Aril Brikha (born 1976) is an Assyrian techno musician, recognized globally for his contributions to the genre. After relocating to Sweden, he gained further recognition when he was nominated for Best Dance Album at the Swedish National Radio Gold Gala contest.P3 Guld 2008: Årets dans P3 Guld 2008 http://sr.se/cgi-bin/p3/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=3014&Artikel=1745148
Early life Brikha was born in Iran, and grew up in Jönköping. He started playing the keyboard at the age of seven. In his early teens, he developed an interest in electronic music from artists such as Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, Kraftwerk, Front 242, and Jean-Michel Jarre. By 17, Brikha started using a sequencer, and composing music. The term "Detroit Techno" was used by his friends to describe it, akin to records by Robert Hood and Berlin's Basic Channel.
Music career Brikha released his earliest material on Swedish imprints such as Dunkla, Plump, and Placktown. In 1998, he switched to the label Fragile, with the release of his Art Of Vengeance EP. Brikha tours with his live show in addition to performing at the annual Detroit Electronic Music Festival. In 2020 he released his album Dance Of A Trillion Stars on Mule Musiq. It consisted of eight songs which were slower and more trance-influenced than his other work. This was followed by the dance-floor-focused album Prisma later that year.
Discography Albums 2000: Departure in Time 2007: Ex Machina 2020: Dance of a Trillion Stars 2020: Prisma
12" 1998: Art of Vengeance MP 1998: Art of Vengeance EP 2000: Deeparture in Time 2003: Simplicity 2005: Prey for Peace 2007: Winter EP 2007: Akire 2007: Room 337 / Kept Within 2007: For Mother / Lady 707 2010: Deeparture in Time - The Remixes 2011: Forever Frost 2011: Palma 2012: Definition of D EP
References
External links Aril Brikha on Discogs Aril Brikha on MySpace Aril Brikha on AllMusic