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Antix > However YOU see it > Record Scout > Unsigned BandsAntix | However YOU see it
ANTIX is the creation of Alex Nimier. Born in London on the 15th May 1985, Alex is an eclectic mix of European, Australian and Middle Eastern cultural origins. His mother, Gai was a stunning, effervescent actress and his father, Michael, a forward thinking academic.
From these diverse roots grew an inquisitive and confident young man whose music reflects both the artistic qualities of his mother and the education of his father. Alex’s personality was also defined by these roots.
Every school that Alex attended was a trial. Whilst acknowledging the Alex had an outstanding brain, teachers struggled to cope with his personality and Alex struggled to be understood. Questioning rules and tried and tested methods was seen as rudeness, and frustration set in. His parents were regularly summoned to the schools and expulsion usually followed.
Alex spent the first few years of his life living above his parent’s restaurant in London. The family then moved to the country to give the children a better quality of life and from there moved to France for two years and then to America for another six.
On the family’s return to the UK, Alex was accepted into the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe. He hated the school, and did not get along with any one in there. Before the start of his last two years, he was expelled for his involvement in a drug related incident at the school. The headmaster who expelled him was later found to have been confiscating people’s drugs and smoking them himself. “Mr Dingle you can lick this!” He then attended the Henley College, where he lasted 3 months before being expelled, and then the City of Westminster College in London- the outcome of which was no better.
This was the beginning of a dark period for the family. Alex found and embraced the soft drug culture so prevalent in that environment and for five years was “lost” in what appeared to be an unbreakable cycle. To compound the darkness in which he lived, his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and after a short period of illness, died, leaving the whole family devastated and Alexander with a pain and guilt he carries with him to with to this day.
The next step on his journey was a move to London. Once free of all constraints Alex slipped further in the twilight world of drugs. This episode came to a head when he started to experience panic attacks and disorientation and other symptoms synonymous with drug abuse. Alex returned home and after a period of recovery, went out to stay with some close family friends in LA.
After six months in America, Alexander returned refreshed and healthy and started to write. He would work through the night on projects of which his family had no knowledge. He began writing the album “Silent Violence”, with his childhood best friend Jon Bauval. He lived and breathed his new found passion. Early in 2005, he met Glen Wallis. The pair formed an instant friendship, and mutual respect. Glen, a talented, yet unaccomplished producer instantly recognised the talent in Alex, and they began recording and producing the album. It was Glen that helped Alex develop his unique style and encouraged his growth as an artist. He wanted to make a hip hop album which appealed to a wide range of people, yet had substance and something interesting to be said. The international background of both Jon and Alex is obvious in the music, both in the lyrical content and the in the beats. In early 2006, they formed Just Chillin’ Records.
http://www.justchillinrecords.com
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