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artist · mustang
release · transitions
year · 1999
genre · lo-fi
label · visions inc.
catalogue · vision 001
website · www.visions-inc.net
date · 30-dec-2004
quality · 219kbps/44,1khz
source · vinyl
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alex attias is mustang. he loves to spend time with his family. he
also is fond of eating and cooking: morroccan, japanese, italian
and thai food. red and white wine. reading lots of books. getting
all down with sport. travelling and going to the cinema watching
movies: 60s french films, old mel brooks stuff, star wars, pixar
animation and kung fu flicks. but moreover, signore alex attias is
a renowned international dj!
starting off in the magical 1988, with pulsating sets embracing
house, funk and disco classics, he later progressed on to the
eclectic jazz thing. throughout the late 80's and early 90's, he
established himself as one of switzerland's top dj's running his
own successful weekly nights ûfor example as part of the coop
sessions at plastic people / london--, being booked to play all
over europe, and in return booking top international dj's to play
in switzerland. alex also was a long-time collaborator for the
magazine vibrations, writing reviews and compiling their series of
albums.
by 1995, he was ready to break into electronic music production,
contributing a track to the 5 star galaxy compilation in the
company of producer patrick rollercone duvoisin. the following
year he set up the bel-air project, and began attracting attention
with their first release magik, which was featured on one of the
famous sourcelab compilations. bel-air project's next two releases
became minor underground cult classics jazz with altitude and dark
jazzor were both championed by the likes of 4 hero, gilles
peterson and stacey pullen. at that time, alex set up his own
record stable label corn-flex and was busy collaborating under
different disguises, with paul martin as beatless and with his
bel-air colleague as funkanova.
1997 saw the demise of the bel-air project and alex moved to
england to pursue new musical projects. mustang and beatless are
currently the main sources of his creative output (plus a few
sporadic collaborations: river plate with his brother stephane,
and plutonia with dego from 4 hero).
three years down the row alex set up his new record stable label,
visions inc., for which he's been busy recording with super
keyboard whiz kid jessica lauren, producing tracks for soul singer
vanessa freeman, and his own mustang project.
the first brilliant beatless album life mirrors was released in
october 2001 on the american label ubiquity, featuring tracks
recorded in san francisco with the daughters from the 70's band
the sons and daughters of lite, with stones throw rapper
quasimoto, and the multitalented colonel red. around the same
time, irma records from italy released his quiet moments
compilation, an assortment of chilled and spaced jazz tracks from
the past to unwind to.
a selection of visions single releases and exclusives have been
released september 2002 on a compilation entitled the chromatic
universe featuring treats from dego, i.g. culture, plutonia,
vanessa freeman, mustang and domu to name but a few. he┤s also
created a soundtrack for the french channel arte to accompany
anomalies passageres , a film directed by nadia fares.
the first volume of goya music┤s new dj cd mixes series has been
completed by the mustang man himself, and the series will continue
with dego, bugz in the attic, ig culture, domu and some of the djs
worldwide who are into sweet tunes! more bizzyness is on its way!
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