A-Trak, born Alain Macklovitch on March 30, 1982 in Montreal, is a Canadian DJ, turntablist and record producer who won the DMC World DJ Championship at age 15 in 1997, then added ITF and Vestax titles by 2000 - becoming the first DJ to conquer all three major global competitions. He served as Kanye West's touring DJ and contributed to Late Registration and Graduation before co-founding New York's Fool's Gold Records in 2007, a label credited with breaking Kid Cudi and Danny Brown. His Duck Sauce project with Armand Van Helden earned a Grammy nomination in 2012 for "Barbra Streisand", and since 2017 he has run the Goldie Awards, an annual DJ and beat-battle competition.
Fool's Gold Records closed a multi-party agreement with Reservoir Media, which acquired the label's catalog and distribution rights.
A-Trak and his brother Dave 1 (Chromeo) released a winter DJ set for 2025 as The Brothers Macklovitch.
CBC Music published an extensive profile of A-Trak as a "remix wizard" and recalled his decade-long contribution to remixing and production.
The Brothers Macklovitch (A-Trak and Dave 1) released a spring 2024 DJ set and hinted at upcoming new compositions.
😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.
