Technikal

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Technikal
Birth nameAlf Bamford
Genres Hard trance, Hard dance
Occupation(s) disc jockey, record producer
Years active2002 -
Website www.technikal.co.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Alf Bamford, known professionally as Technikal, is a British hard trance and hard dance disc jockey and record producer.

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Biography

Bamford started becoming known as a "cutting edge" hard dance DJ c. 2002, when his single "Annihilation" garnered significant airplay on the BBC Radio 1 John Peel show. [1] Bamford, as well as being known under the alias Technikal, also releases music under the further alternate name Technikore. [2]

Technikal reached number 10 in the UK official dance music chart in 2005, with his single "Global Panic/System Shock". [3] As Technikore Bamford has performed on BBC Radio 1, including a guest mix for the Kutski show in 2011. [4]

In January 2012 Technikal released the mix album Resonate 6 - The Brutal Sound of Hard Trance on the Tidy Trax label. It was critically well received in Mixmag magazine with a 10/10 rating, and was named compilation of the month. [5] Later in September that same year, the Technikal "eclectic" hard dance compilation album Soldier of Sound was also named as Mixmag compilation of the month. [1]

As Bamford, he co-wrote the Example song "All the Wrong Places", which peaked at number 13 in the UK singles chart in 2013. [6] [7] In September 2016 his single produced with Steve Hill and Yoz, "Keep On Rockin", was named as Mixmag tune of the month. [8] In 2022 a track co-produced with Suae, "Dance With The Groove", was included on the compilation album Devotions: Chapter I. [9]

As of 2016, Bamford has moved to Australia. [10]

Discography

Technikal singles
TitleArtistYearPeak
UK singles 		Peak
UK dance 		Peak
UK Ind
"Global Panic/System Shock" [3] Technikal PTS2005841019
"N20 (Found Some Gas)/Anxious Heart" [3] Technikal200642
"More & More/Bad Girl" [3] Kym Ayers ft. Technikal200630
"Match Point" [11] Tony Heron & Frank Farrell (Technikal remix)2012
"Ideal" [12] Technikal2014
"Your World" [10] Technikal2016
"Keep On Rockin" [8] Technikal, Steve Hill & Yoz2016
"All That It Takes (Draugen Anthem)" [13] Technikore2017
"Thank You" [14] Technikal, Steve Hill & Francesco2018

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Curtis, Dave (September 2012). "Technikal: Soldier Of Sound". Mixmag . p. 106. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Curtis, Dave (January 2012). "compilation of the month". Mixmag . Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "TECHNIKAL songs and albums". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Hardcore Special!". BBC . 28 May 2011. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Curtis, Dave (January 2012). "mixed by Technikal Resonate 6". Mixmag . Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "All the Wrong Places (Radio Edit) – Song by Example". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "EXAMPLE songs and albums". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  8. 1 2 Whitby, Andy (26 September 2016). "September: 7 hard dance releases you need to hear this month". Mixmag . Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  9. ↑ Paredes, Josue (6 May 2022). "Basscon Records Seeks to Enlighten the Scene on 'Devotions: Chapter I'". EDM Identity. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  10. 1 2 Whitby, Andy (5 February 2016). "Steve Hill & Technikal - - Mixmag". Mixmag . Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  11. ↑ Curtis, Dave (May 2012). "TUNES hard dance". Mixmag . Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  12. ↑ Whitby, Andy (January 2014). "hard dance music TUNES". Mixmag .
  13. ↑ Whiby, Andy (1 July 2017). "TUNE OF THE MONTH". Mixmag . Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  14. ↑ Whitby, Andy (December 2018). "tunes / hard dance music". Mixmag .
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