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Biography
Infobox musical artist |name = DJ Tonka|image = Tonka_in_Oslo_2007.JPG|caption = DJ Tonka DJing at Sikamikanico (night club)|Sikamikanico in Oslo , Norway on 8 September 2007|image_size =|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist|birth_name = Thomas René Gerlach|alias = DJ Tonka Thomastic Chip Tunes Tonka|instrument =|birth_date = Birth date and age|1973|6|24|origin = flagicon|Germany Mainz , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany |genre = House music|House |occupation = Disc jockey Record producer |years_active = 1990–present|label = Force Inc. Uplifting Records Vivienne Records|Vivienne |Related_acts = Ian Pooley |website = http://www.djtonka.de|associated_acts = Outrage Space Cube T'N'I DJ Tonka (born June 24, 1973 in Mainz , Germany ; real name Thomas René Gerlach ), is an electronic music artist. He is also known as Tonka , Chip Tunes , and Thomastic .
Career
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 music|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 remix er, reworking tunes such as "Trapped" for disco artist Colonel Abrams , "Love Shack" for The B-52's and "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.
Discography
Singles
;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 Deskee )
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 )
2008 "Drop Box EP"
2008 "Website"
2008 "Blow Up"
;Chip Tunes
2001 "Heartjumpa"
2001 "Chip Tunes Vol. 1"
2002 "Chip Tunes Vol. 2"
2002 "Limited Edition DJ Tools"
;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"
;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"
;Other aliases
1991 "Emperor/Daylight", as Outrage (with Ian Pooley )
1993 "Euro Style Tunes Vol. 1", as Thomastic
Remixes
1991 Paradise Programme - "Deep Green (T'N'I Remix)" (as '''T'N'I , with Ian Pooley)
1992 N.R.G. - "I Need Your Love (Space Cube Remix" (as Space Cube , with Ian Pooley)
1993 Steve Formosa|Formosa - "Dr. Strangelove (TNI Remix)" (as '''T'N'I , with Ian Pooley)
1993 The Bionaut - "Everybody's Kissing Everyone (T'N'I Remix)" (as '''T'N'I , with Ian Pooley)
1993 House Pimps - "Get The Hook (TNI Remix)" (as '''T'N'I , with Ian Pooley)
1993 Rainforest - "The Birds (TNI Remix)" (as '''T'N'I , with Ian Pooley)
1993 D.A.C Robinson - "Lucky Strike (Space Cube Remix)" (as Space Cube , with Ian Pooley)
1993 Ilsa Gold - "Up (Space Cube Remix)" (as Space Cube , with Ian Pooley)
1995 2 Def DJ's - "Spirit (Space Cube Remix)" (as Space Cube , with Ian Pooley)
1995 Legend B - "Lost In Love (Space Cube Remix)" (as Space Cube , with Ian Pooley)
1995 Ian Pooley - "Celtic Cross (DJ Tonka Mix)"
1996 Full Intention - "America (I Love America) (DJ Tonka's Late Checkout)"
1996 Gina G - "I Belong To You (DJ Tonka's Expect The Unexpected Mix)"
2005 Erick Morillo|Morillo featuring Leslie Carter - "Waiting In The Darkness (DJ Tonka's Even Darker Club Mix)"
2006 Ian Pooley - "Celtic Cross (T'n'I Revival Mix)" (as '''T'N'I , with Ian Pooley)
2006 Erick Morillo - "Dance I Said (Tonka Remix)"
2008 MGMT - "Kids (Tonka Treatment)"
2009 Coburn (band)|Coburn - "We Re-Interrupt This Programme (Tonka Remix)"
Albums
1992 Machine And Motion , as Space Cube
1993 The Latest Adventures of Kool Killer , as Space Cube
1998 Peaktime (In One Go) , as DJ Tonka
2004 84 , as Tonka
External links
http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Tonka DJ Tonka at Discogs.com
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