SCHUMACHER, THOMAS / RUIZ, VICTOR / B TRAITS - (2) A-SIDES VOL.7 (TWO OF SIX)

There are two artists with this name. 1. From the first time he heard a DJ beat-mix acid house in 1987, Thomas Schumacher immediately knew that he wanted to be a part of dance music culture. With a strong foundation in Detroit techno and House, Thomas has been an active - and eclectic - producer and DJ for over 15 years, and is one of the leading players on the international DJ circuit. His international breakthough came on legendary techno label Bush Records in 1998 with the track “When I Rock”; unique at the time for fusing techno with a distinctive hip hop sample: In the same year Thomas was commissioned to compose the music for a staging of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Schauspiel Haus in Bonn, and he ended the year with his first solo artist album Electric Ballroom. He followed this up with extensive international touring, numerous productions and remixes, and two more artist albums: Electric Avenue and Home, rated by de:Bug magazine as “…a bloody deep masterpiece”. Soon after the release of Home, Thomas signed with Get Physical Music. The affiliation with Get Physical is set to continue in 2010 when Thomas releases his new album for the label in April. Nowadays Thomas is a proud family man, and while he still spends plenty of his time in the arrivals and departure lounges of airports all over the world, he is honoured to travel to every corner of the globe to do his thing, and showcase the diversity that has become his trademark. 2. Thomas Schumacher is also a twentieth-century classically-trained pianist who currently teaches piano at the Eastman School of Music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

Straight from the big São Paulo, Brazil, Victor Ruiz lives for music since his youth, when started to play the bass guitar, at the tender age of 10. He was introduced to the Electronic Music world by a friend, who is a Techno Music producer. With the help of this friend, he began to produce his own tunes. His influences are a gathering of lots of kinds of music, including Heavy Metal, Techno and Motion Soundtracks. With 19 years of age, he graduated the Electronic Music Production course at the Anhembi Morumbi University on the year of 2008. Victor makes a very powerfull and personal Minimal Techno, which is a solid mix of singular textures with the strangest melodies and always leaded by a strong and hard bass line. In other words: perfect for the dance floor. Having remixed tracks from Smokers Area & BoomCardona(Converge), Bigger Than Jesus (Excentric Music), André Bastos (Lo Kik),and having his tracks remixed by Nathan F. (Autist), Minicoolboyz (Minus), and Bigger Than Jesus(Excentric Music), beside reaching the Top 100 Minimal at Beatport twice he is a phenomenon in the making. http://www.myspace.com/victorruizlive 2007 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.