News — Erol Alkan

Erol Alkan chats reworks, clubs, synths and creativity for Resident Advisor's RA Exchange podcast,  to support his 'Reworks Volume 1' compilation, out 3rd November.Stream the conversation HERE or download the podcast via iTunes HEREPre-order the boxset, CD or any of the 5 x 12" vinyl by clicking HERE

Franz Ferdinand 'Do You Want To' (Erol Alkan's Rework) taken from his 'Reworks Volume 1' compilation, a track long been out of print and highly sought after on vinyl. "This rework for Franz Ferdinand could have ended up totally different, my original vision was based on the old Duran Duran extended mixes, or 'Night Versions' as they were also known, I focused in on the disco element which you can hear in the original chorus and then expanded it for around 6 minutes, I think I added some keys and also used the full vocal. The next morning I listened back and felt completely underwhelmed by...

Metronomy 'The Bay' (Erol Alkan's Rework) taken from his 'Reworks Volume 1' compilation, a track long been out of print and highly sought after on vinyl. "This rework of 'The Bay' for Metronomy was probably one of the fastest I've made, it was put together in around 4 hours. It only uses the sounds from the original, which I chopped up from the stems and re-arranged, it's likely the kick drum is slightly different too, I think I replaced it with a Linn drum machine kick just to punch that little bit more.. This was also 100% finished in my head before I...

Chilly Gonzales 'Never Stop' (Erol Alkan Rework) taken from his 'Reworks Volume 1' compilation, a track long been out of print and highly sought after on vinyl. "This rework for 'Never Stop' by Chilly Gonzales is another one which took a few attempts. I spent around a month working on a really slow, Balearic mix which was centred around the piano riff, it almost drove me insane. I couldn't add anything of value to that piano part, so I admitted defeat and did two things: 1: I made a version with just piano, just to satisfy myself that I could so something different using just...