Alex Tronic

Alex Tronic
Origin Edinburgh, Scotland
Genres Electronica
Years active 2000 to present
Labels Alex Tronic Records
Website Official Alex Tronic Homepage
Members Paul Croan

Alex Tronic is Electronic musician, DJ, producer and label owner Paul Croan, who is based in Leith, Edinburgh, UK. Croan works from his private Recording studio also based in Edinburgh which is full of vintage equipment. He debuted in 2000 with a record entitled Mind Matters/Obsessional, which was released by Peyote Records. According to Is this music? magazine, he has mastered the "rare trick of blending familiarity with innovation"[1] within his unique style of electronica and dance music.

Alex Tronic's debut album "To Infinity" was released on his own eponymous label Alex Tronic Records in 2009. The "Back in the Room EP" release followed in 2010, and "Shifting Sands" album was released in 2011.

Electricals EP by Alex Tronic (2012) features vocalist Kirsty Brown and also includes remixes by ATR artist Snakestyle. The ideas and recordings for the EP began during Summer 2011, when Croan relocated to Ibiza to DJ and record. The EP was completed in Edinburgh during winter 2011/2012.

Alex Tronic and Becki Bardot's Balearica sessions EP features vocals from Sally Stapleton and was also released in 2012.
In March 2014 Alex Tronic introduced a new project for more chilled work called Leith Bass Team which debuts a track Magical Float. This work appears in March 2014 on GOA BEACH VOL. 23 .Here Alex Tronic collaborates with YSE Records on GOA BEACH VOL. 23 a powerful, double CD edition packed with the finest GOA Trance and 12 finest Lounge Music Production‘s The Double cd is compiled by DJ Bim and Alex Tronic (Alex Tronic Records /UK), Streetdate 25/042014 Recent projects include compiling Goa Beach volumes 25/27 for Yellow Sunshine explosion Records with DJ Bim ( Germany) Double cds one side trance one side chill formats .Available April 2015

Live performances

Alex Tronic's live set-up includes the use of keyboards, samplers, effects, and a laptop. Members of ÅsA, Keser and Metaltech have occasionally performed live alongside Croan as Alex Tronic Band.

Festival Appearances
Go North, Inverness, June 2009
Belladrum Festival, August 2009
Unique Beats, April 2010
Kellburn Festival August 2010
Belladrum Festival August 2011
Audio Soup Festival September 2013
The Royal Highland Show, Headliner, June 2014
Belladrum Festival, August 2014
Royal Highland Show June 2015 with DJ Becki Bardot, DJ Beef.


Radio Sessions
Vic Galloway Radio 1 Scotland live session, February 2009

BBC Scotland`s Stevie Sole has Alex Tronic in session .Some of the hottest dance music from Scotland and beyond, 02/10/2012

Discography

Singles

Studio albums

Compilation Albums


Music Industry Work

Croan occasionally speaks at Music Industry seminars and has been involved as an industry expert on panels for PRS for Music. The event "Make it Happen" in Inverness featured a wide and knowledgeable variety of speakers, including Mercury Records A&R David O'Hagan, PRS for Music’s Jules Parker and Stuart Fleming, and solicitor Helen Searle.[2]

He has also been a panelist at the Edinburgh based Music Industry night Born To be Wide which is held monthly at Electric Circus. Here he spoke alongside Owen Morris, (Oasis, The Verve), John McLaughlin and Francis Macdonald. The seminar entitled "The Producers" was aimed at giving insight into what it takes to be a music producer in an ever changing industry.[3]

Recording Studio and Label

Croan's own Recording studio Alex Tronic Records Recording studio and Alex Tronic Records label are based at Hillside Crescent in Edinburgh. He relocated temporarily to run the label, record and perform live in Ibiza in summer 2011.

References

  1. ↑ "Is This Music? Magazine, Alex Tronic - To Infinity Review".
  2. ↑ "Music Week info on PRS for Music Inverness event".
  3. ↑ "Music Week info on Born to be Wide "The Producers" event".

External links

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