Tobias Thomas (DJ)

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Tobias Thomas (* April 1970 ) is a German DJ and music producer in the field of electronic music as well as a music journalist.

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Tobias Thomas was born in April 1970 in southern Germany. Since the early 1990s he has belonged to the narrow circle of the Cologne electronics label Kompakt . Since 1990 he has been working as a DJ and music producer. He was involved in projects like Thomas / Mayer and Forever Sweet and has published together with Dettinger , Superpitcher , Jörg Burger , Geiger, Michael Mayer , Reinhard Voigt and Ada.

Thomas worked for the music magazine Spex from 2000 to 2007 as an editor. a. edited the monthly electronic music column Data Pop . In 2001 the compilation Data Pop was created . Together with the entire editorial team, Tobias Thomas left Spex when they moved to Berlin . Since 2007 he has been working as an editor and program assistant at the Cologne music festival c / o pop , where he was the festival program director from 2009 to 2013. Thomas has been working for the Kompakt label as a project manager and artist agent since 2014.

Thomas has been hosting the Total Confusion club night in Cologne since 1998, together with Michael Mayer and Superpitcher . He is also a regular guest at the Panorama Bar in Berlin , the Robert Johnson in Offenbach am Main , the Low Club in Madrid and at the Tanzhalle Forever parties in Hamburg . Until summer 2006 Total Confusion took place every Friday in Studio 672, since December 2007 only every first Friday of the month in Bogen 2 of Cologne's Hohenzollern Bridge. In July 2008 the Total Confusion series celebrates its tenth anniversary. In December 2014, the series was discontinued after 16 years with a large event in Cologne's city garden.

The mix CDs Für Dich (1999), Smallville (2003) and Please Please Please (2007) were released on Kompakt . As part of the Forever Sweet group , he released the album Give & Take (Ladomat, 1998).

Discography (selection)

Albums and mix CDs

  • 1998: Forever Sweet - Give & Take (Ladomat)
  • 1999: Tobias Thomas - For You (Compact)
  • 2001: Compilation Data Pop for Spex Magazine (Raid Rec./Kompakt)
  • 2003: Tobias Thomas - Smallville (compact)
  • 2007: Tobias Thomas - Please Please Please (compact)

Singles and EPs

  • 1995: Forever Sweet - Moving Targets (Forever Sweet Rec.)
  • 1995: Forever Sweet - The EP (Forever Sweet Rec.)
  • 1997: Forever Sweet - The Return of ... (Ladomat)
  • 1998: Forever Sweet - Super Trouper (Ladomat)
  • 1998: Forever Sweet - Don..t Speak (Ladomat)
  • 2001: Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher - Love To Love You (Golden Pudel Compilation / Ladomat)
  • 2006: Thomas / Burger - My Favorite Dress (c / o pop / Kompakt)

Remixes and compilations

  • 1997: Forever Sweet - Remix for Andreas Dorau - Girls in Love (Ladomat)
  • 1998: Forever Sweet: Remix for Andreas Dorau - People are cold (Ladomat / Motor)
  • 1999: Thomas / Mayer: Remix for Blaze - Lovelee Dae (Playhouse)
  • 2000: Tobias Thomas & Olaf Dettinger - Remix for Tocotronic - Jackpot ( L'age d'or )
  • 2001: Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher - Remix for Commercial Breakup - Walking back Home (Ladomat)
  • 2001: Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher - Remix for Phantom / Ghost - Perfect Lovers (Ladomat)
  • 2002: Tobias Thomas & Michael Mayer: Remix for Peter Licht - Sonnendeck (mofa / neuton)
  • 2003: Thomas / Mayer: Remix for Toneträger - Welcome Back, Kotter (Spinner Ace / Alive)
  • 2003: Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher: Remix for Phantom / Ghost - Nothing Is Written (Ladomat / Mute)
  • 2004: Thomas / Mayer: Remix for Ulf Lohmann - Because (Kompakt 100)
  • 2005: Thomas / Mayer: Remix for Ada - Blondix Part 2 (Areal)
  • 2005: Thomas / Mayer: "Panic Room" - on: Total 6 (compact)
  • 2006: Thomas / Mayer: "Sweet Harmony" - on: Total 7 (compact)
  • 2006: Superpitcher / Tobias Thomas Remix for James Figurine - 5566688833 (Monika)
  • 2007: Thomas / Mayer: "About Wiesen" - on: Total 8 (compact)
  • 2008: Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher - Remix for Sascha Funke - Mango (Bpitch Control)
  • 2008: Thomas / Ada - Remix for Station 17 + Michael Rother - Boogie Boogie Baka (17rec)
  • 2009: Thomas / Mayer: "Total 9" - to: Total 10 (compact)
  • 2014: Thomas / Mayer: "Under woods" - on: Total 14 (compact)

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