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{{short description|Australian DJ}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Ajax
| image           = Ajax DJ.jpg
| caption         = Ajax DJing in Melbourne in 2005
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| birth_date      = {{birth date|1971|8|5|df=y}}
| birth_place     =
| death_date      = {{death date and age|2013|2|28|1971|8|5|df=y}}
| death_place     = [[Parkville, Victoria|Parkville]], [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia
| birth_name      = Adrian Thomas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inthemix.com.au/features/21536/Ajax_Prince_of_the_decks | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928081507/http://www.inthemix.com.au/features/21536/Ajax_Prince_of_the_decks|archivedate=2012-09-28 |date= 2005-06-22 |title = Ajax: Prince of the decks| publisher =[[Inthemix]]|accessdate= 27 March 2007}}</ref>
| alias           = Ajax
| origin          = [[Australia]]
| instrument      =
| genre           = Electro mash/ up
| occupation      = [[Disc jockey]]<br />[[Record producer]]
| years_active    =
| label           = [[Sweat It Out (record label)|Sweat It Out]]
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| website         =
}}
'''Adrian Thomas''' (5 August 1971<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/aussie-dj-ajax-killed-in-car-accident-report/story-e6frfn09-1226588116273|title=Aussie DJ Ajax killed after being hit by a truck in Melbourne|date=1 March 2013|publisher=[[News.com.au]]|accessdate=1 March 2013}}</ref>&nbsp;– 28 February 2013),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tntmagazine.com/news/australia-news/aussie-musician-dj-ajax-dies-melbourne-car-accident|title=Aussie musician DJ Ajax dies in Melbourne car accident|date=28 February 2013|work=[[TNT (magazine)|TNT]]|accessdate=28 February 2013}}</ref> better known as '''DJ Ajax''', was an [[Australians|Australian]] [[Electronic Dance Music]] DJ known for playing a wide range of styles, including [[Electro (music)|electro]], [[techno]] and [[electroclash]].
==Career==
Thomas was a radio show host for Sunsets (Bang Gang Show) on [[FBi Radio|FBI Radio 94.5]] and a founding member of Australian collective Bang Gang.
He toured France, USA and the UK in 2006 for Modular UK and released a remix/mix CD package Spin City through Tinted Records. In turn, he mixed Ministry of Sound Mashed 1 and Ministry of Sound Mashed 2 with Bang Gang DJs in 2002 and 2004 respectively, and a mix CD with [[Tiga (musician)|Tiga]] titled ''INTHEMIX.05'' in 2005.
Ajax was voted one of Australia's top 5 DJs in the inthemix 50 poll, taking out the number one spot in both 2006 and 2007.<ref name="itm50">[http://www.inthemix.com.au/50/2009/results/djs-10-2/ inthemix50: 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925033224/http://www.inthemix.com.au/50/2009/results/djs-10-2/ |date=25 September 2012 }}, inthemix.com.au. .</ref> He started his own record label [[Sweat It Out (record label)|Sweat It Out]] in 2008 which went on to sign [[Rufus Du Sol]], [[What So Not]], [[Anna Lunoe]], [[Yolanda Be Cool]] and [[Indian Summer (record producer)|Indian Summer]] among others.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=8498|title=Sweat it Out! Label Profile|date=16 April 2017|work=[[Resident Advisor]]|accessdate=17 December 2019}}</ref>
==Death==
Thomas was crossing a road in [[Parkville, Victoria|Parkville]], an inner [[Melbourne]] suburb, in the early hours of 28 February 2013 when he was hit by a truck driver and died at the scene.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/rip-buddy-dj-ajax-killed-after-being-hit-by-a-truck-20130301-2f9xt.html |accessdate=1 March 2013 | title='RIP buddy': DJ Ajax killed after being hit by a truck | location=Sydney | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=1 March 2013}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070403040316/http://www.ajax.dj/ Official site]
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