Erol Alkan

about

Erol Alkan has lived many different guises so far; DJ, remixer, label founder, club promoter, radio host, and each with great success. Keen to keep moving forwards, what, one might wonder, allows Alkan to remain such a vital figure in contemporary music, both in the DJ booth, in the studio and beyond? “I am not afraid of change,” Alkan considers. “I have faith that if I’m playing great records that people will connect to them, and I try to stay true to that.” Playing records comes easy to Erol, having spent the past two decades at it wherever possible, from a beginning sneaking out of his bedroom to fend off brutish American rock purists while spinning British indie records in small West End nightclubs, to his current club sets that explore the bleeding edge of underground, off-kilter house, techno and disco, albeit to a somewhat more enthusiastic audience. Although his fundamental understanding of alternative and pop music has earned him acclaim as one of the world’s foremost remixers, nudging the likes of Tame Impala, Connan Mockasin and Metronomy further onto the dancefloor in recent years, it was only in late 2013 that Alkan finally released his own EP, Illumination. Although ‘Bang’ and ‘Check Out Your Mind’ delivered in Erol’s inimitable jackin’ and acidic styles respectively, it was the opener ‘A Hold On Love’ that captured the attention of the scene at large; A shimmering, melancholy anthem, accompanied by a reflective short film from Daniel Bereton, it unexpectedly

top songs

albums

A Bugged Out Mix With Erol Alkan (disc 1)

Waves Rework

Illumination

A Bugged Out Mix By Erol Alkan / A Bugged In Selection With Erol Alkan

Erol Alkan: Another "Bugged Out" Mix

Spectrum / Silver Echoes (Matrixxman and Machine Woman Remixes)

I Love Techno 2012

Waves / Death Suite

Spectrum / Silver Echoes

A Bugged in Selection With Erol Alkan (disc 2)

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Erol Alkan Podcasts

Spectrum (Special Request Mixes)

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