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SLOK

DJ/Producer/Dance&Electronic Music

About Me

SLOK, a musician and dj from Ancona (Italy) who started his career with productions as forerunner of the italian's breakbeat, Jungle & drum n bass, slightly change his style to electronic sounds. He already released on IRMA, SAW, GET PHYSICAL, ACUTE, STEREONOVA, 4KENZO, TURBO and sure on is own ELECTRONIC PETZ
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FULL BIOGRAPHY
SLOK Alessandro Russo a.k.a. "Slok" was born in Ancona, Italy, Libra / Scorpio cuspid, left handed, his love for music was developed in his childhood, listening to any kind of records, playing acoustic and electronic instruments with his "musical" family members and growing up with a polyedric and free music feeling. He started off playing drums and percussion in a rock band, then, when he was 16, he got his first 4-track Fostex home tape recorder, a digital effect processor, a drum machine, a sampler and a Roland 8-track midi workstation; with that equipment, he begin to produce funky orientend grooves combined with self-taught chords and harmonies. The first official release came later, in 1993 as B&R - Freeway (a house track that Dave Piccioni called out as a "medley") on The Milkyway EP - Zippy Record / Azuli compilation with tracks from Terry Hunter & Aaron Smith, Jovonn, and Brown Melody. In 1994 he was involved in an Italian Hip Hop project named Razzarap with Claudio Cecchetto (Marton/Sony Music Italy) as a composer, producer and vocalist. It was around that period that the first Jungle tunes came from the UK and he immediately fell in love with that sincopate rhythm mixed up with ragga vocals and fat basslines; this provided the insipiration to release his first release as Slok in 1996, 'Jungle In My Home' EP - (Cuadra/IRMA records), followed up by the album 'They Call It Jungle (1997), the first ever Italian Drum'n'Bass cd, where he experimented with various elements, from jazzy atmosphere to raw funk, walking on brazilian textures painted with Sci-Fi effects. The opera was well accepted by critics and this was accompanied with a good media response, with several of the tunes featuring in various compilations. Then came the d'n'b remixes for other artists such as The Average White Band, Sarah Jane Morris and Montefiori Cocktail. Meanwhile, Alessandro started Djing in Italy with Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass and Break Beat DJ sets. In 1999 he flew to London and lived there for several months, jamming and recording (with Goldie keyboardist Justina Curtis from Metalheadz) the formed the basis for what later would become his second Slok album: Freak 2000 (IRMA records 1999). With this release he attempted to join roots and styles, with rock and techno beats, reggae echoes and all the vibes that wrap you in living in "The City"; after that, he performed on the international stage, playing at Batofar club in Paris and at the Transmusical Festival, Rennes. Encouraged by the availability of low-cost technology and the increasing amount of quality production software, Alessandro siezed the chance to build-up a home studio, locked in, and focus on the quality of his features. In 2002, the "Stereonova" project saw the light and it have received support from most of the world's biggest tech progressive-oriented and started to release records for the UK label Plastic Fantastic. Alessandro meet and became friend with Eric Pasquereau, a young and talented singer-songwriter from Nantes, France; Eric, a.k.a. "The Patriotic Sunday", is 22, and after growing up in the US and playing in an indie-rock band influenced by Sonic Youth and Fugazi, he'll release his first album on the 16th of march for the Collectif Effervescence label Lay Your Soul Bare, a collection of 11 self-penned songs. Together, they created two songs, the club hit 'Lonely Child' and 'Hey Steve', composed during Eric's Italy study trip; those were both born as a testimony of their friendship and love for music! From April 2006 his own Electronic Petz label is active - www.electronicpetz.com with some nice releases. Actually Alessandro are co-produced the best Syndication FM Radio show in Italy called MAGMA - www.magmaweb.it aired on 43 Italian Radio Stations FM. He have turned the world as dj on France, Russia, Canada, Croatia, Portugal, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Hungary and of course he’s well-know in his native Italy. Finally on 2007 Alessandro Join with Most Wanted Entertainment www.mostwanteddjs.com , a worldwide booking agency based in Toronto, known for its high profile DJ acts, and most recently venturing into the area of live performances.
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DANY ZEN | UNITED DEEJAYS AGAINST TERRORISM | SLOK REMIX | ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTAL MIX | ELECTRONIC PETZ
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/10/2006
Band Website: WWW.SLOK.IT
Band Members: DISCOGRAPHY AS SLOK

RELEASES

(Albums):

They Call It Jungle (CD) Cuadra/Irma/Sony Music Italy 1997

Freak 2000 (CD) - Irma 1999

NU54 Volume 1 (Mixed CD) - IRMA Records 2007

(Singles):

Jungle In My Home EP Vol. 1 (12") Cuadra/Irma 1997

In Nature (12") - Irma Unlimited 2001

Lonely Child (12") - Saw Recordings 2005

Lonely Child (Satoshi Tomiie Remixes) (12") - Saw Recordings 2006

Slok vs Beastie Boys Edit - We Got The - BBOY001 2006

We Got The Power Of Edit - Electronic Petz 2006

Sense Of Love EP - Electronic Petz 2006

Latin World - Electronic Petz 2006

Mininouse - Electronic Petz 2006

Hey Steve - Electronic Petz 2007

Slok n Roll EP - Acute Recordings / Electronic Petz 2008

Slok - Unlimited - Electronic Petz - tbc 2008

Toronto Love - Turbo Recordings - May 2008

Remixes:

Average White Band - Livin' On Borrowed Time (Slok Remix) Irma 1997

Sarah Jane Morris - Ever Gonna Make It (Slok Remix) Irma 1998

Montefiori Cocktail - Crazy Beat (Slok Remix) Irma 1999

Motel Connection Remixes - White Label

Karen Overtone - In Your Loving Arms - (Slok Cinematic mix) - White Label 2006

Elbee Bad - Just Don't Stop The Dance (Slok Vocal Remix) - Get Physical Music 2006

Allan Ramirez & Dustin Robbins - Insert Coin (Slok Remix) - Juicy Spain 2007

Thomas Lunch - You Are My Drug (Slok n Roll Mix) - HiFi Alleance /

Greenskeeper - Light Of Fire (Slok Rmx) - OM Records tbc 2008

Dany Zen - United Deejays Against Terrorism (Slok Remix) - Electronic Petz 2008

Mastiksoul - Pimp it (Slok Remix) - 4Kenzo Records 2008

Tracks Appear On:

Globe@t (CD) Brazillian Jazz Irma 1997

In Flux: Drum 'N' Bass In Movement (CD) Exalted (Original Mix) Irma 1997

Jungle Flavours (2xLP) Urban Station Irma 1997

Chill Out Cafe Volume Uno (CD) One To Go Irma 1998

Jungle Jazz Vol. 3 (CD) Brasilian Jazz - Irma 1998

Irma Cocktail Lounge Vol. 2 (CD) Brazilian Jazz Irma 1999

Juice (CD) Urban Station Irma 1999 Meltin Pot Vol.2 - Irma 1999

Jungle Jazz: The Italian Test (2xCD) Armonic Head, Escape Irma 1999

Chill Out Cafe Volume Uno (CD) One To Go Irma 2000

Irma Unlimited 05 - Fall / Winter House Collection (3xLP) In Nature (DJ Choco Rmx) Irma Unlimited 2000

Jungle Jazz Vol.4 (CD) In Nature Irma 2000

Jungle Jazz Volume 4 (3xLP) In Nature Irma 2000

Chill Out Café Volume Uno (CD) One To Go - Irma Café 2001

Satoshi Tomiie ES (CD) Lonely Child - Saw Recordings 2005

Pacha Winter Session vol.4 - Pacha Recordings

The Griphon Session - Lonely Child - SFP 2006

3D Satoshi Tomiie - Lonely Child - Renaissance 2006

Angels Chill Trance Essentials 3 - Lonely Child (Original Downtempo Mix) - 541, Play It Again Sam (PIAS) 2006

Fever (CD) Lonely Child UC Music Group 2006

Fabric 30 - Rub N Tug (CD) Lonely Child - Fabric (London) 2006

Septic VII (CD) Lonely Child - Dependent Records 2007

NU54 Volume 1 (Mixed CD) - IRMA Records 2007

AS STEREONOVA

Open Your Eyes / People Started To Move (12") - Plastic Fantastic 2002

Sometimes / Twisted (12") - Plastic Fantastic 2003

Changes - White Label 2003

Understand Me - White Label 2003

Circus EP (Disc 1) (12") - Plastic Fantastic 2004

Circus EP (Disc 2) (12") - Plastic Fantastic 2004

Test / Talk 2 Me (12") - Plastic Fantastic 2004

Freyia vs Stereonova - Massive - Universal Italy / Atollo Records 2005

Deep Inside EP - Electronic Petz 2006

MFC - Electronic Petz 2006

Tracks Appear On:

Global Underground Afterhours (2xCD) People Started To Move - Global
Underground 2002

Trendroid - Transport 6 (2xCD) Open Your Eyes Kinetic Records 2002

Progressive Sounds Of Budapest - Circus - Plastic Fantastic

Influences: SLOK - Dj Set @ Volar, Hong Kong, August 2007

SLOK- Dj set @ Beach Plaza Hotel 28th March 2008 on WMC

SLOK - Deesgustocosmicow (Electronic Petz) - Clip Video

WATER MOOG - music by SLOK 'Lonely Child' - Saw Recordings

Sounds Like: CLICK THE PIC FOR SEE ME NAKED

Record Label: SAW, Turbo, Get Physical, OM, IRMA,Electronic Petz
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SLOK’s INTERVIEW on LEMON SOUND (France)

Click here for read (French Language) http://www.lemonsound.com/interviews/765/Slok.html Thank you guys for all the support!!! much love Alessandro Russo (SLOK)...
Posted by SLOK on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:36:00 PST

SLOK PODCAST

I'M CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR ANY BOOKING PROPOSALS, PLEASE WRITE ME HERE [email protected] IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, THANK YOU! AND PLEASE CHECK MY INTERVIEW ON 4CLUBBERS.NET IF YOU W...
Posted by SLOK on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:39:00 PST

SLOK | Interview on 4Clubbers.net

Please check my interview on 4clubbers.net - by links below, thx! main pagehttp://www.4clubbers.net/SLOK's interview linkhttp://www.4clubbers.net/modules.php?name=News&file= article&sid=1365...
Posted by SLOK on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:43:00 PST

SLOK | JUNO CHART |

Please check my chart on JUNO here: http://www.juno.co.uk/charts/dj/573571-SLOK/11260-Chart/ Thank you SLOK!...
Posted by SLOK on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:24:00 PST

SLOK dj set @ Syndicated Beat (MIAMI) - Hosted By Birago Jones - Free Podcast / Download

Click here http://biragojones.com/tag/slok/ and check this out Listen and enjoy SLOK! ...
Posted by SLOK on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:23:00 PST

SLOK live @ Exploit, Milan, Italy - Press Release On TgCom.it

Click here for read the article: http://www.tgcom.mediaset.it/tgmagazine/articoli/articolo414 134.shtml (Italian Language Only)  ...
Posted by SLOK on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:08:00 PST

Water Moog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H27Qj5OYuWs This is a video made by a friend of mine called Charlie from Las Vegas, you can find him here http://www.myspace.com/roma Clip's is titled 'Wat...
Posted by SLOK on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:50:00 PST

Real DC (Real Design Collective)

please check here http://realdesigncollective.blogspot.com Im pleased to introduce you my very talented label's graphic department Real DC (Real Design Collective) Enjoy! peace SLOK!   &nbs...
Posted by SLOK on Wed, 28 May 2008 03:41:00 PST

ELECTRONIC PETZ ON BEATPORT

My LABEL on BEATPORThttps://www.beatport.com/es-ES/html/content/label/de tail/3470/electronic_petz   please check this out and send me your feedback,   thank you,   SLOK!...
Posted by SLOK on Fri, 16 May 2008 10:59:00 PST

KAMISSHAKE (UK) May 2008 Chart

KAMISSHAKE (UK - www.kamisshake.com ) MAY CHART 2008   1- dj simi- errore di sistema-sci tec 2- slok -toronto love- turbo records 3-hccr vs nick & danny chatelain -the crawl- bambos...
Posted by SLOK on Fri, 16 May 2008 12:41:00 PST