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Every week we give Nocturnal music lovers the chance to shout out to the world on Nocturnal Sunshine. Email radio@nocturnalradio.net a 15 second mp3 of your voice saying who you are, where your from, what you think of Nocturnal, and your message to the world.
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Thomas Gold Artist Profile |
| Real Names: | Frank Knebel |
| Profile: | Thomas is constantly travelling around the world with his unique and distinctive “Golden TG Set“, playing is own productions and remixes. After a busy 2008, touring through Brazil, Indonesia and Australia, 2009 started with an impressive show at Queen, Paris where Thomas celebrated his birthday, followed by hot DJ sets in Miami and across Europe, tours through Canada and Brazil. |
| Websites | http://www.thomas-gold.com/ |
| Aliases: | Beat Riders, Dee-Luxe, Frank Knebel, Level K, Plastic Nation |
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Exclusive Thomas Gold Set |
01. Axwell - Nothing But Love (Axwell vs. Daddy's Groove remix)
02. Albin Myers ft. St. James - There 4 You (MyBack club mix)
03. Hagenaar & Albrecht - Won't Let You Down (club mix)
04. Dirty South ft. Rudy - Let It Go (Ted Nilsson re-mode mix)
05. Fatboy Slim vs. Thomas Gold - Star 69 (2010 original mix)
06. Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (AN21 & Max Vangeli booty)
07. Dennis Ferrer vs. System F & Laidback Luke - Super Hey Hey (Tristan Garner bootleg)
08. Swedish House Mafia vs. Congorock - One Babylon (Gregori Klosman mashup)
09. Ian Carey - Hoodrat Stuff (original mix)
10. Thomas Gold - Work That (original mix)
11. Switchfoot - Always Yours (Vangeli & AN21 remix)
12. David Tort & Norman Doray - The Sun (original mix)
13. Dirty Secretz - Alpha (original mix)
14. Berg, Doray, Drums - Tweet It
15. Nirvana vs. FLG - Back & Forth Spirit (Gaudino & Rooney booty)
16. Steve Angello vs. TV Rock - Knas Has Been A Long Time (Thomas Gold mashup)
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Exclusive Thomas Gold Interview |
Mr Thomas Gold will now answer your questions
My name is Thomas Gold
My friends call me Tom
My Birthdate is 1-11-XX
I consider Berlin my home base
I’d love to work with David Tort (again) in the future.
The next place I’d love to travel is Tokyo
The first album I ever bought was Michael Jackson's "Thriller"
My current favorite style of Electronic Music is Tech House/House
If I weren’t a producer/DJ I would be very sad
The last song i listened to on repeat was the drum loop of my next single
I wish I could stop driving too fast and getting all these tickets, but I can’t help it!
My most memorable party moment was Guadalajara in Mexico seeing 6000 people freaking out when I played my upcoming single ‘What´s Up'
I’m deathly afraid of hearing loss
I use Logic 9 and lots of other stuff to create my music.
When I party, I usually have quite a hangover the next day
The original Chicago house sound inspired me to become a producer/DJ
In 5 years I would like to still have lots of fun producing & DJing!
I’ve always wanted to see the arctic, but haven’t gotten the chance to yet
You’d be shocked to find out that I have never ... what are people really shocked about these days
I don’t leave home without my Iphone.
So You’ve mentioned in previous interviews you lost your first residency gig at a club after 2 nights because you were bad. Tell those aspiring DJs about your story of falling and getting back up.
This was because I really had no experience at all..bit strange though that the club owner let me play…and it was NYD, so people still had a big hangover from NYE. It didn´t discourage me, the opposite was the case. I was highly motivated to practiced a lot, to learn it from the beginning and just to do it better in the future.
So After that unfortunate incident, you later on went on to further develop yourself. How did you go about doing that? And how did you get that second chance?
I bought 2 turntables and a mixer and practiced at home with my own gear. After some practicing I did a DJ demo mix and sent it to a club owner of my fav club in town. He called me couple of days later and offered me the Friday night to play and it worked out!
So since you've become a professional, you´ve done quite a lot remixes you´re now doing more your own tracks. How come?
Yeah, I just want to focus more on my own ideas of music. Having more flexibility and freedom of what I´m doing, to self-actualise. It´s very exciting to start a track totally from the scratch and see how your baby develops! I´ve got quite a few upcoming or recently released tracks which are all “Thomas Gold style” but although different from each other. So I have the opportunity to really express myself in different ways. For example the Toolroom EP “Kananga / Work That” I did is more techy / techhouse and my new coop single with Fatboy Slim ‘Star69’ is more bigroom house style I would say. My next single which will be a Thomas Gold & Alex Kenji ‘What´s Up’ is somewhat in between both styles. So I´m able to do my fav kind of music styles without limitation
One of your biggest hit remixes was of “Silence” in 2008. So many artists have mashed up, remixed, sampled this anthem, how did you and Niels Van Gogh approach this mega track?
Actually we didn´t think too much about it. We had some little ideas when we started and we just did what came into our minds.
So besides your own which remix is your favorite?
My favourite mix besides my own is still Tiesto´s!
So why do you feel that Electronic Music Fans never get tired of this track?
The vocals are incredibly nice, so emotional and perfect – that´s the reason you can listen to it over & over without getting tired.
We heard you really enjoy pop, soul, and 70’s music as well. Give us your current top 5 non House Music artists. ?
Prodigy
Linkin Park
Chemical Brothers
Nickelback
and Berlin based artist “Peter Fox”
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Nocturnal 265: Artist Info |
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01. Nadia Ali - People (Justin Michael & Kemal remix) [Smile In Bed]
02. DJ Renat ft. Cotry - Shadows Of The Past (original mix) [Enormous Tunes]
03. Feeltz & Johan Vilborg - Summit (Mehilove remix) [Dangerbox Recordings]
04. Gran Vitaly - In My Soul (original mix) [AVSR Records]
05. Makotrax - Distant (original mix) [Nellie Recordings]
06. Schodt ft. Aida Fenhel - White Tiger (Mango remix) [Royal Records]
07. Nadia Ali - Fantasy (Morgan Page remix) [Smile In Bed]
08. Sultan - GStringz (original mix) [Global Underground]
09. Crookers ft. Yelle - Cooler Couleur (Voyou remix) [Southern Fried Records]
10. Goldfrapp - Believer (Joris Voorn remix) [Mute]
Nadia Ali - People (Justin Michael & Kemal remix) [Smile In Bed]
In today’s fast-moving digital music industry where anyone can release their own music, it’s sometimes hard to sort the contenders from the pretenders. Californian Justin Michael is all quality, however, and has in the space of five years lead the charge as the latest in a long and prestigious line of West Coast producers championing the sounds of quality music.
DJ Renat ft. Cotry - Shadows Of The Past (original mix) [Enormous Tunes]
DJ Renat is quickly becoming one of Russia’s biggest progressive stars. His name is not only known among the seasoned clubbers but also the upcoming generation. His resume includes remixes of Prodigy’s “Voodoo People” to Queen’s “You Don’t Fool Me”. He was also responsible for the 2008’s official anthem of Club Paradise Tour. Be on the look out and keep an eye out for one of Russia’s biggest DJs.
Feeltz & Johan Vilborg - Summit (Mehilove remix) [Dangerbox Recordings]
Feeltz is the brainchild of Johan Vilborg, and it all started when he discovered this music called Trance in the age of 11. He got more and more into the electronic music and when he turned 14 Johan came over this program called FL Studio. A few years later his dreams came true when he got his first EP, Don't Hold Me Back was released on Dangerbox. Johan also discovered the DJing aspect of music when he turned 9. Johan's old man gave him his old mixer that he used to play with when he was around 18. A 6 channel simple mixer that even could get running on a 9V battery. Since then Johan's appreciation of music has evolved and this bright young talent certainly has a lot to give to the world of trance as a DJ and a producer.
Gran Vitaly - In My Soul (original mix) [AVSR Records]
Gran Vitaly ( real name Vitaly Zaprometov ) was born in a small town Guryev (Kazakhstan). From childhood he was interested in creation of melodies from anything. After a while it has grown into desire to create own music and to share it with other people. For the first time has faced electronic music at the age of 12 and during the same time has decided to study various ways of its creation. Since this time and before leaving school Vitaly has wrote many compositions, shared them with friends and received positive responses. In the age of 17 Vitaly has left to study to Russia, Vladimir city. In parallel with his study Vitaly has started to be interested seriously in electronic music and its creation. Long time improving music writing skills and quality of its sounding, he has come to quite good results. After a while Vitaly became the resident of a local dj-bar where plays till now (house, tech-house). He organised parties where played own tracks, public perceived them well. Gran Vitaly is the young, purposeful and talented musician, whose career is just beginning. He constantly improves his skill and experiments with a sound. He is always full of new ideas and its tracks bring positive energy to people. Gran Vitaly is going to please public with the bright, sated and light sound more and more in future.
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Makotrax - Distant (original mix) [Nellie Recordings]
Makoto Murase aka MAKOTRAX was born in 1978. He grew up Tokyo Japan. In the 90's Makoto started participating in the Club/Rave scene in Japan. From House to Techno and everywhere in between, he has crafted a unique and ever-evolving style. Using finely polished electronic beats coupled with grooved-up waves that wash over, you will not be able to escape from the dance floor. So far 2010 has been a great year and with many more remixes and Original productions to follow Makotrax is a producer and DJ to watch.
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Schodt ft. Aida Fenhel - White Tiger (Mango remix) [Royal Records]
Hailed as one of leaders of the modern progressive sound, "Mango" (a.k.a. Alex Golovanov) has received a tremendous response from the global dance music community over the past few years. Blending emotive melodies with a unique combination of progressive, electro, and tech house sounds, Mango has earned the praise of electronic music fans around the world, as well as the respect and support of the leading international progressive and trance DJ's.
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Nadia Ali - Fantasy (Morgan Page remix) [Smile In Bed]
Vermont native Morgan Page began making electronic music at the age of 12. After gaining the attention of jockeys at local free-form radio stations, Page -- prior to graduating from high school -- began DJing himself on the University of Vermont's station. There, his horizons and knowledge about dance music broadened significantly, especially when it came to house. Now, with multiple hits under his belt, a grammy nomination, and a new album released earlier this year the world only awaits to see what is next for this young super star.
Sultan - GStringz (original mix) [Global Underground]
From the desert heat of his country of origin to the winter rigours of Canada, Sultan has travelled a road quite out of the ordinary. After living in Kuwait, Cyprus and Egypt, Sultan moved to Montreal, Canada in 1996 to pursue an education in Mechanical Engineering and Business. Inspired by the vitality of the nightlife and his passion for music, he quickly immersed himself into the house scene of his adoptive city. Little by little, his interest for structures irrepressibly shifted from engineering to music. Following his graduation from university in the summer of 2001, and in the wake of his DJ success as resident at the internationally renowned Stereo and Sona after hours, Sultan created his own studio in order to unleash his talent as a producer. Once again, the results were tremendous. His first-ever production, "Primal Instinct” was signed to Chug Records that same year and garnered much appraise. The door had opened and with great enthusiasm Sultan quickly establishes himself as one of the most innovative and respectable producers in the house/progressive scene.
Crookers ft. Yelle - Cooler Couleur (Voyou remix) [Southern Fried Records]
Crookers are dj Phra and Bot; two dj's/producers who met in 2003 and soon got to work together as they had the same tastes and a similar musical background. Both have been producing and djing on their own before creating the Crookers team: Bot was introduced to music learning to play instruments like piano and guitar and then moved to synths, turntables and sequencers while Phra started djing at the early age of 11 and then was introduced to the italian Hip Hop scene as an Mc. All these influences are mixed up in their sets with the special add of their sounds done with the legendary MPC sampler.
Goldfrapp - Believer (Joris Voorn remix) [Mute]
Bath, England's singer/composer/keyboardist Allison Goldfrapp began exploring music as part of her studies as a fine art painting major at Middlesex University, mixing sound, visuals, and performances in her installation pieces. While she was still in college, she appeared on her friend Tricky's 1995 debut, Maxinquaye, which led to appearances on albums from other cutting-edge electronic artists, including Orbital's Snivilisation and Add N to X's Avant Hard. By the late '90s, Goldfrapp began honing her own compositions; one of her friends passed some of her demos on to composer Will Gregory. Finding much in common in their musical tastes and approaches, the duo took Allison's surname as the name for their collaboration.
