Summary: Perc Cambridge born and London based 27 year old, Ali, aka Perc, Spartak and Votion, could be accused of being a musical obsessive, with a career that takes in spells in rock and indie bands, various dj-ing residencies, soundtrack work and his final destination as a producer of some of the most innovative yet accessible dance music currently in circulation. Key to Perc’s recent success was the release of ‘Up’ on Kompakt in summer 2007. With its unmistakable relentless rising tone ‘Up’ lodged itself in record boxes including those of Richie Hawtin, Luciano, Chris Liebing, Misc, Slam, John Digweed, Green Velvet, Erol Alkan and Steve Lawler and refused to move. Perc’s 2nd Kompakt release ‘Headphone Heart’ showed his versatility, mixing industrial-strength percussion with a haunting flute melody, a combination that on paper should never work, but somehow Ali pulled it off with style. In 2008 Ali has released his ‘Serious Moonlight EP’ on Chris Liebing’s CLR label and a single ‘Work Harder’ on his own Perc Trax label. Ali’s ‘Swords EP’ rounded off his 2008 releases. The EP was released by the label side of Lost Souls Promotions, a London-based collective for whom Ali is now a resident DJ. Ali also made his debut at Phil Kieran’s Kranc night in Belfast and has recently been asked to be a resident at the night. This success has made Perc an in-demand remixer and over the past few years Ali has been commissioned to remix a host of world-class names including Trentemoller, James Holden, DJ Hell, Misc, Phil Kieran, DJ Yellow, Blood & Tears, Jeff Bennett, Gary Beck and many more. His most notorious re-rubs include his driving take on Holden's own 'First Light' and his reworking of DJ Hell's 'Buttersaure' that had the cream of Europe's techno scene salivating. Already in 2009 Ali has released on CLR and Perc Trax and has an EP for Josh Wink’s Ovum label ready for release after the summer. Alongside these are remixes of Misstress Barbara, Ed Rush, Kyle Geiger and Max Cooper (for the infamous Traum imprint), all out now or about to be unleashed. 1) Muff76 - Mere (Kevin Gorman Remix) - Dirty Planet 2) Nightmares On Wax - I'm For Real - Warp - TOOL 3) Xenogears - Los Socios - Restoration 4) Ed Rush & Nico - Defect (Peter Van Hoesen's Twisted Spine Remix) - Perc Trax 5) Lucretio - Good Words - Restoration - TOOL 6) Alexi Delano & Cari Lekebusch - Channel 0 - Hybrid 7) Valmay - Distrust - Blueprint 8) Psyk - Clockwise - Enemy 9) Dario Zenker - 92 - Harry Klein Records 10) Anderson Noise - Parana (Lets Go Outside Remix) - Sleaze 11) Donato Dozzy & Giorgio Gigli - Real Love EQ Italy - Wagon Repair 12) Par Grindvik - Continue On My Words (Dettmann & Klock Remix) - Spectral 13) Sawf - Plafa - Perc Trax 14) Gayle San - Mania (Bas Mooy Remix) - Elektrax 15) Forward Strategy Group - Combat Codes 002 - Perc Trax 16) Human League - Seconds - Virgin - TOOL 17) K Hand - The Creator - Acacia
