EROL ALKAN at dollop (03.12.10)

Friday 3rd December, 2010

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dollop present....

EROL ALKAN
Erol Alkan is our favourite DJ here at dollop HQ, and we are very pleased to be welcoming back to play at our party :)
In his early 20s he founded the most influential clubnight of its time, ‘Trash’ in London, where he played weekly alongside the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Klaxons, Bloc Party, Peaches & Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Over the last decade the world’s dancefloors have been rocked by Erol’s remixes (for Klaxons, Hot Chip, Scissor Sisters, Alter Ego, Mylo, Bloc Party, DFA1979, Chemical Brothers & Franz Ferdinand); with Erol being voted Mixmag’s ‘DJ Of The Year’ and ‘Best International Dj’ and even being called up to support both Madonna and Daft Punk!

Erol’s label ‘Phantasy Sound’ has put out tracks from Chilly Gonzales, Riton, Primary 1, Boris Dlugosch & Late Of The Pier; and to date Alkan has acted as album producer for Late Of The Pier, Mystery Jets & The Long Blondes.
More recently he has released his collaborations with Boys Noize ‘Waves/Deathwave’ & ‘Avalanche/Lemonade’ - both of which have been picked up by the world’s top DJs.
Add to this the warped balearic psychedelic brotherhood of ‘Beyond The Wizards Sleeve’ and his work as the mysterious 'Mustapha3000'.

Until you’ve borne witness to one of his legendary DJ sets, poured headily over one of his meticulously crafted productions, or been catapulted to a sudden sonic nirvana by the dropping of one of his remixes, you might be justified for dismissing his existence as an extremely elaborate myth of the musical underground. After all, how can one man, still in his early thirties, have kept so many kids dancing for so long?







Check out this video interview with Erol Alkan by Potter (from Late Of The Pier) at dollop last year:



Erol has been playing at Stealth since its opening in 2004, and every time he has surpassed expectations. Here is a little clip of the end of his last set at Stealth - taken at dollop at the beginning of the year:



DO. NOT. MISS. THIS.

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Gan Ban Live Mix by Erol Alkan on Mixcloud

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Also on the bill:

JIMMY EDGAR (Warp)

FACTORY FLOOR (live)

RIOTOUS ROCKERS (ASBO)

D'lex

dollop DJs

& more tbc

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At Stealth, Nottingham

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£10 Earlybirds on sale now.

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For more info check out the Facebook event.

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BOYS NOIZE this Friday at dollop's 6th Birthday !!!

This Friday sees the 6th Birthday of dollop - and to celebrate they have called in the mighty BOYS NOIZE to headline their party alongside the likes of JD Twitch (Optimo), 16Bit, Riotous Rockers, Tomb Crew, Alvin C, and dollop resident D'lex.


Over the past 6 years dollop have been regularly putting on the hottest dance acts - with their previous Stealth events featuring the likes of Annie Mac, Erol Alkan, Diplo, Claude VonStroke, Simian Mobile Disco, Carl Craig, Kissy Sell Out, Digitalism, A-Trak, Friendly Fires (live), Fake Blood, Jack Beats, Late Of The Pier (live), Buraka Som Sistema & many more.


Alex ‘Boys Noize’ Ridha has released records on French label Kitsuné Music, Tiga’s Turbo Recordings label, DJ Hell’s International Deejay Gigolo, Erol Alkan’s ‘Phantasy Sound’ & his own ‘Boys Noize’ Records.



He has remixed tracks for Tiga, Chromeo, A-Trak, Para One, Justice, Feist, Depeche Mode, Bloc Party, Siriusmo, Kaiser Chiefs, Gonzales & Snoop Dogg.
Ridha has also released EPs under the names 909d1sco, Kid Alex & PUZIQUe; produced a song for the Black Eyed Peas (‘Let The Beat Rock’); and has collaborated with Erol Alkan, putting out 2 maxi-singles, "Death Suite" / "Waves" and "Lemonade" / "Avalanche".



Boys Noize released his debut album “Oi Oi Oi” in 2007, featuring the classic tracks ‘Don’t Believe The Hype’, ‘Lava Lava’, Oh!, ‘Shine Shine’ and ‘& Down’ (which has also been featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV, and was also used as a sample for Estelle’s single American Boy).
After a 2-year hiatus, Boys Noize's second studio album, entitled Power, was released to critical acclaim at the end of last year, recently being re-released featuring remixes from Mr Oizo, Djedjotronic, Tiga, Untold, Boris Dlugosch & Modeselektor.



As record label manager for ‘Boys Noize’ records, he has been discovered some of the hottest names on the scene, including Tiga, Proxy, Brodinski, Shadow Dancer, D.I.M, Feadz, Tensnake, Mixhell & Jan Driver.

And as a DJ Boys Noize reguarly headlines the biggest events & Festivals in the world – with sets coming up at Glastonbury, Exit, Benicassim, Fuji Rock, Sasquatch, Pukkelpop, SW4 & I Love Techno.

Advance Tickets / Facebook event / dollop