BIG AL
Hailing from Montreal with Lebanese/Persian roots, BiG AL aka BiGz is surely one of the longest serving, globally renowned and respected Middle Eastern DJ on the planet, starting his DJ career back in 1989.
Having fallen in love with music at a very young age, his journey evolved naturally, leading him to the New York underground house sound. BiG AL was among the first to import western club music and culture back to his native
Lebanon where he hosted the primary radio show spoken in the English language; playing underground House Music and Disco Vinyl imported from the USA and Europe. But in a civil war torn country, it was time to spread his wings and search for the source.
Arriving to the USA in the early 90’s, BiG AL became a regular club kid at the Sound Factory, Red Zone, Limelight, Shelter, Tunnel, Twilo, Palladium/Arena, Arc/Vinyl and other seminal venues, soaking up sounds laid down by Junior Vasquez, Danny Tenaglia, Masters At Work, Roger Sanchez, Frankie Knuckles, Tony Humphries, Francois K. et al.
A true World citizen, over the years BiG AL has lived in the UK, Cyprus, Switzerland, France, Germany, Morocco, the UAE as well as Boston, NYC, L.A and Montreal, Canada. BiG AL has worked and assisted legends such as Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, Angel Moraes, Danny "Buddha" Morales, Satoshi Tomiie, Chus & Ceballos, The SBS Slammer “Shorty”,John Creamer, Omid 16B, Nick Warren, Hector Romero and many more in different musical, professional and private projects.
Following a Marketing degree from North Eastern University in 1996 and a computer assisted sound design &
engineering degree in 1999, BiG AL started his creative production journey and has since built up an impressive discography of over 500 releases under his own name as well as a multitude of aliases such as BiGz, Beat Factory, Harlem Knights, Audio Lab, Soul Collective and The Suppliers. Over the years BiG AL has produced, remixed and released his music on more than 150 labels, among them GU, King Street, Ministry of Sound, Armada, Toolroom, iRecords, and Anjunadeep to name but a few. His smooth production style is both highly distinctive and deeply rooted in the culture, so much so that he can count on Sasha, Behrouz, Dave Seaman, Hernan Cattaneo and Nick Warren among his fans.