A Trak – Dirty South Dance

So I am currently listening to A-Trak’s mixtape called Dirty South Dance. It’s a limited addition (only 5000 albums released) so hopefully you can find your own copy on Amazon! Maybe there is something in the iTunes store, I personally haven’t checked .

A-Trak will be playing at Hard Fest Summer 2009 here in sunny Los Angeles, CA. I haven’t gotten tickets to this event yet, but I plan on going (depending on my wallet).

Here’s some extra info from Wikipedia and Last.fm if you guys are interested in learning more about his music:

From Wikipedia:

A-Trak (born Alain Macklovitch on March 30, 1982) is a Montreal-based DJ and turntablist.

A-Trak won the DMCs World DJ Championship in 1997 at the age of 15, making him both the youngest and first Canadian winner of the competition (as of 2003, he is one of two Canadian DMC World Champions – the second being Dopey).^[1]

He was the first DJ to win all three major DJ competition titles (DMC, ITF and Vestax) and the first DJ to win five world championships^[2]

He was later asked to join the now-defunct DJ crew Invisibl Skratch Piklz, and is a member of The Allies.

He cites the DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince album “He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper” as his introduction to turntablism. He is the current tour DJ for rapper Kanye West. He uses Serato Scratch LIVE. Macklovitch is the younger brother of David Macklovitch of the band Chromeo, with whom he runs the record label Audio Research.^[3] Alain attended Montreal private school Stanislas from the elementary level through lycée. He, along with Nick Catchdubs, founded the Fool’s Gold record label.

From Last.fm:

Alain Macklovitch performs and records under the name A-Trak. He is a Montreal, Quebec based DJ and turntablist. He won the DMCs World DJ Championship in 1997 at the age of 15, the youngest ever. He was later asked to join the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, and is a member of The Allies. He is currently supporting Kanye West as a DJ. A-Trak uses Serato Scratch LIVE.

==Titles and Awards==

*1997 Canadian DMC Champion
*1997 Technics / DMC World Champion (15 years old – youngest ever)
*1998 Technics DMC World finals (3rd place)