About Perctrax label

Perctrax has been established by rising dance producer Ali Wells. Cambridge born and London based 27 year old, Ali, aka Perc, Spartak and Votion, could be accused of being a musical obsessive, with a career that takes in spells in rock and indie bands, various dj-ing residencies, soundtrack work and his final destination as a producer of some of the most innovative yet accessible dance music currently in circulation. After completing 5 years of music business and music production training in Manchester and Newcastle (UK), Alistair spent a brief time at the now legendary Platipus Records cutting his teeth. The next stop was to UK heavyweights, Prime Distribution, where he quickly rose to label manager for their 6 in-house labels including the globally recognised techno of Primate and Primevil labels and the progressive/tribal Premier Sounds imprint. Working with such a range of quality labels and deriving influences from the likes of Underground Resistance, Danny Tenaglia and drum & bass, Ali is original in his diversity while still being hugely dance floor friendly, a rare feat indeed. Ali’s unmistakeable percussion led sound was originally championed by James Holden who signed him to his own ‘Easy Access’ label and since his early releases and remixes on Easy Access and Silver Planet his music has found favour with dj’s, producers and clubbers across the globe. Ali’s range of supporters is more diverse than many other producers with his releases getting glowing reactions from Deep Dish, Paul Oakenfold, Anthony Pappa, Dave Seaman, King Unique, X-press 2, Moshic, Chris Fortier, Hybrid, John ‘00’ Fleming, DJ Chus, Marco V, Tom Stephan, Bill Hamel, Max Graham, Saeed & Palash amongst others. The list of labels he has graced continues to grow and now includes Choo-Choo, BXR, Premier Sounds, 19Box Japan, Limbo, Midset and Source Of Gravity. At the beginning of 2003 Ali produced a run of remixes that reflected his growing profile with him earning the honour of remixing one of the tracks from the long-awaited Mara album on Choo-Choo and receiving remix requests from as far away as 19Box Records in Japan. Later in 2003 he released ‘Life/Big Blue’ on Mara’s Choo-Choo Records and started to put plans in place for his own Perc-Trax imprint.

Discography

Singles

Perc: Closer (Nathan Fake Remix) Premier Sounds
Spartak: Life / Big Blue (Choo-Choo)
Perc: Morning, Evening & Afternoon/Closer (Premier Sounds)
Spartak: Swallows & Amazons (Choo-Choo)
Votion: Votion/Strider (Silver Planet)
Perc: I Make Nuclear/Trailer Perc Trash (Easy Access) Remixes
Pagano: Return To Me (Ali Wells Remix)
BXR UK Sterio & McGrath: Hostile Ground (Source Of Gravity)
Ambrozia: It’s U (Spartak VS Perc Dub) 19Box Records
Japan Mara: Satisfy Me (Spartak Remix) Choo-Choo
Ambrozia: It’s U (Perc Remix) 19Box Records
Japan ADF: Destination 2 (Perc Remix)

Premier Sounds Meizon: Aeon (Perc Remix) Source Of Gravity

Avus: Dark Purpose (Perc Mix) Midset

Ogenki Clinic: First Light (Perc Remix) Easy Access/Unreleased
Nicholas Freeman: Renaissance (Perc Remix) limbo/Resurrection

Julez: My Groove (Ali Wells Remix) Premier Sounds

Ben Pound: Turned (Perc Remix) Easy Access
Rhythm Unlimited: Feel This (Perc Remix) Silver Planet

With Perc-Trax, Ali will be taking full control of A&R duties and releasing the cream of his own output. This added to productions and remixes from some of the most innovative, forward thinking producers in dance music ensures Perc-Trax will be one of 2004 labels to watch.

more info:

http://www.myspace.com/perctrax
http://www.perctrax.com/

new news:

Perc - Bumble’s Collar (Stolen Moments)
Bumble’s Collar will be the A-side of a 3-track, various artists EP on Dutch label Stolen Moments. There is also a dub mix by me which will be digital only. Its in the myspace player now.
Out in May. Not sure of the exact release date yet.