Alex Cortiz is the alter ego of Aad de Mooij also, a key figure in the Dutch dance scene of the 1990s. From his cooker came D-Shake’s ’Yaaah / Techno Trance’, the first big international house hit from a Dutch artist (1990). In the same period de Mooy made several talked-about video clips (Kraze, Todd Terry) that were regularly seen on MTV. He then launched an international career: for his work as a DJ and in the studio as a techno- and trance-producer, he traveled yearlong around the globe. 

As he traveled, his musical output broadened, as demonstrated in such projects as Flygang (old school disco) and Paradise 3001 (techno,slow grooves and dub). Around 2000 Aad de Mooy had some success with his Cat Scanner / Strange Ways projects. As Alex Cortiz he has released around 30 albums since 1998, containing lounge, downtempo, dub, post jazz and deep house.