DJ ALX

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Name = ALX


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Genre = Hip hop
Years_active = 1992-present (solo)
Label = IhoSpira / Fm Records, Spira, 33 1/3 Entertainment
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ALX (born 1975 in Detroit, Michigan, USA), pronounced Alex, is one of Greece's most influential hip hop producers. He was perhaps the first producer in Greece to compose using a sampler. He was a member of the hip hop group Terror X Crew and produced all of their albums.

ALX is also known for his work on music videos. From 1997 to 2001 he directed and edited a number of videos for Terror X Crew, Ihokratoria, FFC, Razzastar and other hip hop artists.

Terror X Crew

Terror X Crew was perhaps the first hardcore hip hop group in Greece. After starting life in the early 1990s as a graffiti crew, they began to record demos when DJ ALX joined them in 1992. In 1993 ALX moved to San Diego, California and then to Los Angeles to attend recording engineer and video production classes. When he returned to Greece he used his new skills to record, produce and mix Terror X Crew's albums, two of which ("I Polis Ealo" and "I Gefsi Toy Menous") achieved gold certification. He also directed and edited the Crew's videos, which received heavy rotation on Greek music television networks. As of 2007, he is working in his studio, 396 Degrees, on a Terror X Crew remix album titled "I Gefsi Toy Telous" ("Flavour of the End"). Since the group has now split, this will be its last album.

Ihokratoria

ALX also formed Ihokratoria (State of the Boom), a talented production team whose aim was to raise the quality of Greek hip hop. The first group to receive Ihokratoria's support was Zontani Nekri (Living Dead), whose first EP and LP influenced many other would-be MCs upon their release in 1998. ALX subsequently produced Zontani Nekri's lead rapper Timvorihos's first solo album "Paidi Thavma - Rima Gia Hrima" ("Wonder Boy - Rhyme For Cash"). Terror X Crew was also an Ihokratoria production, but became an independent project with its own fan base.

ALX began to receive many demos, and released a compilation titled "I Ihokratoria parousiazei, meros a" ("Ihokratoria presents, part 1"). However, there were many disagreements between Ihokratoria artists, and the quality of the team's output has arguably decreased in recent years.

Discography

All released on Fm Records.

Terror X Crew

Albums/EPs

*1995 "Terror X Crew EP"
*1997 "I Polis Ealo"
*1999 "H Gefsi Toy Menous"
*2001 "Essete Hmar"
*2006 "I Gefsi Toy Telous" (The DJ ALX Remixes)

CD singles

*1998 "Mi Fovase/Apla Mousiki"
*1999 "H Gefsi Toy Menous"
*2000 "Xipnios Mesa Sta Oneira Kapoion Allon"

Ihokratoria

*1998 Zontani Nekri: "ZN Entoles" EP
*1998 Zontanoi Nekri: "O Protos Tomos" LP
*1999 To Paidi Thavma: "Stin Athina" CD single
*1999 To Paidi Thavma: "Rima Gia Hrima" LP
*2000 Various artists: "I Ihokratoria Parousiazei, meros a" LP
*2001 Alfa Gama: "Neoellina Akoy" EP
*2001 Alfa Gama: "Agnostofovia" LP
*2002 Midenistis: "Megalos Iroas" LP
*2003 Tigre Sporakia: "Theoria Kai Praxi" LP
*2004 Harmanis/Taki Tsan: "To Scholeio" LP
*2006 Taki Tsan: "Sto Myalo Toy Panagioti Stravalexi" LP

Isvoleas (on Spira Records)

*2004 "Mono Agapi" CD single
*2004 "Ta Afieromena III" LP
*2004 "Tropos Zois" EP
*2005 "Me Tis Pantes" EP

Full Fix

*2005 Taki Tsan: "Mixtape Vol.1"
*2005 Taki Tsan: "Misa Lefta/Dipli Magia"
*2006 DJ ALX: "Mono Gia T' Aftia Sou"
*2006 DJ ALX: "Den Ehoun Styl"

Guest appearances as producer/composer

*1998 "I Proti Epafi Remix" (CD single by Goin' Through)
*1999 "Funk-Jazz-Tico" (from "Paraksena Mas Ta Les File" by Evnus)
*2003 "Vimata" (from "La Sagrada Familia" by Goin' Through)
*2004 "Logia-Logia Remix" (from "Sti Yiorti Tis Fantasias" by Rodes)
*2006 "To Sima" (from "Siniparksi" by Evnus)
*2006 "Mikre Mou Yie" (from "Siniparksi" by Evnus)
*2006 "Diathiki" (from "Yeraki Sto Homa" by Stihoima)

Videography

Terror X Crew

*"O Ellinas Pou Eheis Sinithisei"
*"Hip Hop Hooligan"
*"Mi Fovasai"
*"Gefsi Tou Menous"
*"Gefsi Tou Menous - Electroware Remix"
*"I Komposta"
*"I Methodos Tou Prokrousti"
*"Xipnios Mesa Sta Oneira Kapoion Allon"
*"Xipnios Mesa Sta Oneira Kapoion Allon - Electroware Remix"
*"Eis Ta Vathi Tis Kardias Mou"
*"To Xodi"

FF.C

*"Stimmeno Paihnidi"
*"Neos Tropos Skepsis"

Razastarr

*"Naupigi Tis Fantasias"
*"Ta Pio Omorfa Oneira Einai Anonyma"

To Paidi Thavma

*"Stin Athina"
*"O, Thavma"
*"Den prokeite ego na isixaso"

Alfa Gama

*"Neoellina Akou"
*"Arketa Gia Na Matheneis"

Other artists

*Nevma, "Xehasmeni Heroes"
*Zontani Nekri, "Sti Hora Ton kaliteron MCs"
*Evnus, "Mahairia Sti Siopi"
*Michael Delta, "747 - Agapimeno Mix"
*Distorted Reality, "Pes Mou Ti Thes"
*Karzanova, "Mavri Trypa"
*Mplofa, "Sinchroni Ippotes"
*Barcode Crew, "Posa Lefta"
*Midenistis, "Vromikes Pistes / Zita Nita"
*Endeleheia, "Krisi Panikou"
*Motivo 4, "Mporei"
*Tigre Sporakia, "De Sou Zitisa Ego"
*Taki Tsan, "No Sunshine"
*Guru feat. Eisvoleas, "Step In The Arena pt2" (Greek version of the video)
*Eisvoleas, "Ta Paidika Mou Hronia"
*Skoteini Plevra, "Kane Piso"

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/alxfilms ALX]
* [http://www.myspace.com/terrorxcrew396 Terror X Crew]
* [http://www.myspace.com/alx396 Afoi Stravalexi & Sia]
* [http://www.myspace.com/33third 33 1/3 Entertainment]
* [http://www.myspace.com/396degrees 396 Degrees Studio]
* [http://www.myspace.com/fullfix Full Fix Mixtapes]
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