A-Trak
Biography
DJ A-Trak has traveled all over the world, performing at DJ competitions, clubs, and music festivals in countries including Australia, Japan, South Africa, and Norway, all before the tender age of 18. He was the youngest DJ to ever win a DJ-battling world championship (at 15); the first to win all three major championships — International Turntablist Federation (ITF), Disco Mix Club (DMC), and Vestax World Extravaganza; and the first to win five world championship competitions — again, all before 18. The turntablist wunderkind made himself a pioneer in this subculture of hip-hop just within a few years. As if the tide couldn't turn more in his favor, Kanye West picked him up to be his personal touring DJ. With featured interviews in hip-hop magazines and on MTV in the mid-2000s, A-Trak began giving this almost lost art form much-needed mainstream exposure.. Born in Montreal, Canada, Alain Macklovitch first attempted to scratch vinyl when he was 13, on his father's old record player. Soon after, he bought more professional DJ equipment and began teaching himself how to scratch. In 1995, he helped form the Montreal rap group Obscure Disorder with his older brother David Macklovitch, aka Dave One (who also formed the synth pop revivalist duo Chromeo in 2003), and their after-school friends. Dave One and A-Trak established their own label, Audio Research, and they released Obscure Disorder's first single, "Lyrically Exposed," through Fat Beats Records in 1997. The record helped reveal Canadian hip-hop to the burgeoning U.S. independent scene. That same year A-Trak started his now legendary DJ battling career, beginning with his victory at the DMC World Championship in Italy and moving on to capturing the crowns at the ITF, Vestax World, and DMC Team World Championships in 1999 and 2000. Although DJ Q-Bert invited him to be an honorary member of the Invisbl Skratch Piklz after his first world competition, A-Trak found an affinity with DJ Craze, who beat him in the 1998 DMC World Championship. Thus, together they founded their own DJ collective, the Allies, in 1999.
Top Albums |
1. Push - EP
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6. Don't Stop (..
| 7. Dipsh*ts (fe..
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| 9. Out the Spea..
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11. Shake It Dow..
| 12. Money Makin'..
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| 14. Piss Test (f..
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16. Stingray - S..
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Push (feat. Andrew Wyatt) | Push - EP | 3:33 | $1.29 | |
2. | Push (feat. Andrew Wyatt) [The Chain.. | Push - EP | 4:00 | $1.29 | |
3. | Push (feat. Andrew Wyatt) [Cazzette .. | Push - EP | 5:59 | $1.29 | |
4. | Out the Speakers (feat. Rich Kidz) | Out the Speakers (feat. Ric.. | 3:13 | $1.29 | |
5. | Piss Test (Flosstradamus Remix) [fea.. | All Trap Music, Vol. 2 | 4:17 | $1.29 | |
6. | Ray Ban Vision (feat. Cyhi Da Prynce.. | Ray Ban Vision - Single | 3:35 | $0.99 | |
7. | Push (feat. Andrew Wyatt) [Shash'.. | Push - EP | 3:13 | $1.29 | |
8. | Push (feat. Andrew Wyatt) [GANZ Remi.. | Push - EP | 4:48 | $1.29 | |
9. | Push (feat. Andrew Wyatt) [DallasK R.. | Push - EP | 5:00 | $1.29 | |
10. | Out the Speakers (feat. Rich Kidz) [.. | Out the Speakers (feat. Ric.. | 3:43 | $1.29 | |
11. | Out the Speakers (feat. Rich Kidz) [.. | Out the Speakers (feat. Ric.. | 2:52 | $1.29 | |
12. | Landline (Jack Beats Remix) [feat. G.. | FABRICLIVE 74: Jack Beats | 4:56 | $1.29 | |
13. | Tuna Melt | Best of Ibiza | 5:45 | $1.29 | |
14. | Disco Nap (feat. Oliver) [Funkin Mat.. | Sound of Funkin Matt | 5:33 | $0.99 | |
15. | Piss Test (The Sound of Trap Edit) [.. | Sound of Trap - Ministry of.. | 4:03 | $1.29 | |
16. | Money Makin' (The Sound of Trap .. | Sound of Trap - Ministry of.. | 4:16 | $1.29 | |
17. | Zamboni | Zamboni - Single | 5:13 | $1.29 | |
18. | Tuna Melt | Ibiza 2013 (Unmixed) | 5:45 | $1.29 | |
19. | Tuna Melt | 10 Years of SW4 | 5:45 | $0.99 | |
20. | Like the Dancefloor (Superstar DJs E.. | Superstar DJs - Ministry of.. | 3:50 | $1.29 | |
21. | Tuna Melt | Ibiza 2013 (Deluxe Edition) | 5:45 | $1.29 | |
22. | Piss Test (feat. Juicy J, Jim Jones,.. | Ultra Trap | 4:17 | $1.29 | |
23. | Landline 2.0 (feat. GTA) | Ultra Trap | 4:10 | $1.29 | |
24. | Jumbo (feat. Galantis) [The Partysqu.. | Tuna Melt (Remixes) | 3:40 | $1.29 | |
25. | Landline (feat. GTA) [Jack Beats Rem.. | Tuna Melt (Remixes) | 4:56 | $1.29 | |