Alex Israel

Growing up in the backyard of the motor city, Alex Israel was fortunate enough to be within earshot of the thriving Detroit techno community, all the while keeping a close eye on the emerging talent pool of hip hop within the city's borders. He began producing beat tracks quietly for his friends, but took a lengthy sabbatical until 2004 when he moved to the city post-college and started producing and DJing on a regular basis. Inspired as much by the recent recordings Dilla and Dabrye as he is the Funk Brothers and Curtis Mayfield, Alex held down a DJ residency at Detroit's heralded Hook & Sling funk & soul club monthly, and is poised to release all new material in 2010.