Albert “TRIX” Thompson is a world renowned B-Boy and MC in the international Breaking scene due to his incredible stage presence and natural talent to move a crowd. Original B-Boy since 1983, writer, producer and performer of rap music, TRIX is a born entertainer and sees breaking as a crowd pleasing art. He integrates different dance forms into B-Boying and as a true old-skooler places a big importance on character and facial expressions. He goes to extremes to entertain his audience and is known for his wild and daring moves. Everybody knows his headspin and windmill with a chair!

TRIX was born in Nottingham to Jamaican parents in 1963. Born a natural dancer from childhood on, his Hip Hop Career started in 1983. On a Thursday Night in the summer of ‘83 he did what everybody else in Great Britain did at that time—watch the music and entertainment program “Top of the Pops” on BBC. They presented the new song “A Night To Remember” of an American group called Shalamar and one of the members of the group, Jeffrey Daniels, had come over to England for the show. He got on stage with white gloves and danced to the music—a dance nobody in the UK had ever seen before. TRIX saw Popping and Locking for the first time and like everybody else in the country was blown away. The BBC got thousands of phone calls and letters of people wondering what the hell it was they just saw. Therefore the producers decided they would bring Jeffrey Daniels over again for the next week. TRIX and all the other youngsters where prepared this time, video tapes ready in their VCRs. Watching this video then, learning the popping moves and taking them to the club was TRIX’s first experience with Hip Hop Dancing. A few months later the Rock Steady video was shown on TV and England discovered another form of Hip Hop dance—Breaking!
A local Nottingham club, the Rock City club decided to form and sponsor a crew to perform in the club and to send them around the country to promote it. About 40 kids auditioned for that and TRIX and 9 other guys got picked. The Rock City Crew was born! Through performing and travelling with his crew TRIX developed his talent not only as a B-Boy but also as an MC and utilised both talents for their shows.
Apart from Breaking and MCing TRIX discovered Roller Skating. He integrated breaking moves into his roller disco performances and thus he won the roller disco championships of the Midlands twice, in 1985 and 86. He might be the only rapping and breaking MC on wheels!
In 1986, to burn off more of his unlimited energy, TRIX got into playing American Football. What started as amusement and exercise turned into a passion and became another important part of his life.
In 1993 Channel 4 started a national competition to find a presenter for their new Football Show, produced in America, “Trash Talk”. TRIX won the competition effortlessly and presented the show, travelling throughout the States for the whole Football season of that year. He is still active in American Football and now coaches the Leicestershire Falcons.
Apart from Hip Hop and American Football TRIX takes big pleasure in spending time with the most important person in his life—his beloved daughter Candice Daisy who already shows signs of having the same talents in performing arts as her father.
TRIX became an international icon ever since he started hosting the world’s biggest breaking event in 1995, the annual International Battle of the Year in Brunswick, Germany. Breakers from all over the world get together once a year to determine which country has the best breaking crew. The videos produced at the event find their way into the home of every B-Boy and B-Girl and so even the ones who did not manage to go on the annual pilgrimage to B-Boy Mecca yet, know TRIX from the videos and his famous mantra: “…and tonight you’re gonna see some breaking and some rapping and some breaking and some scratching and some breaking and some popping and some breaking and some locking and some breaking and some graffiti and some breaking and then—you’re gonna see some more breaking…”

1983 Performed with Rock City Crew since 1983 throughout the world.
1984 Performed at “Fresh ‘84” at Covent Garden, London
1984 4th Place with RCC, “Adidas World Breakdancing Championships”, Cologne, Germany
1980s Tours and shows with different acts such as: Cameo, Smiley Culture, Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious 5, Afrika Bambaataa, The Real Roxanne, DJ Cheese & Word of Mouth, Whodini, Lovebug Starsky, Steady Bee, Run DMC, Stetsosonic, MC Blade
1984 Winning the individual Warner Brothers competition – “Let’s Break”-Competition in the show “TV AM” on ITV, UK.
1985 & 86 2 years running Roller Disco Champion of the Midlands, England
1993-94 Host of the weekly TV Show “Trash Talk” about American Football and Culture on Channel 4 UK.
1997 Performing and Hosting “Fresh 97” in Kent, England

Since 1995 Host of the annual International Battle of the Year in Braunschweig, Germany and other Breaking Events around the world like B-Boy Unit Korea, BOTY Japan, Battle of Berlin, The Octogon etc.
Since 1983 Organizer, Host and MC at National and International Hip Hop related events—UK, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Estonia, Japan, USA, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium…

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E-Mail Address: albert_trix_thompson@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile: +49-163-6769476

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