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Alok
Alok in 2020
Born
Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo

(1991-08-26) 26 August 1991 (age 34)
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Occupations
  • Musician
  • DJ
  • record producer
Spouse
Romana Novais
​
(m. 2019)​
Children2
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • keyboards
Years active2004–present
Labels
Websitealoklive.com.br

Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [aˈlɔki]; born 26 August 1991), known mononymously as Alok, is a Brazilian musician, DJ, and record producer who is best known for his 2016 single "Hear Me Now".[1] Since 2021, Alok was ranked the 4th best DJ in the world by DJ Mag for 4 consecutive years.[2][3] In 2025, he achieved his highest placement to date, being named the third-best DJ in the world by the same publication.[4]

Alok has become one of the most prominent icons in the Brazilian electronic scene, with honors and awards, such as "Best DJ in Brazil" by House Mag in 2014 and 2015,[5] and being the only Brazilian in the top 25 in the world the following year by DJ Mag magazine.[6] In 2017, he was elected by Forbes Brasil as one of the most influential people under the age of 30 in the country.[7]

Biography

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Petrillo was born in Goiânia, Brazil, the son of DJs Swarup and Ekanta, who are also pioneers of psytrance in the country and creators of the Universo Paralello, electronic music festival in Bahia.[8]

His name came after his parents travelled to India, where they met with spiritual guru Osho, who indicated that their child should be called Alok, which in the Sanskrit language means "light".[9][10]

Career

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Alok began his career at the age of 12 along with his fraternal twin brother Bhaskar Petrillo.[11] At age 19 he pursued a solo career, becoming one of the most prominent icons in the Brazilian electronic scene, with honors and awards, such as "Best DJ in Brazil" awarded by House Mag for two consecutive times (in the years 2014 and 2015)[12] and the only Brazilian in the top 25 world DJ ranking by DJ Magazine in 2016.[13]

At age 10 he began to learn to play, along with Bhaskar.[14] In 2004, Petrillo and his brother visited the rehearsal studio of their father Swarup's band. According to Ekanta, his sons were interested in how the remixes were made. DJs Zumbi and Pedrão, family friends, taught the brothers to mix songs. Each one learned a specialty, one on the keyboard and the other on the guitar. Shortly thereafter, Dick Trevor installed the Logic Pro music editing program on Swarup's computer, bringing the brothers closer to producing music.[8]

Petrillo and his brother attended the performances that their parents did at psytrance paries and soon created their first project, Logica.[8][15]

Petrillo is also the founder of UP Club Records, a record label specializing in discovering new inborn talent in electronic music.[16]

In November 2019, Alok Petrillo became a character of Garena Free Fire under his name Alok and Song released Vale Vale with Zafrir.[17] in August 2021, according to in-game info from Garena Free Fire Alok is the most used character in game. Petrillo along with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & KSHMR released "Reunion" on Controversia & Smash The House for Free Fire's 4th anniversary.[18]

Record label

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On 3 July 2019, Alok released a song called "The Wall" along with American DJ Sevenn as the first release from his record label Controversia, a label he created in partnership with Spinnin Records to release Brazilian bass music.[19]

Discography

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Awards

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YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2016 International Dance Music Awards Best Break-Through DJ Himself Nominated
2017 Meus Prêmios Nick Hit of the Year in Brazil Hear Me Now Nominated
Trendy Cat (Male) Himself Nominated
Prêmio Jovem Brasileiro Best show Nominated
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Brazilian Act Nominated
MTV Millennial Awards Best Dj Nominated
2018 Prêmio Jovem Brasileiro Hit of the year Paga de Solteiro Feliz– Simone & Simaria Nominated
Meus Prêmios Nick Trendy Cat (Male) Himself Won
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Brazilian Act Nominated
MTV Millennial Awards Brasil Musical Artist Nominated
2019 Nominated
Prêmio Jovem Brasileiro Best DJ Won
International Dance Music Awards Best Male Artist (Pop/Electronic) Nominated
2020 Best Remix Piece of Your Heart Won
MTV Millennial Awards Brasil DJ lanso a braba Himself Nominated
Live das Lives Nominated

DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs

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Year Position Notes Ref.
2015 44 New Entry [20]
2016 25 Up 19
2017 19 Up 6
2018 13 Up 6
2019 11 Up 2
2020 5 Up 6
2021 4 Up 1
2022 4 No Change
2023 4 No Change
2024 4 No Change
2025 3 Up 1

References

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  1. ↑ "Oito motivos que fazem de Alok o DJ mais top do momento". Universo Online (in Portuguese). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Top 100 DJs 2022". DJ Mag. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Top 100 DJs 2021". DJ Mag. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Alok | Top 100 DJs 2025 | DJMag.com". DJ Mag. 23 September 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Top 50 DJs - RANKING 2015". Housemag.
  6. ↑ "Top 100 DJs 2016 | DJMag.com". DJ Magazine.
  7. ↑ "91 Brazilian highlights under the age of 30". Forbes Brazil. 21 March 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 "Família que toca unida... Falamos com o irmão e os pais DJs de Alok em entrevista exclusiva com a família Petrillo – music non-stop". music non-stop (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 February 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  9. ↑ Angel, Rozze (25 April 2016). "Alok Petrillo o DJ STAR". Drops Mag (in Portuguese). issuu. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Free Fire Bio". Garena contracted with Alok for FreeFire. Also the Sanskrit translation for 'Alok' is 'light'
  11. ↑ Lima, Gabriela (9 April 2016). "Considerado o DJ número 1 do País, o goiano Alok Petrillo é atração da Festa da Fantasia Sunrise". Jornal O Popular (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  12. ↑ "House Mag | A revista brasileira de música eletrônica". House Mag. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Top 100 DJs 2016 | DJMag.com". djmag.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "Alok Petrillo – Revelação da Música Eletrônica Brasileira em 2014". musicaeletronicabrasileira.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "Mathix acaba de lançar novo single, ouça "Fuck You Bitch" | BreakTudo". BreakTudo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 July 2017. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  16. ↑ "UP CLUB: Alok lança própria gravadora". www.phouse.com.br. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  17. ↑ Bald, Cameron (5 November 2019). "DJ Alok becomes Garena Free Fire's resident DJ". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  18. ↑ Alok, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, KSHMR, ZAFRIR – Reunion (Free Fire 4th Anniversary Theme Song), 20 August 2021, retrieved 22 August 2021
  19. ↑ "Alok, Sevenn – The Wall". 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019 – via YouTube.
  20. ↑ "Alok Top 100 DJ Mag in 2024". Djmag.com. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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