A-Trak
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 Live at Nextdoor, Honolulu, HI
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| Birth name | Alain Macklovitch |
| Born | March 30, 1982 |
| Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Electro-hop |
| Years active | 1997-present |
| Label(s) | Fool's Gold Thrive |
| Associated acts | Kanye West, Digitalism, Boys Noize, Kid Cudi |
| Website | Official website |
A-Trak (born Alain Macklovitch on March 30, 1982) is a Montreal-based DJ and turntablist.
A-Trak won the DMCs World DJ Championship in 1997 at the age of 15, making him both the youngest and first Canadian winner of the competition (as of 2003, he is one of two Canadian DMC World Champions - the second being Dopey).[1]
He was the first DJ to win all three major DJ competition titles (DMC, ITF and Vestax) and the first DJ to win five world championships[2]
He was later asked to join the now-defunct DJ crew Invisibl Skratch Piklz, and is a member of The Allies.
He cites the DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince album "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper" as his introduction to turntablism. He is the current tour DJ for rapper Kanye West. He uses Serato Scratch LIVE. Macklovitch is the younger brother of David Macklovitch of the band Chromeo, with whom he runs the record label Audio Research.[3] Alain attended Montreal private school Stanislas from the elementary level through lycée. He, along with Nick Catchdubs, founded the Fool's Gold record label.
Currently, A-Trak is dating female rapper, Kid Sister.
A-Trak appeared as a model in Sixpack France Spring/Summer 2009 look book.[4]
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[edit] Titles and Awards
- 1997 Technics / DMC World Champion (15 years old - youngest ever)[5]
- 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
[edit] Discography
- Gangsta Breaks (12")
- Buck Tooth Wizards (CD)
- Enter Ralph Wiggum (7")
- Monkey Boy Breaks (12")
- Don't Fool With The Dips (12")
- Oh No You Didn't! Live From Vancouver (CD)
- Drive Slow Mixtape w/ GLC (CD)
- Sunglasses Is A Must (DVD)
- Dirty South Dance (CD), Obey's 4th mixtape, limited to 5000 copies.
- Running Man: Nike+ Original Run (Exclusive to ITunes)
- FabricLive.45 (April 2009) (CD)
- Infinity+1 (2009) (CD)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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- A-Trak at MySpace
- Official website
- A-Trak & DJ Mehdi RBMA video lecture session
- The Allies Official page
- A-Trak on MTV Overdrive
- Interview with A-Trak
- Interview with DJ Times, 2007
- Interview in Modern Fix, 2007
- Interview on itshiphop.tv
- Sixpack France look book feat A-Trak
- Videos
