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Alex was born in the old Russian town of Smolensk in the family of military paramedics. With his parents getting assignments all around Russia and abroad, Alex traveled a lot with them, including several unforgettable years in Germany. In the year 1989 he moved over to reside in Moscow. As it often happens in medical families, he decided to follow his parents' professional tradition, but after spending two years in the Moscow Medical Academy Alex understood that medicine was not his purpose in life - he decided to quit without any doubts. In 1993 he found himself interested in avant-garde fashion. He learned to cut and to saw on his own by the books; drawing was always one of his favorites. Simultaneously with fashion-design Alex works on art-objects - his works have been exhibited in the Central House of Artists in Moscow; one of the most interesting exhibitions took place in Yekaterinburg. In the year 1996 the "PTUCH" magazine awarded Alexei Meshkov as the best avant-garde designer - he received their "Golden Ptuch" prize. Alex coped with his fame in a rather strange way - quite soon he became bored with fashion design. Long before taking his final decision to become a DJ, Alex was making his own mixes for his fashion shows. His first dj-set on the turntables was played on the 28th of December 1996 in "Aquatoria" club. Later Alex could be spotted appearing under the name of DJ Tuk in various Moscow night clubs. In a while he became the resident-DJ of the legendary "Substation" radio station, being remembered from that time for industrially-dark atmosphere of his night airs - Psychic TV & Trobbing Gristle, dark ambient & trip-hop, Saturday morning techno & electro shows. After the "Substation" was closed, Alex played as a DJ at the "Station 2000" and "Dynamite" radio stations. Today the name of DJ Meshkov is associated with an epoch of the Russian dance culture as well as with a significant list of night-clubs, including "Luch", "A-Club", "Treasures Island" ("Ostrov Sokrovish"), "Hippopotamus", "Chudo-Bar", "Park", "Virus", "Third Way" ("Trety Put'"), "Djusto", "Gerzen", "KakBy", "Gramophone", "Budda-Bar", "Propaganda", "Metro", "Territory", "Gorod", "MIX", as well as Kazantip, Instanziya, Forts & Creamfields music festivals. From the year 1999 Alex creates music under the name of "Nooncat", his personal musical project. Nooncat's smart and neatly true tracks have been released on the German labels: Salo, Trapez, Konvex-Konkav. Currently he works with Triebstoff and Trenton Rec. companies. His best EP's have been released in Cologne & Frankfurt: "Snowdust", "Pop Korn", "Under The Moon, Under The Sun", "Down The Room", "Blue Screen". The complete editions of "Down The Room" and "Blue Screen" EP's have been sold out in a week after their releases. In 2004 the Moscow "16 Tonns" club awarded Nooncat with a famous "Golden Gargoyle" as the best dance project of the year. The live sets of Nooncat have been performed in the clubs of Cologne, Leipzig, Berlin, Skopje; live dj sets of DJ Meshkov could have been heard on the dance floors in England, Macedonia, Germany, Austria, Poland and all across Russia. At the present time Alex Meshkov is the resident of the most popular among Moscow's bohemia "MIX" club and of the Deepmix Moscow Radio; he often appears in "Shanti" and "Gorod" night clubs. His DJ-ing style is rather wide and variable, however always original: from minimal to tech-house and techno with imperative romantic vibes of neo-trance moods.
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