DJ Aphlatoon
Encyclopedia
DJ Aphlatoon is known as the first Pakistan
i remix
producer. He was the first DJ to release two albums containing only Pakistani songs remixed with hip hop
, reggae
and techno
beats.
In the Arabic language
, the philosopher Plato
is known as Aphlatoon.
Born in Peshawar
, Pakistan
, DJ Aphlatoon moved to New York
when he was 15 where he started remixing in 1996.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
producer. He was the first DJ to release two albums containing only Pakistani songs remixed with hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
and techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
beats.
In the Arabic language
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
, the philosopher Plato
Plato
Plato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the...
is known as Aphlatoon.
Born in Peshawar
Peshawar
Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan....
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, DJ Aphlatoon moved to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
when he was 15 where he started remixing in 1996.
Discography
- Mixistan, released in 1999 online and through mp3.com label.
- Shauq, released in 2003 from Pakhits records.
- AmychophobicAmychophobicAmychophobic is the name of a remix CD released by DJ Aphlatoon in late 2004. The title of the CD is based on the disease known as amychophobia....
, 2004 release consisting of global music (Persian, Arabic, Dutch, English, Urdu, Hindi).