Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo (; born 26 August 1991) is a Brazilian musician, DJ, and record producer. He is known for his single " Hear Me Now". In 2021 and 2022, Alok was ranked the 4th best DJ in the world by ''

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'', being the highest position occupied by a Brazilian. Alok has become one of the most prominent icons in the Brazilian electronic scene, with honors and awards, such as "Best DJ in Brazil" by House Mag in 2014 and 2015, and being the only Brazilian in the top 25 in the world the following year by ''DJ Mag'' magazine. In 2017, he was elected by ''Forbes'' Brasil as one of the most influential people under the age of 30 in the country. In July 2019, he launched Controversia Records, a sublabel of Spinnin' Records.

Biography

Petrillo was born in

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, Brazil, the son of DJs' Swarup and Ekanta, who are also pioneers of

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in the country and creators of the Universo Paralello, electronic music festival in

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. His name came after his parents travelled to

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, where they met with spiritual guru

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, who indicated that the boy should be called Alok, which in the

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means "light".

Career

He began his career at the age of 12 along with his

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brother Bhaskar Petrillo. At age 19 he pursued a solo career, becoming one of the most prominent icons in the Brazilian electronic scene, with honors and awards, such as "Best DJ in Brazil" awarded by House Mag for two consecutive times (in the years 2014 and 2015) and the only Brazilian in the top 25 world DJ ranking by

azine in 2016. At age 10 he began to learn to play, playing music with his fraternal twin brother Bhaskar. In 2004, he and his brother attended the rehearsal studio of their father Swarup's band, playing drums. According to Ekanta, they were interested in how the remixes were made and with the help of DJ's Zumbi and Pedrão, family friends, they taught the brothers to mix the songs, and each one learned a specialty, one on the keyboard and the other on the guitar. Shortly thereafter, Dick Trevor installed the

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music editing program on Swarup's computer, bringing the brothers closer to producing music. He and his brother attended the presentations that their parents made at parties psy trance, soon creating the project Logica. Petrillo is also the founder of UP Club Records, a record label specializing in discovering new inborn talent in

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. In November 2019, Alok Petrillo became a character of

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under his name Alok and Song released Vale Vale with Zafrir. in August 2021, according to in-game info from Garena Free Fire Alok is the most used character in game. Petrillo along with

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released Collaboration song for Free Fire's 4th anniversary.

Discography

Compilation albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Remixes

*2019: Alok and Harrison — "Tell Me Why" (VIP Mix) *2020:

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— "

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" (Alok Remix) *2020:

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— " Living in a Ghost Town" (Alok Remix) *2021:

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— "

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" (Alok Remix) *2021:

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featuring Dylan Matthew — "Love Is Gone" (Alok Remix) *2021:

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and

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— " Out Out" (featuring

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and

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) (Alok Remix)

Awards

DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alok 1991 births Brazilian dance musicians Brazilian DJs Brazilian record producers Electro house musicians Living people Remixers Streamy Award winners Brazilian Internet celebrities Spinnin' Records artists People from Goiânia Electronic dance music DJs