Technikal
{{Short description|British dance music disc jockey}}
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Alf Bamford, known professionally as Technikal, is a British hard trance and hard dance disc jockey and record producer.
Biography
Bamford started becoming known as a "cutting edge" hard dance DJ {{circa|2002}}, when his single "Annihilation" garnered significant airplay on the BBC Radio 1 John Peel show. Bamford, as well as being known under the alias Technikal, also releases music under the further alternate name Technikore.{{cite news |last1=Curtis |first1=Dave |title=compilation of the month |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=83801385&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=21 February 2025 |work=Mixmag |date=January 2012}}
Technikal reached number 10 in the UK official dance music chart in 2005, with his single "Global Panic/System Shock". As Technikore Bamford has performed on BBC Radio 1, including a guest mix for the Kutski show in 2011.{{cite web |title=Hardcore Special! |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011870p |website=BBC |date=28 May 2011 |access-date=21 February 2025 |archive-date=18 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818091322/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011870p |url-status=live }}
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.{{cite news |last1=Curtis |first1=Dave |title=mixed by Technikal Resonate 6 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=84948619&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=21 February 2025 |work=Mixmag |date=January 2012 }} 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.{{cite news |last1=Curtis |first1=Dave |title=Technikal: Soldier Of Sound |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=83759598&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=21 February 2025 |work=Mixmag |date=September 2012 |page=106}}
As Technikore, along with Andy Farley and Mark Eg, he released the 2012 compilation album Harder Louder Faster. Featuring tracks running at {{Circa|140-175}} BPM, the album was named as a Mixmag Compilation of the Month for November.{{cite news |last1=Curtis |first1=Dave |title=Andy Farley, Mark Eg & Technikore: Harder Louder Faster |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=83801385&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=29 March 2025 |work=Mixmag |date=November 2012}}
As Bamford, he co-wrote the Example song "All the Wrong Places", which peaked at number 13 in the UK singles chart in 2013.{{cite web |title=All the Wrong Places (Radio Edit) – Song by Example|url=https://music.apple.com/ua/song/all-the-wrong-places-radio-edit/682526395 |website=Apple Music |access-date=21 February 2025}}{{cite web |title=EXAMPLE songs and albums |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5854/example/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=21 February 2025}} In September 2016 his single produced with Steve Hill and Yoz, "Keep On Rockin", was named as Mixmag tune of the month.{{cite web |last1=Whitby |first1=Andy |title=September: 7 hard dance releases you need to hear this month |url=https://mixmag.net/feature/september-2016-7-hard-dance-releases-you-need-to-hear/ |website=Mixmag |access-date=21 February 2025 |date=26 September 2016 |archive-date=15 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115082308/https://mixmag.net/feature/september-2016-7-hard-dance-releases-you-need-to-hear |url-status=live }} In 2022 a track co-produced with Suae, "Dance With The Groove", was included on the compilation album Devotions: Chapter I.{{cite web |last1=Paredes |first1=Josue |title=Basscon Records Seeks to Enlighten the Scene on ‘Devotions: Chapter I’ |url=https://edmidentity.com/2022/05/06/basscon-records-devotions-chapter-i/ |website=EDM Identity |access-date=22 February 2025 |date=6 May 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222100611/https://edmidentity.com/2022/05/06/basscon-records-devotions-chapter-i/ |url-status=live }}
Discography
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.harderfaster.net/?sid=bf9186f4f769ed823c9b6dd8d38bae07§ion=features&action=showfeature&featureid=10885 Interview with Alf Bamford] on HarderFaster.net
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Category:21st-century British musicians
Category:Year of birth unknown