events

Saturday, 7th March 2009

Erol Alkan

Em Williams
James Weston

Warmup

Helping us celebrate 10 Simple years will be Erol Alkan on the 7th March—a night not to be missed—and unusually for Simple this will be a ticketed event but it has sold out as of 3rd March.

Erol Alkan.
Have you heard the one about Erol Alkan? The humble 12 year old maestro-in-the-making who sneaks out the window of his parents flat to play gigs for a tenner? About the bearded studio-sorcerer worshipped by bands and DJs half his age as a living electronic idol? About the kid in his early 20s who’s founded that Trash night in London where they’re playing Bowie and basslines at the same time?

I heard that he invented the mash-up. I heard that he created the second coming of French Touch just by remixing Justice’s “Waters Of Nazareth”. I heard he bought guitar music back from the grave. No, it was electronic music. Or was it reggae? I heard he once revived a Roland 303 just by looking at it. Didn’t you hear? He’s bringing psychedelia back? Wait – I heard he’s bringing Disco back? Didn’t you hear?

Read the rest of Erol Alkan's biography where you can listen to clips of his tracks and link through to his website.