Alix Depauw, known professionally as Alix Perez, grew up in Charleroi, Belgium, and works as a DJ and producer. He is also known as Alter:Native and ARP 101. Drum and bass is his main field, alongside releases in dubstep and other electronic styles. His earliest listed single, Dub Rock / Love Bug, came out on Horizons Music in 2005. Perez’s first album, 1984, followed on Shogun Audio in 2009, with contributions from Foreign Beggars, Lynx, Truth, Yungun and Spectrasoul.
Perez released the album Chroma Chords through Shogun Audio in 2013. Its collaborators included Two Inch Punch, Riko Dan, Foreign Beggars, Jehst, Phace and Misanthrop. Before setting up his own label, he had a long-running association with Shogun Audio. In 2016, he founded 1985 Music, which is also a clothing imprint. He has said that listening to a wide range of music and experimenting in the studio feed his work. Perez has also described a contrast between darker and lighter elements as a recurring feature of his music.
After meeting Eprom in 2014, Perez formed the collaborative project Shades with him; their work began with beats for Foreign Beggars. Shades released the album In Praise of Darkness in 2018, followed by From A Vein in 2022. Perez and Ivy Lab developed their Arkestra collaboration through studio sessions that grew into an EP. He has also worked with Jenna G, Redeyes, Sabre and Specific. With Headland, he made the album Hellion, released in 2023.
Perez released the album Entanglements in 2024. In 2025, he made the single So Here It Is with DLR for Sofa Sound and the single Gutters (Alix Perez Remix) with Confucius MC for Native Rebel Recordings. That year also brought the single The Lower World, made with Eprom as Shades, and the single My Friends EP with Hezziane, J:Kenzo and Mr. G. Perez’s 2026 single Shimaki came out on 1985 Music.
