DJ Aligator
| DJ Aligator | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Aliasghar Movasat |
| Born | Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation(s) | Electronic musician, DJ, record producer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Gator Records |
| Associated acts | Factual Beat, Zoom, Arash Labaf |
| Website |
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Aliasghar Movasat (Persian: علی اصغر مواساط ) better known by his stage name DJ Aligator, is an Iranian-Danish producer and DJ.
Musical career
He enjoyed worldwide success with the single "The Whistle Song" from his 2000 debut album Payback Time. It peaked at number 5 in the United Kingdom in January 2002,[1] and subsequently, he performed it on BBC Television's Top of the Pops.[2] The song was a four times platinum selling success in Denmark in 2000, peaking at number-one on both the singles and dance chart, before its international release in 2002.[3] Similar projects: 666, K-System, Floorfilla, Klubbheads, Cosmic Gate, Darude, Pulsedriver, Barcode Brothers, Hampenberg, Kai Tracid
"Lollipop" was written by Aliasghar Movasat and Calvin Allan, and "The Whistle Song" was written by Aliasghar Moavasat, Al Agami[4]and Holger Lagerfeldt.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | SWE | |||||||||||||
| Payback Time |
|
17 | 31 | |||||||||||
| The Sound of Scandinavia |
|
3 | — | |||||||||||
| Music is My Language |
|
39 | — | |||||||||||
| Kiss My B-ass |
|
33 | — | |||||||||||
| Next Level |
|
— | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN [5] |
FIN [6] |
IRE [7] |
NED [8] |
NOR [9] |
SWE [10] |
UK [1] | ||||||||
| 2000 | "The Whistle Song" | 1 | — | 5 | 54 | 1 | 10 | 5 | Payback Time | |||||
| "Lollipop" | 1 | — | 18 | — | 9 | 8 | — | |||||||
| "Turn Up the Music" | 4 | — | 78 | — | — | 49 | — | |||||||
| 2001 | "Doggy Style" | 10 | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | ||||||
| "Temple of India" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2002 | "Stomp!" | 1 | - | — | 2 | — | — | — | The Sound of Scandinavia | |||||
| "I Like to Move It" (featuring Dr. Alban) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Mosquito" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Dreams" (featuring Christina Undhjem) | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2004 | "Davaj Davaj" (featuring MC Vspishkin) | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Music Is My Language | |||||
| 2005 | "Music is My Language" (featuring Arash) | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Protect Your Ears" | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2006 | "Countdown" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2007 | "Meet Her at the Lover Parade 2007" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | |||||
| 2008 | "KAOS" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kiss My B-ass | |||||
| 2009 | "Calling You" | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Shine" (featuring Heidi Degn) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2010 | "Gi' det til dig" (featuring Jinks) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | |||||
| 2011 | "Starting Over" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Next Level | |||||
| "Trash the Club" (featuring Al Agami & Yas) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2012 | "The Perfect Match" (with Daniel Kandi featuring Julie Rugaard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Moments of Life" (featuring Alexander Popov) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Be With You" (featuring Sarah West) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2014 | "Fist Pump" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2016 | Heaven Is Falling | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 158. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Svidt, Ole Rosenstand (15 January 2002). "DJ Aligator hitter i England" (in Danish). GAFFA. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ↑ "DJ Aligator Project" (in Danish). bandlist.dk. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ↑ Mathiasen, Morten Plesner (2009). "Alligatoren synger slet ikke" (in Danish). P3. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ↑ Danish peaks
- ↑ Finnish peaks
- ↑ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on June 3, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ↑ Dutch peaks
- ↑ Norwegian peaks
- ↑ Swedish peaks
External links
- Official website
- Aligator On Bia2dj
- DJ Aligator discography at Discogs
- DJ Aligator Project discography at Discogs