Alok_(DJ)

Alok (DJ)

Alok (DJ)

Brazilian DJ, record producer (born 1991)


Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo (Portuguese pronunciation: [/a'lɔki/]; born 26 August 1991) is a Brazilian musician, DJ, and record producer.[1] He is known for his single "Hear Me Now".[2] In 2021 and 2022, Alok was ranked the 4th best DJ in the world by DJ Mag, being the highest position occupied by a Brazilian.[3][4]

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Alok has become one of the most prominent icons in the Brazilian electronic scene, with honors and awards, such as "Best DJ in Brazil" by House Mag in 2014 and 2015,[5] and being the only Brazilian in the top 25 in the world the following year by DJ Mag magazine.[6] In 2017, he was elected by Forbes Brasil as one of the most influential people under the age of 30 in the country.[7]

Biography

Petrillo was born in Goiânia, Brazil, the son of DJs Swarup and Ekanta, who are also pioneers of psytrance in the country and creators of the Universo Paralello, electronic music festival in Bahia.[8]

His name came after his parents travelled to India, where they met with spiritual guru Osho, who indicated that the boy should be called Alok, which in the Sanskrit language means "light".[9][10]

Career

He began his career at the age of 12 along with his fraternal twin brother Bhaskar Petrillo.[11] At age 19 he pursued a solo career, becoming one of the most prominent icons in the Brazilian electronic scene, with honors and awards, such as "Best DJ in Brazil" awarded by House Mag for two consecutive times (in the years 2014 and 2015)[12] and the only Brazilian in the top 25 world DJ ranking by DJ Magazine in 2016.[13]

At age 10 he began to learn to play, playing music with his fraternal twin brother Bhaskar.[14] In 2004, he and his brother attended the rehearsal studio of their father Swarup's band, playing drums. According to Ekanta, they were interested in how the remixes were made and with the help of DJ's Zumbi and Pedrão, family friends, they taught the brothers to mix the songs, and each one learned a specialty, one on the keyboard and the other on the guitar. Shortly thereafter, Dick Trevor installed the Logic Pro music editing program on Swarup's computer, bringing the brothers closer to producing music.[8]

He and his brother attended the presentations that their parents made at parties PSY trance, soon creating the project Logica.[8][15]

Petrillo is also the founder of UP Club Records, a record label specializing in discovering new inborn talent in electronic music.[16]

In November 2019, Alok Petrillo became a character of Garena Free Fire under his name Alok and Song released Vale Vale with Zafrir.[17] in August 2021, according to in-game info from Garena Free Fire Alok is the most used character in game. Petrillo along with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & KSHMR released "Reunion" for Free Fire's 4th anniversary.[18]

Record label

On 3 July 2019, Alok released a song called "The Wall" along with American DJ Sevenn as the first single off his record label Controversia, a label he created in partnership with Spinnin Records to release Brazilian bass music.[19]

Discography

Studio albums

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Singles

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Remixes

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Notes

  1. "Work with My Love" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 100, but peaked at number three on the Single Tip chart.[107]
  2. "Let's Get Fkd Up" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 100, but peaked at number 25 on the Single Tip chart.[113]
  3. "Deep in Your Love" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[116]

References

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  2. "Oito motivos que fazem de Alok o DJ mais top do momento". Universo Online (in Portuguese). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  3. "Top 100 DJs 2022". DJ Mag. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  4. "Top 100 DJs 2021". DJ Mag. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. Angel, Rozze (25 April 2016). "Alok Petrillo o DJ STAR". Drops Mag (in Portuguese). issuu. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  6. "Free Fire Bio". Garena contracted with Alok for FreeFire. Also the Sanskrit translation for 'Alok' is 'light'
  7. Lima, Gabriela (9 April 2016). "Considerado o DJ número 1 do País, o goiano Alok Petrillo é atração da Festa da Fantasia Sunrise". Jornal O Popular (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  8. "Top 100 DJs 2016 | DJMag.com". djmag.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  9. "Alok Petrillo – Revelação da Música Eletrônica Brasileira em 2014". musicaeletronicabrasileira.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  10. "Mathix acaba de lançar novo single, ouça "Fuck You Bitch" | BreakTudo". BreakTudo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 July 2017. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  11. "UP CLUB: Alok lança própria gravadora". www.phouse.com.br. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  12. Bald, Cameron (5 November 2019). "DJ Alok becomes Garena Free Fire's resident DJ". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  13. "Alok, Sevenn – The Wall". Retrieved 3 July 2019 via YouTube.
  14. "Deeper - Single by Alok on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  15. Peak chart positions for singles in Brazil:
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  17. "Track Top-40 Uge 4, 2017". Hitlisten.NU. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  18. "finnishcarts.com – Finnish charts portal". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  19. Peaks in France:
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  26. "Escute "VillaMix (Suave)", parceria de Alok com a dupla Matheus & Kauan". Pop Cyber (in European Portuguese). 28 July 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  27. "Escute "Big Jet Plane", nova música de Alok em parceria com Mathieu Koss". Pop Cyber (in European Portuguese). 29 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  28. "Ouça "Ocean", nova música de Alok". Pop Cyber (in European Portuguese). 27 April 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
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  30. "Confira "Toda La Noche", aposta de Alok no reggaeton!". Pop Cyber (in European Portuguese). 25 May 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  31. Bein, Kat (26 July 2018). "Alok & Selva Show Off Their Fiddle Skills On Pop Ballad 'I Miss U': Exclusive". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
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  33. Siganporia, Melody (19 October 2018). "Alok and Yves V Team Up to Drop "Innocent" ft. Gavin James on Spinnin' Records". Edm.com - the Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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  35. "Ouça "Próximo Amor", parceria de Alok com Luan Santana!". Pop Cyber (in European Portuguese). 23 November 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
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  38. "Epitáfio – Single". iTunes Store (BRA). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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  40. "Alok lança "Metaphor", parceria com Timmy Trumpet, renomado produtor australiano". Pop Cyber (in European Portuguese). 2 February 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  41. Bain, Katie (15 March 2019). "Alok, Felix Jaehn and The Vamps deliver breezy collab 'All The Lies': Listen". Billboard. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  42. "Alok lança "All the Lies", música em parceria com Felix Jaehn e a banda inglesa The Vamps". Pop Cyber (in European Portuguese). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  43. "Do It Again – Single by Steve Aoki & Alok on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  44. Sani, Niko (8 June 2019). "Alok and Quintino are ready to keep you up all night with 'Party Never Ends'". Edm.com - the Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  45. Fabrick, Mark (23 July 2019). "Alok talks 'The Wall', new record label, touring, and Brazilian scene". Your EDM. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  46. Bein, Kat (30 August 2019). "Alok and Harrison bring new life to Bronski Beat's 'Smalltown Boy' with 'Tell Me Why'". Spin. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  47. "Vale Vale – Single". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  48. "Table for 2 – Single by Alok on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  49. Veiga, Luan (27 September 2019). "Alok e Iro lançam novo single "Table for 2"". Pop Cyber (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  50. "Killed by the City – Single". iTunes Store. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  51. "On & On – Single". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  52. Sani, Niko (7 February 2020). "Alok enlists JØRD and DJ MP4 for 'The Book Is On The Table'". EDM.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  53. "Symphonia – Single by Alok on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  54. Sweeney, Farrell (25 August 2020). "Alok and Kshmr come together for dance-worthy new single, 'Let Me Go'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  55. "Alive (It Feels Like) – Single by Alok on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  56. Bierman, Brooke (9 January 2021). "Alok's 'Rapture' flip captures the nostalgia of iiO's original with a slap house twist". Edm.com - the Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  57. Fabrick, Mark (3 February 2021). "Alok teams up with Everyone You Know for smooth new track 'Kids on Whizz'". Your EDM. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  58. "Body on My Mind - Single by Alok on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  59. Dancing Astronaut Staff (6 November 2021). "Alok, John Martin tap into musical bliss on new single, 'Wherever You Go'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  60. DJ Mag Staff (21 December 2021). "Alok shares official remix of Squid Game soundtrack: Listen". DJ Mag. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  61. "Keep Walking - Single by Alok & Rooftime on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  62. "Headlights (feat. KIDDO) - Single by Alok & Alan Walker on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  63. "Meu Amor - Single by Alok & Ixã on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  64. Ackroyd, Stephen (31 March 2022). "Bastille are teaming up with Alok for a brand new single, 'Run Into Trouble'". Dork. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  65. "Top Singles (Week 33, 2022)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  66. "Always Feel Like - Single by Alok on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
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  73. "Dutch Single Tip 20/01/2024". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  74. "Novela - Single by Alok, VINNE & MC Lan on Apple Music". Apple Music. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  75. "ALOK & Bebe Rexha Release "Deep In Your Love"". The Nocturnal Times. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  76. Neves, Gustavo (10 January 2018). "Simone e Simaria lançam a música "Paga de Solteiro Feliz" com Alok!". Pop Cyber (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  77. "Tell Me Why (VIP Mix) – Single by Alok on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  78. Kreps, Daniel (15 May 2020). "Hear the Rolling Stones' bouncy Alok remix of 'Living in a Ghost Town'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

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