Technikal
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Biography
Technikal was born in CarshaltonCarshalton
Carshalton is a suburban area of the London Borough of Sutton, England. It is located 10 miles south-southwest of Charing Cross, situated in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalton Ponds in the centre of the village. The combined population of the five wards...
, UK. Now firmly established as one of the most respected and biggest selling artists in the world of Hard Dance
Hard dance
Hard Dance is an umbrella term that refers to a group of Hard electronic dance genres which aren't hard enough to be classified as hardcore. The term usually includes genres such as Hard House, Hard NRG, Hard Trance, and Hardstyle...
/Trance
Hard trance
Hard trance is a subgenre of trance music that originated in Western Europe in the mid-1990s as the breakbeat hardcore production community began to diversify into new and different styles of electronic music, all influenced by UK hard house, happy hardcore and jungle/drum & bass...
, producing acclaimed Hardcore tracks alongside Hard Dance, as well as producing Electro
Electro (music)
Electro is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, Moog keytar synthesizers and funk sampling...
and Psychedelic trance
Psychedelic trance
Psychedelic trance, psytrance or just psy is a form of electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and complex layered melodies created by high tempo riffs. It appeared in the mainstream in 1995 as with reporting of the trend of Goa trance. The genre offers variety...
-tinged material.
Technikal first found his passion for dance music as a young teenager, and was inspired by his older brother to take up music production. Producing from the age of thirteen, he got his first track signed at the age of seventeen - and has gone on to sell hundreds of thousands of records across the globe. Since being discovered by Heat UK’s Spencer Freeland and Marc French in 2004, Technikal has worked with the likes of Lisa Lashes
Lisa Lashes
Lisa Lashes , is a British electronic dance music DJ and music producer best known for her career as a leading female dj, mixing numerous Euphoria albums, her popular Lashed dance music events and being the first and only female to be considered among the top ten DJs in the world by DJ MagazineShe...
, Nick Sentience, Phil Reynolds, Steve Hill, and Rob Tissera.
He has played gigs over the past year as Tidy Weekender, Goodgreef vs Sundissential
Sundissential
Sundissential is a dance music club started in Birmingham, England, in the 1990s. Originally hosted in various venues in the city, the event started as an after normal club hours event and exploited loopholes in Licensing laws of the United Kingdom to allow alcohol to be sold on a Sunday to...
, Frantic, and a midnight set at HeatUK’s New Year’s Eve Party at Brixton Academy. Further afield he has played at Australia’s Progress and Masif, as well as the Impulz party in Holland.
Summer 2006 saw Technikal playing some of his biggest gigs yet. With Tidy vs Extreme Euphoria, Dance Valley
Dance Valley
Dance Valley is an annual dance music festival held in the summer in Spaarnwoude, Netherlands. The first edition was in 1995 when 8.000 people attended . Dance Valley grew rapidly, both in duration and number of visitors...
and Creamfields
Creamfields
Creamfelds is a large dance music festival featuring DJs and live acts. It is held annually on the August Bank Holiday weekend in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, just outside of Liverpool where it had previously been held for a number of years. It is renowned for being headlined every year by the...
having all been played, more studio dates are planned with the likes of Greg Brookman, Nick Sentience, Dougal
Dougal
Dougal or Doogal may refer to:*Dougal * DJ Dougal, a happy hardcore artist* Dougal, a dog in the English version of the television series The Magic Roundabout...
and Gammer
Gammer
Gammer is a UK hardcore and Hard Dance producer and DJ.Gammer made his first appearance in the Hardcore scene during 2002 and since he has gone on to be a very successful and prolific producer, being best known for his extensive discography on the revamped Essential Platinum label...
.
Since 2006, Alf has picked up the second best producer and remixer three years running; "Which is still a great achievement for me" he states in an interview with Frenzy, "Saying that it would be great to pick up one of the above accolades next year!"
On the 15th November 2010, Technikal released his first album "Techtonik" on iTunes. The album is mostly consisted of his own work and remixes, but includes some tracks from other notable artists such as Guyver and Rodi Style
Aliases
- Technikal
- Technikore
- Elemental
- Solar Scape
- Masif DJs
- Cloud Nine
- Alf Bamford
- Bamford
- Immerze
Before being recognised in the industry, Alf also went under the alias 'DJ Hatred'.
Singles
- Annihilation (2003)
- Daywalker (2003)
- Adagio For Strings (2004)
- Check Out The Sound (2004)
- Mission Accomplished (2004)
- Pacemaker (2004)
- Technikal Support (2004)
- The Beginning (2004)
- Ecstacy (2005)
- Global Panic / System Shock (2005)
- Heartburn (2005)
- Mad & Confused (2005)
- Overdrive / Doomed (2005)
- Emotion Is Khaos (2005)
- Strong To Survive (2005)
- Summassault (2005)
- Voodoo (2005)
- N20 (Found Some Gas) / Anxious Heart (2006)
- Don't Get Scared (2006)
- Promise (2006)
- More & More / Bad Girl (2006)
- Rock & Rollin' (2007)
- Weekend (Party Time) (2007)
- Evolution (2007)
- Impulz (2007)
- Ride With It (2007
- Wake Up (2007)
- Back 2 The Old Skool (2007)
- Terminal Velocity (2007)
- Sacrifice (2007)
- Second Day (2007)
- Rushin' (2007)
- Neutralize (2007)
- Tekamine (2007)
- Wanna Go For A Ride? (2007)
- Open Your Mind (2007)
- Pump It (2007)
- Anthem / Antivirus (2007)
- Feel The Love (2007)
- Voodoo / Free At Last (2007)
- Industrializm (2007)
- Overdrive 2007 (2007)
Remixes
- Music For Tomorrow (2003)
- Amnesia (2004)
- Are You A Freak? (2004)
- Reach Out (2004)
- A Feeling (2005)
- Alone (2005)
- Chasing Angels (2005)
- Discover (2005)
- Darren Styles - You're My Angel (2005)
- No Good For Me (2005)
- Rock The House (2005)
- Masif DJs - Silence (2005)
- Together In This Dream (2005)
- Angels In Heaven (2006)
- Darkest Desire (2006)
- U Got 2 Let The Music (2006)
- Bliss inc - Faith (2007)
- JX - Restless (2007)
- Matt Gardner & Sambo - New Reality (2007)
- Dougal & Gammer - Heaven On Earth
- Darren Styles - Save Me
- Darren Styles - Drop Zone
- Styles & Breeze f/ Karen Danzig - I Will Be
Engineered
- Marc French - 1234 (2004)
- Marc French - All The Way (2004)
- Brad Thatcher - Your Dream (2005)
- Carl Nicholson - Blueprint (Tara's Theme) / Devils Door (2005)
- Marc French - The Liberator (2005)
- Marc French - Xtreme (2005)
- Marc French - Metropolis (Space is the place) (2005)
- Trevor McLachlan - The Voice (2005)
- Phil York vs Shaun M - Command & Conquer (2006)
- Jason Cortez - Finally (2006)
- Jason Cortez - No Other Way (2006)
- Jason Cortez - Shining In The XTC (2006)
- Lisa LashesLisa LashesLisa Lashes , is a British electronic dance music DJ and music producer best known for her career as a leading female dj, mixing numerous Euphoria albums, her popular Lashed dance music events and being the first and only female to be considered among the top ten DJs in the world by DJ MagazineShe...
- Untitled (2006) - Little Gem - Dark Angel (2006)
- Brad Thatcher - Conscious Awareness (2006)
- Brad Thatcher - The Island (2006)
- Trevor McLachlan - Rain Down On Me (2006)
- Trevor McLachlan - Dance With Me (2006)
- Trevor McLachlan - Feels So Good (To Me) (2006)
- Trevor McLachlan & Brad Thatcher - Sequential (2007)
- Trevor McLachlan & Brad Thatcher - Imagination (2007)
- NG Rezonance - Sinners (2008)
- Pero - Obsession (2008)
- Amber D - Rush On Me (2009)
- Amber D - Cerca Trova (2009)
- Technikal & Will Courtis - Dedicate (2009)
- Technikal & Simon Qudos - Gearshift (2009)
- April & Technikal - Mad Glow (2009)
- Technikal pres. Olivia Rose - 5th Element (2009)
- Nathalie & Technikal - Big Sky (2009)