Alan Abrahams
location . London, UK
project website . sudelectronic.com

Alan Abrahams, the man behind Portable, emerged out of the ruins of a post - apartheid South Africa. Growing up in an impoverished, Cape Town township, ironically tagged "Beverly Hills". Inspired by the first batch of Chicago house records; the foundations wer laid for his future in music.

Discography

More Things Change (CDr) . Süd Electronic
Patterns And Signals (12") . Context
Futuristic Experiments #005 (CD) . Background
Futuristic Experiments 005 (2xLP) . Background
Gridshift (12") . Süd Electronic
Cycling (CD) . Background
Cycling (2xLP) . Background
Distance (12") . Karat
One Second Ago Or Less EP (12") . Background
Flicker EP (12") . Background
Version (CD) . ~Scape
Version (2xLP) . ~Scape

Remixes

Soundvariation Remixes (2x12") Untitled Soundvariation
Go Mixes (12") Bass And Go (Portable ... Meteosound
Red Dark Shed EP (12") I Know The Darkness A Touch Of Class (Germany)
Collaborations & Remixes (CD)20w (Portable Remix) Static Discos
Liquid Sex EP (12") Liquid Sex (Portable remix).. Spectral Sound
M.Case EP (Rmxd) (12")Silence (Portable Remix) !"@.*!%
Sympathy For So Long (MP3) Sympathy For So Long (... Revolver Recordings

Tracks Appear On

Newdays (12") . The World Unwinds . Süd Electronic
Thredes And Vaynes (12") . Curve (Edit) . Context
Futuristic Experiments #006 (CD) . A Loop of Mass and Energy . Background
Futuristic Experiments #006 (2x12") . A Loop Of Mass And Energy . Background
Unravelled Vol. 1 (12") . Untitled, Untitled . Context
Mutek 04 (2xCD) . Aphrodisiac . Mutek_Rec Records
Groove CD #95/N° 4 (CD) . Down Stream . Groove Magazine
Katapult Vol.2 - A Karat Mix By Krikor (CD) . Optional . Karat
Marke B 05 (CD) . Thought In Action . Wire Magazine

Experimenting with ways of combining traditional african rhythms, with the 4/4 template of house, Abrahams completed various projects in South africa. Most of which, gave a commentary to the political turmoil of the country then. Abrahams inevitably became frustrated with the geographic isolation of the country and relocated to London in 1997. In the UK, Abrahams went on to complete various releases for internationally recognised labels such as Context and Background Records before setting up Süd Electronic towards the end of 2002.

He has since gone on to release many more records for various international labels such as Scape ,Karat , Spectral, Mutek , Revolver e.t.c. His live sets have taken him to various cities, in Japan 4 times over; most of Germany, France, Poland, Austria, Sweden, Various parts of the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, Brazil and England - the list goes on.