All About Alex Smoke
Subsonic Music Festival: Ready to launch
by Chris Honnery on December 1st, 2009
Prior to the inaugural Subsonic Music Festival kicking off on the weekend, co-founders Scott Commens and Marco Mazucco chatted with ITM about their bold attempt to shake up the local festival scene. [more]
Alex Smoke: Happy by association
by Skrufff on April 15th, 2008
Three years after he emerged on Soma Records as one of Scotland’s mostly hotly tipped new stars, minimal tech-type Alex Smoke is going it alone, setting up his own label Hum & Haw. [more]
ITM’s tjaden catches Glasgow’s minimal wunderkind kid Alex Smoke in Auckland - en route to Australia - and waxes lyrical about the lost art of emotive electronic music, family and massacring the gods. [more]
Straight off the tarmac and into the Red Bull Music Academy, Alex Smoke has very little time for relaxation these days, but still manages to find ten minutes to run through his top 10 chill out tracks for ITM. [more]
Subsonic Festival set times + maps for this weekend
The newest and most unique entry to the Sydney festival calendar kicks off this weekend, with Subsonic set to take over Barrington Tops. If you’re making the pilgrimage, check out the set times and maps so you can start planning out your weekend! [more]
Subsonic Music Festival adds Alex Smoke & Format:B
The Subsonic Music Festival turned quite a few heads when it announced to the public earlier this month, set to take place in early December with an impressive lineup of underground electronic artists. Well, the lineup just got even better. [more]
Alex Smoke's Melbourne encore
After rocking Blow Your Own Way last Saturday, Soma Corp have answered the prayers of electronica fans by announcing an exclusive encore for Scottish techno export Alex Smoke. [more]
Alex Smoke wafting back to Australia for live tour
Soma Corp are pleased to present the return visit of Glaswegian minimal tech star Alex Smoke, who brings his infamous live show back to Australia this April and May. [more]
Alex Smoke gets classical
Glaswegian techno prodigy Alex Smoke has never been one to work inside the square. Now the DJ-producer is teaming up with the Scottish Ensemble for a project fusing electronic and classical music. [more]
Scottish dance stars back cops' drugs call
Alex Smoke and David 'Brun' Brown from Swayzak both welcomed calls by Scotland's influential Police Federation to legalise drugs this week, telling Skrufff the move could cut deaths and crime rates in their home country. [more]
Alex Smoke lashes London's 'too many wankers'
Glasgow minimal maestro/ Aleister Crowley fan Alex Smoke accused Londoners of being over-pushy and false this week, telling DJ Magazine 'I could never live in London there are too many wankers'. [more]
The Likes of You pres. Nathan Fake, Alex Smoke & Format:B @ The Colonial Hotel, Melbourne (11/12/09)
It had all the makings of a techno lover's wet dream. Four internationals, three stages, three levels, eight hours and what was rumoured to be the most impressive level of production at a Likes of You party to date. [more]
Subsonic Festival 2009 @ Riverwood Downs, NSW (04-06/12/09)
by holzmarktstr 25 on December 10th, 2009
Wow. That was good. Just when you thought Sydney's festival calendar was past saturation point, along comes Subsonic and blows the rest of them away. [more]
Lost Baggage feat. Alex Smoke and Matthias Tanzmann @ The Cross, Sydney (03/05/08)
by JackT on May 6th, 2008
When you dress up for Lost Baggage, you can be sure the club looks the part too. This time round, with two stellar producers headlining, it’s fitting that we’ll be getting lost in space. [more]
Blow Your Own Way feat. Alex Smoke @ Colonial Hotel, Melbourne (26/04/08)
by tben on April 30th, 2008
Those who were on the top floor of Brown Alley this Saturday can understand how Alex Smoke [Soma/Vakant/Hum+Haw] is incredibly hard to place genre-wise. [more]
Alex Smoke’s first visit down under was a roaring success. His gig at the Chinese Laundry has been much talked about, and is widely regarded as the gig of the year last year. This year finds Alex playing for the Minimal Fuss crew. [more]
Smoke’s music resonates with wistful longing. Our imaginations grasp at fleeting memories; we ponder what might have been. We reminisce and ultimately, we feel. [more]
With tech house legend Alex Smoke headlining, all in all another excellent night at the Laundry. Nothing more needs to be said really. If you missed it: you missed out. If you were there: savour how good it was. [more]
While my llama and I nearly made an early exit due to the stifling heat, Alex Smoke delivered a set above all expectations and proved why he has become so highly respected. [more]
It'll be hard to beat this kind of gig where the electric bards of the Avant Guarde are there in handfulls to hear and appreciate. Speziale! [more]
Various Artists - Electrolounge: New Music For Delicate Ears
'Electrolounge: New Music For Delicate Ears' is a first offering in this new series from French label and distributor Wagram. [more]
Alex Smoke - Lost in Sound (Alex Smoke & Vector Lovers Remixes)
The latest from Soma sees Alex Smoke put his name to a classy remix that demands attention. [more]
Various Artists - Soma Dubs Vol 4
Scottish tech/house/electro label serves installment four in their Soma Dub series. [more]
Scotland’s prolific techno and tech house label Soma serve some good old fashioned IDM on their latest annual compilation. [more]
UK-based minimal techno / house producer Alex Smoke (real name Alex Menzies) unleashed one of last year's minimal techno delights with his debut 'Incommunicado' album on Soma, which received widespread acclaim [more]
Like all memorable albums, Incommunicado stands up to repeat listens, with every new listen revealing more unheard sounds and emotions. Debut albums do not get much better than this! 9/10. [more]
Alex Smoke and Soma Records return again with an epic concoction of deep techno, layered minimal madness and haunting melodies. The CDR single features "Ok" and "Nuance" taken from Smoke's 2005 Incommunicado album, released earlier this year with superb remixes duties by Jay Haze. [more]
Alex Smoke is part of a generation of producers who are blurring the boundaries between minimal, techno and electronica. This music still may live on the dancefloor but it occupies so much more. [more]
Alex Smoke - Live at Chinese Laundry, Sydney (January, 2007)
Infusing strongly European-inspired minimal techno and house with melodic Detroit strings, electro, dub, acoustic and even classical elements, Smoke's music is refreshingly original and inspiring. [more]
Alex Smoke - live at The Laundry, Jan 28 2007 (.AUdio on Proton)
inthemix is pleased to bring you the complete Sydney set from Alex Smoke's recent Aussie tour. He absolutely rocked The Laundry so make sure you check it out! (Courtesy of .AUdio on Proton Radio) [more]
Alex Smoke - live at Lolita Club Barcelona (April 2006)
In light of Soma Corp's upcoming Australian / NZ tour for Alex Smoke LIVE (UK), Soma Corp presents a killer live set recorded last year at the Lolita Club in Barcelona. [more]