A-Trak

A-Trak
Nazionalità	Canada
Genere	Musica house; French house
Periodo di attività musicale	1997 – in attività
	Sito ufficiale
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A-Trak, pseudonimo di Alain Macklovitch (Montréal, Québec, 30 marzo 1982), è un disc jockey e produttore discografico canadese.

Biografia

Vinse nel 1997 il DMCs World DJ Championship a 15 anni, stabilendo un nuovo record di giovinezza in tale competizione. In seguito chiese di entrare nel gruppo Invisibl Skratch Piklz e attualmente è un membro dei The Allies supporta Kanye West come DJ. A-Trak usa Traktor Scratch Pro.

Macklovitch è il fratello minore di David Macklovitch componente della band canadese Chromeo, con cui fondò l'etichetta Audio Research (1997-2007). Alain insieme a Nick Catchdubs poi fondò la Fool's Gold Records nel 2007.

Dal 2009, A-Trak in collaborazione con Armand Van Helden forma il duo disco house sotto il nome d'arte di Duck Sauce.

Titoli e riconoscimenti

1997 Montreal DMC Champion
1997 Technics / DMC World Champion (15 years old - youngest ever)
1998 Technics DMC World finals (3rd place)
1999 ITF Western Hemisphere Scratch Champion
1999 ITF Advancement World Champion
1999 Vestax Extravaganza World Champion
2000 West Coast Technics / DMC Team Champion
2000 Technics / DMC Team World Champion
2000 ITF Advancement World Champion

Discografia

Album (DJ mixes)

2006 - Oh No You Didn't: Live in Vancouver – Disque Primeur
2006 - Sunglasses Is A Must – Audio Research
2007 - Dirty South Dance – Obey Records
2008 - Running Man: Nike+ Original Run – Nike+ Sport Music
2009 - Infinity + 1 – Thrive Records
2009 - FabricLive.45 – Fabric Records
2010 - Dirty South Dance 2 – Fool's Gold

Obscure Disorder

2018 - Full Circle: 1997-2002 Retrospective – Audio Research (compilation)

The Allies

2000 - D-Day – Asphodel

Duck Sauce

2014 - Quack – Fool's Gold

EP

Solista

2012 - Tuna Melt EP – Fool's Gold

Low Pros

2014 - Low Pros – Fool's Gold

Duck Sauce

2009 - Greatest Hits – Fool's Gold
2014 - Duck Droppings – auto pubblicato

Singoli

Come artista principale

1999 - Umbilical Chord – London/FFFR
1999 - Enter Ralph Wiggum – Stones Throw
2000 - All Hail To My Hands – Asphodel
2001 - Gangsta Breaks –Ammo
2003 - Monkeyboy Breaks – Ammo
2005 - Don't Fool With The Dips feat. J.R. Writer, Hell Rell e 40 Cal. – Audio Research
2006 - Sunglasses Is A Must – Smelly Fatso/Monkey Studies Records
2006 - Step Off feat. Little Brother – Audio Research
2006 - Knucklehead – Audio Research
2006 - Quitte La Piste feat. TTC
2007 - Mastered (Me & My Sneakers) feat. Lupe Fiasco – Nike+
2007 -Running Man– Nike+
2007 -Say Whoa – Kitsuné

2010 - Ray Ban Vision feat. CyHi Da Prince – Fool's Gold
2012 - Piss Test feat. Juicy J and Danny Brown – Fool's Gold
2013 - Piss Test Remix feat. Juicy J, Jim Jones, Flatbush Zombies, El-P, e Flosstradamus – Fool's Gold
2015 - Out the Speakers feat. Rich Kidz – Green Label Sound
2015 - Ibanez feat. Cory Enemy e Nico Stadi – Spinnin' Records
2015 - Push feat. Andrew Wyatt – Fool's Gold
2015 -We All Fall Down feat. Jamie Lidell – Fool's Gold
2016 - Parallel Lines feat. Phantogram – Fool's Gold
2017 -Believe feat. Quavo e Lil Yachty – Fool's Gold
2019 - Work It Out – Fool's Gold
2019 -What Can I Do feat. Loods – Fool's Gold
2019 - Blaze feat. Friend Within – Fool's Gold

In collaborazione

2008 - Herve: Roll With The Winners – Cheap Thrills
2008 - Laidback Luke: Shake It Down – Fool's Gold/Mixmash
2008 - Zinc: Like The Dancefloor feat. Natalie Storm – Rinse
2011 - Zinc: Stingray – Fool's Gold
2012 - Mark Foster e Kimbra: Warrior – Converse
2012 - Dillon Francis: Money Makin– Fool's Gold
2013 - GTA : Landlines 2.0 – Fool's Gold
2013 - Laidback Luke: Shake It Down – Fool's Gold
2013 - Oliver: Zamboni – Fool's Gold
2014 - Cam'ron e Federal Reserve: Dipshi*ts feat. Juelz Santana – Federal Reserve
2015 - ZHU e Keznamdi: As Crazy As It Is – Columbia Records
2015 - Zoofunktion: Place on Earth – Spinnin' Records
2016 - Tommy Trash: Lose My Mind – Fool's Gold

2017 - Baauer: Fern Gully b/w Dumbo Drop – Fool's Gold
2018 - Falcons: Ride for Me feat. Young Thug e 24hrs – Fool's Gold
2018 - Yehme2: Prayer Hands – Fool's Gold
2018 - Todd Terry: DJs Gotta Dance More – Fool's Gold
2020 - Ferreck Dawn: Coming Home – Club Sweat
2021 - Ferreck Dawn: My Own Way – Fool's Gold Records
2021 - Wongo feat. Ladybug Mecca: Querida – Fool's Gold Records

Obscure Disorder

1997 - Lyrically Exposed – Audio Research
1998 - Maintain the Focus b/w Small Talk – Audio Research
1999 - 2004 b/w The Entree – Audio Research
2002 - The Grill b/w Like – Audio Research

Duck Sauce

2009 - aNYway – Ministry of Sound/Fool's Gold
2010 - Barbra Streisand – 3Beat/Downtown/Fool's Gold
2011 - Big Bad Wolf – Big Beat
2013 - Radio Stereo – Duck Sauce/Universal
2013 - It's You – Duck Sauce/Universal
2014 - NRG – Fool's Gold
2014 - Ring Me – Fool's Gold
2020 - Get to Steppin b/w Smiley Face – Duck Sauce
2020 -Captain Duck b/w/ I Don't Mind – Duck Sauce

The Brothers Macklovitch

2020 - Give Love to Get Some – Fool's Gold
2020 - I Can Call You - feat. Leven Kali – Fool's Gold

Altri progetti

Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su A-Trak

Collegamenti esterni

Sito ufficiale, su atrak.com.

A-Trak (canale), su YouTube.

A-Trak, su Last.fm, CBS Interactive.

(EN) A-Trak, su AllMusic, All Media Network.

(EN) A-Trak, su Discogs, Zink Media.

(EN) A-Trak, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.

(EN) A-Trak, su SoundCloud.

(EN) A-Trak, su Billboard.

(EN) A-Trak, su IMDb, IMDb.com.

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