International DJ / EMI She Can DJ Top 10 / DJ Mag UK comp winner / Redbull 3style finalist / Multi Genre DJ 

DJ MIKI TAKA 

(USA/JP) 

- official EA NEED FOR SPEED DJ 

(USA/JP) 

- official EA NEED FOR SPEED DJ 

Asian Tour Jul/Aug 

As disco reached its shimmering apex in the late 1970s, young Dusseldorf-born Thomas relocated to Frankfurt with his family. His parents plied him with vinyl compilations, and as a nine-year-old he succumbed to disco’s seductive charms, beginning a lifelong commitment to crate digging and vinyl collection. Thomas’ budding obsession moved through disco and hi-nrg, to the burgeoning sounds of early American rap & hiphop music, and finally to electro-funk, the beloved genre that has left an indelible imprint on all of DJ T.’s own productions. It was love at first listen, and driven by the sounds of seminal protagonists like Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol, Newcleus and Mantronix, Thomas took up breakdancing, compelled to move by the genre’s urgent funk and infectious beats.

Donning a new pseudonym – DJ T. – his career behind the decks began in earnest at private parties, soon leading to his first professional gig in Frankfurt. After playing for a range of clubs around the city, T. soon found himself swept away by the powerful current of acid house that had engulfed Frankfurt with the opening of Sven Väth’s Omen in 1988. T. gravitated toward early house, EBM and techno, and secured his first DJ residency at legendary spot Music Hall. Throughout the 1990s, he was booked at all of the city’s essential clubs, including long lasting residencies at Plastik, Dorian Gray and The Box; by the end of that decade, Frankfurt, one of Europe’s epicentres of electronic dance music, had become indelibly linked with the name ‘DJ T.’

In 1989, T. founded the influential German-language magazine Groove. T.’s intention, in his own words, was to “create a magazine that would meet my own needs. I assumed there were many others with similar needs out there.” He was right. To this day, it remains as one of Germany’s most important publications for electronic music, and in addition to serving as Groove’s publisher and editor for fifteen years, T. also contributed to anthologies on club music, such as Localiser 1.0 and Techno.

At the end of the millennium, after years spent coordinating events and club nights, T. felt impelled to bring his own club vision to life. In 1999, T. and his friend Patrik Dechent opened Monza, an intimate club situated in Frankfurt’s city centre. In his capacity as resident DJ and musical director, T. played a decisive role in shaping the profile of the Frankfurt hotspot and its Ibizan satellite, before parting ways with Monza five years after its inception.

In 2002, T. and five of his friends started their own label, Get Physical Music. Within ten single releases, the label had forged an international reputation that took in far beyond its German base; it reached #4 in the annual Groove reader’s poll of 2004, and claimed the coveted ‘label of the year 2005’ award from British clubbing bible DJ Mag. Established by six seasoned veterans of electronic music and club culture, the label collective included DJ and production team Patrick Bodmer and Philipp Jung (M.A.N.D.Y.), producers Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier (Booka Shade) and studio owner Peter Hayo. Focusing his attention on A&R responsibilities, T. tirelessly scoured the scene for new talent and mentored label signees, all the while developing as an artist in his own right. Four years after inking Get Physical, its sister label Kindisch was founded. Dedicated to deepness, Kindisch was T.’s playground and he played accordingly, driving its dancefloor identity, and honing in on what he labelled the ‘minimal booty house’ sound.

T.’s production debut, Monsterbaze, with Steve Bug, graced the latter’s Pokerflat imprint in 2000, and since that time he has notched up releases on Moodmusic, 20:20 Vision, Kindisch, plus twenty 12’’ singles for Get Physical. In 2005 T. unleashed his first album Boogie Playground, a reverential collection that paid homage to T.’s past, and the strands of early club music that shaped his future. In 2009 his sophomore longplayer The Inner Jukebox was rapturously received; a co-production with Thomas Schumacher, his second longplayer is an assured work, and a singular, accomplished statement that reflects T.’s ongoing interest in rigorously re-inventing classic sounds for modern ears and dancefloors. Koch’s additional talents as a remixer have not gone unnoticed. His reworks of acts for labels like ArtofDisco, Yellow, 20:20 Vision, Simple and Naked Music have moved critics and crowds alike.

In 2006, Berlin daily TAZ remarked of T.’s first commercially available DJ mix, Body Language Vol. 2: “Koch combines tracks from the most varied of genres…triggering the most disparate of euphoria-soaked locations, he touches on the different waveforms of twenty years of party bliss.” T.’s famed selector skills took him to even loftier heights in 2010 with fabric 51, his celebrated instalment for the venerated British mix series, and a fantastically diverse and intricate mix full of sharp twists and unexpected turns, otherworldly soundscapes and deep elegance.

Whether DJing in his hometown of 5 years, Berlin, gigging internationally, T.’s sets are invariably stirring and extraordinarily varied. T. is no style fascist, nor is he a slave to trends; he is a bass- and groove-addicted club historian, with a firm grasp of the contemporary. His sets turn 25 years of electronic music history into one finely rendered journey, transforming the links between genres and ages into a truly physical experience, whether he’s capturing the peaktime party spirit, or sending early morning crowds into veritable delirium with one of his famed marathon excursions. T. embarked on an exhaustive 9-month world tour in the summer of 2009 with The Inner Jukebox, and drew on his journalistic background to document the experience, writing a weekly tour diary for online electronic music magazine Beatportal. Invigorated and inspired by his extensive travels, T. channelled that kinetic energy straight back into creativity, undertaking an intensive period of writing and production in early 2010. With new production partner Stefan Eichinger aka LOPAZZ, DJ T. devoted the greater part of the year to Eichinger’s Heidelberg studio, and the resulting album Pleasure Principle – due for release in spring 2011 – is T.’s most accomplished work yet.

Ita:
MAURIZIO NARI: nasce a Cesena il 1’Novembre del 1968. Da 25 anni nel mondo della musica, comincia la sua carriera come speaker radiofonico lavorando nelle maggiori radio della romagna Nel Gennaio del 1989 esordisce come dj al Symbol di San Marino e vi rimane Resident fino al 1993 per poi passare nell’inverno dello stesso anno al Prince di Riccione suonando il venerdi’ sera. Proprio in quell’anno il Prince viene eletto discoteca dell’anno,  Maurizio passa poi come D.J. Resident al sabato notte alla discoteca Paradiso di Covignano. Da quel momento in avanti grazie anche ad i vari successi discografici a livello europeo lavora in one night tra francia germania inghilterra e grecia. Oggi lavora nel periodo estivo nella spiaggia piu’ famosa d’italia‘PAPEETE BEACH’ e nel locale notturno ‘VILLA PAPEETE’di milano maritttima.
RONNIE MILANI: nasce a Milano il 19 Ottobre del 1970. Comincia a lavorare in radio e la prima esperienza la fa a Radio Hinterland. Ronnie in seguito inizia una nuova avventura nel mondo delle discoteche come dj, e attualmente lavora al caffe’ della rotonda di milano marittima uno dei locali piu’ esclusivi d’italia. Nel 1995 MAURIZIO NARI e RONNIE MILANI si incontrano dando vita insieme ad un gruppo di amici, ad uno studio di registrazione dando vita ad alcuni progetti di rilievo europeo. Il gruppo prende il nome di NERIOS DUBWORK, e lo studio di registrazione da loro creato  DUBWORK STUDIO. Al loro attivo, soprattutto a livello di successo europeo, hanno prodotto brani come ‘sunshine & happiness’ con Darryl Pandy, che si e’ piazzata al primo posto della classifica dance di billboard nel 99. Numerosa e molto ampia e’ anche l’attivita’ nei vari remix, tra cui collaborazioni per master at work, tom novy, martin solveig, paul jhonson, e numerosissimi altri. Oggi collaborano attivamente col dj producer ALEX GAUDINO l’ultimo successo dimostra la grande produttivita’ del trio ‘DESTINATION CALABRIA’ annunciato come hit del 2007 e licenziato in tutto il mondo. Da non dimenticare il progetto ‘NARI & MILANI’ con al loro attivo diversi successi e remix tra I quail GNUK suonato da dj come AXWELL, PETE TONG, STEVE ANGELLO, BOB SINCLAR, ERIC PRYDZ.

Eng:
MAURIZIO NARI: was born in Cesena 1st November 1968. With 20 years experience in the music industry, he started his career as a radio personality in the major radio stations in the Romagna region. In January 1989 he debuted as a deejay at the club Symbol in San Marino where he stayed as resident Dj until 1993 moving on that same year during the winter season to Prince in Riccione playing Friday nights. It was in that year that Prince was awarded best club of the year consequently moving Maurizio to resident Dj every Saturday night at Paradiso in Rimini. After producing a number of successful singles during the years throughout Europe this leads to performing in events in France, Germany, England and Greece. Maurizio actually works during the summer seasons at the most prestigious beach clubs throughout Italy Papeete Beach and the club Villa Papeete in Milano Marittima.
RONNIE MILANI: was born in Milan 19th October 1970. Starting his music career in radio with the first experience being at Radio Hinterland, Ronnie went on to build a career as a D.J working in many clubs throughout Italy. Actually he is working at the Rotonda Milano Marittima one of the most exclusive clubs in Italy today. In 1995 MAURIZIO NARI e RONNIE MILANI get together forming a recording studio with a group of friends giving life to various projects known through Europe. Leading to forming the name NERIO’S DUBWORK, naming the studio DUBWORK STUDIO. Producing European successes like Sunshine & Happiness with Daryl Pandy which climbed to 1st place on the billboard dance chart of 99. Also working on many remixes collaborating with Masters at Work, Tom Novy, Paul Jhonson and many more. Recently Maurizio and Ronnie began collaborating with DJ producer ALEX GAUDINO, Leading to the world wide licensing success of DESTINATION CALABRIA. Not forgetting the project NARI & MILANI with many successes and remixes such as GNUK played by DJ’s AXWELL, STEVE ANGELLO, BOB SINCLAR, ERIC PRYDZ.

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