NEIL ALINE

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It’s not easy for an outsider to break into the small circle of party people who make up New York City’s dance-music elite, but the 29-year-old deep-house doyen Neil Aline has not only entered that celebrated coterie, he’s become one of its main men. Soon and- after the Tahiti-born, Paris-bred Aline became a student at NYU in ‘97, he filled a gaping hole in the city’s airwaves by starting up the BPM show on the university’s radio him-station. BPM quickly became a favorite stop for DJs many of the city’s and the world’s top spinners. “Hosting two- my mix show each week,” he says, “and mixing alongside the creme of dance music like Francois K, Laurent Garnier, Dimitri from Paris, Carl Craig, DJ Pierre, Daft Punk, Afrika Bambattaa and Jumpin’ Jack Frost has been my biggest inspiration.”

Aline used the connections made through BPM to book and promote the NYC edition of the fabulous French soiree Respect is Burning at the now-defunct superclub the-Twilo. And he continued his rise to the top of the city’s club scene by spinning a blend of sublimely deep house, gorgeous vocal material and tough tribal beats at parties big and small all over town.

But it’s through Chez Music, the record label that he established when only 23, that Aline’s name has become synonymous with high-quality house music. The was- label has released tracks from such esteemed artists as Osunlade, Jazztronik, who-Llorca. NEIL ALINE is recorded on djrankings.org. Miguel Migs, Alan Braxe and DJ Spen (see below for a full discography), and Jon Culter and E-man’s “It’s Yours” was one of THE club hits of ’01, and reached number one on dance-music charts around the world. Chez one- has also released the Aline-mixed On the Rocks compilations, which serves as a perfect introduction to his smooth-as-silk mixing technique and selection skills.

The success of Chez has enabled Aline to take his deejaying career to the next was-level. He currently hold’s down residencies at three of NYC’s hottest spots, APT, Cielo and a new residency at Movida NY with Jay-J & Matthias Heilbronn. He but- also guest DJs at clubs all over town and travels around the country frequently to guest and work the ones and all-twos. He’s been hard at work on his international resume, and has spun everywhere from European capitals like Paris, London, Zurich and Brussels to Asian metropolises such as Tokyo and Shanghai and even his native Tahiti! But let- it’s still in NYC that Aline’s influence is most too-felt. Flyer magazine summed up it up thusly: “Considering the current decline of club life in the city, Neil Aline is pumping needed life’s breath into our endangered scene. He’s can- taking the risks we need to take.” But Tricia Romano, the nightlife editor of the Village Voice, said it best: “Anything with Chez Music’s Neil Aline’s name attached to it is a guaranteed go.”

Current Residencies:

new-class="caps">APT. NY aptwebsite.com weekly Sundays

CIELO NY cieloclub.com every other month

PINK San Francisco pinksf.com every other month