Turntable rocker

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Turntablerocker (2010)
Turntablerocker (2010)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Classic
  DE 17th 04/09/2001 (8 weeks)
Smile
  DE 75 10/14/2002 (2 weeks)
one two
  DE 90 04/13/2012 (1 week)
Singles
No Melody
  DE 64 03/19/2001 (9 weeks)

Turntablerocker are a German DJ and club music producer duo, consisting of Michael “Michi” Beck from the rap band Die Fantastischen Vier and Thomas “Thomilla” Burchia . As one of the first DJs and producers, you established hip-hop as party music in German club culture.

Band history

The musicians from Stuttgart first met in 1994 in a record store where Thomilla worked. At that time, “Die Fantastischen Vier” had long been a fixture in German hip-hop. Thomilla has already made a name for himself as a producer for German spoken vocal artists and as a DJ for the Stuttgart band “Die Krähen”. It was not uncommon for Michi Beck to play new songs when buying Thomilla and get his opinion. Through frequent encounters in the shop and the artistic exchange of ideas, the two soon noticed that they had similar musical preferences. At Thomilla's invitation, Michi Beck soon joined the DJ team at “Red Dog”, Stuttgart, where the two played on several Wednesday evenings together until the club closed in 1997. This gave the impetus for further cooperation.

It was only through the joint studio work in 1996 and 1997 that the decision was made to perform together as a DJ team in the future. During this time "Hausmarke - Weltweit" was created, Michi Beck's solo album, which was produced by Thomilla. One of the singles released at the time, “Turntablerocker - Move your bottom”, finally provided the idea for the name of the DJ duo. In 1998 a live tour and numerous DJ gigs followed under the name "Turntablerocker". The two musicians decided to abandon the conventional division into DJ and front man, which was probably due to the fact that Michi Beck did not enjoy rapping and entertaining without his three colleagues from the Fantas. From now on they began to compose and produce tracks together that were supposed to get by without vocal performance and, above all, without well-known guests. The duo set a particular ambition in the task of creating a "club-like groove" that was intent on up tempo and combined influences of East Coast Hip Hop, Soul and R&B . With this sound concept, which they called "Swingbeat" and later "Boogie", they tried to develop their own concept of dance music . They contrasted their swinging sound with the club music of the 1990s, which was dominated by house and techno.

Album history

The shared experiences as producers, musicians and DJs processed "Turntablerocker" on the 2001 album Classic . Most of the tracks on the LP are instrumental and influenced by funk , disco , house and hip-hop. Singing and rap are not in the foreground. The two musicians described their record as a hip-hop-oriented boogie between hip-hop and house . Some critics drew stylistic parallels to dance floor hits from the late eighties or to Fatboy Slim . The album went from 0 to number 17 in the German Top 100 album charts and stayed there for a total of eight weeks. Not least because of its success in German-speaking countries and because of the live performances and DJ shows, "Classic" soon found worldwide approval and was released in Japan , Canada , Mexico , Europe and Australia . The album was presented on a Germany-wide tour. She accompanied a band specially put together for the occasion.

In 2002 the successor Smile appeared . In contrast to "Classic", the duo did without a production based on samples , and increasingly relied on diverse arrangements with variable use of vocals and comprehensible song structure. Compared to the debut album, most of the tracks were much more tempo-friendly, had a touch of electronics and made the record extremely party-compatible overall.

The imaginative and humorous music videos of the "Turntablerocker", which were shot for the singles "No Melody", "A Little Funk", "Time For Music" and "Love Supreme" by Zoran Bihać , were also very well known .

In the following years more singles emerged. In addition to regular DJ appearances, the two primarily concentrated on remixes for other artists such as B. Die Fantastischen Vier , Bob Sinclar , Gwen Stefani and Tiefschwarz .

For the 2010 film Jerry Cotton , the duo provided the remix of the title track "Run Baby Run", which was sung by Oceana .

In December 2011, the Turntablerocker announced on their homepage that ten years after their last album “Smile” was released in March 2012, they would release their third album “Einszwei” and thus go on a club tour in the same year. On February 10th, the first single "Von Vorn" hit stores. The second single "Alles auf die 303" was released on March 16, 2012.

style

While “turntable rockers” preferred to play hip-hop-heavy sets at the beginning of their joint career, today they cannot be assigned to any particular genre. Their DJ sets are characterized by an unconventional mix of electro , house, breakbeats , hip-hop, funk and soul. You call it Electronic Wildstyle .

Discography

Albums

  • Classic (2001)
  • Smile (2002)
  • one two (2012)

Singles

  • A Little Funk (2000, from the album Classic )
  • No Melody (2001, from the album Classic )
  • Time For Music (2002, from the album Smile )
  • Love Supreme (2002, from the album Smile )
  • Rings (2003, from the album Smile )
  • I Heard You Were Dead (2005/12 ")
  • Compost Black Label # 35 (2008/12 ")
  • From the front (2012, from the album einszwei )
  • Everything on the 303 (2012/12 ")
  • Grow Up EP (2012/12 ", on Jeudi Records)

Remixes (excerpt)

  • 2000 The Pharcyde - Frontline
  • 2001 Bob Sinclar - I Rock
  • 2001 Young MC - Bust A Move
  • 2001 Tiefschwarz - Never
  • 2001 Ludacris - Area Codes
  • 2003 Tok Tok vs Soffy O - Day Of Mine
  • 2003 Elektrochemie LK - Sweet Darling
  • 2004 Fanny Pack - So Stylistic
  • 2005 Gwen Stefanie - Holla Back Girl
  • 2005 Edwin Star - War (Turntablerocker Remix)
  • 2006 Gods Of Blitz - Greetings From Flashback Ville
  • 2007 Tiefschwarz - No More Trouble
  • 2007 The Fantastic Four - Harvest What We Sow
  • 2009 Bodymovin - Everybody
  • 2009 Scooter - I'm Raving
  • 2010 Aura Dione - Something From Nothing
  • 2012 Rammstein - My heart burns
  • 2013 Elyas Khan - Bells (Turntablerocker Remix)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original January 30, 2016 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicline.de
  2. ↑ Buhmann, Heide, Haeseler, Hanspeter (eds): "Hop Hop XXL. Fat rhymes and fat beats in Germany ”, Rockbuch Verlag Buhmann and Haeseler, Schlüchtern 2001, p. 214. ISBN 3-927638-03-X .
  3. ↑ Philipp Sontag: Interview: Thomilla (Turntablerocker). (No longer available online.) Lottaleben.net, archived from the original on January 27, 2016 ; Retrieved November 14, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / old.lottaleben.net
  4. ↑ Turntablerocker: Diamond Deals & Baseball Bats. stadtgefluester-muenster.de, accessed on November 14, 2010 .
  5. ↑ a b c Biography: Turntablerocker. laut.de, accessed on November 14, 2010 .
  6. ↑ Thomas Junga: Turntablerocker vacation from me. (No longer available online.) Visions.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 14, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.visions.de  
  7. ↑ Carsten Becker: Turntable Rocker: Are We Gonna Rock or What? dancecube.de, February 1, 2001, accessed on November 14, 2010 .
  8. ↑ Oliver Hüttmann: Turntablerocker: The two from the dance floor. spiegel.de, March 30, 2001, accessed November 14, 2010 .
  9. ↑ Christoph Koch: Turntablerocker: Ibiza Pet Sounds from the Swabian region. (No longer available online.) Intro.de, September 27, 2002, archived from the original on June 28, 2014 ; Retrieved November 14, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.intro.de
  10. ↑ Alexandra Brandt: Turntablerocker-Smile. visions.de, March 5, 2003, accessed on November 14, 2010 .
  11. ↑ Turntablerocker: You're back: New album "einszwei" in March 2012. Accessed on February 22, 2012 .
  12. ↑ Turntable rocker. (No longer available online.) Fourmusic.com, formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 27, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fourmusic.com  

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