{{short description|French DJ and audio engineer}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Alex Gopher | birth_name = Alexis Latrobe | origin = Versailles, France | genre = EDM, funk, house, {{nowrap| dance-pop}} | years_active = 1994{{ndash}}present | label = V2 | website = {{flatlist| * [http://www.alexgophermastering.com/ www.alexgophermastering.com]}} }}
'''Alexis Latrobe''' ({{IPA|fr|alɛksi latʁɔb}}), known professionally as '''Alex Gopher''',<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Alexis+Latrobe |title = Alexis Latrobe|website = Discogs}}</ref> is a French mastering engineer, electronic musician and producer. He worked as a sound engineer at Translab Studio, notably for Angèle, Clara Luciani, Lomepal, -M-, Mr. Oizo, Gesaffelstein and Etienne Daho. Latrobe has contributed a great amount to the French touch movement of the 1990s.
== Career == Latrobe began his musical career playing bass in the band Orange with future Air members Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin. After the group split, he began to create electronic music and embarked on a successful solo career.
Latrobe's musical style mainly consists of sampling, along with recruiting vocal talent. His track "Brain Leech (Bugged Mind Remix)" has been featured in ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', playing on the Electro-Choc radio station. "The Child" was featured in the movie ''Amélie'';<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/OST/amelie/ |title = SoundtrackINFO: Amelie Soundtrack}}</ref> it samples from Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child".
A remix of Jamiroquai's "Black Capricorn Day" was released on their sampler EP ''An Online Odyssey'' in 2001; the track in question is listed as "Black Capricorn Day" (White Knights Remix).
==Discography== ===Charting albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of albums, with French and Australian chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart<br />positions |- ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | FRA ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | AUS<br /><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|pages=117}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Poumtchak #2'' | * Released: 1997<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4EcUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Alex+Gopher%22 | title=French Connections: From Discothèque to Discovery| isbn=9781860744495| last1=James| first1=Martin| year=2003}}</ref> | align="center" | - || - |- ! scope="row" |''You, My Baby & I'' | * Released: 1999 * Format: CD, LP * Label: Disques Solid | align="center" | 69 || 100 |- ! scope="row" |''Wuz''<br>(with Demon) | * Released: 2002 * Format: CD, LP * Label: Disques Solid | align="center" | 142 || - |- ! scope="row" |''Alex Gopher'' | * Released: 2007 * Format: CD, LP * Label: Disques Solid | align="center" | 146 || - |- ! scope="row" |''Motorway (soundtrack)''<br>(with Xavier Jamaux) | * Released: 2012 * Format: CD, LP, Digital * Label: Go 4 Music, | align="center" | - || - |}
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==External links== *[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p224590|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com article] *[http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/alex-gopher/195701 Billboard information] *[http://www.alexgopher.net Official site] *[http://www.myspace.com/alexgopher Myspace page]
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