Alex Metric
Alex Metric (born Alex Drury, 1984) is a Grammy Award-winning[1][2] British musician, DJ and producer.
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Alex Drury |
| Born | 1981 (age 39–40) |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2006-present |
| Labels | Marine Parade, OWSLA, Big Beat Records, Anjunadeep |
| Website | alexmetric |
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, NERD, Foals, La Roux, 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, Charli XCX, The Infadels and Adam Freeland.
Discography
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" - Single (2011)
- Open Your Eyes (Remixes & Productions) - Compilation album (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) - Single (2013)
- Hope EP (2014)
- "Heart Weighs a Ton" (featuring Stefan Storm) - Single (2014)
- Heart Weighs a Ton Remixes EP (2014)
- Ammunition Pt. 4 EP (2015)
- Ammunition Pt. 4 Remixes EP (2016)
- "Freeek" (featuring Confessionals) - Single (2017)
- "Word Of Mouth" (As Metroplane) - Single (2017)
- "Otic" (With Ten Ven) - Single (2018)
- "Be Where I Am" (As Metroplane) - Single (2019)
- "Upswing (with Amtrac) - Single (2020)
- "How Could I Ever"[3] (As Kuu with Riton) - Single (2020)
- "We'll Always Have This Dance - Single (2020)
- "Qubit" (with Ten Ven) - Single (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"
- Primary 1 - "Ho Lord" (Unreleased)
- The Enemy - "Sing When You're In Love" (Promo Only)
- Ladyhawke - "Paris Is Burning"
- Phoenix - "Lisztomania"
- Bloc Party - "One More Chance"
- 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 - "Personal Jesus"
- Niki and The Dove - "Mother Protect"
- 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
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with | Produced with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Hate" | 2007 | Adam Freeland | The Hate EP | Co-writer/Producer | Adam Freeland | Adam Freeland |
| "Where's Your God Now?" | Adam Freeland | Adam Freeland | ||||
| "Glowsticks" | Adam Freeland | Adam Freeland | ||||
| "Under Control" | 2009 | Freeland | Cope | Adam Freeland, Kurt Baumann | Adam Freeland | |
| "Do You" | Adam Freeland | Adam Freeland | ||||
| "Strange Things" | Adam Freeland, Kurt Baumann | Adam Freeland | ||||
| "Bring It" | Adam Freeland | Adam Freeland | ||||
| "Mancry" | Adam Freeland | Adam Freeland | ||||
| "Borderline" (featuring Brody Dalle) |
Adam Freeland, Brody Dalle | Adam Freeland | ||||
| "Rock On" | Producer | - | Adam Freeland | |||
| "Silent Speaking" | Co-writer/Producer | Adam Freeland, John Ceperano, Kim Field | Adam Freeland | |||
| "Best Fish Tacos in Ensenada" | Adam Freeland | Adam Freeland | ||||
| "Only a Fool (Can Die)" (featuring Gerald Casale) |
Adam Freeland, Gerald Casale | Adam Freeland | ||||
| "Morning Sun" | Adam Freeland, Damian Taylor | Adam Freeland | ||||
| "Wish I Was There" | Adam Freeland, Kurt Baumann | Adam Freeland | ||||
| "From Out of the Black Sky" | 2012 | Infadels | The Future of the Gravity Boy |
Producer | - | - |
| "The Future of the Gravity Boy" | - | - | ||||
| "Ghosts" | - | - | ||||
| "We Get Along" | - | - | ||||
| "Mercury Rising" | - | - | ||||
| "Jupiter 5" | - | Jagz Kooner | ||||
| "American Girl" | 2013 | Bonnie McKee | Non-album single | Co-writer | Bonnie McKee, Jonathan Asher, Oliver Goldstein, Jacknife Lee | - |
| "Talk to Myself" (featuring Sterling Fox) |
2015 | Avicii | Stories | Timothy Bergling, Brandon Lowry, Matthew Hartke | - | |
| "Endisco" | 2016 | The Knocks | 55: Japanese Edition | Benjamin Ruttner, James Patterson, Benjamin Berger, Ryan McMahon | - | |
| "On What You're On" | Busted | Night Driver | Co-producer | - | John Fields | |
| "Thinking of You" | Co-writer/Co-producer | James Bourne, Matthew Willis, Charlie Simpson, John Fields, Eric Bazilian | John Fields | |||
| "Word of Mouth" (featuring Bree Runway) |
2018 | Metroplane | Non-album single | Co-writer/Producer | Vito de Luca, Uzoechi Emenike, Rebecca Hill, Ryan Campbell | Metroplane, Mark Ralph |
| "Ginger" (with Riton) |
Kah-Lo | Foreign Ororo | Co-Writer / Producer | Henry Smithson, Faridah Demola-Seriki | - | |
| "Only Can Get Better" (featuring Daniel Merriweather) |
Silk City | Non-album single | Co-producer | - | Mark Ronson, Diplo, The Picard Brothers, Riton, Lil Silva | |
| "Feel About You" (featuring Mapei) |
Producer | - | Mark Ronson, Diplo, The Picard Brothers, Magnus Lidehäll, Jr Blender | |||
| "Electricity" (with Dua Lipa) |
Additional producer | - | Mark Ronson, Diplo, The Picard Brothers, Jarami, Riton, Jr Blender | |||
| "Runway" | Duke Dumont | Producer | - | Duke Dumont | ||
| "Heaven Let Me In" | Friendly Fires | TBA | Additional producer | - | Friendly Fires, Disclosure, Hal Ritson, Mark Ralph, Richard Adlam | |
| "High Heels” | 2019 | Melanie C | TBA | Producer | Melanie C, Rae Morris, | - |
References
- "Alex Metric". GRAMMY.com. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- "Concord Music signs producer and songwriter Alex Metric". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- "How Could I Ever (single)". Apple Music. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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