MAX ALIEN (UK)
Alien Trax Profile
In amongst the clichéd snare rolls, monotone basslines and amyl nitrate charged vocals of hard house music, there lurk a few labels with a difference. Enter Max the Alien Thing and Paul Amino. Since 1996 they have been producing a constant stream of consistently groundbreaking, pumping, funky hard-house/trance. In 2000 they released "The Missing Files" the first ever Alien Trax album mixed by Max and Amino.
It all began in 1996 with seminal hard house release Alien/Chemical Imbalances. This, their first collaboration (and Alien Trax 01), was immediately jumped on, and subsequently caned, by such hard-house heavyweights as Pete Wardman and the late, great Tony De Vit.
Since then, Alien Trax has boasted releases by such underground stars as Karim, RR Fierce and Lab 4. Remix work has seen Paul and Max lending their talent to such names as Phantom, Brainbashers, Lab 4 and Captain Tinrib.
Now on their 30th release, exlusive on MP3, the aliens have many more in the pipeline. It also sees them cementing their position at the forefront of the new hard-house sound with offshoot label, Human Trax and 2XS Recordings.
With a studio move and upgrade early in the year, Alien/Human Trax's & 2XS already high level of quality and productivity has increased further, in turn attracting a host of both new and established talent to the label. This injection of ideas is helping to take the labels in new and exciting directions, and the coming months will see releases by many new artists.
There is certainly a lot to look forward to. Max's DJing continues to pioneer the hard-house and trance sound, with guest slots both abroad and at home, and with his residency at the legendary Fish! night. Alien Trax and Human Trax continue to go from strength to strength, with releases by such artists as DJ Simon Eve (fellow Fish! resident) and Alex James, Lee Jeffries & Justin Bourne and of course The Alien Thing himself. Most importantly, Max and Paul continue put out original and intelligent tracks, designed to devastate dancefloors everywhere.
Max The Alien Thing DJ Profile (MySpace)
Max, real name Barmak Hatamian, got his first real break on the DJ circuit at trance night Hybernation, held at club Heaven, London in 1997. Max has a list of residencies to his name including stints at The Fridge, Brixton Academy , Soundshaft and Turnmills.
Predominantly a London based DJ playing Hard House, Trance and Techno, Max has also completed tours of Japan , Australia , New Zealand , South Africa , Holland , Finland , Canada & USA . In Japan he played in Osaka , Sendai , and the world famous Liquid Room in Tokyo . He has completed 5 tours of Australia including the Millennium celebrations. He has returned every year with Captain Tinrib, playing huge festivals such as Advenjah & Enchanted Forest and playing at Australia 's most famous hard house club Hard Kandy. Other tours with Captain Tinrib has seen them playing in Japan , South Africa , Canada & the States.
Not content with mixing through the usual outlets, Max has also played on numerous internet radio stations, and other independent & major dance radio stations including, London (Interface & Tube FM), Toronto (1 Groove), San Francisco (Thump Radio), Sydney, Helsinki (Radio Helsinki) & Cape Town (Good Hope FM).
Any spare hours are filled with the task of running his record labels, Alien Trax, Human Trax and 2XS Recordings, which he co-owns with Amino (writer Paul Curtis ), and who, since 1996, have more than forty releases under their belt. Max & Amino write as partners as well as producing their own solo work and have completed work for labels such as Tinrib, Vicious Circle, Chug N Bump, DP, Split Screen and Shock Records. Max & Amino released their debut album "The Missing Files" on Alien Trax which will be followed by a double live pa album later on this year. Max has also teamed up with Dave Randall to bring fresh funky techno beats on their new label Powerkutz, which has three critically acclaimed releases so far.
Out in May 1999 Max Alien Trax mixed Extreme Clubbing Two. In October 2000, Max under one of his guises as The Alien Thing mixed Fish Tales Vol. 4 "Alien Lobster Abduction". Also out the same year was their debut album, mixed by Max & Amino, "The Missing Files".
Recent releases include collaboration with Captain Tinrib on Vicious Circle and releases on Elasticman as The alien Thing and collaboration with Lisa Storm as The Recyclists, including Nick Sentience & Ilogik remixes. Collabration with Slim Jim on Brain Damage Recordings called "Would U?".
Link to Max Alien mp3 download:
http://www.tinribdigital.com/Superfish08/max_totallytechno_mix_2006.MP3
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