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Also known as
  
AM

Years active
  
1998 to Present

Members
  
Armando Martinez

Origin
  
Miami, Florida

Genres
  
Electro, Miami bass

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Labels
  
Interdimensional Transmissions Dopamine Touchin' Bass

Record label
  
Interdimensional Transmissions

Albums
  
RMXD, Afro-Cuban Electronics, ElectrÛnica Afro-Cubano

Similar
  
DJ Assault, DJ Godfather, Andrea Parker

Alpha 606, (born Armando Martinez on November 15, 1974 in Hialeah, Florida, U.S.), is an acoustic/electronic artist based out of Miami. The group was founded by Armando Martinez and Rey Rubio in 1998. Martinez is a programmer/composer and Rubio is a performing sound engineer. "Rubio and Martinez ensure that the drums don't 'sit on top' of the track, instead processing the rhythms so that they're subsumed into the rest of it, forming an elastic foundation." The group was joined by two percussionists in 2003, Marino Hernandez and Danny Chirino.

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"The music itself... is a futuristic homage to Cuban culture, fusing warm machine tones and crisp bass notes with Afro-Cuban drums."

Their debut ep, Computer Controlled, was released on Dopamine Records in 2004. [Here] "US duo reveals there in three cuts its immoderate taste for a dancefloor minimal electro of a high quality, at once percussive, futuristic, heading and fresh." The group played a few live shows as four, but shortly thereafter parted ways.

Armando has continued touring and performing as Alpha 606 since 2004 with his solo laptop sets. Alpha 606 live shows have been recorded in Barcelona, London, Brussels, Helsinki, Bournemouth, Birmingham and Miami.

Alpha 606 has since then been released on Interdimensional Transmissions and Touchin' Bass.

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Releases

  • Electrónica Afro-Cubano (EP) Interdimensional Transmissions 2008
  • Computer Controlled (12") Dopamine Records 2004
  • Remixes

  • Nomadic Metro-Mover (12") Alphaphix (Alpha 606 Guanabana Mix) Dopamine Records 2005
  • Exzakt Reworked and Remixed (12") Sleeping With The Enemy (Alpha 606 mix) Monotone 2006
  • Tracks Appear On

  • Future Sound of Breaks (CD) Domino Sound Records (US) 2005
  • Subsidence (CD, Promo) Anarchy In China Touchin' Bass 2005
  • Subsidence (2xLP) Anarchy In China Touchin' Bass 2005
  • Subsidence (CD) Anarchy In China Touchin' Bass 2005
  • Nobody's Perfect Part Two (CD, Promo) Anarchy In China Touchin' Bass 2006
  • Nobody's Perfect Part Two (CD) Anarchy In China Touchin' Bass 2006
  • Ten Volt (CD) Rise of Human Being Transient Force 2007
  • Songs

    AfribaAfro-Cuban Electronics · 2016
    808 TraxRMXD · 2016
    ArmamboRMXD · 2016

    References

    Alpha 606 Wikipedia


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