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This week we have the arrival of long awaited Ali Wells aka PERC (perctrax) From his very earliest demos Perc's music has taken the common formulas of the day and twisted them into something fresh, challenging yet accessible.

First signed by James Holden in late 2001, Ali Wells has since served up a unique fusion of house and techno that has seen him trample across genre barriers to take his sound around the world. Opening up his discography with the relentless bass assault of debut single 'I Make Nuclear' Ali has not looked back, releasing and remixing at a steady pace without ever sacrificing quality in order to be prolific. Taking in 80's industrial, 90's hardcore and more up to date jackin' house and techno Ali mixes up this inspirations without ever displaying his inspirations too blatantly.

Releasing on a host of labels as well as his own Perc Trax imprint, singles such as 'Splashy', 'Ice Cream For Kenton' and the Nathan Fake remixed 'Closer' have picked up a wide range of compilation requests icluding Slam, James Zabiela, D. Ramiriez, Chris Liebing and Ibiza supercluib Space Ibiza plus consistent Radio play. Every original Perc release to date has featured on at least on compilation and recent support is better than ever coming from Laurent Garnier, John Digweed, Lee Burridge, Claude Vonstroke, Michael Mayer, Remute, Williams, Jeff Bennett, Cass and many others.

An in-demand remixer Ali has turned in innovative re-rubs of everything from tearing European techno to serene Japanese J-pop. His most notorious remixes include his driving take on Holden's own 'First Light' and his recent reworking of DJ Hell's 'Buttersaure' that had the cream of Europe's techno scene including Adam Beyer and Chris Liebing salivating.

The end of 2006 saw Ali complete a run of gigs including debut gigs in Germany and Scotland, a sell-out Perc Trax tour of Japan and countless gigs across England. 2007 promises more of the same with America, Germany, Belgium and Ireland on the horizon. Ali has a reputation of kick-starting dancefloors, building up tension and dropping the kind of tracks that leave jaws on the floor but bodies moving.

So far 2007 has seen Ali work on a series of new tracks intended for a run of EP's later in the year, but he has found time to remix Trentemoller's 'Gamma'. Set for release in June, this is one of Ali's highest profile remixes to date and his remix already been licensed to Ministry Of Sound. Ali has also just completed his first mix compilation mixing up the best of Perc Trax's first 15 releases.

It really is another treat for the Acii Disco revelers and a show not to be missed!

We have 10 double passes to give away this week, to be in with a chance of winning simply answer this question -

Name one act Perc has remixed?

Mail all answers to acdisco@gmail.com and Good Luck!


Many thanks to anyone that made it down last week to see Mark and Brian, heard nothing but good reports! Also things in Switzerland really couldnt have went any better, really cool parties there with top people and really great vibes! Apart from the rain that didnt let up all day Saturday it was a cool trip! You can view some pics here -

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/aciidisco...hXvEuGBs26N10Qr

Plus you can expect more news on club swaps very soon as we play the DV1 in Lyon in june! Watch this space!