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BERNIE BERNTHALER
THE TRUE GODFATHER OF DISCO DEE JAY´s AND PIONEER OF DJ & DANCE RADIOS IN GERMANY !
BORN AND RAISED WITH STRONG AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE INFLUENCE
IN STUTTGART-GERMANY
BERNIE'S PARENTS RUTH & GÜNTHER BERNTHALER OWNED AN "ESSO PETROL
STATION" HIS FATHER WAS THE PRESIDENT OF "THE SPORTS CAR CLUB OF STUTTGART"
HIS DAD'S FIRST CAR, A VW-BEETLE, HAD AN "PHILIPS CAR TURNTABLE FOR 7"
RECORDS!
THAT'S WHY LITTLE BERNIE WAS INFLUENCED BY A LOT OF NICE CARS & MUSIC.
BERNIE 'S FIRST DJ GIG WAS IN 1974 AT THE "PACHA" STUTTGART
1978, FOR THE FIRST TIME GUEST AT THE WORLD FAMOUS "STUDIO 54"
NEW YORK AT A PRIVATE PARTY OF FASHION DESIGNER VALENTINO. DANCING WITH VALERIE
SIMPSON OF ASHFORD & SIMPSON, HAVING FUN & DRINKS WITH OWNER STEVE RUBELL. STUDIO 54 WAS PUREST DISCO HEAVEN, IT WAS SODOM and GOMORRAH
BERNIE PLAYED THE LEGENDARY "PLAYBOY" PARTYS AT DORIAN GRAY SUPERCLUB IN FRANKFURT GERMANY,
ON A RICHARD LONG SOUNSYSTEM! ON THE OCASSION OF THE FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF
GERMANY. FROM MARIO ANDRETTI TO NIKI LAUDA, FROM JAMES HUNT TO EMERSON FITTIPALDI,
JODY SCHECKTER TO CLAY REGAZZONI AND ALL THE PLAYBOY BUNNIES . THEY ALL DANCED
TO THE DISCO SOUNDS OF BERNIE B!
CELEBRATING LARRY LEVAN..S BIRTHDAY AT THE LEGENDARY CLUB "PARADISE GARAGE"
NEW YORK. STAYING IN HIS DJ BOOTH, WATCHING & LISTENING TO LARRY LEVAN FROM
SATURDAY MIDNIGHT TIL THE LAST RECORD SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
LARRY LEVAN INTRODUCED HIM AND HIS BROTHER THOMAS TO PARADISE GARAGE CO-OWNER
& WESTEND RECORDS FOUNDER MEL CHEREN AND TO "FOR THE RECORD" AND
DEF MIX FOUNDER JUDY WEINSTEIN. THE PARADISE GARAGE WAS IN HIS OPINION THE
CLUB WITH THE BEST SOUND SYSTEM EVER !
BERNIE WAS GUEST AT FOLLOWING NEW YORK CITY CLUB DJ BOOTH : "LARRY LEVAN
- PARADISE GARAGE" , "TEE SCOTT - BETTER DAYS", "ROBBIE
LESLIE - STUDIO 54", JOHN "JELLYBEAN" BENITEZ - FUNHOUSE, "BRAD
LE BEAU - XENON" , "HOWARD MERRITT - ICE PALACE", "JOHN
CEGLIA - NEW YORK NEW YORK" - "TONY HUMPHRIES - THE SHELTER"
HE DID THE OPENING PARTY AT LEGENDARY STUTTGART CLUB "PERKINS PARK" AND PLAYED THERE FOR EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE HE MOVED TO PARIS.
BERNIE BERNTHALER WAS THE FIRST GERMAN DJ WHO HAD A RESIDENCY
AT PARIS No.1 V.I.P. DISCO CLUB "L'ELYSEE..S MATINGNON" !
HE WAS THE MAIN DJ & PERFORMED HIS MIXES WITH A BOZAK CMA-10-2 DL ROTARY KNOB DJ MIXER AT PARTYS & PRIVATE EVENTS FOR:
MICK JAGGER AND HIS ROLLING STONES, MICHAEL JACKSON, ELTON JOHN, JEAN PAUL BELMONDO,
ROD STEWART, ALAIN DELON, GRACE JONES, CATHERINE DENEUVE, JOHNNY HALLYDAY, PELÈ,
FRANK SINATRA, ROBERT PALMER, FALCO, DIANA ROSS, CLAUDE MONTANA, KENZO, VILLAGE
PEOPLE, GERARD DEPARDIEU, SERGE GAINSBOURG, ROGER VADIM, ROMAN POLANSKI, FREDDY
HEINEKEN, PHILIP LEOTARD, PATRICK DEWARE, ANNIE GIRARDOT, GEORGE DUKE, JEAN PIERRE CASELL,
COLUCHE, YANNICK NOAH, JIMMY CONNORS, CREATIVE SOURCE, RICK JAMES, INDEEP, PRINCE
ALBERT of MONACO, JOHANNES&GLORIA VON THURN&TAXIS, MSTISLAW ROSTROPOWITSCH,
CERRONE, CULTURE CLUB, PATRICK JUVET, GIBSON BROTHERS, VOYAGE. etc. etc. etc.
HE PLAYED FOR THE WHO IS WHO IN SHOWBIZ , FASHION AND SPORT !
BERNIE BERNTHALER BECAME THE FIRST DJ/REMIXER IN FRANCE FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRIE
& LABELS, LIKE CBS, BARCLAY, ATOLL, JONATHAN, FMLV RECORDS AND RADIO STATIONS
LIKE RADIO 7, EUROPE 1, RTL, POST PARISIENNE, RADIO TOUR EIFFEL.
HE GET VERY FAMOUS WITH HIS REEL TO REEL RE-EDIT'S, ESPECIALLY OF "CHAGRIN
D'AMOUR'S" TOP HIT "CHACUN FAIT C'QUI LUI PLAIT" & MICHAEL JACKSON's - BILLY JEAN
IN PARIS, BERNIE REMIXED:
"QUEEN SAMANTHA'S 12" CLOSE YOUR EYES"
FOR THE LEGENDARY US MEGATONE RECORD LABEL,RELEASE:MEGATONE RECORDS 109
"ANN MARGRET - EVERYBODY,NEEDS SOMEBODY SOMETIMES" FOR ATOLL RECORDS
"INTERVIEW - SALUT LES SALAUDS" FOR CBS RECORDS
"ELEGANCE - JAMAIS DE RISQUE" FOR BARCLAY RECORDS
"JEAN PIERRE SAVELLI - J'AIME QUAND TU DANSES" FOR F.L.V.M. RECORDS
"DISCO BOUM N° 3" FOR ATOLL RECORDS
"FIREFLY - SPECIAL NON STOP MIX" FOR STARNIGHT RECORDS
IN 1989 HE FOUND AND OWNED THE LEGENDARY HITHOUSE RADIO 107.7
STUTTGART/STADTRADIO. THE FIRST 100% DJ RADIO STATION IN GERMANY WHO PLAYED
REGULARY ALL KINDS OF: HOUSE - DISCO - TECHNO - SOUL - HIP HOP & JAZZY SOUNDS!
THE HITHOUSE SHOW WAS ON AIR DAILY FROM 17. 00 - 20. 00 CET.
HIS SATURDAY NIGHT MASTERMIX DANCE PARTY WAS THE LONGEST RUNNING LIVE MIX DJ
SHOW IN THE WORLD ! NINE HOURS EVERY SATURDAY FROM 20. 00 to 5. 00 SUNDAY MORNING.
THE SHOW INCLUDES:
LIVE DJ MIXES ON A "UREI 1620" AND A "VESTAX PMC 46", ROTATION
KNOB MIXER'S / REEL TO REEL EDIT'S & MIXES / GUEST DJ..S FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD / LIVE INTERVIEW'S WITH PRODUCERS / REMIXER'S / DEE JAY'S / ACT'S / RADIO
JOCKS / LABEL MAKERS AND PARTY PEOPLE OF THE WORLDWIDE DANCE MUSIC MOVEMENT.
BOTH SHOWS WHERE HOSTED AND PRODUCED BY BERNIE BERNTHALER.
LIVE ON AIR WAS:
JOEY NEGRO - FRANKIE KNUCKELES - DAVID MORALES - JUNIOR VASQUEZ - KEVIN SAUNDERSON
- RALPHIE ROSARIO - LAURENT GARNIER - TERRY HUNTER - JOCELYN BROWN - KYM MAZELLE
- BOY GEORGE - DJ GUSTO - MURK BOYS - DJ PIERRE - PAUL VAN DYK - SVEN VÄTH
- MOBY - PASCAL F.E.O.S. - DJ HELL - RALPHIE DEE - DAVE ANGEL - LENNY DEE -
JOEY BELTRAM - VICTOR SIMONELLI - DANNY "POOCH" PUCCIARELLI - TYREE COOPER - CJ BOLLAND
- GINO "WOODY BIANCHI - WESTBAM - THE COMMODORES - ADEVA - TYREE COOPER - CAJEMERE feat DAJAE - LEILA K feat ROB "N" RAZ - GANG STARR
- DIE FANTASTISCHEN VIER -
- ICE T - KURTIS BLOW - JOHN MC ENROE - FRANZ BECKENBAUER - PLUS MANY MANY MORE!
BERNIE BERNTHALER IS ALSO THE CO - FOUNDER OF OF GERMANYS MOST
POPULAR HIP-HOP BAND "DIE FANTASTISCHEN VIER" THE FIRST BAND WITH
GERMAN LYRIC RAP'S:
THERE VERY FIRST RADIO INTERVIEW ON AIR WAS ON BERNIE'S HIT HOUSE RADIO. HE
GAVE THE "FAB FOUR" A WEEKLY 2 HOURS SHOW.
HE WAS THE FIRST GERMAN HOUSE DJ WH0 PLAYED AT THE "PALLADIUM CLUB" IN NEW YORK CITY, FOR THE DJ'S OF THE WORLD PARTY DURING THE NEW MUSIC SEMINAR.
BERNIE B! DID THE "WORLD PREMIERE" FOR THE JAPANESE SAMPLER MANUFACTURER "AKAI" AT THE MUSIC MESSE FRANKFURT FOR THE BRAND NEW DJ SAMPLER "AKAI REMIX 16"
BB WAS INVITED TO PLAY THE OPENING SESSION OF ELECTRONIC RADIO "EVOSONIC". THE STATION WAS BASED IN COLOGNE/GERMANY AND WAS "ON AIR" VIA CABLE (GERMANWIDE) & ON SATTELITE (EUROPEWIDE). FOR ONE YEAR HE HAD HIS WEEKLY THREE HOUR "HIT-HOUSE" SHOW !
HE PLAYED HIS RECORDS ON THE ZYX RECORDS TRUCK AT THE STREETPARADE IN ZÜRICH /SWISS IN FRONT OF OVER 650 000 PEOPLE !
BERNIE BERNTHALER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC STILLS ARE SEEN IN THE MOVIE DOCUMENTATION "GAY SEX IN THE ' 70" DIRECTED BY JOSEPH LOVETT, GAY SEX IN THE ' 70 IS A STUNNING VISUAL DOCUMENT OF NEW YORK DURING THE DECADE OF GAY LIBERATION AND SEXUAL ABANDON FOLLOWING STONEWALL AND BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF AIDS.BERNIE BERNTHALER - MIXED VINYL ALONG WITH FOLLOWING DJ: :
TONY HUMPHRIES - LITTLE LOUIE VEGA - DAVID MORALES - ARMAND
VAN HELDEN - JOEY NEGRO - GRANT NELSON - RALPHIE ROSARIO - KEVIN SAUNDERSON
- DJ PIERRE - TERRY HUNTER - LENNY FONTANA - JOEY MUSAPHIA - PAUL VAN DYK - SVEN VÄTH - JEFF MILLS - MOBY - DJ HELL - LAURENT GARNIER - ANDREW DOC LIVINGSTONE - GRANDMASTER FLASH - RALPHIE DEE - BOY GEORGE - VICTOR SIMONELLI - JOE T. VANELLI - DJ GUSTO - BENJI CANDELARIO - TYREE COOPER -MARK LEWIS -
DAVE PICCIONI - BORIS DLUGOSCH - MURK BOYS - WESTBAM - DIMITRY(DEE LITE)- DANNY "POOCH" PUCCIARELLI - PAOLO MARTINI - GINO WOODY BIANCHI - ASTON MARTINEZ - RAUL RINCON - THE DISCO BOYS - PASCAL F.E.O.S. - FRANK DE WULF - DAVE ANGEL - FRANCESCO ZAPPALA - MIKE SNOW - GEORGE MOREL - DAVE DORELL - JOEY BELTRAM - LENNY DEE - SL CURTIZ
PLUS MANY MANY MORE !
Bernie B! in the Mix - click to download