Ali Wilson
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Judge Jules’ ‘Top Tip’ on Radio 1
Named as Carl Cox’s producer of 2006 (DJ Mag Top 100)
A vocation in dance music that spans a decade; an unprecedented reputation as a highly accomplished and distinctive producer coupled with a DJ ability to match; Ali Wilson is a name that is synonymous to Trance with DJs, Producers and clubbers alike.
As a versatile artist, he defies conforming to the consensus; finding inspiration from every corner of the musical spectrum providing for a fresh approach to dance music. His sound is unique and his technical ability unparalleled, which immediately differentiates him from the masses.
From a young age Mixmag proclaimed Ali as one of the ‘TOP 5 Young DJ’s to watch worldwide’ alongside Nic Fanculii and Montana. This was further cemented when he received an award as a ‘MixMag Future Hero’.
Carl Cox named him as one of his ‘producers of 2006’ in the DJ Mag Top 100 Poll and Judge Jules featured him as his ‘Top Tip for 2008’. Since this, Ali has gone on to prove them to be to be right. Ali’s productions now feature in every Trance DJ’s sets, he has toured worldwide and worked with some of the most prevalent artists and companies in the industry and has been a regular appearance on the biggest dance radio shows.
Ali DJs alongside many of the industry primes including Armin, Tiesto (asked to play on his kaleidoscope tour), Ferry Corsten, Gareth Emery, Sander van Doorn, Judge Jules and Marco V and has played some of the largest events across the globe such as the Sunrise Festival, Trance Energy and Judgement Sunday. Ali also plays regularly in Ibiza, Poland, Russia, USA, Asia, Cyprus and all over the UK.
With over 400 productions under his belt his productions have featured on some of the top labels in the world including Sony, Warner, Armada, Blackhole, Spinnin, Toolroom, Doorn, Ali’s own label Tekelec and having released his album on Dutch heavyweight Be Yourself (Incharge/High Contrast).
This musical aptitude has gained the attention of the media majors with Warner requesting his skills to remix various works for the internationally acclaimed, chart hitting singer/songwriter ‘Little Boots’. This has lead to further remix collaborations with some of the industry giants such as Tiesto, Bloc Party and Armin Van Buuren.
Ali’s bootlegs of Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’, Kings of Leon’s ‘Use somebody’ and the latest Lana Del Rey – Videogames have even become legendary throughout club land with that midas touch it guarantees to set any dance floor alight.
Ali’s 16-track-strong, genre-dissolving prodigy artist album ‘Phenomenon’ was released towards the end of 2010, and features the dance chart topping ‘Pandora’, which was tune of the week on ASOT 443, ‘Pandora’ also featured as one of the top 10 tracks of 2010 for Armin.
The album has already received patronage on Armin’s ASOT , BBC radio 1, and was further supported by the likes of Ferry Corsten and Gareth Emery.
Ali has also mixed…
High Contrast Recordings Presents Ali Wilson… which is a 31-track mix comp, purposefully and skillfully mixed to chip away at dance music’s stylistic borders. Lovers of Cox, Jules, Van Buuren, Prydz and a dozen other eclectic DJs will find plenty of audio to enjoy. Listen without prejudice (Quote from Tim Stark).
With a brand new residency @ The worlds biggest dance brand Ministry Of Sound Club & lots of brand new singles and remixes ready to go Ali Wilson is one DJ that is set to push the scene forward with his innovative and diverse approach to production and DJing, summer festivals are already locked down and tours are planned throughout the year……
Quotes:
Judge Jules (BBC Radio 1): “Ali Wilson was one I tipped for big things and he’s certainly delivered.”
Armin Van Buuren: “Pandora is off the hook!!!!!!! I play it in every set and every time the roof goes off!!!”
MIXMAG: “Ali Wilson is looking to be one of the success stories having being added as one of Tiesto’s support acts at resent shows!”
Ferry Corsten: “Just a message quickly to say that I love most of your new tracks. Been playing them A LOT!!!!! Awesome work!”
Carl Cox “Right now Ali cannot put a foot wrong”.