Eric Estornel (born November 6, 1978), better known by his stage names Maceo Plex (), Maetrik and Mariel Ito, is an American DJ, techno music producer and DJ Awards winner, raised in Dallas and Miami.
Biography He is best known for his diverse production style, which is influenced primarily by house and by techno but also elements of electro and tech house; He is a longtime performer in many of Ibiza's top clubs, including the now-closed Space and Amnesia, and since 2016 has hosted his own club night, Mosaic by Maceo, throughout the summer in Pacha.
In July 2017, Estornel released a new concept project titled Solar, named after his baby son. It is his third studio album, through which he wanted to create deeper, more meaningful connection with his audience. The project combined ambient electronica, breakbeats and melodies, with dub and techno flourishes and guest vocalists. Solar has been released on Lone Romantic, Estornel's new, electronica-based label.
The Return two-track EP under Clash Lion Records was released in September 2017, Estornel's first release as Maetrik since 2012's Unleash The Beast EP. In spring 2018 Estornel created CD - fabric98, his fabric mix debut which bears the name of his big-room, Ibiza-friendly alias, but it reflects the music he's made under various guises including Maetrik and Mariel Ito over the last 20 years. fabric98 mix is an artist paying homage to the respected CD series all the while staying true to his love of blending many genres into one journey filled mix. His most recent production is the album Mutant Series released in March 2019 on Ellum Audio. In 2021, he remixed Faithless' 1995 song Insomnia.
He currently resides in Barcelona, Spain with his wife and children.
Discography Studio albums Life Index (Crosstown Rebels, 2011) Journey to Solar (Ellum Audio, 2016) Solar (Lone Romantic, 2017) Mutant Series (Ellum Audio, 2019) '93 (Lone Romantic, 2023)
Singles and extended plays Maetrik / Maceo Plex - Clubs EP (Resopal Schallware, 2009) Vibe Your Love (Crosstown Rebels, 2010) Under the Sheets EP (No.19 Music, 2011) High & Sexy EP (Ellum Audio, 2011) Your Style (Crosstown Rebels, 2011) Sweating Tears EP (Crosstown Rebels, 2011) Can't Leave You (Crosstown Rebels, 2011) Maceo Plex & Elon - Bummalo EP (ReSolute Label, 2011) Odd Parents & Maceo Plex - Get Enough (Leftroom, 2012) Frisky (Crosstown Rebels, 2012) Jon Dasilva & Maceo Plex - Love Somebody Else (Ellum Audio, 2012) Space Junk (Ellum Audio, 2012) Jupiter Jazz (Maceo Plex & Danny Daze) - Booty Jazz (Ellum Audio, 2013) In Excess (Ellum Edits, 2013, uncredited) Maceo Plex & Maars featuring Florence Bird - Going Back (Ellum Audio, 2013) Conjure One (Ellum Audio, 2014) Conjure Two (Minus, 2014) Conjure Superstar (Kompakt, 2014) Conjure Infinity (Drumcode, 2014) Maceo Plex & Gabriel Ananda - Solitary Daze (Ellum Audio, 2014) Solar Sampler (Ellum Audio, 2015) Maceo Plex featuring C.A.R - Mirror Me (Kompakt, 2015) Journey to Solar (Ellum Audio, 2016) The Tesseract (Ellum Audio, 2017) Mutant 1 - Maceo Plex & Maars (Correspondant Music, 2018) Mutant 2 (Ellum Black, 2018) Mutant Robotics (Ellum Audio, 2018) Mutant Romance (MPLX, 2018) When the Lights Are Out (Ellum Audio, 2019) Nu World (Ellum Audio, 2020) Maceo Plex & Program 2 - Revision feat. Giovanni (Ellum Audio, 2021) Maceo Plex & Oscar And The Wolf - All Night (Higher Ground, 2022) Maceo Plex & Ishi - Moon Sky (Lone Romantic, 2023)
Other tracks YearTrackDateRelease2011"Alpha"Mar 24, 2011Hot Waves, Vol. 1"Falling"Jul 18, 2011Visionquest Beach Collection - Spring Summer 2011"God Is Still My Papa"Jan 11, 2011Crosstown Promo Mix, unreleased"Her Security"May 9, 20115 Years of Galaktika2012"Deez Nutz"Mar 12, 2012Ellum Sleazy Riders Collection"Mediate 2012" (vs. INXS)Jul 5, 2012Released on Soundcloud"Why"Nov 6, 2012 Watergate X2013"Calm Under Pressure" (with Cajmere)May 13, 2013Too Underground For The Main Stage"Galactic Cinema"Apr 19, 2013DJ-Kicks: Maceo Plex"Mind On Fire"Apr 19, 2013DJ-Kicks: Maceo Plex"Thank You Larry"Nov 15, 2013Mixmag Presents Deep Ellum"When It All Comes to This" (with Mark O'Sullivan)Apr 19, 2013DJ-Kicks: Maceo Plex2018"Mutant Magic"Apr 20, 2018Fabric 982019Maetrik "Time Warp 25 Years Tool"April, 2019Released on Soundcloud
Remixes YearArtistTrackTitle2010Glimpse"Walk Tall"Maceo Plex Remix2011Azari & III"Manic"Maceo Plex RemixBazar"Hard to Find"Maceo Plex Funk DropDJ T. featuring Cari Golden"City Life"Maceo Plex RemixJin Choi"Half Baked"Maceo Plex Deep RemixMaceo Plex Groove RemixLaura Jones"Love In Me"Maceo Plex RemixMaceo Plex"Your Style"Maceo Plex Re-VisitMartin Dawson featuring NRG"Think About It"Maceo Plex Remix2012Jon Dasilva featuring Joi Cardwell"Love Somebody"Maceo Plex Bonus ToolMaetrik"Walk Alone"Maceo Plex Revenge Mix2013Ali Love featuring Kali"Emperor"Maceo Plex Last Disco RemixAphex Twin"Polynomial-C"Maceo Plex EditAzari & III"Manic"Maceo Plex Lost VersionButch featuring Benjamin Franklin"Highbeams"Maceo Plex RemixEric Volta"Rez-Shifter"Maceo Plex RemixFootprintz"Uncertain Change"Maceo Plex Reconception RemixGood Guy Mikesh"Place of Love"MP EditJaydee"Payback"Maceo Plex RemixLab Insect aka Nomenklatür"Oh Happy Day"Maceo Plex EditMathias Schaffhäuser"Nice to Meet You"Maceo Plex RemixMattski"Escapism"Maceo Plex Conversation RemixMurr featuring Rosina"Dive into the Deepest"MP RemixS.A.M."Nangijala"Maceo Plex Reggae EditSound Stream"Love Jam"Maceo Plex Unofficial RemixVisnadi"Racing Tracks"Indianapolis Drive Mix / Maceo Plex Edit2014Archive"Again"Maceo Plex EditChelsea Wolfe"The Warden"Maceo Plex RemixCrash Course in Science"Flying Turns"Maceo Plex EditGusGus"Crossfade"Maceo Plex MixOdd Parents"Learn to Fly"Maceo 808 DubMaceo's Flight Home RemixRöyksopp"Sordid Affair"Maceo Plex MixThe Iron Curtain"The Condos"Maceo Plex RemixThe Smiths"How Soon Is Now"Maceo Plex EditWhoMadeWho"Heads Above"Maceo Plex DubMaceo Plex Remix2015Dionigi"Vitamin B1 / Energy From the Vacuum"Maceo Plex EditJoy Wellboy"The Magic"Maceo Plex & Shall Ocin DubMaceo Plex featuring DNCN"Eternal 808"Maceo Plex Unreleased RemixStephan Bodzin"Powers of Ten"Maceo Plex & Shall Ocin RemixOpale"Sparkles and Wine"Maceo Plex MixStrange Cargo"Million Town"Maceo Plex & Dolores del Amo Club Mix2016 Sailor & I"Black Swan"Maceo Plex Remix2017 Dino Lenny"Shoot Me to the Sky"Maceo Plex Remix Rebolledo"Discótico Pléxico"Maceo Plex Remix Sefton"Stranded In Passion"Maceo Plex Remix2018Der Dritte Raum"Hale Bopp"Maceo Plex EditDino Lenny"Guilty Officer"Maceo Plex RemixMaribou State featuring Holly Walker"Nervous Tics"Maceo Plex RemixRemake"Blade Runner"Maceo Plex Renaissance Remix2019CJ Bolland & The Advent"Camargue 2019"Maceo Plex Remix2020Coldcut"Timber"Maceo Plex RemixFaithless featuring Nathan Bell"Synthesizer"Maceo Plex RemixMelawati"Daliah"Maceo Plex RemixNew Order"Be a Rebel"Maceo Plex RemixPerry Farrell"Let's All Pray for This World"Maceo Plex Electro RemixMaceo Plex Glitchy RemixMaceo Plex Exclusive RemixRone"Babel"Maceo Plex Remix2021Chromatics"Shadow"Maceo Plex RemixFaithless"Insomnia"Insomnia 2021
Unreleased edits and remixes YearArtistTrackTitle2011Liberty City"That's What I Got"Maceo Plex Re-Edit2012Depeche Mode"Policy of Truth"Maceo Plex Personal EditJack Rabbit"Untitled"Maceo Plex EditSteve Reich & Coldcut"Music for 18 Musicians"Maceo Plex RemixThe Revenge featuring Danielle Moore"Just Be Good to Me"Maceo Plex Remix2013Kavinsky featuring Lovefoxxx"Nightcall"Maceo Plex EditThe Rolling Stones"Heaven"Maceo Plex Re-Edit2014Jeanette Thomas"Shake Your Body"Maceo Plex Remix2015Paul Hertzog"Triumph" (Bloodsport OST)Maceo Plex Remix2016Jan Hammer"Crockett's Theme"Maceo Plex Edit2017Anthony Rother"Human Made"Maceo Plex Edit
Maetrik discography
Studio albums Quality Exertion (Treibstoff, 2002) Casi Profundo (Treibstoff, 2005) My Cyborg Depths (as Mariel Ito) (SCSI-AV, 2005)
Singles and extended plays Connect (Treibstoff, 2001) Bias Defiance EP (Chalant Music, 2002) Entering The Cycle EP (Immigrant, 2002) Maetrik / Brian Aneurysm - The Sober Scene (Iron Box Music, 2002) Remote EP (Iron Box Music, 2002) The Fall Out EP (Intrinsic Design, 2002) Freaky Flow (Big Chief, 2003) Echando Alma EP (Morris Audio Citysport Edition, 2003) Force Feeling (Treibstoff, 2003) My Specs (Treibstoff, 2003) Being Used (Iron Box Music, 2004) Tiny Destructor (Treibstoff, 2005) Cologne And Back (Treibstoff, 2005) The Prophecy (Tic Tac Toe Records, 2006) Maetrik vs. Mariel Ito - Data Addict EP (Affected Music, 2006) Aggravate Me (Stil Vor Talent, 2006) Polygon Bug (Iron Box Music, 2007) Transform EP (Regular, 2007) Future Will Survive (Treibstoff, 2007) Sexus (Regular, 2007) Space Chronic EP (Mothership, 2008) Hardwire EP (Iron Box Music, 2008) Advanced Mechanics E.P. (Treibstoff, 2008) They Love Terror E.P. (Treibstoff, 2009) Melted Mind EP (Mothership, 2009) Envy (Dumb-Unit, 2009) Maetrik / Maceo Plex - Clubs EP (Resopal Schallware, 2009) Choose Your System (Adam Beyer's Remix) (Treibstoff, 2009) Gliding Blind E.P. (Audiomatique Recordings, 2010) Simon Wish VS. Cruz + Lati / Maetrik Feat. Kule Runner - Dawn's Highway / Snorkel (Cocoon Recordings, 2010) So Real (Dumb-Unit, 2010) Unleash The Beast EP (Ellum Audio, 2012) The Reason (Cocoon Recordings, 2012) The Entity (Truesoul, 2012) Return EP (Clash Lion, 2017)
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