Alkatraz have proven to be the future of Dance Music. Bursting on to the scene in 2009 with their debut release on BlackHole Recordings, the pair have been catching the eyes and ears of the indusrty's top dogs. Although fairly new to the scene, they have been queitly plotting their rise to the top for nearly ten years.
Gabriel Maga and John Pirito, better known as Alkatraz, joined forces after a chance meeting at one of Canada's top Sound Engineering Institutions. In 2006, after years of working on several projects spanning many genres, they decided to sculpt their signature sound in Dance Music. The 'Alkatraz Sound' blurs the lines of House, Techno and Trance in an effort to keep the party rockin. Over the last 3 years, they have done just that; Alkatraz has had the oppurtunity to share the stage all over the world with top DJ's such as Sander Van Doorn, Bad Boy Bill, John 00 Fleming, Lee Haslam, Ernesto V Bastian and many others. 'Being able to play for crowds of any size is a blessing and always the best part of our job. There is no better feeling then to rock out with a room full of people sharing the same love for music'.
Despite Alkatraz playing the biggest and best clubs from Shanghai to Bucharest, it was their original productions that gained them recent notaraity. It all began when Tiesto featured their song "We're Rollin" on his acclaimed ClubLife Radio show. This lead to an immediate debut release on Blackhole Recordings which met rave reviews and support from the likes of Matt Darey, Johan Gielen, Richard Durand The Flash Bros, Sied van Reil and many more. Their next release 'A Minor Crisis' was handled by UK imprint Seamless Recordings. The 4 track EP quickly turned heads and boasts support from Tiesto, Gareth Emery, Super8 & Tab, Laurent Garnier, Pete Heller, and Graham Gold amoung numerous other top ranked jocks.
The rest of 2009 will no doubt be hectic and exciting. Apart from touring and weekly radio show residencies on BlackHole Radio, Slinky FM, and City Baets Radio, Alkatraz is set to release their follow up single with Blackhole Recordings as well as collaborating with Adam Shaw, Richard Grey and Amanda Wilson. Stay tuned!Free MySpace Layouts by Iron Spider
