Mall Grab
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| Also known as | Jordon Alexander, Mystik Menn |
| Origin | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | House, Lo Fi House |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, Producer |
| Years active | 2015-Present |
| Labels | Looking For Trouble, Steel City Dance Discs |
| Associated acts | DJ Haus |
Jordon Alexander is an Australian producer and Disc jockey|DJ based in London, UK[1][2]. He releases music as Mall Grab, under his own name, and as part of the formation Mystik Menn (alongside DJ Haus)[3]. Having a background in skateboarding[4] Alexanders stage name is a reference to the mocking term Skateboarding|skateboarders use for holding your skateboard by the truck instead of the deck (a mall grab), which is supposedly looked down upon[5][6]. His productions mainly fall within the House music|house and techno genres, and Alexander is known for being one of the leading figures in the Outsider house|lo-fi house genre that emerged in 2016[2].
Career
Alexander started making music in his teens[7]. His first release came in 2015[3] with the EP Feel U. One of the tracks on this EP was later covered by Korean-American artist Yaeji[8]. Apart from producing and performing in clubs, Alexander has been featured on outlets such as BBC|BBC's BBC Radio 1|Radio 1 Essential Mix[9] and Boiler Room (music broadcaster)|Boiler Room[10]. He has launched two record labels, Steel City Dance Discs (a reference to the steel industry in his home town of Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle[11]) in 2016, and Looking For Trouble in 2018[12].
Mall Grab is viewed as an influential artist in the Outsider house|lo-fi subgenre of house music (alongside artists like DJ Seinfeld, Ross from Friends|Ross From Friends, and DJ Boring)[13][14]. Despite Alexander himself and others have argued he has since evolved away from the genre[11] (and towards techno[15]), he has in the past been described as a 'poster boy'[2] for the genre and is being credited by Mixmag editor Harrison Williams as a 'catalyst in the styles ascent [...], a key player in the rise of the sub-genre'[13].
In 2020, Mall Grab was listed in the Alternative DJ Top 100 presented by DJ Mag and Beatport[16].
Discography
Singles and EP's
- Feel U - 2015
- Alone - 2015
- All Night Long EP - 2015
- Elegy - 2015
- Steel City Dance Discs Volume 1 - 2016
- Sun Ra EP - 2016
- Menace II Society - 2016
- Kalumbo - 2016
- Let U Kno - 2016
- I Just Wanna - 2016
- I'll Be In Paris On Sunday If You're About? - 2017
- Pool Party EP - 2017
- Love Is Real / Sweetness (with Loods) - 2018
- How The Dogs Chill, Vol. 1 - 2018
- Strangers (with Skin on Skin) - 2019
- Growing Pains - 2019
- Moogie (with Nite Fleit) - 2019
- Don't Keep The Fire Burning - 2020
- Share A View (with Turnstile (band) - 2020
- Sunflower - 2020
- Blood Flood - 2020
- A Room Full Of Rothko - 2020
- Positive Energy Forever - 2020
- Take Down Enemies - 2020
- Steel City Dance Discs Volume 20 - 2021
- FMG (with Effy) - 2021
Compilations
- MG Slides - 2015
- Worship Friendship - 2020
References
- ↑ "Mall Grab". Resident Advisor.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Mixmag article: "Mall Grab is the Australian producer who made house music load of fun in 2016"". Mixmag.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mall Grab". Discogs.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Listen to a playlist of skateboarding tracks curated by Jenkem and SCDD". Mixmag. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ "INVESTIGATING THE MALL GRAB". Jenkem Magazine. 2015-11-09. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ "Mall Grab | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ "Mall Grab". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ "Video: Yaeji - "Guap" (Mall Grab Cover)". +Recommended Listen. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 1 - Radio 1's Essential Mix, Mall Grab". BBC. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ "Mall Grab". BOILER ROOM. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Hot property: The unstoppable rise of Mall Grab". Mixmag. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ "Mall Grab announces new label, Looking For Trouble · News ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "2016: Lo-fi house emerged from the underground". Mixmag. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ "Lo-fi House: The gritty accident that reshaped the underground house scene". Finding Figaro. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ "FROM LO-FI TO TECHNO: MALL GRAB IN SEOUL". DJ Mag Asia. 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ "Alternative Top 100 DJs 2020, powered by Beatport". DJMag.com. 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
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