Alex Reece

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{{Reference improve|date=September 2024}}{{short description|British musician (born 1970)}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Alex Reece
| image =
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| birth_name = Alexander Charles Ernest Reece<ref name="Discogs"/>
| birth_date = 28 November 1970
| alias = Reece Original Playboy Fallen Angels
| origin = [[Ealing]], England
| genre = [[Jungle Music]], [[Drum and Bass]]
| occupation =
| years_active = 1992–present
| label =
| past_member_of = Electronix Experienced Bounty Killaz Fallen Angels Interception Jazz Juice Reece Project Unit 1<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Alex+Reece|title=Alex Reece|website=Discogs|accessdate=2 September 2018}}</ref>
| website =
| current_members =
| past_members =
}}

'''Alex Reece''' (born '''Alexander Reece''',<ref name="Discogs"/> from England, West London Borough Ealing is a [[drum and bass]] musician. He [[History of drum and bass|popularized]] the use of two-step breaks in drum and bass, and was an influence of the [[jazzstep]] sound, a mix of [[drum and bass]] and [[jazz]]. Reece was one of the musicians in the [[Metalheadz]] collective, and has also worked under the pseudonym of '''Fallen Angels'''.

==Career==
Reece began DJing in the late 1980s.<ref name="AMG"/> In 1992, Jack Smooth offered Reece a trainee [[audio engineering|studio engineer]] job, and Reece went on to engineer for Smooth on many of the early Basement Records releases.<ref name="AMG"/> Reece first tried [[house music|house]] ([[sound recording and reproduction|recording]] with his brother, Oscar, under the name of XE-DUS), but graduated to drum and bass.<ref name="AMG"/> Though his preferred genres were [[acid house]] and Detroit [[techno]], Reece become known for [[jungle music]] in the mid-1990s.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |first= |last= |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p160233|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography by John Bush |website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=5 April 2009}}</ref>

His initial releases appeared on Liquid Wax with DJ Phantasy under The Reece Project, Basement Records and Creative Wax labels. However, Reece made his name with [[Goldie]]'s MetalHeadz Records with the single releases "Basic Principles" (1994) and "Pulp Fiction" (1995). They became jungle standards, standing out for their minimal approach. "Pulp Fiction" was released in 1995 as a single on MetalHeadz, his surname was incorrectly listed as "Reese" on the first batch. [[Fabio (DJ)|Fabio]] was thinking of releasing on his new label Creative Source, but delays with that lend to it going to MetalHeadz label.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alex Reece - Pulp Fiction |url=https://magazine.waxpoetics.com/rediscovery/pulp-fiction/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=wax-poetics |language=en}}</ref>

"Pulp Fiction" was also later released on an album by Goldie, again on his MetalHeadz label, preventing Reece from putting it out on his own album ''So Far'' on the label, 4th & Broadway. Instead Reece produced a remake of "Pulp Fiction" called "Pulp Friction", released in 1996. The two-step break and Reese Bassline used in "Pulp Fiction" became Drum and Bass Standards.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hardcorewillneverdie.com/invisible10.html | title = The Invisible Man - Top Ten Selection|website=Hardcorewillneverdie.com| accessdate = June 29, 2007}}</ref>

Reece cemented his reputation with additional recordings as Jazz Juice, from 1995, with Paul Saunders (for Precious Materials), Lunar Funk (for Mo'Wax), and the Original Playboy (for R&S).<ref name="AMG" /> In early 1995, Reece secured a [[recording contract]] when [[Island Records]] recruited him for their Quango subsidiary.<ref name="AMG" /> His debut album, ''So Far'' was released in September 1996 with 2 singles being previously released from his So Far album [[Feel the Sunshine]]" in December 1995 making introductory Drum and Bass chart success and "Candles" released in 1996 all produced at his studio "Acid Lab" these were released under the [[4th & B'way Records|Fourth & Broadway]] banner with real commercial success. He is now back working on new drum and bass music with his brother Stewart Reece under the Metalheadz label.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 455}}</ref>

== Discography ==

* The ElectroFlyz Series Vol.1 (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alex Reece - The ElectroFlyz Series Vol.1, by Alex Reece |url=https://alexreece.bandcamp.com/album/alex-reece-the-electroflyz-series-vol-1 |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Alex Reece |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Discogs artist}}
* {{Rolldabeats artist|artist=alex_reece|name=Alex Reece}}
* Alex Reece Social Media Account https://www.instagram.com/reecednbfamilyofficial/

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[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:DJs from London]]
[[Category:English drum and bass musicians]]
[[Category:English record producers]]
[[Category:English audio engineers]]
[[Category:British remixers]]
[[Category:People from Chipping Barnet]]
[[Category:Musicians from Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:British electronic dance music DJs]]
[[Category:Island Records artists]]
[[Category:Jungle musicians]]

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