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{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
| Name = Alex Gilbert
| Name = Alex Gilbert
| Img = Alex_Gilbert.PNG
| Img = Alex Gilbert.JPG
| Img_capt = Alex Gilbert, 2008
| Img_capt = Alex Gilbert, 2009
| Background =
| Background =
| Birth_name = Alex Gilbert
| Birth_name = Alexander Gilbert
| Born = 1st April 1992 (17 Yrs)
| Born = {{birth date and age|1992|4|1}}
| Died =
| Died =
| Origin = [[New Zealand]]
| Origin = [[New Zealand]]
| Genre = [[Hip Hop]]
| Genre = [[Hip Hop]]
| Occupation = Musician, Producer,Student Film Director/Editor
| Occupation = Musician, Producer,Student Film Director/Editor
| Instrument = [[Reason (Software)]]
| Instrument = [[Reason (Software)]],[[Sonar 8]]
| Years_active = 2006 - present
| Years_active = 2006 - present
| Label =Alex Gilbert Studios,Crazy Productions
| Label =Alex Gilbert Studios,Crazy Productions
| Associated_acts = Rez Devil, Young Slanteyez,Che Fu
| Associated_acts = Rez Devil, Young Slanteyez,Che Fu
| URL = [http://alexgilbertstudios.atwiki.com/page/Alex%20Gilbert Alex Gilbert]
| URL = [http://www.mentallyinsanerecords.co.nr Mentally Insane Records Official Website]
}}
}}
'''Alex Gilbert''' is a local Rapper,Music Producer, Student Director/Editor in Whangarei, NZ. Alex Gilbert has recorded over 4 albums at his house along with music videos and over 40 short films since 2004. He is also a Music Producer for his High School in Whangarei and has recently been in the news for his new up coming 5th studio album.
'''Alex Gilbert''' is the owner and founder of of Mentally Insane Records and is a local Music Artist/Whangarei Film Director/Filmer and Editor of his own Alex Gilbert Studios videos from 2002 to April 2009 and now changed to Mentally Insane Records. Alex has released 4 albums since 2006 and is currently selling them on the iTunes Music Store and has directed his own films and edited his films aswell.
==Film and Music Biography==
==Film and Music Biography==
Alex Gilbert started making cartoons in 2002 and showing them at his school. Alex got involved with film making courses in Whangarei. In 2004 when Alex was 11 made his first official short film and have ever since started making more. Alex Gilbert won a film competition at his school recently for best film and picture. Alex has since made over 40 different short films in the past 4 years.
===Early Short Films===
In 2002 Alex Gilbert released two Cartoons to present at his school. They are 3min long each and are to promote his cartoon character at the time. Later in 2002 Alex decided to work on a Full Short Film at his school but the movie stoped production at the end of 2002 because of the lack of Actors and times to film. The Movie has now been moved to the end of 2010 even though it was expected for released in 2002. In 2004 Alex started releasing more short films over the year which were showen at the Intermediate he has in at the time. These films included a short film that had Alex falling out of a wheeled trolley and almost breaking his arm.
Alex Gilbert Started to make his music in 2006 with his first debut album Under All Evils. He released only 5 copies of this album as this was his first album that had not been commercially released and it is the only one of his albums that are not selling on the iTunes Music Store. Over the following weeks in 2006 Alex started to record for his following 2nd album called "Crazy" which is one of Alex Gilbert's Greatest and Best Selling on the iTunes Music Store. He also made an un-released EP that contained a track that dissed one of Alex's old firends Patrick. This did get Alex in trouble and even though he released the song over the internet. His school told him to get rid of it and Alex by that time got known for that track.
===Under All Evils & Crazy===
In April of 2006 Alex Gilbert released a demo cd that was titled Under All Evils. The tracks were over beats from commercial artists aswell as himself producing some of the tracks on the CD. The Album is now considered his Debut album even though it was never officially released at the time because of it being a demo CD. Before Under All Evils was a EP called the same name but with an EP sign by it. The EP contained tracks that were earlier recorded on the album but never made the cut because of Porfanity on the EP. The album caused conflict with a track called "Fragfest" which was about killing anything in your way. The song was released on later version with all the gun words removed from the track. The Orginial version is still avaliable on the Orginial Copy of the album.
Crazy was released and was sold in Whangarei. It had heaps of criticism but he still kept on going and people from America even thought this was one of his best albums. Crazy contained many tracks that wern't suppose to be there but Alex's Producers still insisted he should have kept them on. Some songs from the album was recorded at school and at "Crazy Productions" which was the songs that featured Kadin. Crazy had a track that Alex made called "Gracie Pt1 and Pt2" and this caused the album to re-release with the songs removed because of criticism
Later after Under All Evils the first tracks for the next album were recorded in June 2006. The Crazy album was announced on Alex's blog at the time and tracks were on there way one at a time. On the 1st of October "Crazy" was released through the website and physical copies also avaliable. The album was sent to America to a seller at the time. This album has had talks about the main song on the album called "Crazy" which is about going crazy with everyone around you and flaming them with a flame thrower. Alex said "This was freestyled at the time and was not expected to say the words in the track on purpose". The song was released in July 2006 along with a clean version that removed all the words to do with the flame thrower. The cover of the album also represents this song from the flames of the flame thrower flames going everywhere. The cover had them in black because of the dark style it was in. Kadin also featured in the song and was recorded at "Crazy Productions" at the time.
At the end of 2007 Alex released a music video called "The World Goes Round" and this was released over youtube and Alt TV. This was following the album that was expected the following year later. When the final track of Alex's 4th album they were finally announced and "The Outbreak of an MC" was released. This album also had a delayed release because of a film he was working on for the school aswell as a show for Channel North Television in NZ that he started to help out for. When Alex released this album he released the best tracks as separate singles but people thought that he had released too many singles for this album.
===Make Me Rich===
At The Start of 2007 Alex released a promo song featuring Aidan Erceg called "Batty Matty Fatty". The song was refering to a student at their school. The boy who the song was about decided that it could stay on the album Make Me Rich but only the clean version. The Clean version stayed and the Orginal Version was destroyed. Make Me Rich was later released in May 2007 with new tracks that only took three months to make. The album also had a song called "Show Off (Freestyle)" which was aimed at another person at their school who showed off to everyone he knew and Alex decided to make a song about it and not actually meaning to diss him on the track. This track also had Kadin as a featurette. Kadin later decided to leave the music and move on to other stuff after that song was released. Short films were also released that year including the famous "The Spy" video. In Feb the show called "Jordans Biking School" was filmed and only made two episodes at the time and then stoped filming the show because of critisem over the show from other viewers. Throughout the year Alex decided to work on the 2008 album three months after Make Me Rich was released. "Crazy Ass" was another show that only made one eispode at the time because of the lack of ideas for the next episode. That was released in Nov 2007 aswell as "The Spy" in Oct 2007.
===2008===
After 2007 ended Alex started working on his fourth album release "Outbreak of an MC" and in the middle of the year the movie "What Goes Around". At the end of 2008 the 5th album "The Peace that starts war" was released through iTunes and on a Physical CD. The album recieved many responces and questions on many of the tracks. This album had a deticated to "Liberety Rose" who at the time was killed from a 14 year old in a city above from where Alex lives. Alex didnt know who it was but knew friends who knew her. On the track "Reality" Alex says her name and tributes her. After the album was released Alex decided to drop out of Alex Gilbert Studios and change the name to a new label name and start fresh. This also making a new release EP of Billy Harper which was released after "The Peace That Starts War". The EP was recoreded at Alex's high school and Alex helped produce most of the EP and includes the popular "Behind My Back (Remix)" which appeared on Alex's album and the time aswell as Billy Harpers EP. By the end of 2008 Alex decided to drop out of his label and film name "Alex Gilbert Studios" and work with a new label name which is now "Mentally Insane Records"
===Mentally Insane Records===
''See Main Articles:[[Mentally Insane Records]]''
At the start of 2009 Alex announced the new label "Ice Cold Records" which is now Mentally Insane Records. The name was changed because of copyright claims over the name. This new label is now for all music albums and work that are released under Mentally Insane Records to get out there for young artists who have talent and want to get their music out there. This new label is releasing Alex's 6th album "No Time Like Now" in October and Billy Harper's "Collision and Impact" which is his debut album out end of the year or moved to next year.
==Discography==
==Discography==
*''Under all Evils'' (2006)
*''[[Under all Evils]]'' (2006)
*''Crazy" (2006)
*''[[Crazy]]'' (2006)
*'"Make Me Rich" (2007)
*''[[Make Me Rich]]'' (2007)
*''Outbreak of an MC" (2008)
*''[[Outbreak of an MC]]'' (2008)
*''The Peace That Starts War" (TBA)
*''[[The Peace That Starts War]]'' (2008)
*''[[No Time Like Now]]'' (2009)
==Un-Released EP's/Demos==
==Un-Released EP's/Demos==
*"Under all Evils EP" (2006)
*''[[Under all Evils EP]]'' (2006)
*"All The Hustlers EP" (2006)
*''[[All The Hustlers EP]]'' (2006)
*"Outbreak of an MC EP" (2008)
*''[[Outbreak of an MC EP]]'' (2008)
*"The Set" (2008)
*''[[The End Of The Road EP]]'' (2009)
*"The Peace That Starts War EP" (2008)
*''[[Ice Cold EP]]'' (2009)
*''[[Mentally Insane EP]]'' (TBA)
[[Category:New Zealand rappers]]
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://alexgilbertstudios.atwiki.com/page/Alex%20Gilbert Alex Gilbert on Alex Gilbert Studios]
*[http://alexgilbertstudios.atwiki.com/page/Alex%20Gilbert Alex Gilbert on Mentally Insane Records]
*[http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=256659401 Alex Gilbert on the iTunes Music Store]
*[http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=256659401 Alex Gilbert on the iTunes Music Store]
