Erol Alkan Biography

Erol Alkan is the DJ and promoter of London's most talked about club Trash.
Always two steps ahead of anyone else the club has played host to the first
gigs in the capital for the likes of The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, Zoot
Woman, Peaches and the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs to more leftfield newcomers this
year like Captain Comatose, Fannypack, Mu and Whirlwind Heat.

Alongside the rise of Trash Erol has become a sought after DJ at cutting
edge dance clubs like Bugged Out, 21st Century Body Rockers, Return To New
York, Fabric, The Cock and The Boutique. His salacious, anarchic DJing
style - playing records with the verve and enthusiasm of a rock star with
the looks to match - has inspired a keen fanbase. He's always got some
curveballs and surprises burnt onto CD 'specially for each gig and is often
the lucky recipient of upfront tunes from kindred spirits like Soulwax,
Tiga, Trevor Jackson, Ewan Pearson and Blackstrobe.

In the last two years his spirited attitude to DJing and music (which he
has an encylopedic knowledge of and never stops talking about!) was
recognised at the Muzik awards in 2002 where he won the 'Best Newcomer' and
has found him playing all the major clubs and festivals abroad this year
with regular trips to New York, Paris, Berlin, Belgium, Sweden, Brazil and
Denmark. At
Glastonbury 2003 he played three different sets across the weekend on the
dance stage, the Radio 1 stage (broadcast live) and at the Vice party.
His mix for Muzik magazine in July 2003 featured tracks from the following
artists: Playgroup/Zongamin/Mitsy/Duran Duran/The Faint/Codec and
Flexor/Headman/Chicken Lips/Goldfrapp/Ewan Pearson/Kiko & The
Hacker/Ferenc/Archigram/Uminski.