Alex From Tokyo - Beats In Space - Jul 2007 - Part 1

Biography of Alex From Tokyo

Paris born, Tokyo raised and now New York/Tokyo based internationalecclectic DJ, producer and international coordinator.

Having lived In Tokyo more than 20 years since he was a kid, he has developed into one of the strongest crossover DJ in Tokyo and has become as well the key person connecting
the world and Japan (F Communications Japan Representative, Mr.Bongo / Disorient Japan staff, Bossa Tres Jazz project coordinator, Silent Poets coordinator etc.). He participated from 1992 to 1995 to the development of the Paris underground club scene with friends DJ Deep and DJ Gregory through their 'A Deep Groove' unit and radio show on Paris' Radio FG 98.2 FM. He launched in February 2002 his WORLD FAMOUS project label collaborating with London's design team Robbie Bear & Leanne (thanks&praise, wadada) releasing worldwide the Tokyo underground hit 'Melancholic Dub by Dan K. He released in January 2003 his 3rd mix CD 'Deep Atmosphere - the journey continues' in Japan on Flower records. He decided then to move to NYC to go more global and to take his art to the next level! He has been going back and forth NYC and Tokyo every 2 months, and in its 10 years DJing career, he has been doing for more than 7 years now the Sunday afternoon regular party at Aoyama Cay in Tokyo with DJ Nori, Kenji Hasegawa and Fukuba.

http://www.myspace.com/alexfromtokyo

Tim Sweeney - Beats In Space - Jul 2007 - Part 1

Biography of Tim Sweeney

Sweeney was born March 13, 1981 in Raleigh, North Carolina. DJ and producer Tim Sweeney spent the early years of his life in North Carolina, Georgia, and Maryland. He enrolled at New York University in 1999 in order to study music technology and became a regular presence on WNYU via his Beats in Space program. He also held down internships with pioneering turntablist Steinski and the DFA label, in addition to becoming a skilled club DJ. After contributing saxophone to the DFA remix of Radio 4's 'Dance to the Underground' and mixing the DFA showcase disc that came with the April 2003 issue of Muzik, Sweeney's name became familiar to those outside New York. Along with DFA co-head Tim Goldsworthy, Sweeney put together the mixed disc that was issued as part of 2004's DFA Compilation #2. He contributed to Rammellzee's Bi-Conicals of the Rammellzee as well.