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DJ Aligator biographyDJ Aligator (real name : Ali Movasat) was born on March 10th 1975 in Tehran, Iran. He was the youngest member of a rather large family, howaver he describes his childhood as a happy one, surrounded by music. Ali got a toy keyboard for his tenth birthday, and soon, without receiving any lesson, he became able to pick up any melody he'd hear here and there and replay it. He managed soon to acquire some fame in the neighborhood, known for his natural talent, and the ability to entertain. As he was only 13, he moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, where his older sister already resided. There, he attended introductory courses in jazz and classical. Upon graduating from high school, he entered the Rhythmic program at the Danish Music Conservatory. He then took a loan in order to purchase his first mixer and a few other devices. To pay this expensive loan, he had to work multiple evening jobs right after school to make the payments. One job in particular turned out to be just right for Ali. A local nightclub was on the lookout for a new DJ. He auditioned for the job and was hired. The opportunity to work as a DJ not only brought Ali to the conclusion that it was the dance music that fascinated him the most, but also gave him the chance to meet other professionals in the field. Among them, René Dif. Together, they collaborated on Factual Beat and released an album in 1995. It did not hit the charts and the two decided to go their separate ways. René set about forming Aqua, and Ali began to produce music for himself other artists. He contributed to eurodance project Zoom in 1998. On a November night in 1999, as Ali was DJing, he noticed some guys on the dancefloor blowing at whistles to the beats of the music. The combination seemed to work quite well and Ali was struck by a sudden idea. The Whistle Song was born. But no record company showed any interest, so he burnt over 180 copies on CD and shipped them out to every single DJ he knew in Denmark. Gradually but quickly the song became quite popular. He eventually signed a contract with Kenneth Bager (FLEX/EMI Records), and The Whistle Song (featuring explicit raps by Al Agami aka Ral) was released under DJ Aligator Project. It topped the dance chart of most countries in Europe. In order to send a message to all the record companies that originally refused to give him a chance, Ali chose to name his album Payback Time. In the year 2002, The Whistle Song became a huge hit in the UK ending up as #5 on the official UK single sales chart. He was asked to perform live on Top Of The Pops, being the 4th Danish artist ever to appear on the world famous TV-show. Shortly after came a second album, The Sound Of Scandinavia, selling more than 2 million copies worldwide. DJ Aligator is considered the first Danish and Iranian artist ever to have won awards in Russian Music Awards, Danish Music Awards and Danish Dance Awards along with a nomination in MTV Europe Music Awards. He turned one of his 2 villas in southern Sweden into his private recording studio that he calls Gator Records. He did remixes for Me & My, Infernal, Nik & Jay, O-Zone and Medina. 2005 : he released Countdown under the name DJ Aligator. 2007 : his new single was Meet Her At The Loveparade 2007. He was also featured on Jeckyll & Hyde's Freefall (No Gravity). 2008 : he released the single Kaos. 2009 : after Calling You, his new single was Shine, feat. Heidi Degn. 2010 : he shortened his project name again, being now known as Aligator, and released the single Gi' Det Til Di, feautring Jinks. 2011 : he released the singles Starting Over and Trash The Club (feat. Al Agami). 2012 : his new single The Perfect Match was a collaboration with Daniel Kandi, featuring vocals by Julie Rugaard. The biography was last updated Fri, July 13th 2012 Did you like this article ? Tell your friends
Latest DJ Aligator news08/02/2013 : Last month, DJ Aligator shot the videoclip of his forthcoming single Be With You (featuring Sarah West) in Keflavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland. 11/07/2012 : DJ Aligator's new single is entitled The Perfect Match. It is a collaboration with Daniel Kandi, featuring vocals by Julie Rugaard. Video was made by Mehdi Avaz. (Thanks to Eurodance Blog) 06/09/2009 : Dj Aligator (Zoom) just released his new single and video Shine. The song is a collaboration with Heidi Degn (who already sung Close to you on Dj Aligator's last album and participated in 2008 at ESC preselection to represent Danemark). Shine is included on Dj Aligator newest album Kiss my bass currently in stores. It includes a lot of collaborations (thanks to eurodance blog) 25/07/2009 : DJ Aligator (former Factual Beat) will release his new album Kiss my Bass, including the tracks I'm Coming Home and Calling You on 26th August 2009 (thanks to eurodance blog) 25/10/2008 : DJ Aligator (former Zoom member) did a remix for upcoming Pop R&B queen Medina entitled Kun For Mig (thanks to Tavi Meran) 20/06/2008 : New video from DJ Aligator (Factual Beat, Zoom) will be called I'll coming home and will be launched on 18th june on his official Myspace ... (thanks to Tavi Meran) 08/05/2005 : DJ Aligator (member of Zoom, and remixer of Me & My, O-zone and many more) released a new album Music Is My Language. It entered the danish sales charts as #39 (thanks to Anders Bøgh). Links to DJ AligatorOfficial websites Aligator Music
DISCLAIMER : unless you see the artist's name among the credits of this biography, it was only created by gathering infos from the web and from fan sources. Sorry if, even if I did all verifications I could, some parts of the biography are false or lack accuracy. If you are the artist himself or contributed to the project, please wait till I come back from holidays.
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