History
In 1996, Alavi released his first EP as DJ ALAVI on Sonic House, a sub label of the German techno label Atomic Silence. [1]
In 2001, Alavi was signed by Bad Boy Bill for his labels Moody Recordings and International House Records. [2] [3] That same year Alavi signed 2 EP's on the French label Vertigo on which also Romain Tranchart from Modjo released his first EP as Funk Legacy. [4] In 2004, Kris Menace signed Alavi for two EP's on his label Work It Baby. The track "Power" later was re-released in the UK with new mixes on Azuli Records. [5] The track "Come To Me" reached no. 3 in the UK Buzz charts. [6]
In 2005, Alavi founded his own label called roXour on which he released music by Benjamin Theves ("Texas" licensed to Kitsuné with a remix by SebastiAn), [7] Tepr ("En Direct De La Côte" licensed to Wall of Sound (record label) with a remix by DatA), Flairs and others. [8] In the same year his track "The End" peaked at no. 1 in the UK Buzz charts presented on Pete Tong's radio show on BBC Radio 1. [9]
In 2007, his track "Gotta Move" under the project name "Turbofunk" (released on Data Records in the UK and N.E.W.S. Records in the Benelux) reached no. 79 in the Dutch single charts [10] and no.1 in the UK Buzz and Hype charts. [11] The track contains a sample of "Dancing in the Street" by Peter Jacques Band.
