Patrick Alavi
Patrick Alavi is a German musician, producer, remixer and DJ; specialising in Funk and Electronic music.
Career
History
In 1996, Alavi released his first EP as DJ ALAVI on Sonic House, a sub label of the German techno label Atomic Silence.In 2001, Alavi was signed by Bad Boy Bill for his labels Moody Recordings and International House Records.
That same year Alavi signed 2 EP's on the French label Vertigo on which also Romain Tranchart from Modjo released his first EP as Funk Legacy.
In 2004, Kris Menace signed Alavi for two EP's on his label Work It Baby. The track "Power" later was re-released in the UK with new mixes on Azuli Records.
The track "Come To Me" reached no. 3 in the UK Buzz charts.
In 2005, Alavi founded his own label called roXour on which he released music by Benjamin Theves, Tepr, Flairs and others.
In the same year his track "The End" peaked at no. 1 in the UK Buzz charts presented on Pete Tong's radio show on BBC Radio 1.
In 2007, his track "Gotta Move" under the project name "Turbofunk" reached no. 79 in the Dutch single charts and no.1 in the UK Buzz and Hype charts. The track contains a sample of "Dancing in the Street" by Peter Jacques Band.
Remixes
In addition to his own material Alavi has created official remixes for artists such asJamelia, Gossip, Adamski, Shinichi Osawa, Hatiras and Laidback Luke.