Alex Craciun a.k.a. Vibearena, was born on the 20th of May, 1982, in a small town in Northern Romania, called Piatra Neamt. Since childhood, the artistic bonds took over him, but in the early years of his adolescence he started playing tennis, becoming a pro in a short while and dedicating all his spare time to this sport for the next 14 years. His passion for music was inherited from his father, who used to play him some of the greatest international artists, like Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix or Janis Joplin. At the age of 14, Alex already owned a massive collection of thousands of music tapes. During daytime he studied for school and practiced tennis, but the nights he ran away from home to put music in clubs together with a friend. In 1996 he made his first steps in his musical career, founding several hip-hop bands, and finally, in 1998 he joined Mahsat (Grasu XXL being their producer), together with Maximilian (who continues his successful career nowadays as well) and Houdini. He continued in this formula for 5 years, they released their first album “Laboratoru” and their first music video “O Vorba de pe Strada”. But his real dream was to work in a studio, and so he left the band in 2003, and only 2 years later, in 2005, together with his friend Razvan Alstani, established their first recording studio. The two boys started a new project, Chicanos, which became successful very quickly. But behind this project and behind the studio doors, they worked as well as producers for famous Romanian DJs and created tracks and remixes for various labels on Beatport, from minimal to house progressive. It then became clear for Alex that his hidden passion was house music, being a Tiesto fan ever since he performed in Mahsat. Therefore, in 2008, together with Razvan Alstani a.k.a. Victor de la Pena and Silviu Paduraru a.k.a. Dave Pryce (old friend and studio colleague for the last 3 years), started the Deepside Deejays project and established the Deepside Music independent label.
