Meet A-Trak, the remixing wizard

Welcome to Meet the Producers, a CBC Music series that highlights Canadian producers making waves in their respective genres. Producers are integral to building the backbone of the songs we love: they turn ideas into fully fleshed creations, and because so much of what they do happens behind the scenes, we wanted to shed a light on them.  Montreal DJ and producer A-Trak is a remixing guru. His knack for taking the essence of a track and imbuing it with new life has been on display since his earliest days on the DJ circuit in the late ’90s. A-Trak’s magnum opus is the 2009 remix of Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Heads Will Roll,” which became a party anthem after it appeared on the soundtrack of the 2012 movie Project X. The track has become ubiquitous, racking up north of 250 million streams on Spotify alone, and still gets played by DJs across the world 15 years after its release.  WATCH | A-Trak’s remix of ‘Heads Will Roll’:  [embedded content]  Although A-Trak, née Alain Macklovitch, may be more recently known for his big EDM bangers and remixes, he’s also an OG turntablist whose longevity is a testament to his ability to adapt....