Alex Neri

Alex Neri
Background information
Birth name	Alex Neri
Born	16 June 1970 Sarzana, Italy
Genres	Dance, electronic rock, indie rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, DJ
Years active	1986–present
Associated acts	Planet Funk
Website	www.alexneri.com

Alex Neri (born in Sarzana, Italy, on June 16, 1970) is a DJ, producer and songwriter.

Biography

A founding member of Planet Funk, having formed the band in the late 90s, Alex Neri also pursued a solo career and established an independent record label named Tenax Recordings.^[1]

He started his career playing at the Alhambra, a nightclub in Sarzana owned by his father. Neri began his studio activity collaborating with Marco Baroni^[2] and working on different productions such as the Korda project ('Move Your Body'^[3]) and Kamasutra ('Storm In My Soul'^[4]), all while releasing remixed productions for artists such as Club Freaks,^[5] Annette Taylor,^[6] Future Force,^[7] Instant Funk^[8] and Jestofunk.^[9]

In 1998 Neri and Baroni launched their first single 'Happiness'^[10] featuring Jocelyn Brown, which reached 5th place on dance charts in the US and 45th place in the UK.^[11] At the same time, Alex Neri met and started collaborating with Gigi Canu and Sergio della Monica, which led to the establishment of Planet Funk.

Discography

Solo albums

• 1992: The Wizard
• 1993: Soave (with DJ Le Roy Feat. Bocachica)
• 1995: Headphone (EP)
• 1995: Panet Funk
• 1996: Planet Funk 2
• 2004: Housetrack/Club Element
• 2004: Aurora
• 2006: April
• 2007: La Fotografia (with Luca Bacchetti)
• 2008: Warm Vibes (EP) (with Marco Solforetti and Ilario Alicante)
• 2014: Mystic Tattoo (with Marco Baroni)
• 2015: Desert Rose (with Federico Grazzini)

Planet Funk

• 2002: Non Zero Sumness
• 2005: The Illogical Consequence
• 2006: Static
• 2009: Planet Funk
• 2011: The Great Shake

References

1. "Tenax Recordings". beatport.com.
2. "MARCO BARONI". The DJ List.
3. "Korda - Move Your Body (Club Remix)". SoundCloud.
4. "Kamasutra - Storm In My Soul (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
5. (1995) Club Freaks - It Must Be Love [Alex Neri Dub RMX]. YouTube. 25 June 2013.
6. "Annette Taylor - Upside Down (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
7. "Future Force - What You Want (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
8. "Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
9. "Jestofunk - Stellar Funk (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
10. "Kamasutra Featuring Jocelyn Brown - Happiness (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
11. "Happiness (song by Kamasutra) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". musicvf.com.