ALEX PEACE

DJ, producer, emcee, radio personality – no matter how you refer to Alex Peace, it’s fair to say that this Chicago mainstay is as much a part of the city’s illustrious house history as he is in reshaping its changing future. Stumbling into electronic music at eighteen, his resume now boasts vocal appearances on hits like “Bringin’ The Funk” to “Fast Life”, impressive CD sales tipping 100,000 units, a hosting position with one of Chicago’s largest FM stations, and global touring from Rotterdam to Hong Kong.

Referred to as leader of the Chicago hard house movement, Alex’s career beginnings were impressive by any standard. Working with legendary Chicago label Underground Construction, Alex not only created a number of defining hard house records including #1 single with Donna Blakely, “Take Me Up”, but was also named Producer of the Year in both 1997 and 1998. Those days laid the groundwork for what has become a vast catalog of solo and collaboration work with some of the most prestigious names in house music, such as Bad Boy Bill, Hatiras, and DJ Bam Bam.

His current projects, including recent single “Dance Pop Shake Rock” with hip pop group the Jump Smokers, convey an evolution in sound that also nods to his history. Alex now runs popular electro label Movement Music with partner Mixin Marc, which has borne chart-toppers that have appeared on Defected, Ministry of Sound and Ultra, among others, and charted by Pete Tong, Erick Morillo and David Emerson.

While this multi-dimensionality has continually defined Alex, it’s what’s stayed the same that makes him a true original. A passion for house led him to not only help define a genre, but stay at its forefront by constantly drawing from the rich resulting culture - and reinventing it.

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