has had the oppurtunity to share the stage all over the world with top DJ's such as Sander Van Doorn, Bad Boy Bill, John 00 Fleming, Lee Haslam, Ernesto V Bastian and many others. 'Being able to play for crowds of any size is a blessing and always the best part of our job. There is no better feeling then to rock out with a room full of people sharing the same love for music'.
Despite Alkatraz playing the biggest and best clubs from Shanghai to Bucharest, it was their original productions that gained them recent notaraity. It all began when Tiesto featured their song "We're Rollin" on his acclaimed ClubLife Radio show. This lead to an immediate debut release on Blackhole Recordings which met rave reviews and support from the likes of Matt Darey, Johan Gielen, Richard Durand The Flash Bros, Sied van Reil and many more. Their next release 'A Minor Crisis' was handled by UK imprint Seamless Recordings. The 4 track EP quickly turned heads and boasts support from Tiesto, Gareth Emery, Super8 & Tab, Laurent Garnier, Pete Heller, and Graham Gold amoung numerous other top ranked jocks.
The rest of 2009 will no doubt be hectic and exciting. Apart from touring and weekly radio show residencies on BlackHole Radio, Slinky FM, and City Baets Radio, Alkatraz is set to release their follow up single with Blackhole Recordings as well as collaborating with Adam Shaw, Richard Grey and Amanda Wilson. Stay tuned!
Now you can download the new single of Austrian producer Joaquin Phunk and MC Notty Ned on several online platforms. The original mix is supported by a remix of the Austrian producer Daniel Heatcliff in collaboration with Joaquin Phunk. For his new single, artist and cofounder of 'HouseArt', Joaquin Phunk, teamed up with Hip Hop MC Notty Ned, who is an artist of 'Kingsta Music'. Daniel Heatcliff is artist and cofounder of the Austrian Tech-House and Trance label 'Navida Music' and his productions are played by DJs like Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Paul Van Dyk, Markus Schulz and many more. The original mix of 'Psychologic Superstars' is characterized by piano chords and House beats. The mix with Daniel Heatcliff stands out due to heavy rock elements and Break beats. Make sure to get this tracks!
"Odds on favourite for the Ibiza 2009 anthem", Grant Nelson
The third release from the french talented house label, Lolita is a house track coming from a briliant collaboration of ex-Africanism member Gwen and Bertrand Dupart.
The remix comes from Rocco, who's earned more and more attention due to his massive releases on Freerange, and famous remixes of Dennis Ferrer and Claude Monnet.
SELECTED IN TRAXSOURCE IBIZA HYPE CHART FOR THIS SUMMER
Main feedbacks:
Copyright (Defected - UK)
teched out dopeness! beautiful
Martin Solveig (Mixture/Universal - France)
Cute Track, nice remix too, i'll play the original in my radio show
Nick Warren (Hope Recordings - UK)
Brilliant track will play this all year i can see
StoneBridge (Stoney Boy Music Stockholm - Sweden
Ah, What a lovely track - summer!
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