Thursday, 3 September 2009

A-Trak

Born 30th March 1982. And by 1995 had his very first turntables and a mixer. 2 years later he was DMC's World DJ Champion at the age of 15. In the late nineties with his brother he set up a record label named 'Audio Research'. Into the new millenium he went on to release the album 'Gangsta Breaks' and then he was hired by Kanye West as his tour DJ and has done most of the backing music including world famous 'Stronger'. He also appeared on Kanye's second album 'Late Registration', afterwards he co-founded the record label 'Fool's Gold' and since has produced two new albums 'Running Man: Nike+ Original Run' in 2008 and 'Infinity +1' in 2009. With his use of fresh electro beats and hip-hop funk he has help re-invent his own version of electro-hop. There is a lot more to come as he has just formed an alliance with Armand Van Helden to create 'DUCK SAUCE'