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Alok | |
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 Alok in a February 2020 video | |
| Born | Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo 26 August 1991 |
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Romana Novais (m. 2019) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
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| Website | aloklive |
Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo (Portuguese pronunciation: [/a'lɔki/]; born 26 August 1991) is a Brazilian musician, DJ, and record producer.[1] He is known for his single "Hear Me Now".[2] In 2021 and 2022, Alok was ranked the 4th best DJ in the world by DJ Mag, being the highest position occupied by a Brazilian.[3][4]
Alok has become one of the most prominent icons in the Brazilian electronic scene, with honors and awards, such as "Best DJ in Brazil" by House Mag in 2014 and 2015,[5] and being the only Brazilian in the top 25 in the world the following year by DJ Mag magazine.[6] In 2017, he was elected by Forbes Brasil as one of the most influential people under the age of 30 in the country.[7]
Biographyedit
Petrillo was born in Goiânia, Brazil, the son of DJs Swarup and Ekanta, who are also pioneers of psytrance in the country and creators of the Universo Paralello, electronic music festival in Bahia.[8]
His name came after his parents travelled to India, where they met with spiritual guru Osho, who indicated that the boy should be called Alok, which in the Sanskrit language means "light".[9][10]
Careeredit
He began his career at the age of 12 along with his fraternal twin brother Bhaskar Petrillo.[11] At age 19 he pursued a solo career, becoming one of the most prominent icons in the Brazilian electronic scene, with honors and awards, such as "Best DJ in Brazil" awarded by House Mag for two consecutive times (in the years 2014 and 2015)[12] and the only Brazilian in the top 25 world DJ ranking by DJ Magazine in 2016.[13]
At age 10 he began to learn to play, playing music with his fraternal twin brother Bhaskar.[14] In 2004, he and his brother attended the rehearsal studio of their father Swarup's band, playing drums. According to Ekanta, they were interested in how the remixes were made and with the help of DJ's Zumbi and Pedrão, family friends, they taught the brothers to mix the songs, and each one learned a specialty, one on the keyboard and the other on the guitar. Shortly thereafter, Dick Trevor installed the Logic Pro music editing program on Swarup's computer, bringing the brothers closer to producing music.[8]
He and his brother attended the presentations that their parents made at parties PSY trance, soon creating the project Logica.[8][15]
Petrillo is also the founder of UP Club Records, a record label specializing in discovering new inborn talent in electronic music.[16]
In November 2019, Alok Petrillo became a character of Garena Free Fire under his name Alok and Song released Vale Vale with Zafrir.[17] in August 2021, according to in-game info from Garena Free Fire Alok is the most used character in game. Petrillo along with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & KSHMR released "Reunion" on Controversia & Smash The House for Free Fire's 4th anniversary.[18]
Record labeledit
On 3 July 2019, Alok released a song called "The Wall" along with American DJ Sevenn as the first single off his record label Controversia, a label he created in partnership with Spinnin Records to release Brazilian bass music.[19]
Discographyedit
Studio albumsedit
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| alok |
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Compilation albumsedit
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| Colcci: Party All the Time |
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Extended playsedit
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| Alok Presents Brazilian Bass Part 1 |
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| Deeper[20] |
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Singlesedit
As lead artistedit
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| BRA [21] |
AUT [22] |
DEN [23] |
FIN [24] |
FRA [25] |
GER [26] |
NLD [27] |
NOR [28] |
SWE [29] |
US Dance [30] | ||||
| "Superstition" | 2012 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Non-album singles | |
| "We Need Hip Hop" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Put Some Sax On" | 2013 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Arabe" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Higher" | 2014 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Naughty People" (featuring Yves Paquet) |
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| "I Know You Feel It" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "House Hop" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Play My Game" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "The Future" | 2015 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Winter Sunset" (with Dazzo featuring Ellie Ka) |
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| "Who Gives" (with Shapeless) |
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| "Yawanawa" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Feels Good" (with Diego Miranda) |
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| "Freedom in the Valley" (with Dressel, Daavar & Zeppeliin) |
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| "Liquid Blue" (with Dazzo) |
2016 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "I Need the Bass" (with Sevenn) |
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| "Mix Forever" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Addiction" (with Nytron) |
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| "Me & You" (featuring Iro) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | XOXO (Music from the Netflix Original Film) | ||
| "Byob" (with Sevenn) |
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| "Bolum Back" (with Liu) |
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| "Do It" (with Dazzo featuring Barja) |
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| "All I Want" (with Liu featuring Stonefox) |
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| "Hear Me Now" (with Bruno Martini featuring Zeeba) |
54 | 40 | 40 | 14 [31] |
17 | 50 | 57 | 8 | 11 | 20 | |||
| "Sirene" (with Cat Dealers) |
2017 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Fuego" (with Bhaskar) |
– | – | – | – | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Never Let Me Go" (with Bruno Martini featuring Zeeba) |
87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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| "VillaMix (Suave)"[36] (with Matheus & Kauan) |
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| "Love Is a Temple"[37] (featuring Iro) |
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| "This City" (with Bhaskar featuring Stonefox) |
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| "Alien Technology" (with Hi-Lo) |
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| "Big Jet Plane"[38] (with Mathieu Koss) |
76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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| "Ocean" (with Zeeba and Iro)[39] |
2018 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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| "Bella Ciao"[40] (with Bhaskar and Jetlag Music featuring Andre Sarate and Adolfo Celdran) |
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