Technikal
Technikal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alf Bamford |
| Genres | Hard trance, Hard dance |
| Occupations | disc jockey, record producer |
| Years active | 2002 - |
Alf Bamford, known professionally as Technikal, is a British hard trance and hard dance disc jockey and record producer.
Biography
[edit | edit source]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 Technikore, along with Andy Farley and Mark Eg, he released the 2012 compilation album Harder Louder Faster. Featuring tracks running at c. 140-175 BPM, the album was named as a Mixmag Compilation of the Month for November.[6]
As Bamford, he co-wrote the Example song "All the Wrong Places", which peaked at number 13 in the UK singles chart in 2013.[7][8] In September 2016 his single produced with Steve Hill and Yoz, "Keep On Rockin", was named as Mixmag tune of the month.[9] In 2022 a track co-produced with Suae, "Dance With The Groove", was included on the compilation album Devotions: Chapter I.[10]
As of 2016, Bamford has moved to Australia.[11]
Discography
[edit | edit source]| Title | Artist | Year | Peak UK singles |
Peak UK dance |
Peak UK Ind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Global Panic/System Shock"[3] | Technikal PTS | 2005 | 84 | 10 | 19 |
| "N20 (Found Some Gas)/Anxious Heart"[3] | Technikal | 2006 | 42 | ||
| "More & More/Bad Girl"[3] | Kym Ayers ft. Technikal | 2006 | 30 | ||
| "Match Point"[12] | Tony Heron & Frank Farrell (Technikal remix) | 2012 | |||
| "Ideal"[13] | Technikal | 2014 | |||
| "Your World"[11] | Technikal | 2016 | |||
| "Keep On Rockin"[9] | Technikal, Steve Hill & Yoz | 2016 | |||
| "All That It Takes (Draugen Anthem)"[14] | Technikore | 2017 | |||
| "Thank You"[15] | Technikal, Steve Hill & Francesco | 2018 | |||
| "Freakz"[16] | Technikore & Ravine | 2018 |
See also
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Technikal discography at Discogs
- Technikal at AllMusicLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Interview with Alf Bamford on HarderFaster.net
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