Alvin Risk

Marcio Alvarado, better known by his stage name Alvin Risk, is an American electronic music producer, singer and DJ from Washington, D.C., US.^[1] He has released music on Owsla, Dim Mak, and Ministry of Sound.^[2] He has also released under the label Memory LTD. Risk is the brother of Painted Face, singer and producer Allie Alvarado.^[3]

Alvin Risk
Risk in 2022
Background information
Birth name	Marcio Alvarado
Origin	Washington, D.C.[1]
Genres	Electronic, moombahton, drumstep, trap
Occupations	Record producer singer songwriter remixer[1]
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Owsla Dim Mak Ministry of Sound Memory LTD
Website	Alvin Risk Official Site

Career

Risk was a founding member of the band Corrupt Souls, a drum and bass group from Washington, D.C., which was active from 2004 to 2007. The other members were Telemetrik (Marcio Alvarado) and Impulse (Josh Clark).

Corrupt Souls have released material on Ohm Resistance (Submerged's record label), Renegade Hardware, Moving Shadow, and Black Sun Empire's record label. They are also credited on the project by Bill Laswell and Robert Soares, Method of Defiance - Inamorata. The band is connected to Submerged.

Discography

Extended plays

Title	EP details	Tracks
The Making Of[4]	Released: 8 August 2010 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, CD	"At Last" "Someone" "Safe" "Wave"
Two Strokes Raw (with Tittsworth)	Released: 20 May 2011 Label: Plant Formats: Digital download, CD	"La Campana" (featuring Maluca) "Pendejas" "Porcacheese" "Carter Boost" (featuring Scottie B)
Infinity	Released: 24 April 2012 Label: Dim Mak, Ministry of Sound Formats: Digital download, CD	"Psychotic" "Survival" (featuring Sirah) "Infinity" "Pray" (featuring Jason Aalon Butler)
JunkFood	Released: 27 May 2013 Label: Memory LTD Formats: Digital download, CD	"Zoom!" "Put 'Em Up" (featuring Jason Aalon Butler) "TR0NCE" (with HYX) "Wash Dat"
Venture	Released: 11 November 2014 Label: Memory LTD Formats: Digital download, CD	"Alone" "Dark Heart" "Safe" "Monsters" "Wave"
Ever	Released: 10 March 2017 Label: Memory LTD Formats: Digital download, CD	"Ever" "The Gate" "The Spook" "The Craft"

Singles

Year	Song	Label
2011	"One" (with Bulletproof)	Black Sun Empire Records
2013	"Skyclad"	Owsla
	"Empty Hearted" (with Designer Drugs)	Ultra Records
	"Try It Out" (with Skrillex)	Big Beat / Owsla
2015	"Beastmode" (featuring Hodgy Beats) / "The Kingdom"	Fool's Gold Records
2017	"Fade to You" (featuring Angelika Vee)	Memory
2018	"O.P.E.N."[5] (as HA with Hodgy)	Poortrait
	"Precious"[6] (as HA with Hodgy)

Other appearances

Year	Song	Album	Label
2012	"Cities"	Owsla Presents Free Treats Vol. II	Owsla
2016	"Dreamtime" (featuring Princesa)	Owsla Worldwide Broadcast
2019	"Fuji Opener" (Skrillex featuring Alvin Risk)	Show Tracks

Production credits

Title	Artist	EP details	Tracks
Undreamt EP[7]	Painted Face	Released: 20 September 2010 Label: Unsigned Formats: Digital download[8]	"Undreamt" "Favorite One" "Sum of Me" "Girls in Love"
Paper Heart EP		Released: 6 January 2015 Label: Unsigned Formats: Digital download	"Tug of War" (Long Edit) "Ribbons of Gold" "Undertow" "Paper Heart"

Remixes

Year	Song	Artist
2010	"Back Up in This"	Designer Drugs
	"Etheric Device"	Glass Candy
	"Starlight"	Risqué
	"July Flame"	Laura Veirs
2011	"Fly by Night"	Cerebral Vortex
	"Through the Prism"	Designer Drugs
	"Jericho"	Jamaica
	"Cameras"	Matt & Kim
	"Back Flash"	Edan Everywhere
	"Diminishing Returns"	Ali Love
	"Stay Awake"	Example
	"Dance Without You"	Skylar Grey
	"Roman"	Housse de Racket
	"Dirty Dancer"	Oh My!
	"Kill the Noise"	Kill the Noise
	"Earthquakey People"	Steve Aoki featuring Rivers Cuomo
	"Eyes"	Kaskade featuring Mindy Gledhill
2012	"We Are Young"	fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
	"We Are Young" (Alvin Risk Remix Part II)	fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
	"Make It Bun Dem"	Skrillex and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
	"Nemesis"	Neil Davidge
	"Messiah"	I See MONSTAS
	"Firestarter"	The Prodigy
2014	"Electro Remix"	Hans Zimmer & The Magnificent Six