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DJ Tonka
Sign in to saveAlso known as Chip Tunes, Thomastic, Thomas Gerlach, Thomas-René Gerlach, The Refresha
German musician
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1973
electronichousespeed garage
Discography
- Feel1995
- Phun-Ky1995
- Feel1996
- Feel Phun-Ky EP1996
- Phun-ky / Feel1996
- Radical Noise1996
- Feel The Street1997
- Security / The Night1997
- She Knows You1998
- She Knows You1998
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 65,964
- Total plays
- 431,927
Tags
Houseelectronicgermanfunky houseclub
Once together with his schoolmate Ian Pooley branded as 'Wunderkind' of German techno, Tonka has become THE disco house producer of the German music scene. While being commercially successful, Tonka managed to hold onto a unique style always identifying him as fan of oldskool breakbeats and early Italian disco tracks. His classic sets at parties in his hometown Mainz are legendary among club-goers. Lately, he has dropped 'DJ' from his producer alias so one would usually read only 'Tonka' on his
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- René
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Mainz
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- electronica
- Official website
- www.djtonka.com
- Image
- Tonka in Oslo 2007.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1973-06-24
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
Sources (3)
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