Young Ax

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Born and raised in Berlin's beautiful "green district" Koepenick, he first fell in love with music when he saw the movie "Beat Street".
He started playing/mixing records with tape decks & old turntables and became a passionate breakdancer. His Hip-Hop mixtapes even got him to play on the local East-German radio and after the wall came down he finally was able to get hold of some technics and lots of vinyl ... He began spinning at parties and played with a Hip-Hop crew called "No Solo".
In the early 90's Jungle came from London to Berlin and Alex was absolutely hooked by the phat bass and rolling beats of the sound that got played by the likes of Kemistry & Storm at locations like the legendary "Toaster". It inspired him a lot and he wanted to create his personal version of this exciting music. He got himself some used analog equipment and started finding his own Funk, Jazz and Hip-Hop influenced style.
It really kicked off with Young Ax's first release on the Tuebingen based label Santorin called "Sunrise".
"Alone/Sunset", "Confused" (vocal track with musicians), "Slick!" and tracks for two CD-compilations followed. Improving his skills he found his characteristic soulful sound. In 2004 "January" was released on Nu:Tone's label BrandNu which attracted interest of the UK labels. "Something Wonderful/Listen Up!" followed on Critical Recordings as well as "Midnight Sun/In My Neighbourhood" on Santorin, "In The Groove" on Vibez, "Funkee Fresh" and "Soulsearchin" on beatalistics.
The debut album "Higher Ground" on Santorin hit the shores in late 2007/early 2008 - an extensive showcase of Young Ax' material.
Next level Müggelheim , baby!