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Max, real name Barmak Hatamian, got his first real break on the DJ circuit at trance night Hybernation, held at club Heaven, London in 1997. Max had a list of residencies to his name including stints at The Fridge, Brixton Academy, Soundshaft and Turnmills.

Predominantly a London based DJ playing Hard House, Trance and Techno, Max also completed tours of Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Holland, Finland, Canada & USA. In Japan he played in Osaka, Sendai and the world famous Liquid Room in Tokyo. He completed tours of Australia including the Millennium celebrations, returning for the following five years with Captain Tinrib playing huge festivals such as Advenjah, Enchanted Forest and playing at Australia ‘s most famous hard house club Hard Kandy. Other tours with Captain Tinrib saw them playing in Japan, South Africa, Canada & the States.

Not content with mixing through the usual outlets, Max has also played on numerous internet radio stations, and other independent & major dance radio stations including, London (Interface, Tube FM, Peace Radio), Toronto (1 Groove, The Mothership), San Francisco (Thump Radio), local radios in Sydney and Auckland, Helsinki (Radio Helsinki) & Cape Town (Good Hope FM).

Any spare hours are filled with the task of producing and running his record labels, Alien Trax, Human Trax and 2XS Recordings, which he co-owns with Amino (writer Paul Curtis ), and who, between 1996-2002, had more than forty releases under their belt. Max & Amino write as partners as well as producing their own solo work and have completed work for labels such as Tinrib, Vicious Circle, Chug N Bump, DP, Split Screen and Shock Records. Max & Amino released their debut album “The Missing Files” on Alien Trax. Max also teamed up with Dave Randall to bring fresh funky techno beats on their label Powerkutz, which had three critically acclaimed releases.

Other releases include labels such as Bang On, Swedish label Belvar, solo and collaboration with Captain Tinrib on Vicious Circle. Releases on Elasticman, The Alien Thing & Lisa Storm as The Recyclists, including a remix by Nick Sentience & Ilogik, and collaboration with Slim Jim on Brain Damage Recordings called “Would U?”.

Out in May 1999 Max Alien Trax mixed Extreme Clubbing Two for Torture Garden. In October 2000, Max, under one of his guises as The Alien Thing, mixed Fish Tales Vol. 4 “Alien Lobster Abduction“. The same year was the Alien Trax debut album, mixed by Max & Amino, “The Missing Files“.