Tonka
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Biografía
- DJ TONKA BIOGRAPHY There are people who don`t particularly care for music, then there are people who love music, and then are finally those who live for music. Almost every possible minute of their 24 hour day is used to consume, understand and comp..DJ TONKA BIOGRAPHY There are people who don`t particularly care for music, then there are people who love music, and then are finally those who live for music. Almost every possible minute of their 24 hour day is used to consume, understand and compose music. The learning process of completely comprehending this beautiful art form never stops, it is a life long journey. Musicians infected by this contagious disease tend to frequently alter their tuneful flavor, always one step ahead of the rest of the field, never looking to the past. The producing artist and DJ TONKA is surely a prime specimen of the latter. Being a proud owner of over 40.000 vinyls, the German musician spends most of his day devouring the freshest tunes just out. But not only is this man an expert in the electronic field, he is also an avid lover of indie rock, oldschool hip hop, 80`s synthesizer pop, chicago house and italo disco. This has most likely to do with the fact that the young entertainer grew up in a family which evolved around wild jazz jam sessions at home and fine arts exhibitions. DJ TONKA started his illustrious career together with his best buddy and school mate Ian Pooley in 1991. Under the synonyms T`N`I, Space Cube and Outrage they released a whole bunch of early techno, house and breakbeat records on underground labels such as Force Inc. (Germany), Edge Records (UK) and R&S (Belgium). After achieving notoriety with Ian in a flash, he started releasing groundbreaking cut up disco 12inches (1995) on the legendary Force Inc. US imprint, basically inventing a completely new genre in itself which even saw the legendary Daft Punk name check him as one of their influences on of their album intro tracks. Being responsible for such massive chart radio hits “She Knows You” and “Don´t be Afraid (To Let Yourself Go)” or his awesome house remixes for big time players such as Salt`N`Pepa, P.Diddy, Erick Morillo, The B-52`s which also received huge amounts of TV coverage on channels such as VIVA and MTV. DJ TONKA’s next project was to release a plethora of tech house tracks on the internationally renowned labels ”Great Stuff and Alphabet City. Tracks “Orca” and “Freeze” for example gained worldwide support from Jaymo & Andy George Afrojack, Laidback Luke, Carl Cox, Ben Watt, Tiga, Switch, Style Of Eye, Gregor Tresher, Axwell, Peter Kruder etc.. Next up for release was DJ TONKA’s Ready For War EP which saw Fatboy Slim sign it to his Southern Fried label which again gained support from such djs as Kissy Sellout. Judge Jules, Shinichi Osawa, Dave Spoon, Jaguar Skills, AC Slater, Tommie Sunshine, Justin Robertson, Malente, etc… More recently DJ TONKA has been busy delivering killer remixes for the likes of Ellie Goulding (Polydor Records), Natalia Kills (Interscope Records)), Aggro Santos (Mercury Records) and The Wanted (Geffen Records) as well as gathering a new army of hits that are set to be unleashed to the masses. Once more the DJ TONKA sounds the battle cry as he prepares to change the soundscape before the rest of us even realize. It’s not just his job, It’s his Intuition!̸DJ TONKA DISCOGRAPHY T´N´I (Tonka & Ian Pooley) 1991 Low Mass E.P. (Force Inc./Germany) 12" 1991 Trip Men w. Alec Empire (Force Inc./Ger.) 12" 1991 Paris, No More Ugly Germans CD Comp. & 12“ 1992 Disco Beam E.P. (Intense Rec. Ger.) 12“ 1992 Do You Still Care? ft Marie Pullins (Polydor/Germany) 12“ & CD Si. 1993 Depart EP (Intense Rec/Ger.) 12“ 1993 I Want to Be Free (Intense Rec.,BMG Ariola/Ger.) 12“ & CD Si. 1994 Mad Situation, Be Straight (Force Inc./Ger.) 10“ 1995 Nothing Can Stop Us (Force Inc.100) 3x12“ LP Comp. T´N´I Remixes (DJ Tonka & Ian Pooley) 1992 The Bionaut - Everybody is Kissing Everyone (Intense Rec/Ger.) 12“ 1992 Paradise Project - Deep Green (Sony, Germany) 1993 Dream Team EP w. Whirlpool Prod. - Dreaming (Intense Rec./Ger.) 12“ 1993 Formosa - Dr. Strangelove (Sony/Ger.) CD Si. 1993 Rainforest - The Birds (Now! Rec./Ger) 12“ 1993 House Pimps - Get The Hook (Now! Rec./Ger.) 12“ SPACE CUBE (DJ Tonka & Ian Pooley) 1991 Space Cube EP (Force Inc./Germany) 12“ 1992 Machine & Motion (Force Inc./Germany) 3x12“ LP 1992 Pure Tendency - Ritchie Hawtin Rmx (R&S Rec./Belgium) Limited 12“ 1992 Kool Killer EP 1 (Force Inc/Germany.) 12“ 1993 Kool Killer EP 2 (Force Inc./Germany) 12“ 1993 Kool Killer EP 3 (Force Inc./Germany) 12“ 1993 Kool Killer EP, UK Mixes (Edge Rec/UK) 1993 The Latest Adventures Of Kool Killer (Dragnet/Sony, Ger.) CD & 12“ 1993 Sassion ft Gordon Matthewman & Force Mass Motion (Edge Rec/UK) 12“ 1993 The Unrel. Project EP (Solid Preassure Continental/CH) 12“ 1994 Inbound, Outbound (Riot Beats) 10“ 1994 Kommerz Killer (Riot Beats) 12“ 1995 Dschungelfieber, Remixes (Riot Beats) 12“ 1996 DJ Tonka & Ian Pooley's Unrel. Space Cube Tracks (Upflifting Rec.) 12“ SPACE CUBE Remixes (DJ Tonka & Ian Pooley) 1993 Ilsa Gold - Silke (Force Inc.) 12“ 1993 N.R.G. - I Need Your Lovin' (F.Inc./Ger,Chill Rec./UK,Pyro Tech/US) 12“ 1993 D.A.C. Robinson - Lucky Strike (Rabbit City Records/UK) 12“ 1995 Legend B - Lost In Love (Lanka/Germany) 12“ OUTRAGE (DJ Tonka & Ian Pooley) 1991 Emperor, Daylight (Force Inc./Germany) 12" THOMASTIC (Prod. & Rmx) 1993 Eurostyle Tunes Vol.1 (Intense Rec.) 12“ 1993 I Want to Be Free -Rmx (Intense Rec.,BMG Ariola) 12“ 1993 Dream Team EP , Whirlpool Prod. - Dreaming, Remixes (Intense Rec.) 12" DJ TONKA / TONKA 1995 Flashback (Force Inc. US) 12“ 1995 Flashback, Remixes (Outland Rec./NL) 12" 1995 Got To Get Up (Force Inc. 100) 3x12“ Comp. 1995 Feel (Force Inc. US,Disco Magic/Italy,Airplay Rec./France) 12" 1995 Feel, Remixes (Force Inc. US) 12" 1995 Phun-ky (Force Inc. US,Skint/UK,Dance Net/Australia) 12“ & CD Si. 1996 Feel Phun-ky EP (Outland Rec./NL) 12“ 1996 Old Skool (F.Inc.US,Dance Net/Aus,Happy One/Danm,Pen Pot/It.) 12" CD Si. 1996 Feel The Street vs Deskee (Force Inc. US) 12“ 1996 Feel The Street vs. Deskee, Remixes (Outland Rec./NL) 12“ 1996 Radical Noise, Remixes (Outland Rec./NL) 12“ 1996 Happiness (Force Inc. US) 12“ 1997 Old Skool - Joey Negro Rmx (Club Masters/UK) 1997 Old Skool - Fletch Remix (Happy One/Danm) Limited 10“ 1997 The Night, Security (Upl,Warn/Ger,Ginger Music/Sp,Hitland/It,Airplane/Fr.) 1998 She Knows You (Uplifting Rec./Warner) 12“, CD Si. 1998 She Knows You, Birthday Edition (Uplifting Rec.) Limited Coloured 12“ 2000 Don´t Be Afraid (Vivienne Rec., Warner/Ger., BlancoYNegro/Spain) 2000 Don´t Be Afraid, Nerio´s Dubwork Remix (Warner) Limited 12" 2002 J.O.E, Never! (Vivienne Rec.) 12“ 2002 Keep Klimbing (Vivienne Rec.) 12“ 2004 84 (Vivienne Rec. Warner) 3x12" LP & CD 2004 Get Back, PT1 (Vivienne Rec. Warner, BlancoYNegro/Spain) 12“ 2004 Get Back, PT2 (Vivienne Rec. Warner, BlancoYNegro/Spain) 12“ 2004 84 (Vivienne Rec.) 12“ 2008 Boomerang (unreleased) 2008 Orca, Freeze (Munich Disco Tech Vol.1, Great Stuff) 12" 2008 Orca, Ian Pooley Rmx (Munich Disco Tech Vol.2, Great Stuff/Ger.) 12" 2008 Drop Box EP (Alphabet City/Ger.) 12" 2009 Ready For War EP (Southern Fried Records/UK) 12" 2011 Aliens & Earthlings EP (WePLAY/Germany) DJ TONKA / TONKA (Remixes) 1995 Ian Pooley - Celtic Cross Remixes (Force Inc.) 12“ 1996 Celvin Rotane - You´ve Got To Be You (Alphabet City/Edel) 1996 The Moodyman - The Dancer (After Midnight Rec.,UCA Records/NL) 12" 1996 Smokin´Beats - Disco Dancin´ (Music Man,Legato Rec.,News/Belgium) 1996 Full Intention - America (Logic/Ger.,Sugar Daddy,Stress Rec/UK) 12“ 1996 The Hipgrinders - Good Times (Positiva,Additive/UK) 12“ 1996 Gina G - I Belong To You (Eternal,Warn/UK) 12“ 1997 Colonel Abrahams - Trapped (Up Beat,Warn/Ger,Mantra/Italy/Ginger/Spain) 1997 Jimmy Somerville - Safe (Heaven Rec./Ger, Ginger/Spain) 12“ & CD Si. 1997 Bootsy Collins ft Mc Lyte - I'm Leavin´U (Warner/Ger,Mercury/US) 12“ & CD 1997 Dave Angel - Funk Music (Island/UK) 12“, CD Si. 1998 The Funkjunkeez aka Roger Sanchez - Got Funk? (Strictly/US, Motor/Ger.) 12" 1998 Louise - All That Matters (EMI/UK) 12“, CD Si. 1998 Urban Soul - Love Is So Nice (VC,Virgin/UK) 1998 Black & White Brothers - Put Your Hands Up (Edel/Ger,Happy Music/Fr.) 12" 1998 DJ Tonka vs The B52's - Love Shack (Warner/Ger,Reprise/US) 12“ CD Si. 1998 K-Klass - Live It Up (EMI/UK, Dance Factory/Italy) 12“ 1999 Salt´N´Pepa - Push it Again (Motor) 12“ CD Si. 1999 Tony Esposito - Kalimba De Luna (Warner/Ger.) 12“ CD Si. 2000 Bump aka Steve Travell & MA - I'm Rushing (Fuel,East West,Warn/Ger.) 12" 2001 Cleptomaniacs aka Brian Tappert & John Julius Knight – All I Do (Edel/Ger.) 2002 Robin S - Show Me Love (Stereoph,BMG/Ger., Champion/UK) 12“ CD Si. 2002 Robin S - Luv 4 Luv (Stereophonic, BMG,Champion/UK) 12“ CDSi. 2002 Alizée - L`Alize (Universal/Ger. & France) Vinyl 12“, CD Si. 2002 Sharam Jey pres the Punisher - Straight Up! (King Kong Rec,Warn/Ger.) 12“& CD Si. 2004 Ian Pooley ft Jade & Dantelle - Heaven (Pooled Music,MOS/Ger.) 12" 2004 Erick Morillo ft. Leslie Carter - Waiting In The Darkness (Subliminal/US) 12" 2005 Tonka vs The Adjuster - All over Again (Disco Inc.,Force Inc./Ger.) 12“ 2005 Room 5 aka Junior Jack - Make Love 2005 (EMI/Ger.) 12“ CD Si. 2006 Ian Pooley & Tonka - Celtic Cross 2006 (Pooled Music/Ger.) 12“ 2006 Erick Morillo ft P.Diddy - Dance I Said (Subliminal/US) 12“ 2008 MDX & Namito - Hot & Spicy (Long Distance Rec./Australia) 2009 Gus Gus - Lust (Great Stuff/Ger.) 2009 Ian Pooley vs Zoo Brazil - Reader (Pooled Music/Ger.) 2009 Coburn - We Re-Interrupt This Programme (Tasted,Great Stuff/Ger.) 2009 Aquasky - You Know We Do It Big Girl (Passenger/UK) 2009 AudioFun - Dirty Gold (Freek Records/UK) 2010 Ellie Goulding - Guns And Horses (Polydor/UK) 2010 Housse de Racket - Oh Yeah! (M20 Solution,Kuskus/France) 2010 Simon Rose - Stachus (Bobble Music/Germany) 2010 Mercedes - Shock Absorber (Eye Industries/UK) 2010 Aggro Santos - Saint Or Sinner (Mercury Records,Future Rec./UK) 2010 The Wanted - Heart Vacancy (Geffen Records/UK) 2011 Natalia Kills - Mirrors (Interscope Rec./USA) 2011 Dabruck & Klein ft Ollie James- I Found Love (WePLAY/Germany) 2011 Arty - Around The World (WePLAY/Germany, Anjunabeats/UK) 2012 The Disco Boys - Around The World (WePLAY/Germany) DJ TONKA pres. THE REFRESHA (D&B Project) 1997 Screenbattle (The Beauty and The Beatz) A Tribute to Lara Croft (BMG Ariola/Ger.) CD TONKA pres. CHIP TUNES 2001 Heartjumpa, Reflect, Fallin`, Passion (Chip Tunes,Warner/Ger,) 2x12“, CD Si. TONKA & THOMILLA 2004 Not Satisfied (Benztown,Universal,Vivienne Rec.,Warner/Ger) LP/CD Track PLUS+-MINUS (DJ TONKA & DJ DELICIOUS) 2006 Rockin´ With The Best (Alphabet City) Promo 12“ DJ TONKA & BASSFACE SASCHA (D&B Projekt) 2006 Hard To Go (unreleased)
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