Talla 2XLC

Infobox musical artist
Name = Talla 2XLC


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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Andreas Tomalla
Alias = Talla
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Origin = Germany
Genre = Trance
Years_active = 1984 - Present
URL = http://www.talla.de/

Talla 2XLC is a producer, musician, and DJ whose work has spanned from industrial music to trance music.Discogs artist|artist=Talla+2XLC|name=Talla 2XLC]

History

In the year 1984, Talla (a budding DJ at the time) started a small night club called Technoclub,citeweb|title=Talla2XLC|url=http://www.damndjs.com/damn/?site=talla2xlc.php|publisher=damndjs.com|accessdate=2008-03-10] the first ever night club in his city of Frankfurt revolving around the electronic music genre. But this was 1984 and this was a ground-breaking idea not only in Frankfurt, but across the globe, and was most probably the birth of something new and special. He was also at the time involved with a band called Moskwa TV.

The term ‘Techno’ was coined here long before the warehouse party revolution of the late 80s.citeweb|title=Talla2XLC|url=http://www.thedjlist.com/djs/TALLA_2XLC/|publisher=thedjlist.com|accessdate=2008-03-10] It is for this reason and many more that those who know the history of electronic dance music refer to Talla as one of the founding fathers of the scene. He has been living his passion for music, by producing and DJing for nearly three decades.

In 1988, he started a new project called Bigod 20, which would go on to be one of Europe’s most successful EBM acts of the early 1990s.

In 1989, to distribute the music of Bigod 20 and other industrial acts in Europe, he founded the conglomerate Music Research and its primary subsidiary, Zoth Ommog Records, an important label in the underground electronic music scene for many years thereafter (though his management of the business lasted only the first several years after its inception). All the while, he kept a high profile as a remixer to many big-name artists in the world electronic dance scene.

Since the dissolution of Bigod 20 in 1994, Talla 2XLC has focused less on industrial music and more on techno and its subgenres, particularly epic trance. With Sony Records in 1997, he started the @Technoclub compilation series, which introduced many underground techno hits to mainstream European audiences.

His legendary Technoclub brand (1984) is considered by many to be the world’s first major super-club, and this was also where trance music first got its home. Artists such as Sven Väth, Paul van Dyk, Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Tiësto, Jam & Spoon, and Taucher all made their mark at Talla’s ‘Technoclub’. From 1989-2000 Technoclub was located in the legendary Dorian Gray (R.I.P) located inside the Frankfurt International Airport.In the early 80’s, Talla began his DJ career with the sounds of Kraftwerk, YMO, and Depeche Mode. His first projects like Moskwa TV were far ahead of their time and started the legendary sound of Frankfurt. [citeweb|title=Moskwa TV (read more)|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Moskwa+TV|publisher=last.fm|accessdate=2008-03-10] Songs like “Technotalk” or “Generator 7/8” were powered across Europe and also stormed the American Billboard charts. [citeweb|title=Moskwa TV|url=http://www.neutunes.de/index.php?item=19043|publisher=neutunes.de|accessdate=2008-03-10]

Now

Over his long standing career Talla 2XLC's productions, remixes, and compilations number well into the hundreds, This list of productions also include the critically acclaimed “Can you feel the Silence” which charted on the no.14 spot on the German Top 100 Sales Charts. One of his most recent productions “No In Between” produced in coordination with his production partner Ace Da Brain took the dance music industry by storm. Played by Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Above and Beyond etc, this epic track was one of the biggest tracks of 2007. [citeweb|title=October Chart|url=http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4205534782|publisher=bebo.com|accessdate=2008-03-10] His labels “Suck me Plasma” and “Tetsuo” were renowned worldwide for their heart pounding, bass kicking dance sounds and have inspired artists and DJ's around the globe.

Talla still continues to travel the world spreading his unique style, featuring soaring vocals, mixing elements of cutting edge electronica with spine-tingling breakdowns and euphoric melodies. No stranger to the world’s major festivals and clubs, Talla was there when the crasher-kid generation exposed the sound of trance music to the mainstream audience of dance music and has since played all across the globe from ID & T’s Trance Energy, the Love parade, Space Ibiza, tours throughout every country in Europe, The Americas, Australia and Asia.

His weekly Technoclub radio show, is played on German national radio station Sunshine Live.

In January 2008 he also re-launched the once well known label - Tetsuo [citeweb|title=Tetsuo Records|url=http://www.tetsuo.tc|publisher=tetsuo.tc|accessdate=2008-10-10]

References

External links

* [http://www.talla.de/ Official website]
* [http://www.technoclub.tc/ Technoclub website]
* [http://www.tetsuo.tc/ Tetsuo website]
* [http://www.sunshine-live.de/ Sunshine Live website]