DJ Tonka
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| DJ Tonka | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Thomas René Gerlach | |
| Also known as | DJ Tonka | |
| Genre(s) | House Trance |
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| Occupation(s) | Producer, DJ | |
DJ Tonka (born June 24, 1973; real name Thomas René Gerlach), is an electronic music artist. He is also known as Tonka, Chip Tunes, and Thomtastic.
In his early career, Thomas Gerlach worked with fellow producer Ian Pooley in the groups Outrage, Space Cube, and T'N'I. Together they produced several records in techno, progressive house and breakbeat. In 1996, the partnership was dissolved (an EP with unreleased tracks was still released in 1997), and coincidentally, both started producing a more mainstream-friendly sound.
As a solo artist, Gerlach took on the name DJ Tonka and began producing house music, with influences from synth pop and the American garage house scene. He achieved some notoriety as a remixer, reworking tunes such as "Trapped" for disco artist Colonel Abrams, "Love Shack" for The B52's and "Let's Push It" for Salt-N-Pepa.
Tonka cites Grandmaster Flash and Depeche Mode among his influences. He has also founded two record labels: Uplifting Records in 1997 and Vivienne Records in 2000.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
[edit] DJ Tonka/Tonka
- 1995 "Feel"
- 1995 "Flashback"
- 1995 "Phun-ky"
- 1996 "(I Want You To) Feel"
- 1996 "Feel/She Knows You"
- 1996 "Feel Phun-ky EP"
- 1996 "Feel The Street" (with Des'kee)
- 1996 "Flashback (Remixes)"
- 1996 "Happiness"
- 1996 "Radical Noise"
- 1996 "Old Skool/Use Ya Ears"
- 1997 "Old Skool/Feel The Street (Remixes)"
- 1997 "Security/The Night"
- 1998 "She Knows You/Get On Up"
- 2000 "Don't Be Afraid (To Let Yourself Go)"
- 2002 "Keep Klimbing"
- 2002 "Never/J.O.E."
- 2003 "Get Back" (with Lara McAllen)
- 2004 "84 (My Beginning)"
- 2005 "All Over Again" (as Adjuster vs. Tonka, with Johan Rundqvist)
[edit] Chip Tunes
- 2001 "Heartjumpa"
- 2001 "Chip Tunes Vol. 1"
- 2002 "Chip Tunes Vol. 2"
- 2002 "Limited Edition DJ Tools"
[edit] Space Cube
- All are collaborations with Ian Pooley
- 1991 "Space Cube EP"
- 1991 "Sub Audible"
- 1992 "Kool Killer EP"
- 1992 "Kool Killer Vol. 2"
- 1993 "Kool Killer Vol. 3"
- 1993 "Kool Killer Mixes EP"
- 1993 "Unreleased Project EP"
- 1993 "The Latest Adventures of Kool Killer EP"
- 1994 "Dschungelfieber"
- 1994 "Inbound/Outbound"
- 1995 "Kommerz Killer/Big Bam Bam"
- 1997 "Unreleased Space Cube Tracks"
[edit] T'N'I
- All are collaborations with Ian Pooley
- 1991 "Do You Still Care" (with Marie Pullins)
- 1991 "Low Mass EP"
- 1991 "Trip Men"
- 1992 "Beam EP"
- 1993 "Depart EP"
- 1993 "Dream Team EP"
- 1993 "I Want To Be Free"
- 1994 "Mad Situation/Be Straight"
[edit] Other aliases
- 1991 "Emperor/Daylight" (as Outrage, with Ian Pooley)
- 1993 "Euro Style Tunes Vol. 1" (as Thomastic)
[edit] Albums
- 1992 Machine And Motion (as Space Cube)
- 1993 The Latest Adventures of Kool Killer (as Space Cube)
- 2004 84 (as Tonka)
