Alex Drury (born 31st December 1981), known professionally as Alex Metric, is a British musician, DJ and producer. At the
61st Annual Grammy Awards, he won a
Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for producing the
Silk City and
Dua Lipa song "
Electricity
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Biography
Alex Metric has released numerous EPs as a solo artist, and singles as a member of Metroplane and Kuu. He has remixed artists such as
Daft Punk,
N.E.R.D.,
Foals,
La Roux,
Pet Shop Boys,
Phoenix,
Gorillaz Depeche Mode and
Bloc Party as well as working as a producer for acts such as
Silk City,
Dua Lipa,
Avicii,
Snow Patrol,
Muse
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,
Charli XCX
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,
The Infadels and
Adam Freeland.
Discography
Compilation albums
* ''Open Your Eyes (Remixes & Productions)'' (2011)
Singles and EPs
* ''Whatshewants'' - EP (2007)
* ''Deadly on a Mission'' - EP (2008)
* ''In Your Machine'' - EP (2008)
* ''The Head Straight'' - EP (2009)
* ''It Starts'' - EP (2009)
* ''It Starts (Remixes)'' - EP (2009)
* "Open Your Eyes" (2011)
* ''End of the World'' - EP (2011)
* ''Ammunition EP'' (2012)
* ''Ammunition Pt. 2 EP'' (2012)
* ''Ammunition Pt. 3 EP'' (2013)
* "Safe with You"
(with Jacques Lu Cont featuring Malin) (2013)
* ''Hope EP'' (2014)
* "Heart Weighs a Ton"
(featuring Stefan Storm) (2014)
* ''Heart Weighs a Ton Remixes EP'' (2014)
* ''Ammunition Pt. 4 EP'' (2015)
* ''Ammunition Pt. 4 Remixes EP'' (2016)
* "Freeek"
(featuring Confessionals) (2017)
* "Word of Mouth" (as Metroplane) (2017)
* "Otic" (with Ten Ven) (2018)
*"Be Where I Am" (as Metroplane) (2019)
*"Upswing" (with Amtrac) (2020)
*"How Could I Ever"
(as Kuu with
Riton) (2020)
*"We'll Always Have This Dance" (2020)
*"Qubit" (with Ten Ven) (2020)
Remixes
* Hard Fi - "
Suburban Knights"
* Autokratz - "Stay The Same"
* Splittr - "All Alone"
* Black Daniel - "Gimme What You Got"
* Locarnos - "Make Up Your Mind"
* Alphabeat - "Boyfriend"
* Reverend & The Makers - "Silence is Talking"
* Infadels - "Free Things for Poor People"
* Freeland - "Under Control"
* The Shoes - "Oh Lord"
* The Enemy - "Sing When You're In Love" (Promo Only)
* Ladyhawke - "Paris Is Burning"
* Phoenix - "Lisztomania"
* Bloc Party - "One More Chance"
* Merz - “Many Weathers Apart”
* U2 - "Crazy" (Unreleased Remix)
* Kenneth Bager - "I Can't Wait"
* Fenech-Soler - "Lies"
* La Roux - "Quicksand"
* Gorillaz - "
Stylo"
* Ellie Goulding - "Salt Skin"
* Maximum Balloon - "Groove Me"
* NERD - "
Hypnotize U"
* Depeche Mode - "
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* Niki and The Dove - "Mother Protect"
* Pet Shop Boys - "A new bohemia"
* Sade - "Love Is Found" (Promo only)
* The Whip - "Secret Weapon"
* Miike Snow - "Devil's Work"
* The Presets - "Youth In Trouble"
* Ellie Goulding - "Anything Could Happen"
* St. Lucia - "September"
* Two Door Cinema Club - "Sun"
* Scissor Sisters - "Inevitable" (unreleased)
* Willy Moon - "Get Up" (Promo only)
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs- "Despair" (unreleased)
* Foals - "Bad Habit"
* Empire of the Sun- "DNA"
*
Madeon - "You're On (ft. Kyan)"
* All Tvvins - "Darkest Ocean"
* Saint Raymond - "Young Blood" (promo only)
* Everything Everything-"Distant Past"
* Foals - "Mountain At My Gates"
* Dusky Grey - "Told Me"
* Just Kiddin - "Fall for You"
* Bad Sounds - Evil Powers
* Friendly Fires - "Love Like Waves"
* Mel - Santiago
* Silk City- "Electricity"
* Parcels-"Lightenup"
* Big Wild-"City of Sound"
* Foals-"Sunday" (Release TBD)
*Roosevelt - Sign
*Foals - Wash Off (As Kuu)
*Victor Le Masne - Fortune Cookie
Mixes Under the "Metroplane" Alias
* Becky Hill- "Unpredictable"
* Anais-"Lost My Faith"
Bootlegs
* The Rapture - The Devil (Alex Metric Bootleg)
* Metric - Monster Hospital (Alex Metric Bootleg)
* Cassius - Sound of Violence (Alex Metric Re-Edit)
* Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Alex Metric Re-Edit)
* Blur - Song 2 (Alex Metric Festival Edit)
* Frank Ocean - White Ferrari (Alex Metric Re-Edit)
Songwriting and production credits
References
External links
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English electronic musicians
English radio presenters
English record producers
English dance musicians
English house musicians
DJs from London
English electronic dance music DJs
English remixers
Living people
1984 births
Owsla artists
Grammy Award winners for dance and electronic music