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Donnerstag, 17.05.2012
Meave de Tria, Tom Novy, Funkerman
am Donnerstagabend versorgt euch Delicious Housetunes Host Meave de Tria aus Köln in den ersten beiden Stunden mit den neusten und angesagtesten Club Tunes. Wie immer stehen dann ab 22:00 Uhr 2 absolut Hochkarätige Gast DJs bei uns an den Decks und das sind in dieser Woche unser Resident Tom Novy aus Zürich so wie der Niederländer Funkerman von Flamingo Recordings. Freut euch auf 4 wundervolle Stunden mit aller feinster House Music In The Mix.
Einschalten und Abfeiern!
Meave de Tria // Bikini Records
Im Alter von 10 Jahren saß Meave de Tria vor dem Radio und schnitt Songs auf Tape mit. Besonders fasziniert war er von dem damalige Dance Sound. Es war 1998, als er den Song hörte, durch den er sich in elektronische Music verliebte: ,Angel‘ von PvD. Das war ein komplett neuer und unglaublicher Sound für ihn. Danach suchte und kaufte er mehr von dieser Sorte Musik, von Trance bis House. Zu der Zeit waren beide Genres noch eng miteinander verknüpft. Aktuell besitzt er immer noch einige dieser Platten.
Heute hat sich Meave de Tria natürlich längst selbst einen Namen als DJ und Producer in der nationalen Houseszene gemacht. Er releast auf Labels wie 120dB Records, Safari Music, Bikini Records, Expulsion Records und vielen weiteren. Mit dem Auflegen begann er 2004. Der Werdegang war nahezu klassisch. Erst spielte er auf Partys von Freunden, dann in lokalen Clubs. 2008 veröffentlichte er seine erste Platte, diese hängt jetzt eingerahmt in seinem Studio, welches er damals natürlich noch nicht besaß. Er besaß lediglich nur einen kleinen Computer um seine Ideen und Demos aufzunehmen. Er musste ein richtiges Studio mieten, um seine Tracks zu produzieren oder um mit jemand anderem zu arbeiten. Lange Zeit machte er Musik nur zum Spaß und releaste nur ein, zwei Stücke pro Jahr. Er begann erst 2010 damit, professionell zu produzieren. Er war in der Lage, etwas Geld in sein eigenes Studio zu stecken, dadurch wurde er in der Deutschen-Szene bekannter und es verhalf ihm zu tollen Remix-Anfragen. Die Dinge entwickelten sich gut, es freute ihn sehr, dass Pete Tong in einer Folge des Essential Mix einmal seinen Namen aussprach, nachdem er einige Bootlegs von ihm spielte.
Hört man sich die Produktionen von Meave de Tria an, fällt auf, dass seine Variante des House Sounds von positiver Stimmung geprägt ist. Er mag aber nicht nur jene Happiness in einem Track, sondern auch etwas anderes. Eine Vorstellung von etwas, das cool, groovy und intim ist. Etwas, das deinen Körper und Geist in Bewegung setzt. Diesen Vibe möchte er auch in seinen DJ-Sets fortsetzen, aber eben vor allem beim Produzieren, wenn er merkte, dass er zu etwas tanzen will, dann weiss er, er ist auf dem richten weg.
Als DJ weiß der Kölner genau, welche Musik zu seinen Sets passt. Die Platte muss interessant sein und großartig klingen. Sie muss eine gute Struktur aufweisen und einen ordentlichen Groove. "Manche Tracks könnten großartig sein, sind aber langweilig, wenn du sie zu lange spielst oder ihr Breakdown zu lange ist. Sie brauchen dann ein bisschen Bearbeitung. Mein Bevorzugter Style ist auf jeden Fall Tech-House", so Meave de Tria. Bei den aktuellen Releases von Meave de Tria sticht besonders die neue Single HaHaHa hervor. Er wollte etwas schaffen, das cool war, allgemeine Begeisterung dafür erzeugen und die Nummer an einige Top DJs und Radiosender schicken. Und diese waren begeistert von der Single.
„Kollaborationen können Dinge mit in die Produktion bringen, an die man allein nie gedacht hätte, und man sieht die verschiedenen Herangehensweisen oder die unterschiedlichen Art und Weisen Plugins zu nutzen", sagt Meave de Tria. Tim Royko traf er vor einigen Jahren durch ein Bootleg, das er oft spielte. Er schrieb ihm dann, um Danke zu sagen und sie blieben in Kontakt. Heute sind sie gute Freunde und Tim Royko ist Resident DJ in Meave de Tria’s wöchentlichen Radio Show „Delicious Housetunes“ auf Hitradio MSOne. Die beiden treffen sich regelmäßig, entweder in seinem oder in Tim's Studio.
Fil Woody traf er letztes Jahr auf Facebook und konnte es kaum glauben, als er ihn bat, einen Remix für ihn zu machen. Sie chatteten dort erst miteinander, ein paar Monate später machten sie zusammen Musik.
Derzeit arbeitet Meave de Tria an neuen eigenen Tracks und Projekten mit anderen Acts. Mit Fil Woody steht ein neues Release an, ebenso mit Tim Royko. „Die gemeinsamen Projekte sind immer positiv, sie helfen dabei, die musikalische Vision zu erweitern", so Meave. Gerne würde er neue Kollaboration mit weiteren Producern und Sängern, die er mag starten.
Tom Novy // Nouveau Niveau
 In an industry where DJs and producers come and go in the blink of an eye, Tom Novy has sustained a career that has stretched over 18 years to date with no sign of him slowing down anytime soon! Achieving numerous chart hits, television appearances, world-renowned residencies and underground anthems, there is not a part of the dance music world that Tom has not graced with his infectious personality and endearing sense of fun.
Hailing from Munich, Germany, Tom has been firmly established on the dance music scene since 1995 when he released his first single ‘I House You' which immediately entered the top 10 of the German Dance Chart. The following year Tom released ‘Superstar' which gained him further international recognition and held chart positions in 18 countries worldwide. 1998 saw the release of ‘I Rock', a track that cemented his place on the European dance scene and a notched up an impressive 18 weeks on the Airplay Top 100.
After spending most of the 90's honing his skills as a DJ and releasing numerous chart and club hits, 2000 was the year when Tom's career really began take off on a global level. His track ‘Pumpin' reached #19 in the UK singles chart in June of that year and earned him the chance to mix the Ministry of Sound Annual compilation, becoming the first German DJ to do so. The following year saw him release his debut artist album ‘My Definition' which perfectly showcased Tom's wide range of influences and musical styles. The hits continued to flow in 2004 with the release of ‘Lovin U' a track which touched base with listeners as far a field as South Africa where it entered the national Top 10.
For all of his massive achievements up until this point it was in 2005 and the release of ‘Your Body' featuring Mike Marshall, that Tom really struck a chord with the mainstream. The track gained the support of every major UK radio station as well as MTV and subsequently entered the singles chart Top 10 in 2006 and held a top 15 place in no less than 20 other countries. Later in the year the re-released ‘Take It' featuring Lima scored another UK hit reaching number 37 and charted in the top 30 in Germany and Australia.Tom recently remixed the mighty Snap classic ‘Rhythm Is a Dancer' and scored a number one Beatport single in 2008.
On the remix front, the calibre of artists Tom has worked with could not be higher. Global superstars such as Justin Timberlake, Yoko Ono, Ludacris, Erick Morillo, Tom Jones & Mousse T, 10CC, Snap and Sander Kleinenberg have all come in for the expert Tom Novy remix treatment.
Back in Germany, Tom's charismatic demeanour has led him to become a successful television presenter, hosting a total of four shows (three of which are on MTV). Unsurprisingly given his natural stage presence, Tom hosts a weekly radio show on egoFM and has a slot on NRJ Beirut which he has held since 2002.
It is impossible to talk about Tom Novy without mentioning Space, Ibiza where he has held a residency for an unbelievable 14 seasons. So with continued releases of the highest quality, gigs right across the globe and his radio shows still reaching listeners far and wide, it seems like there will be many more tales to be told in the story of Tom Novy.
Funkerman // Flamingo Recordingss
 Funkerman, known to his postman as Ardie van Beek, (born 1975, Breda, The Netherlands), is a well known DJ/producer and founder of Flamingo Recordings.
From his first love of pioneering US hip hop, through obsessive crate digging for classic soul, Disco and Funk, to riding on the first waves of US house; he has always been on a quest to find, make and play new and exciting music.
Whilst spinning at the Spock club in Breda in the mid nineties he was also starting to produce and promote music, while working in local record store, Magik. Being surrounded by the records he loved gave him an insight to the dance music industry as well as keen sense of how music moved people, and he quickly became a A&R manager; working at the heart of the burgeoning Dutch scene.
Through years of hard work DJ-ing and producing, Funkerman established himself internationally, and by 2004 he decided it was time to capitalise on his success, so he founded Flamingo Recordings, with fellow producer Raf and DJ/producer Fedde le Grand.
In the six years since, the label has gone from strength to strength, releasing some of the biggest house tracks of recent times, like Funkerman’s ‘Speed Up’ , Ida Corr’s ‘Let me think about it’, Fedde le Grand’s ‘Put Your Hands Up For Detroit’ and their collaboration on ‘3 Minutes To Explain’.
Flamingo Recordings has of course also been the outlet for his own prolific discography. In 2005 Funkerman topped the Dutch club charts with ‘Rule the Night’ and ‘The One’, with the latter getting support from leading DJ’s worldwide and appearing on numerous compilations.
Then in 2007 he made the Dutch Top 40, the Mega Single Top 100 and the Mega Top 50 in a collaboration with Fedde le Grand, under their F to the F alias, with ‘Wheels In Motion’. In the same year he also made the international charts with the massive ‘Speed Up’ featuring I/Fan, a track so popular it was released by another nine labels before eventually being signed by legendary UK label Defected Records.
In 2008 he again teamed up with Fedde again to release ‘3 Minutes To Explain’, as well as delivering several huge remixes for the likes of Ida Corr, Guru Josh and the Sugababes, as well as turning hits like Re-United’s ‘Sun Is Shining’ and Jaimy & Kenny D’s ‘Keep On Touchin Me’ into new club anthems. And as further proof of his commercial success, ‘Speed Up’ was made available as a downloadable track on the Xbox 360 karaoke game, Lips.
Off the back of an extensive North American and Australian tour, 2009 saw him release ‘Remember’ again featuring I-Fan, which dominated the download charts, as well as YouTube, thanks to the beautifully sinister animated video. He also invested in the ever-growing reputation of the label by starting the Flamingo Nights series of parties, which soon became an international benchmark for world-class production and quality guest mixes.
This year sees the long-awaited debut artist album from Funkerman, along with a production and DJ’ing schedule that perfectly displays his broad attitude to music, playing a diverse mix of the world’s best festivals and clubs, and working with artists varying from soul and hip-hop to underground house and electro.
Whilst enjoying the many fruits of his labour, Funkerman’s aim is to keep on improving musically and, as always, to try and push electronic music to the next level.
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