NOTE: If you have important messages for me regarding gigs etc please don't write to me here as myspace usually crashes on me. Please email me at
[email protected] to ensure I respond. Many thanks!
Hi and thanks for taking the time to check out my info. I've put this page
onto myspace because I LOVE music (especially trance) and so I can share my passion for trance with people around the world.I thought I'd take this opportunity to tell you things that are not common knowledge about me....so I hope you enjoy some of the random facts coming up....
You can read either the summary about me or if you're curious to know more the longer version follows.
THE SHORT VERSION
-----------------------------
I'm an Australian producer and DJ currently based in London. I'm passionate about music and in particular trance. I have tracks released so far on Armada's A STATE OF TRANCE and also ENHANCED RECORDINGS. I also have sponsorships with M-Audio and iZotope. I can be caught DJing around the world. Come say hi sometime at one of my gigs!
Visit my site www.taniamann.com for trance downloads
Don't forget to subscribe to my newletter so that you are kept up to date with details about my forthcoming releases and gigs around the world!
THE LONGER VERSION (with some random facts thrown in........)
-------------------------------
I've had a love for music all my life but it wasn't till I moved to London
and explored the amazing clubbing scene that I really fell in love with ELECTRONIC music and in particular TRANCE.
I decided to study Audio Engineering and Digital Production to enable me try
my hand at production. I started to build a studio at home while I was studying and ended up with a PC running Cubase and lots hardware equipment (Akai S5000 & S1000 samplers, synths and outboard effects).
More recently I've sold much of my hardware equipment and moved over to using Logic on a Mac with numerous plugins. You can see piccies of my studio on my website at www.taniamann.com/gallery
I've been fortunate to have releases on Armada's amazing label A STATE OF
TRANCE as well as ENHANCED RECORDINGS. Samples of these tracks are available here on myspace (indeed you're probaby listening to Andromeda Heights right now). I'm looking forward to some more releases later this year so stay tuned..
After success with my production (and at the persuasion of friends) I decided to start DJing. I purchased and read the book 'How to DJ (Properly)' and taught myself from there. I've since been fortunate to play at some amazing gigs around the world (USA, Europe...) for some amazing parties (Spundae, Heaven, HEAT UK...) and on the line-up with some amazing artists (Armin Van Buuren, Kyau vs Albert, Kristina Sky...)
All these opportunities have allowed me to share trance with some great people around the world. It's been wonderfully fun and I can't wait to continue to meet some more people around the globe. If you want to hear some of my mixes there are plenty on my website at www.taniamann.com
Besides music I also love movies, books, computer games, friends and travel.
My favourite movies include the Matrix, Lord of the rings, Star Wars, Fight Club and V for Vendetta.
I spend most of my life locked away in my studio and if I'm not playing around with sounds in Logic, Ableton LIVE or various wav editors then I'm probably playing my favourite computer game at the moment which is World of Warcraft (to any other WOW players out there my character Supafly is on the realm of Malfurion if you want to come say a virtual hello or perhaps kill a few creatures with me!).
I love sport and keeping fit. I grew up at Bells Beach, Australia's most famous surf beach located about 1.5 hours south of Melbourne and home to amazing annual surfing competitions (and Bells Beach also featured in the cool film Point Blank ft. Patrick Swayze).
I used to ride my horses on the beach nearly daily and I also spend years doing eventing and training horses for polo. Other sports I used to participate in back home included tennis, squash, cricket, triathalons and roller hockey and I also used to ramp ride on roller blades (I was crap compared to the amazing guys I would skate with...all I could do was go up and down. My only trick was a 'backwards 360 degree spin' which I was proud of!)
These days I'm too busy to participate seriously in sport so I keep healthy by going to the gym 4-5 days a week which I find boring but necessary. Keeping fit helps me to cope with my insane schedule and crazy sleeping patterns.
Other random facts........I love mathematics......I play piano.... I'm left handed but I can play a guitar (badly) both ways......I love animals (horses, dogs and dolphins are my favourite but all have a place in my heart)......chocolate is my favourite food..... I have a science degree with majors in mathematics and computer programming.... and I also have a commerce degree with a major in finance..... plus I've also completed post graduate studies in applied finance...... I used to be a derivatives trader in London (trading FX swaps)...... I used to do latin dancing professionally and love many styles of dancing (my favourites are salsa, cha cha cha and mambo as well as just general boogying to TRANCE).... I love the internet, computers and technology but I hate random people posting advertisements on my website and I swear I'm going to kill
all bot posters in a second life so look out.....
I love my home country (Australia) but I'm passionate about travel and love meeting new people. Right now my studio is based in London, UK but I love visiting new countries for gigs and meeting new faces.....
Thanks again for checking out my page and my website and also for your support. It really means the world to me. If you want to be kept up to date with my latest productions and world wide gigs then sign up to my newsletter on my website. There are also plenty of mixes to download on my site too.
Hopefully I get to party and enjoy some trance with you soon!
Love
Tania x x x
