Thopa
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Biografía
- What do you do if none of your friends can DJ and you want to throw massive parties at your parents' house while they're away? You learn to DJ of course! Well, that's how Madrid born and bred DJ and producer, Thopa, began his career, anyway. That was a..What do you do if none of your friends can DJ and you want to throw massive parties at your parents' house while they're away? You learn to DJ of course! Well, that's how Madrid born and bred DJ and producer, Thopa, began his career, anyway. That was almost 10 years ago. As a teenager, Thopa listened to bands like Sepultura, Metallica, Korn, Rage Against…and soon he bought his first guitar and played in some Metal bands. Some time after, Clubs like Midday/ Middnight, Alien, The Room where starting to appear on Madrid’s night life, where Thopa discovered a new world of sound that would have great impact on his music style and tastes. It wasn’t long until he bought his first groove box, a Roland MC909 and started doing his first loops and rhythms. When he was twenty he moved for to New York, Toulouse, and finally London where he got his club land education courtesy of London's finest club, the End, where he worked for three years - his one and only job in London. "It was one of the best times of my life," he remembers. "Very self consuming in all ways, but it was definitely worth it" It was during this time he met A-list DJs Ritchie Hawtin, Claudio Coccoluto and Laurent Garnier, and was inspired by their sets when he played at the End's sister club AKA. Since then he's played at Spain's WOMAD festival, at The End (London), Turnmills (London) Florida 135 (Spain) and earned himself a residency at London's AKA and Sundance (Madrid) He has released tracks on Madrid’s Selected Label, Barcelonan´s Four Line Records, Japans Fountain Music, on Tony Thomas’s Ambiosphere, who has remixed some of his tracks, and alongside Mastiksoul on Kitsam. Future releases include “ Las bogas saltarinas” which will be released on Del Barrio Records, and “ Mossy Pumpkin” which will be released on the German Label, Vi Tva Records. His music has flavours of tech house, techno, minimal techno and even breaks in places. It's dark, it's intricate, and it builds and builds.. Thopa has always been a gadget fan; He loves his Lemur (not the animal but the futuristic controller from the French Jazzmutants) his Tenori on, and specially Native Instruments Reaktor “I could not live without it” Thopa is also working on various projects; A new night in Madrid called “ Afterbiteparties” which will be held once a month, and a label called “ Villa Trap Records”… So Check this space....̸Thopa " The Future is now Ep; Plaza In crowd Thopa "Mary Fisher" ABrandNewVibe Recordings Thopa "Le finesse" ABrandNewVibe Recordings Thopa "No planes just trains" (Plaza In crowd) Thopa "Childrens Game" (Plaza In crowd) Thopa "Private inferno" (Plaza In crowd) Thopa "Spinnerbait" (Coincidence Records)) Thopa " Las bogas saltarinas" (Coincidence Records) Thopa "Lipstick freak show" (Selected label) Thopa "Robber Copper" (Seta label) Thopa "October Fatigue" (Sk supreme) Thopa "Pequeño martillo Rojo" James Venturi Rmx (Seta label) Thopa "Pequeño martillo Rojo" (Seta label) Thopa "Dos mas dos no siempre son cuatro" (Seta label) Thopa "Siesta con Percasoles" (Seta label) Thopa "El prozac"(Selected label) Thopa "El barbo y la aceituna"(Selected label) Thopa "Closer" (Fountain Music) Thopa "Lluvia Negra" (Fountain Music) Thopa "Timer Dilemma" Tony Thomas Rmx (Ambiosphere) Thopa "The hills have eyes" (Ambiosphere) Thopa "Timmer Dilemma" (Ambiosphere) Thopa "Glitch sister" (Ambiosphere) Thopa "Cabin Feber" (Ambiosphere) Thopa "One night Quijote" (Kitsam) Thopa "Mossy Pumpkin" (vi tva Records)
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