Ajax (DJ)
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Ajax is an Electroclash
mash-up DJ known for his musical irreverence and cut and paste mixing style. Prior to this he was a university art lecturer. Quoted by artists Mylo and Tiga as a talent to watch. Currently a Radio show host for Sunsets (Bang Gang Show) on FBI Radio 94.5
and is a founding member of Australian collective/production outfit/record label Bang Gang, who recently signed to Modular Recordings
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Toured France
, U.S.A, and U.K. in 2006 for Modular UK and released remix/mix cd package Spin City through tinted records. Mixed Ministry of Sound Mashed 1 and Ministry of Sound Mashed 2 with Bang Gang Djs in 2002 and 2004 respectively, and a mix cd with Tiga
titled In the Mix
in 2005.
Since 2005, Ajax has been voted one of Australia's top 5 DJs in the inthemix 50 poll every year, taking out the number one spot in both 2006 and 2007.
, Tiga
, Mylo
, 2 Many DJs, Daft Punk
, Sinden, Yuksek, Bookashade, Justice
, Bloody Beetroots (Australia 2009)
Electroclash
Electroclash is a style of music that fuses New Wave and electronic dance music. It emerged in New York and Detroit in the later 1990s, pioneered by acts including I-F and those associated with Gerald Donald, and is associated with acts including Peaches, Adult, and Fischerspooner...
mash-up DJ known for his musical irreverence and cut and paste mixing style. Prior to this he was a university art lecturer. Quoted by artists Mylo and Tiga as a talent to watch. Currently a Radio show host for Sunsets (Bang Gang Show) on FBI Radio 94.5
FBi Radio
FBi is an independent, not-for-profit community radio station in Sydney, Australia. FBi places a heavy emphasis on local alternative music: it has a policy that at least 50 per cent of its music content is to be Australian, of which at least half comes from Sydney musicians.FBi began 'test...
and is a founding member of Australian collective/production outfit/record label Bang Gang, who recently signed to Modular Recordings
Modular Recordings
Modular Records is an Australian record label. It was established by Sydney-based music promoter Steve Pavlovic as a joint-venture with EMI, but is now distributed by Universal Music in Australia...
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Toured France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, U.S.A, and U.K. in 2006 for Modular UK and released remix/mix cd package Spin City through tinted records. Mixed Ministry of Sound Mashed 1 and Ministry of Sound Mashed 2 with Bang Gang Djs in 2002 and 2004 respectively, and a mix cd with Tiga
Tiga (musician)
Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...
titled In the Mix
INTHEMIX.05
Inthemix.05 is a DJ mix album compiled and mixed by DJs Tiga and Ajax. This is the first album in an annual series published by Australian dance music website Inthemix....
in 2005.
Since 2005, Ajax has been voted one of Australia's top 5 DJs in the inthemix 50 poll every year, taking out the number one spot in both 2006 and 2007.
Awards
- Allen and Heath Dance Music Award for Best Australian DJ 2006
- DMA Peoples choice 2006
- Best Mixed cd Mashed 2 Bang Gang Djs.
- 3D World dj of the year 2004, 2005.
Support tours
MSTRKRFTMSTRKRFT
MSTRKRFT is a Canadian electronic music duo from Toronto, Ontario. The group was started in 2005 by Jesse F. Keeler of Death from Above 1979 and Al-P formerly of the Mississauga, Ontario electropop group Girlsareshort...
, Tiga
Tiga (musician)
Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...
, Mylo
Mylo
Myles MacInnes , better known by the stage name Mylo, is a Scottish electronic musician and record producer.-Career:...
, 2 Many DJs, Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
, Sinden, Yuksek, Bookashade, Justice
Justice (band)
Justice is a French electronic music duo consisting of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay . The duo is one of the most successful groups on Ed Banger Records and is managed by the label's head, Pedro Winter...
, Bloody Beetroots (Australia 2009)
Ajax remixes
- Naive New Beaters - Bang Bang
- Amazing Phillip Sisters - Modern Days
- Princess Superstar vs Da Fresh - Perfect Disco (Tinted)
- Midnight JuggernautsMidnight JuggernautsMidnight Juggernauts are a band from Melbourne, Australia composed of Andrew Szekeres, Vincent Vendetta, and Daniel Stricker. The band has been described as anything from 'prog dance meets cosmic film scores', to 'slasher-flick disco' to 'deadpan landscape',...
- Shadows (Cutters) - Lost ValentinosLost ValentinosLost Valentinos are a band from Sydney, Australia. They released two EPs under the band name The Valentinos but changed their name in mid 2007 to Lost Valentinos due to the threat of legal action by soul artists from the 1950s, Bobby Womack & The Valentinos...
- Face is on the Wall (Mosquitos Tweeter) - Gerling - Good Timing
- Dead Kids - Fear and the Fluoride