Erik Alcock is a Canadian two time grammy winning songwriter and producer. He is best known for his work with DJ Khalil and The New Royales. He is currently based in Berlin, Germany.

He grew up in Toronto, Ontario Canada. After playing in several rock bands he was signed right out of highschool to a development deal by the legendary Mike McCarty at EMI Publishing Canada. His band We Are The Take would do several national tours as well as having several sync placements in Degrassi High. One of these songs was Montreal Love Song which would go on to be sampled in the song “Figure It Out’ by French Montana ft. Kanye West & Nas.

In the early 2000s he formed the group The New Royales with DJ Khalil, Liz Rodrigues and Chin Injeti. As a writing team they wrote songs for Eminem, P!nk, Talib Kwali, Bishop Lamont among others. During this period he worked with Dr. Dre alongside DJ Khalil on the never released 2001: The Chronic followup “Detox”.

After moving to Los Angeles in 2015 Erik honed his production skills working out of DJ Khalil’s studio with Sam Barsh and Dan Seeff. While there he also co-wrote two songs for Celine Dion’s album “Courage”, including the title track.

In 2019 he moved to Berlin, Germany where he is now working as a team with English producer John “P*nut” Harrison.

Besides working with many artists in the UK, Europe, Canada and the USA, they have a studio called Lo-fi Hero.