Alex Metric is a British musician, DJ and producer. He has released numerous EPs, remixed artists such as Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...

, La Roux

La Roux

La Roux are an English electropop duo made up of singer, keyboardist, co-writer and co-producer Eleanor Kate Jackson, and co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid. Jackson describes their relationship as "very much a half and half sharing situation... not like a singer producer outfit", but also...

, NERD

NERD

NERD is a British television production company founded in 2010 by Jago Lee and John Farrar. The company specialises in formatted and scripted entertainment for the UK and US markets....

, Phoenix

Phoenix (band)

Phoenix is a Grammy Award winning French indie rock band from Versailles, founded by Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz.-Formation and early years:...

, and Bloc Party

Bloc Party

Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...

 as well as working as a producer for acts such as The Infadels, Charli Xcx and Adam Freeland

Adam Freeland

Adam Freeland is an English DJ and producer associated with breakbeat based electronic music. He was a resident of Brighton, moved to Los Angeles where he recorded second album Cope™ but is now based back in Brighton...

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Career

Alex Metric started out as a nuskoolbreaks producer and came to prominence in 2008 after being voted 'Best Breakthrough Producer' at Breakspoll. He also got voted 'Best Remixer of the Year' by London radio station XFM. In 2009, Metric joined Radio 1's 'In New DJs We Trust' with his first show on June 12, 2009. Metric quit the station at the end of 2010 to concentrate on his productions. In January 2010 Clash Music magazine ranked him at number two in their list of the best DJs of 2010, second only to Brodinski. 2011 saw the release of his collaboration with Steve Angello "open Your Eyes" on Virgin / Positive which stayed on the BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

 A list for 4 weeks. A compilation of Alex Metric's remix & production work also titled "Open Your Eyes" was released on August 22, 2011. During the past four years he has remixed high profile bands like La Roux, Gorillaz, U2, Depeche Mode, and the Beastie Boys.

In 2010, Metric completed his "rock n' rave" production work for the Infadel's forthcoming album, The Future of Gravity Boy. He helped the band record five tracks for the upcoming record including the epic, dark disco stomper From Out of The Black Sky and the french house flavored Ghosts. Gravity Boy is expected to be released sometime in the fall of 2011.

More recently, Alex Metric & Steve Angello have been involved in a high profile collaboration with Ian Brown (Former Stone Roses frontman) for their vocal version of the electro-house centric track, Open Your Eyes. Metric also collaborated with Charlie XCX for his recent single, End of the World which conjures up memories of vintage Kate Bush.

Alex Metric is a regular at clubs and festivals around the world with his DJ sets and Live shows.
He is also rumored to have been involved in the production duties for Snow Patrol's new 2011 record, Fallen Empires.

Singles and EPs

• Whatshewants - EP (2007)
• Deadly On A Mission - EP (2008)
• In Your Machine - EP (2008)
• The Head Straight - EP (2009)
• It Starts - EP (2009)
• It Starts Remixes - EP (2009)
• Open Your Eyes - Single (2011)
• Open Your Eyes (Remixes & Productions) - Album (2011)
• End Of The World - EP (2011)

Remixes

• Hard Fi - "Suburban Knights
  Suburban Knights
  "Suburban Knights" is the first single from British band Hard-Fi's second album Once Upon a Time in the West. The physical format of the single was released on 20 August 2007, the digital version was released on 6 August 2007...
  
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• Autokratz - Stay The Same"
• Splittr - All Alone"
• Black Daniel - Gimme What You Got"
• Locarnos - Make Up Your Mind"
• Alphabeat - Boyfriend"
• Reverend & The Makers-Silence is Talking"
• Infadels - Free Things for Poor People"
• Freeland - Under Control"
• Primary 1 - Ho Lord" (Unreleased)
• The Enemy - Sing When You're In Love" (Unreleased)
• Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning"
• Phoenix - Lisztomania"
• Bloc Party - One More Chance"
• U2-Crazy" (Unreleased)
• Kenneth Bager - I Cant Wait"
• Fenech-Soler - Lies"
• La Roux - Quicksand"
• Gorillaz - Stylo"
• Beastie Boys - Sabotage"
• Ellie Goulding - Salt Skin"
• Maximum Balloon - Groove Me"
• NERD - "Hypnotize U
  Hypnotize U
  "Hypnotize U" is a song by funk rock/hip-hop group N.E.R.D., produced by The Neptunes and Daft Punk. It was released on October 16, 2010. It is the second single off their fourth studio album, Nothing.-Music video:...
  
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• Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus
  Personal Jesus
  "Personal Jesus" is Depeche Mode's 23rd UK single, released on August 29, 1989, and the first single from the album Violator. The single reached No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100...
  
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• Niki and The Dove - "Mother Protect"
• Sade - "Love Is Found" (Promo only)
• The Whip - "Secret Weapon"

Bootlegs

• The Rapture-The Devil (Alex Metric Bootleg)
• Metric-Monster Hospital (Alex Metric Bootleg)
• Stress Thriller (Alex Metric Mash-Up)
• Cassius-Sound of Violence (Alex Metric Re-Edit)
• Blur-Song 2 (Alex Metric Festival Edit)
• Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams (Alex Metric Bootleg)
• Cheryl Cole-Parachute (Alex Metric Bootleg)

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