Alavux: “Nobody told me how to do a live set”

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Check the story of the Serbian Goran Alavuks aka DJ/producer Alavux's debut. His performance was rather chaotic.

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In 2017 I had a chat with the Serbian DJ/producer Alavux. He remembers how nervous he was for his first gig. "It all went rather chaotic."

“My first performance took place on Party Boat Kolos in Belgrade, Serbia. I was nineteen years old at the time.”

Early stages

“I was very nervous for that gig. Especially because nobody had shown me how to organize a live set or build it up. I did have a few ideas, but I was still in the early stages of production.”

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Unknown territory

“The audience was varied, but consisted mainly of techno enthusiasts. I had only prepared the complete set in the Cubase vst 3.5 version on the my computer and with my Roland MC 505. As I told you, I was very much in the start of my musical career and it was still completely unknown territory to me. During the gig, I had some problems with changing programs – something that happens automatically nowadays, but was rather difficult at the time. “

Midi

“I did not have a mentor, I never had one. Fortunately, my friends and family attended my debut to support me. At the time of that first performance, I did not have a girlfriend either whom I wanted to impress. I was mostly doing it to find out how the Midi worked and how I could get around the entire production myself. “

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Chaotic

“In the end, the performance was rather chaotic, which is always the case at the best parties. I was both satisfied and a bit disappointed at the same time about my performance. I was glad that we finally found a place where we could have parties and play music. I was disappointed because the planned line-up had little respect for us. But in the end it was still a fun party. “

“I made big mistakes that first time, but it was my first live performance and a good experience for future gigs. I learned not to use long, slow intros. People want to continuously dance – all the time. In addition, I have learned to ensure that the sound runs smoothly. Nobody wants to hear through large loudspeakers how you select your next record. “

This article is originally published on DJMag.nl in November 2017.

Who is Alavux?

Hailing from Serbia, Alavux is one of the purveyors of the electro-techno sound in his region of Eastern Europe, where together with his E75 crew, our music has been represented with passion and dedication for well over 30 years. Having released the massive “Octagon EP” on the infamous Bass Agenda Recordings with support from the likes of Dave Clarke, Alavux continues his quest to annihilate the complacent masses with his unique flavor of fast paced, tenacious electro sounds that have gained him notoriety all over the world as one of the true Knights of The Roundtable of the music.

Born Goran Alavuk in the city of Belgrade, Serbia, and growing up in a region in many ways removed from the global underground electro bass scene, yet no stranger to electronic music in general, Alavux would eventually find himself gravitating towards the sounds of mid ’90s acid, techno and house music; soon enough beginning his own adventure in music production leading to a top 5 spot on his country’s national charts with one of his first tracks called “San”. Alavux recalls of his humble beginnings, saying: “I start in ’95 on friend’s Roland XP 50. Then some experimentations with Fast Tracker 2, and Rebirth 1.5 until ’99 when I got my first gear: Roland MC 505, Roland A33 MIDI keyboard and PC (celeron 300 mhz).”

As the new century set in, Alavux continued to be one of the heavy supporters of the then nascent “3rd wave” of electro bass and funk music, though it would be quite some time before he would begin a consistent output of releases, starting off with his signing to legendary Detroit imprint Twilight 76 back in 2008; bringing us “Munze Konza”, as well as “E75 Vol. 1” with Kalson, on his collaborative effort with imprint E75. Since then, Alavux has enjoyed a plethora of digital releases on labels like Binalog Productions, Toyfriend Music, Vocode, Battery Park Studio, and the list goes on. A busy man without question, and one with a very keen sense for staying ahead of the curve, and without chance of being “put in a box” in regards to any specific style. He is as much a visionary, as much as he is a devout lover of our music and the foundation laid before him by his predecessors.

As for the future, when asked about what Alavux envisions, he replies: “More gear, and of course, more releases!”. A veteran of our music in his own right, and an ardent fighter who is helping to spread the sounds of our music to the rest of the world and beyond, Alavux is a machine with no sign of slowing down.

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