ALAN BARRATT ALAN WAS BORN IN NOTTINGHAM, U.K. IN 1974, HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC FIRST BEGAN AT THE AGE OF 7 WHEN HE JOINED A YOUTH DISPLAY BAND, WHERE HE WAS TAUGHT TO PLAY THE DRUMS, STARTING OFF ON A SIDE SLUNG SNARE DRUM, HE QUICKLY MOVED UP ONTO A SET OF QUAD DRUMS, THIS TAUGHT HIM THE BASIC PRIMAL RHYTHMS WHICH IS STILL EVIDENT IN HIS MUSIC TODAY. AT THE AGE OF 17 AFTER A FEW YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP AND TOURING ROUND THE U.K. WITH THE THEN TOP RAVE OUTFIT 'NEBULA 2' HE REALISED THAT PRODUCING MUSIC AND DJ'ING IS WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO. HE PUT TOGETHER A SMALL HOME STUDIO AND STARTED PRODUCING TECHNO AS WELL AS DJ'ING ON A FEW PIRATE RADIO STATIONS IN HIS HOME TOWN. HIS FIRS RELEASE WAS IN 1991 AND AT THE SAME TIME HE BEGAN A RESIDENCY AT A LOCAL CLUB. HE CONTINUED HIS PRODUCTIONS AND STARTED DJ'NG MORE AND MORE AROUND THE MIDLANDS INCLUDING PLAYING FOR ATOMIC JAM AND ULTIMATE FUSION. IN 1993 AFTER REUNITING WITH OLD FRIENDS NEBULA 2, HE MOVED HIS EQUIPTMENT INTO THIER STUDIO WHERE HE FIRST MET TONY THOMAS, THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT FRIENDSHIP. NOW ALAN HAD ACCESS TO A LARGE SCALE STUDIO AND HIS PRODUCTION QUALITY INCREASED EMENSLY. HIS MIXING CAREER HAS TAKEN HIM ALL OVER THE WORLD, PLAYING FOR CLUBS SUCH AS,ZOUK (SINGAPORE), PROPAGANDA (MOSCOW), THE RUB (TAMPA,U.S.A.) AMNESIA (IBIZA), DANCE VALLEY (HOLLAND) IMPULSE (HOLLAND), FESTIVAL OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC (SPAIN), REX CLUB (PARIS), PULP (PARIS), SOUTHPORT WEEKENDER (U.K.) FABRIC (U.K.). ALAN AND NOW LONG TIME FRIEND TONY THOMAS HAD BEEN GOING TO UNDERGROUND PARTIES IN LONDON CALLED BLACKSHEEP AND BOX ENERGY, THIS IS WHERE THEY FIRST HEARD TECHNO AND HOUSE MUSIC BEING MIXED TOGETHER AND IT BLEW THEIR MINDS. THE TOUGH TRIPPY TUNES WITH SOULFUL VOCALS INSTANTLY TURNED THEM ON AND SO IN 1998 THEY DECIDED TO SET UP THEIR OWN LABEL AND FORM 'THE PRODUCERS'. THIS ALSO LED THEM TO MOVE LOCATION TO LONDON, WHERE PAUL DAVIS (CIRCULATION) SIGNED THEM TO HIS 'CREATIVE' LABEL. A RELEASE ON 'END RECORDINGS' FOLLOWED AND THEN PAUL DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR AN ALBUM. ALAN THEN MOVED LOCATION ONCE AGAIN TO PARIS WHERE HE HAS DJ'ED FOR CLUBS SUCH AS THE REX, STUDIO 287, FOLIE'S PIGAL, THE QUEEN, PULP, THE CONCORD ATLANTIC, L'ENFER AND ELYSEE MONTMARTRE. HE ALSO HAS RELEASES ON FRENCH LABELS 'ROYAL DRUMS' 'ANTEDRUM', ANLX AND HIS TUNES ARE REGULARS ON PARIS RADIO F.G. AFRTER 5 YEARS OF LIVING IN PARIS ALAN HAS RETURNED TO HIS HOME TOWN OF NOTTINGHAM. HE CONTINUES WITH HIS GLOBAL DATES AND PRODUCTIONS AT HIS HOME AND ALSO WITH FELLOW PRODUCER TONY THOMAS AS 'THE PRODUCERS'.

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