A-Trak

Infobox musical artist
Name = A-Trak

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Genre = Hip Hop, Electro
Years_active = 1997-present
Label = Fool's Gold
Associated_acts = Kanye West
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A-Trak (born Alain Macklovitch 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). [ [http://www.dmcdjchamps.com/worldchamps.asp World Champions - DMC World DJ Championships ] ]

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 [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=363516 Billboard.com - Biography - A-Trak ] ]

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. [ [http://www.sandboxautomatic.com/audioresearch/ Audio Research Records ] ] Alain attended Montreal private school Stanislas from the elementary level through lycée. He, along with Nick Catchdubs, founded the Fool's gold record label.

Titles and Awards

*1997 Technics / DMC World Champion (15 years old - youngest ever) [ [http://www.dmcworld.com/championships/worldchampions/1997atrak.asp DMC World DJ Champions] ]
*1998 Technics DMC World finals (3rd place)
*1999 ITF Western Hemisphere Scratch Champion
*1999 ITF Advancement World Champion
*1999 Vestax Extravaganza World Champion
*2000 West Coast Technics / DMC Team Champion
*2000 Technics / DMC Team World Champion
*2000 ITF Advancement World Champion

Discography

*"Gangsta Breaks" (12")
*"Buck Tooth Wizards" (CD)
*"Enter Ralph Wiggum" (7")
*"Monkey Boy Breaks" (12")
*"Don't Fool With The Dips" (12")
*"Oh No You Didn't! Live From Vancouver" (CD)
*"Drive Slow Mixtape w/ GLC" (CD)
*"Sunglasses Is A Must" (DVD)
*"Dirty South Dance" (CD), Obey's 4th mixtape, limited to 5000 copies.
*"Running Man: Nike+ Original Run (Exclusive to ITunes)

ee also

*Disco Mix Club
*International Turntablist Federation
*List of Quebec musicians

External links

*myspace|id=djatrak|name=A-Trak
*official|http://www.djatrak.com
* [http://www.the-allies.com/ The Allies Official page]
* [http://www.mtv.ca/?id=1533504 A-Trak on MTV Overdrive]
* [http://www.ignoremagazine.com/features/a-trak/index.html Interview with A-Trak]
* [http://www.formatmag.com/features/a-trak/ Interview @ Format Mag]
* [http://www.djtimes.com/issues/2007/01/_features_index_01_2007.htm Interview with "DJ Times", 2007]
* [http://modernfix.com/?page_id=22 Interview in Modern Fix, 2007]
* [http://www.itshiphop.tv/shows/thebreakdown/2/9 Interview on itshiphop.tv]
* [http://www.soundproofmagazine.com/Canada/Features/DJ_A-Trak_Hip_Hops_Running_Man_Who_Always_Stays_Ahead.html Interview with SoundProof Magazine]

;Videos
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=N3Jf1Lqj7Vo DMC World 1997 Winning Routine on "Skratchtv", 1997]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q4gKl1hocwo DMC World 1998 World Routine on "Skratchtv", 1998]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=-PtMrWHFv2A SkratchTV interview with Atrak "Skratchtv", 2005]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=FKnMi4g8YTw Beat-Jugglin Justin Timberlake's My Love "Skratchtv", 2007]
* [http://www.zoom-in.com/apple/music/spotlights/rehearsal_space_a_trak Rehearsal Space: A-Trak]

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