Alex Metric
Alex Drury (born 31 December 1981), known professionally as Alex Metric, is a British musician, DJ and producer. At the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, he won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for producing the Silk City and Dua Lipa song "Electricity".
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Alex Metric

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- Name
- Alex Metric
- Born
- 31 December 1981
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- disc jockey · record producer · singer · composer
- Languages
- English
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Key facts
• Name — Alex Metric • Born — 31 December 1981 • Alias — Alex Drury • Origin — London, England • Genre — *House • disco house • electropop • progressive house • electro house • nu-disco • Years Active — 2006–present • Label — Marine Parade, Owsla, Big Beat Records, Anjunadeep • Website — alexmetric.com
Biography
Biography
Alex Metric has released numerous EPs as a solo artist, and singles as a member of Metroplane and Kuu. He has remixed artists such as Daft Punk, N.E.R.D., Foals, La Roux, Pet Shop Boys, Phoenix, Gorillaz Depeche Mode and Bloc Party as well as working as a producer and writer for acts such as Mark Ronson, Dua Lipa, Avicii, Diplo, Rose Gray, Mel C, Snow Patrol, Muse, Charli XCX & The Infadels,
Compilation albums
Compilation albums
• Open Your Eyes (Remixes & Productions) (2011)
Singles and EPs
Singles and EPs
• Leave it / Stale (2005) • Hell Yeah (2005) • Holding (2006) • Space hopper (2007) • Whatshewants - EP (2007) • Deadly on a Mission - EP (2008) • In Your Machine - EP (2008) • The Head Straight - EP (2009) • It Starts - EP (2009) • It Starts (Remixes) - EP (2009) • "Open Your Eyes" (2011) • End of the World - EP (2011) • Ammunition EP (2012) • Ammunition Pt. 2 EP (2012) • Ammunition Pt. 3 EP (2013) • "Safe with You" (with Jacques Lu Cont featuring Malin) (2013) • Hope EP (2014) • "Heart Weighs a Ton" (featuring Stefan Storm) (2014) • Heart Weighs a Ton Remixes EP (2014) • Ammunition Pt. 4 EP (2015) • Ammunition Pt. 4 Remixes EP (2016) • "Freeek" (featuring Confessionals) (2017) • "Word of Mouth" (as Metroplane) (2017) • "Otic" (with Ten Ven) (2018) • "Be Where I Am" (as Metroplane) (2019) • "Upswing" (with Amtrac) (2020) • "How Could I Ever" (as Kuu with Riton) (2020) • "We'll Always Have This Dance" (2020) • "Qubit" (with Ten Ven) (2020) • "How To Change Your Mind" EP (As Kuu with Riton) (2021) • "Lose Control" (as Kuu With Riton) (2023) • Space & Time EP (2023)
Remixes
Remixes
• Hard Fi - "Suburban Knights" • Autokratz - "Stay The Same" • Splittr - "All Alone" • Black Daniel - "Gimme What You Got" • Locarnos - "Make Up Your Mind" • Alphabeat - "Boyfriend" • Reverend & The Makers - "Silence is Talking" • Infadels - "Free Things for Poor People" • Freeland - "Under Control" • The Shoes - "Oh Lord" • The Enemy - "Sing When You're In Love" (Promo Only) • Ladyhawke - "Paris Is Burning" • Phoenix - "Lisztomania" • Bloc Party - "One More Chance" • Merz - "Many Weathers Apart" • U2 - "Crazy" (Unreleased Remix) • Kenneth Bager - "I Can't Wait" • Fenech-Soler - "Lies" • La Roux - "Quicksand" • Gorillaz - "Stylo" • Ellie Goulding - "Salt Skin" • Maximum Balloon - "Groove Me" • NERD - "Hypnotize U" • Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus" • Niki and The Dove - "Mother Protect" • Pet Shop Boys - "A new bohemia" • Sade - "Love Is Found" (Promo only) • The Whip - "Secret Weapon" • Miike Snow - "Devil's Work" • The Presets - "Youth In Trouble" • Ellie Goulding - "Anything Could Happen" • St. Lucia - "September" • Two Door Cinema Club - "Sun" • Scissor Sisters - "Inevitable" (unreleased) • Willy Moon - "Get Up" (Promo only) • Yeah Yeah Yeahs- "Despair" (unreleased) • Foals - "Bad Habit" • Empire of the Sun- "DNA" • Madeon - "You're On (ft. Kyan)" • All Tvvins - "Darkest Ocean" • Saint Raymond - "Young Blood" (promo only) • Everything Everything-"Distant Past" • Foals - "Mountain At My Gates" • Dusky Grey - "Told Me" • Just Kiddin - "Fall for You" • Bad Sounds - Evil Powers • Friendly Fires - "Love Like Waves" • Mel - Santiago • Silk City- "Electricity" • Parcels-"Lightenup" • Big Wild-"City of Sound" • Foals-"Sunday" • Roosevelt - Sign • Foals - Wash Off (As Kuu) • Victor Le Masne - Fortune Cookie • Pet Shop Boys - A New Bohemia • See Tai - Hey Boy Mixes Under the "Metroplane" Alias • Becky Hill- "Unpredictable" • Anais-"Lost My Faith" Bootlegs • The Rapture - The Devil (Alex Metric Bootleg) • Metric - Monster Hospital (Alex Metric Bootleg) • Cassius - Sound of Violence (Alex Metric Re-Edit) • Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Alex Metric Re-Edit) • Blur - Song 2 (Alex Metric Festival Edit) • Frank Ocean - White Ferrari (Alex Metric Re-Edit)
Songwriting and production credits
Songwriting and production credits
• Title — Year — Artist(s) — Album — Credits — Written with — Produced with • "Hate" — 2007 — Adam Freeland — The Hate EP — Co-writer/Producer — Adam Freeland — Adam Freeland • "Where's Your God Now?" — Adam Freeland — Adam Freeland • "Glowsticks" — Adam Freeland — Adam Freeland • "Under Control" — 2009 — Freeland — Cope — Adam Freeland, Kurt Baumann — Adam Freeland • "Do You" — Adam Freeland — Adam Freeland • "Strange Things" — Adam Freeland, Kurt Baumann — Adam Freeland • "Bring It" — Adam Freeland — Adam Freeland • "Mancry" — Adam Freeland — Adam Freeland • "Borderline" (featuring Brody Dalle) — Adam Freeland, Brody Dalle — Adam Freeland • "Rock On" — Producer — - — Adam Freeland • "Silent Speaking" — Co-writer/Producer — Adam Freeland, John Ceperano, Kim Field — Adam Freeland • "Best Fish Tacos in Ensenada" — Adam Freeland — Adam Freeland • "Only a Fool (Can Die)" (featuring Gerald Casale) — Adam Freeland, Gerald Casale — Adam Freeland • "Morning Sun" — Adam Freeland, Damian Taylor — Adam Freeland • "Wish I Was There" — Adam Freeland, Kurt Baumann — Adam Freeland • "From Out of the Black Sky" — 2012 — Infadels — The Future of the Gravity Boy — Producer — - — - • "The Future of the Gravity Boy" — - — - • "Ghosts" — - — - • "We Get Along" — - — - • "Mercury Rising" — - — - • "Jupiter 5" — - — Jagz Kooner • "American Girl" — 2013 — Bonnie McKee — Non-album single — Co-writer — Bonnie McKee, Jonathan Asher, Oliver Goldstein, Jacknife Lee — - • "Talk to Myself" (featuring Sterling Fox) — 2015 — Avicii — Stories — Timothy Bergling, Brandon Lowry, Matthew Hartke — - • "Endisco" — 2016 — The Knocks — 55: Japanese Edition — Benjamin Ruttner, James Patterson, Benjamin Berger, Ryan McMahon — - • "On What You're On" — Busted — Night Driver — Co-producer — - — John Fields • "Thinking of You" — Co-writer/Co-producer — James Bourne, Matthew Willis, Charlie Simpson, John Fields, Eric Bazilian — John Fields • "Word of Mouth" (featuring Bree Runway) — 2018 — Metroplane — Non-album single — Co-writer/Producer — Vito de Luca, Uzoechi Emenike, Rebecca Hill, Ryan Campbell — Metroplane, Mark Ralph • "Ginger" (with Riton) — Kah-Lo — Foreign Ororo — Co-Writer / Producer — Henry Smithson, Faridah Demola-Seriki — - • "Only Can Get Better" (featuring Daniel Merriweather) — Silk City — rowspan="4" Non-album single — Co-producer — - — Mark Ronson, Diplo, The Picard Brothers, Riton, Lil Silva • "Feel About You" (featuring Mapei) — Producer — - — Mark Ronson, Diplo, The Picard Brothers, Magnus Lidehäll, Jr Blender • "Electricity" (with Dua Lipa) — Additional producer — - — Mark Ronson, Diplo, The Picard Brothers, Jarami, Riton, Jr Blender • "Runway" — Duke Dumont — Producer — - — Duke Dumont • "Heaven Let Me In" — Friendly Fires — Additional producer — - — Friendly Fires, Disclosure, Hal Ritson, Mark Ralph, Richard Adlam • "High Heels" — 2019 — Melanie C — Producer — Melanie C, Rae Morris, Fryars — - • "New Love" ft Ellie Goulding — 2021 — Silk City — Non album single — Producer — Mark Ronson, Diplo, The Picard Brothers, Riton • "Don't Be Afraid" — 2021 — Diplo & Damian Lazarus ft Jungle — Producer — Diplo, Vito De Luca, • "Ecstacy" — 2023 — Rose Gray — Non album Single — Co writer and Producer — Rose Gray • "Love Letter" — 2022 — Odessa — Co writer — Odesza, The Knocks, Hannah Yadi • "Sugar" — 2024 — Chloe Caillet — Co Writer and Co producer — Chloe Caillet — Chloe Caillet • "Wish You Knew" — 2024 — Carlita — Sentimental — Co Writer and Co producer — Carlita, DJ Tennis, Joe Ashworth — Carlita, DJ Tennis, Joe Ashworth • "Tectonic" — 2025 — Rose Gray — Louder Please — Co writer & Producer — Rose Gray — Ewan Pearson, Rob Milton • "Run With It" — 2025 — KILIMANJARO — Co Writer and Co producer — KILIMANJARO — KILIMANJARO • "April" — 2025 — Rose Gray — A little louder please — Co writer and Producer — Rose Gray • "Lotus" — 2025 — Rose Gray — A Little louder please — Co writer and Co Producer — Rose Gray, Twin Lee — Twin Lee • "Attitude" — 2026 — Mel C — Co writer & Producer — Mel C, Clementine Douglas • Undressed — 2026 — Just For Fun — Co Writer and Co Producer — Just For Fun — Just For Fun
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