Aleksejs Macions, born on April 23, 2008, in Latvia, is a versatile multi-instrumentalist and producer who has made many contributions to the experimental music scene.
In 2013, he relocated to Monte-Carlo, Monaco, with his family, where he currently resides.
From a young age, Aleksejs exhibited a profound passion for music, first playing piano before switching to the guitar during the COVID-19 pandemic. He later learned to play the bass, drums, and he started singing.
His first substantial public project began around this time, named Hackers Inc. Under this alias from Early 2020 to Mid 2021, a series of singles were released, including Time Stamp with CatNotRat and Pre-Return with Joe Tindley. Simultaneously, Aleksejs began a new ‘IV’ project, releasing 5 albums from late 2020 to mid 2022. He also began ‘Chasse Aux Hiboux’, releasing an EP in early 2021, though remaining quiet for a while following this.
Aleksejs first released music under his own name in mid 2021, with his debut concept album ‘Thank God I Am Alive’, a lengthy set of many tracks. Not long after, his new band Burn And Leave The Rest (BALTR) was established, releasing its debut EP ‘Carnage’ in October. He also established SHITNOISE in Early 2022, releasing their debut EP ‘Shit City’ in June with tracks such as Mustard Dessert and Runaway. Chasse Aux Hiboux also returned in Early 2022 for their release of ‘Ouragan’.
Under his own name, Aleksejs followed up his debut with Cancer Estate, a "soundtrack" to his ARG of the same name, in late 2022. Around this time, BALTR released their debut album, Erection Perfection. To finish off the year, Aleksejs released under his own name a magnum opus of his upto this point, Schoolboys. On a victory lap of sorts, Aleksejs continued releasing projects as Aleksejs Macions in early 2023, including Linear Lines and the Smiler EP. Then in April, SHITNOISE released their debut album, Moments Before Drowning. Chasse Aux Hiboux also made a quiet return, releasing Vie Dans La Tempête before going radio silent once again. Aleksejs then released a self titled album, ‘Aleksejs Macions’, and AM 2020, a collection of oldies as the title would suggest. Again under his own name, Aleksejs reached new highs with Red Cross, his best-est solo work up to that point.
SHITNOISE continued strong into 2024, with frequent live performances around the Alpes-Maritimes region, and their sophomore album, Good Luck (Welcome To Hell). This featured their most successful single to date, Teachers. Throughout the course of 2024, SHITNOISE also released their highly refined follow-up, I Cocked My Gun And Shot My Best Friend. Along a similar timeline, Aleksejs also released 2 new projects under his own name; Cigarette Water & All Good Girls Become Whores. The former contained the first song with his own vocals under the Aleksejs Macions name, Force À Toi, and the latter was the first full vocal Aleksejs Macions album, where he explores the darkest sides of the internet. In somewhat of a sendoff to BALTR, they also posthumously released A Man’s One Day In A World Of Barstards in late 2024.