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Alex Metric (born Alex Drury, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning British musician, DJ and producer.


Biography

Alex Metric has released numerous EPs as a solo artist, and singles as a member of Metroplane and Kuu. He has remixed artists such as
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Discography


Singles and EPs

* ''Whatshewants'' - EP (2007) * ''Deadly On a Mission'' - EP (2008) * ''In Your Machine'' - EP (2008) * ''The Head Straight'' - EP (2009) * ''It Starts'' - EP (2009) * ''It Starts (Remixes)'' - EP (2009) * "Open Your Eyes" - Single (2011) * ''Open Your Eyes (Remixes & Productions)'' - Compilation album (2011) * ''End of the World'' - EP (2011) * ''Ammunition EP'' (2012) * ''Ammunition Pt. 2 EP'' (2012) * ''Ammunition Pt. 3 EP'' (2013) * "Safe With You" (with Jacques Lu Cont featuring Malin) - Single (2013) * ''Hope EP'' (2014) * "Heart Weighs a Ton" (featuring Stefan Storm) - Single (2014) * ''Heart Weighs a Ton Remixes EP'' (2014) * ''Ammunition Pt. 4 EP'' (2015) * ''Ammunition Pt. 4 Remixes EP'' (2016) * "Freeek" (featuring Confessionals) - Single (2017) * "Word Of Mouth" (As Metroplane) - Single (2017) * "Otic" (With Ten Ven) - Single (2018) *"Be Where I Am" (As Metroplane) - Single (2019) *"Upswing (with Amtrac) - Single (2020) *"How Could I Ever" (As Kuu with Riton) - Single (2020) *"We'll Always Have This Dance - Single (2020) *"Qubit" (with Ten Ven) - Single (2020)


Remixes

* Hard Fi - " Suburban Knights" * Autokratz - "Stay The Same" * Splittr - "All Alone" * Black Daniel - "Gimme What You Got" * Locarnos - "Make Up Your Mind" * Alphabeat - "Boyfriend" * Reverend & The Makers - "Silence is Talking" * Infadels - "Free Things for Poor People" * Freeland - "Under Control" * Primary 1 - "Ho Lord" (Unreleased) * The Enemy - "Sing When You're In Love" (Promo Only) * Ladyhawke - "Paris Is Burning" * Phoenix - "Lisztomania" * Bloc Party - "One More Chance" * U2 - "Crazy" (Unreleased Remix) * Kenneth Bager - "I Can't Wait" * Fenech-Soler - "Lies" * La Roux - "Quicksand" * Gorillaz - " Stylo" * Ellie Goulding - "Salt Skin" * Maximum Balloon - "Groove Me" * NERD - " Hypnotize U" * Depeche Mode - "
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" * Niki and The Dove - "Mother Protect" * Sade - "Love Is Found" (Promo only) * The Whip - "Secret Weapon" * Miike Snow - "Devil's Work" * The Presets - "Youth In Trouble" * Ellie Goulding - "Anything Could Happen" * St. Lucia - "September" * Two Door Cinema Club - "Sun" * Scissor Sisters - "Inevitable" (unreleased) * Willy Moon - "Get Up" (Promo only) * Yeah Yeah Yeahs- "Despair" (unreleased) * Foals - "Bad Habit" * Empire of the Sun- "DNA" *
Madeon Hugo Pierre Leclercq (; born 30 May 1994), better known by his stage name Madeon (), is a French DJ and music producer from Nantes, currently based in Los Angeles. He initially came to widespread public attention at 17 through a YouTube video, " ...
- "You're On (ft. Kyan)" * All Tvvins - "Darkest Ocean" * Saint Raymond - "Young Blood" (promo only) * Everything Everything-"Distant Past" * Foals - "Mountain At My Gates" * Dusky Grey - "Told Me" * Just Kiddin - "Fall for You" * Bad Sounds - Evil Powers * Friendly Fires - "Love Like Waves" * Mel - Santiago * Silk City- "Electricity" * Parcels-"Lightenup" * Big Wild-"City of Sound" * Foals-"Sunday" (Release TBD) *Roosevelt - Sign *Foals - Wash Off (As Kuu) *Victor Le Masne - Fortune Cookie Mixes Under the "Metroplane" Alias * Becky Hill- "Unpredictable" * Anais-"Lost My Faith" Bootlegs * The Rapture - The Devil (Alex Metric Bootleg) * Metric - Monster Hospital (Alex Metric Bootleg) * Cassius - Sound of Violence (Alex Metric Re-Edit) * Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Alex Metric Re-Edit) * Blur - Song 2 (Alex Metric Festival Edit) * Frank Ocean - White Ferrari (Alex Metric Re-Edit)


Songwriting and production credits


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Metric, Alex British electronic musicians British radio presenters English record producers British dance musicians British house musicians English house musicians DJs from London Remixers Living people 1984 births Owsla artists Grammy Award winners for dance and electronic music