Maceo Plex
{{Short description|American DJ}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Maceo Plex
| image = 2015-07-19 6886 Maceo Plex (Sea You).jpg
| landscape = yes
| alt =
| caption = Maceo Plex in 2015
| birth_name = Eric Estornel
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| alias = Maceo Plex, Maetrik, Mariel Ito
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|11|06}}
| birth_place = Flower Mound, Texas, U.S.
| genre = Deep house, tech house, house, techno, progressive house
| occupation = DJ, music producer
| years_active = 1993–present
| label = Beatfreak, Crosstown Rebels, Lone Romantic, Ellum Audio, Ellum Black Drumcode Records
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|https://maceoplex.komi.io/}}
}}
Eric Estornel (born November 6, 1978), better known by his stage names Maceo Plex ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|eɪ|s|i|oʊ}}), Maetrik and Mariel Ito, is an American DJ, techno music producer and DJ Awards winner, raised in Dallas and Miami.
Biography
He is best known for his diverse production style, which is influenced primarily by house and by techno but also elements of electro and tech house;{{cite web|last=Burns|first=Todd L.|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1707|title=Maceo Plex: Sleazy Rider|publisher=Resident Advisor|date=September 6, 2012|accessdate = December 11, 2014}} He is a longtime performer in many of Ibiza's top clubs, including the now-closed Space and Amnesia, and since 2016 has hosted his own club night, Mosaic by Maceo, throughout the summer in Pacha.
In July 2017, Estornel released a new concept project titled Solar, named after his baby son. It is his third studio album, through which he wanted to create deeper, more meaningful connection with his audience. The project combined ambient electronica, breakbeats and melodies, with dub and techno flourishes and guest vocalists. Solar has been released on Lone Romantic, Estornel's new, electronica-based label.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7833748/maceo-plex-interview-2017-solar-album|title = Lone Romantic: The Dance World According to Maceo Plex| magazine=Billboard }}
The Return two-track EP under Clash Lion Records was released in September 2017, Estornel's first release as Maetrik since 2012's Unleash The Beast EP. In spring 2018 Estornel created CD - fabric98, his fabric mix debut which bears the name of his big-room, Ibiza-friendly alias, but it reflects the music he's made under various guises including Maetrik and Mariel Ito over the last 20 years. fabric98 mix is an artist paying homage to the respected CD series all the while staying true to his love of blending many genres into one journey filled mix. His most recent production is the album Mutant Series released in March 2019 on Ellum Audio. In 2021, he remixed Faithless' 1995 song Insomnia.
He currently resides in Barcelona, Spain with his wife and children.
Discography
=Studio albums=
- Life Index (Crosstown Rebels, 2011)
- Journey to Solar (Ellum Audio, 2016)
- Solar (Lone Romantic, 2017)
- Mutant Series (Ellum Audio, 2019)
- '93 (Lone Romantic, 2023)
=Singles and extended plays=
- Maetrik / Maceo Plex - Clubs EP (Resopal Schallware, 2009)
- Vibe Your Love (Crosstown Rebels, 2010)
- Under the Sheets EP (No.19 Music, 2011)
- High & Sexy EP (Ellum Audio, 2011)
- Your Style (Crosstown Rebels, 2011)
- Sweating Tears EP (Crosstown Rebels, 2011)
- Can't Leave You (Crosstown Rebels, 2011)
- Maceo Plex & Elon - Bummalo EP (ReSolute Label, 2011)
- Odd Parents & Maceo Plex - Get Enough (Leftroom, 2012)
- Frisky (Crosstown Rebels, 2012)
- Jon Dasilva & Maceo Plex - Love Somebody Else (Ellum Audio, 2012)
- Space Junk (Ellum Audio, 2012)
- Jupiter Jazz (Maceo Plex & Danny Daze) - Booty Jazz (Ellum Audio, 2013)
- In Excess (Ellum Edits, 2013, uncredited)
- Maceo Plex & Maars featuring Florence Bird - Going Back (Ellum Audio, 2013)
- Conjure One (Ellum Audio, 2014)
- Conjure Two (Minus, 2014)
- Conjure Superstar (Kompakt, 2014)
- Conjure Infinity (Drumcode, 2014)
- Maceo Plex & Gabriel Ananda - Solitary Daze (Ellum Audio, 2014)
- Solar Sampler (Ellum Audio, 2015)
- Maceo Plex featuring C.A.R - Mirror Me (Kompakt, 2015)
- Journey to Solar (Ellum Audio, 2016)
- The Tesseract (Ellum Audio, 2017)
- Mutant 1 - Maceo Plex & Maars (Correspondant Music, 2018)
- Mutant 2 (Ellum Black, 2018)
- Mutant Robotics (Ellum Audio, 2018)
- Mutant Romance (MPLX, 2018)
- When the Lights Are Out (Ellum Audio, 2019)
- Nu World (Ellum Audio, 2020)
- Maceo Plex & Program 2 - Revision feat. Giovanni (Ellum Audio, 2021)
- Maceo Plex & Oscar And The Wolf - All Night (Higher Ground, 2022)
- Maceo Plex & Ishi - Moon Sky (Lone Romantic, 2023)
=Other tracks=
| class="wikitable" |
| style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|Year
!Track !Date !Release |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|2011
|"Alpha" | style="text-align:center;"|Mar 24, 2011 |Hot Waves, Vol. 1 |
| "Falling"
| style="text-align:center;"|Jul 18, 2011 |Visionquest Beach Collection - Spring Summer 2011 |
| "God Is Still My Papa"
| style="text-align:center;"|Jan 11, 2011 |Crosstown Promo Mix, unreleased |
| "Her Security"
| style="text-align:center;"|May 9, 2011 |5 Years of Galaktika |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|2012
|"Deez Nutz" | style="text-align:center;"|Mar 12, 2012 |Ellum Sleazy Riders Collection |
| "Mediate 2012" (vs. INXS)
| style="text-align:center;"|Jul 5, 2012 |Released on Soundcloud |
| "Why"
| style="text-align:center;"|Nov 6, 2012 | Watergate X |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|2013
|"Calm Under Pressure" (with Cajmere) | style="text-align:center;"|May 13, 2013 |Too Underground For The Main Stage |
| "Galactic Cinema"
| style="text-align:center;"|Apr 19, 2013 |DJ-Kicks: Maceo Plex |
| "Mind On Fire"
| style="text-align:center;"|Apr 19, 2013 |DJ-Kicks: Maceo Plex |
| "Thank You Larry"
| style="text-align:center;"|Nov 15, 2013 |Mixmag Presents Deep Ellum |
| "When It All Comes to This" (with Mark O'Sullivan)
| style="text-align:center;"|Apr 19, 2013 |DJ-Kicks: Maceo Plex |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2018
|"Mutant Magic" | style="text-align:center;"|Apr 20, 2018 |Fabric 98 |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2019
|Maetrik "Time Warp 25 Years Tool" |April, 2019 |Released on Soundcloud |
=Remixes=
| class="wikitable" |
| style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|Year
!Artist !Track !Title |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2010
|Glimpse |"Walk Tall" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7"|2011
|"Manic" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Bazar
|"Hard to Find" |Maceo Plex Funk Drop |
| DJ T. featuring Cari Golden
|"City Life" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Jin Choi
|"Half Baked" |Maceo Plex Deep Remix |
| Laura Jones
|"Love In Me" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Maceo Plex
|"Your Style" |Maceo Plex Re-Visit |
| Martin Dawson featuring NRG
|"Think About It" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2012
|Jon Dasilva featuring Joi Cardwell |"Love Somebody" |Maceo Plex Bonus Tool |
| Maetrik
|"Walk Alone" |Maceo Plex Revenge Mix |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="15"|2013
|Ali Love featuring Kali |"Emperor" |Maceo Plex Last Disco Remix |
| Aphex Twin
|"Polynomial-C" |Maceo Plex Edit |
| Azari & III
|"Manic" |Maceo Plex Lost Version |
| Butch featuring Benjamin Franklin
|"Highbeams" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Eric Volta
|"Rez-Shifter" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Footprintz
|"Uncertain Change" |Maceo Plex Reconception Remix |
| Good Guy Mikesh
|"Place of Love" |MP Edit |
| Jaydee
|"Payback" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Lab Insect aka Nomenklatür
|"Oh Happy Day" |Maceo Plex Edit |
| Mathias Schaffhäuser
|"Nice to Meet You" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Mattski
|"Escapism" |Maceo Plex Conversation Remix |
| Murr featuring Rosina
|"Dive into the Deepest" |MP Remix |
| S.A.M.
|"Nangijala" |Maceo Plex Reggae Edit |
| Sound Stream
|"Love Jam" |Maceo Plex Unofficial Remix |
| Visnadi
|"Racing Tracks" |Indianapolis Drive Mix / Maceo Plex Edit |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="9"|2014
|"Again" |Maceo Plex Edit |
| Chelsea Wolfe
|"The Warden" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Crash Course in Science
|"Flying Turns" |Maceo Plex Edit |
| GusGus
|"Crossfade" |Maceo Plex Mix |
| Odd Parents
|"Learn to Fly" |Maceo 808 Dub |
| Röyksopp
|"Sordid Affair" |Maceo Plex Mix |
| The Iron Curtain
|"The Condos" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| The Smiths
|Maceo Plex Edit |
| WhoMadeWho
|"Heads Above" |Maceo Plex Dub |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6"|2015
|Dionigi |"Vitamin B1 / Energy From the Vacuum" |Maceo Plex Edit |
| Joy Wellboy
|"The Magic" |Maceo Plex & Shall Ocin Dub |
| Maceo Plex featuring DNCN
|"Eternal 808" |Maceo Plex Unreleased Remix |
| Stephan Bodzin
|"Powers of Ten" |Maceo Plex & Shall Ocin Remix |
| Opale
|"Sparkles and Wine" |Maceo Plex Mix |
| Strange Cargo
|"Million Town" |Maceo Plex & Dolores del Amo Club Mix |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2016
| Sailor & I |"Black Swan" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|2017
|"Shoot Me to the Sky" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Rebolledo
|"Discótico Pléxico" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Sefton
|"Stranded In Passion" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|2018
|Der Dritte Raum |"Hale Bopp" |Maceo Plex Edit |
| Dino Lenny
|"Guilty Officer" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Maribou State featuring Holly Walker
|"Nervous Tics" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Remake
|"Blade Runner" |Maceo Plex Renaissance Remix{{Citation|title=Blade Runner - Maceo Plex Renaissance Remix|url=https://soundcloud.com/renaissance-recordings/blade-runner-maceo-plex-renaissance-remix|language=en|access-date=2018-10-30}} |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2019
|CJ Bolland & The Advent |"Camargue 2019" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6"|2020
|"Timber" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Faithless featuring Nathan Bell
|"Synthesizer" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Melawati
|"Daliah" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| New Order
|"Be a Rebel" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Perry Farrell
|"Let's All Pray for This World" |Maceo Plex Electro Remix |
| Rone
|"Babel" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2021
|"Shadow" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| Faithless
|"Insomnia" |Insomnia 2021 |
=Unreleased edits and remixes=
| class="wikitable" |
| style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|Year
!Artist !Track !Title |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2011
|Liberty City |"That's What I Got" |Maceo Plex Re-Edit |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|2012
|Maceo Plex Personal Edit |
| Jack Rabbit
|"Untitled" |Maceo Plex Edit |
| Steve Reich & Coldcut
|"Music for 18 Musicians" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| The Revenge featuring Danielle Moore
|"Just Be Good to Me" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2013
|"Nightcall" |Maceo Plex Edit |
| The Rolling Stones
|"Heaven" |Maceo Plex Re-Edit |
| style="text-align:center;"|2014
|Jeanette Thomas |"Shake Your Body" |Maceo Plex Remix |
| 2015
|Paul Hertzog |"Triumph" (Bloodsport OST) |Maceo Plex Remix |
| 2016
|Jan Hammer |"Crockett's Theme" |Maceo Plex Edit |
| 2017
|"Human Made" |Maceo Plex Edit |
Maetrik discography
=Studio albums=
- Quality Exertion (Treibstoff, 2002)
- Casi Profundo (Treibstoff, 2005)
- My Cyborg Depths (as Mariel Ito) (SCSI-AV, 2005)
=Singles and extended plays=
- Connect (Treibstoff, 2001)
- Bias Defiance EP (Chalant Music, 2002)
- Entering The Cycle EP (Immigrant, 2002)
- Maetrik / Brian Aneurysm - The Sober Scene (Iron Box Music, 2002)
- Remote EP (Iron Box Music, 2002)
- The Fall Out EP (Intrinsic Design, 2002)
- Freaky Flow (Big Chief, 2003)
- Echando Alma EP (Morris Audio Citysport Edition, 2003)
- Force Feeling (Treibstoff, 2003)
- My Specs (Treibstoff, 2003)
- Being Used (Iron Box Music, 2004)
- Tiny Destructor (Treibstoff, 2005)
- Cologne And Back (Treibstoff, 2005)
- The Prophecy (Tic Tac Toe Records, 2006)
- Maetrik vs. Mariel Ito - Data Addict EP (Affected Music, 2006)
- Aggravate Me (Stil Vor Talent, 2006)
- Polygon Bug (Iron Box Music, 2007)
- Transform EP (Regular, 2007)
- Future Will Survive (Treibstoff, 2007)
- Sexus (Regular, 2007)
- Space Chronic EP (Mothership, 2008)
- Hardwire EP (Iron Box Music, 2008)
- Advanced Mechanics E.P. (Treibstoff, 2008)
- They Love Terror E.P. (Treibstoff, 2009)
- Melted Mind EP (Mothership, 2009)
- Envy (Dumb-Unit, 2009)
- Maetrik / Maceo Plex - Clubs EP (Resopal Schallware, 2009)
- Choose Your System (Adam Beyer's Remix) (Treibstoff, 2009)
- Gliding Blind E.P. (Audiomatique Recordings, 2010)
- Simon Wish VS. Cruz + Lati / Maetrik Feat. Kule Runner - Dawn's Highway / Snorkel (Cocoon Recordings, 2010)
- So Real (Dumb-Unit, 2010)
- Unleash The Beast EP (Ellum Audio, 2012)
- The Reason (Cocoon Recordings, 2012)
- The Entity (Truesoul, 2012)
- Return EP (Clash Lion, 2017)
References
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Category:American electronic musicians