Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve
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Erol Alkan Live
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Erol Alkan |
| Also known as | Kurtis Rush Mustapha 3000 Beyond The Wizards Sleeve |
| Born |
30 May 1974 London, England |
| Genres | Electro house |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, producer, musician |
| Instruments | Turntables, guitar, bass, drums, voice, CDJ-2000 |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Phantasy |
| Associated acts | Boys Noize |
| Website | erolalkan |
Erol Alkan (born 30 May 1974) is a London-based electro DJ of Turkish Cypriot descent.
In 1993, Erol Alkan started DJing in various indie nightclubs in London.
In 1995, he was a resident DJ of club night 'Going Underground' co-founded by Glyn Peppiatt and James Dickie. It was held weekly on Mondays at the Plastic People venue which was situated at its original Oxford Street location in Central London.
In 1997, Erol re-launched the club under a new name: Trash. Over the next years, Trash became one of the most influential clubs of its time. Until its closure in 2007, Trash saw performances by Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, Klaxons, Bloc Party, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Electric Six and many more up and coming bands.
From 2001 onwards, Erol Alkan started to play regular DJ sets outside Trash, focusing on dance music, influenced by his sets at Bugged Out. Bugged Out are credited as launching Erol's dance music career after offering him a residency halfway through his debut set for them at Fabric, when Erol filled in for David Holmes who had missed a flight into London. His profile increased considerably during 2003 when he was voted 'Best Breakthrough DJ' by Muzik magazine, and in 2006, when he earned the Mixmag 2006 "DJ of the Year" award. Erol has also been voted Datatransmissions 'DJ Of The Year' in both 2008 and 2009, which is seen as an alternative to the DJ Mag Top 100 awards but consists only of British DJs.
Since 2008, Alkan has also hosted a regular radio show, as the longest running resident of BBC 6Music's 6Mix until 2015, and from 2014, has programmed a Boiler Room residency.
He has released multiple successful DJ mixes, including two editions of 'A Bugged Out/Bugged In' mix, a 2012 mix for Belgian festival I Love Techno and a 2014 contribution to the prestigious Fabriclive series that was awarded 'Mix Of The Year' by DJ Mag.
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