Hippie Torrales

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Hippie Torrales began DJing at the age of 15. He came into recognition in NJ and NY after opening “Docks” with co-partner Nelson “Butchie” Nieves. After establishing himself as an innovative and creative jock, Hippie was recognized and hired to work at Abe’s Disco, which was the forerunner for Club Zanzibar. On Friday, August 29, 1979, opening night at Club Zanzibar – Hippie became the resident DJ and opening jock for the club.
During his tenure at Club Zanzibar, Hippie won the prestigious Billboard Award for the best disc jockey in the State of New Jersey – in the same year Larry Levan won the award for New York. It was the last time those Billboard Awards were held. After his resident at Club Zanzibar, Hippie went on to play all the Jersey Shore night clubs. In addition to the club gigs, Hippie worked on music production and remixing. Some of his most notable mixes of that period were Jimmy Ross’ – “Fall Into A Trance” and The Clark Sister’s – “You Brought The Sunshine”, which garnered them a 1 record of New York’s local radio station WBLS and also garnered them a Grammy nomination that year for Best Gospel.
In 1989, Hippie was approached by local record store owner, Joe from Music Village Records and asked Hippie to produce his own record. Hippie thought about the opportunity and went home, borrowed equipment from a friend and began working on his very first original production. He wrote and produced You’re Gonna Miss Me by The Turntable Orchestra, which became a club classic in Europe and has sold over 2 million copies. It was from this moment on that Hippie began traveling overseas and DJing at international clubs and began writing a music column for Discoid Magazine, which was called “What Is Hip.”
Hippie’s remixing career took off when he partnered with Mark Mendoza and created MenTor Productions. They did numerous remixes which included such artists as Lisa Stansfield, Evelyn King, D’Lacy, and most notable Rosie Gaines. In 1997, Hippie and Mark produced Rosie Gaines’ Closer Than Close, which went top 5 in the British Pop Charts and has sold over 8 million units worldwide.
To date, Hippie continues to DJ overseas and currently does an internet radio show on Tuesdays, on CyberJamz.com. He now lives in Florida and is currently collaborating on new production with Jerrell Battle and Jose Burgos of Soul Creation.
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Here is my ClubDiscography:
International BookingsLondon
Ministry Of Sound, Garage City, Southport Weekender, Sugar Shack, Hot & Spicy, Mas y Mas, To The Manor Born, Hard Times, Bump & Hustle, Hacienda, High On Hope, The Loft, Sin City
Italy
Underground City, Estatis, Steps, Echoes, Angels Of Love, plus others
Switzerland
Renaissance Of House, Art Café, Empire, Zoo Club, plus others
Germany
Red Dog, plus others
Japan
Yellow
Additional clubs in Scotland, Ireland and Spain
U.S. Bookings
New York
Sound Factory Bar, Aqua Booty, The Source, The Back Room, Eugene's, Lotus, Limelight, plus others
New Jersey
Zanzibar, Black Box, Chicago, Hollywood, Panache, Dancin, Temptations, Club 88, Docks, After Hours, plus others
Miami
Paragon
DC
Reds
San Francisco
Universe, End Up
Los Angeles
Does Your Mama Know
Salt Lake City
Bricks
Additional clubs in New York and New Jersey
Remixes
Jimmy Ross
Fall Into A Trance---Quality RFC Records
Toni Smith
Oh, I Like The Way You Make Me Feel---Apexton
Karen Silver
Set Me Free---Quality RFC Records
Felix 2
Tiger Stripes---4th & Broadway
Clark Sisters
You Brought The Sunshine---Elektra Records
Beatmasters
Warm Love---Warner Bros
CeCe RogersbrIts Gonna Be Alright---Kaleidiascope
Clinton Daniel
Relight My Fire---Power Play
Intense
High On Hopes---Shelter Records,
Project 4007
Its Our Turn---Emotive
Mae-I
Sweet Feelings---Mohop Records
Nu Civilization
When Will We Be Free---Vibe Records
Maurissa Rose
Let Us Pray---Bold Records
Casserine
Why Not Take All Of Me---Warner Bros.
Eric Benet
Georgy Porgy---Warner Bros.
Productions
Satin
I Want You---Tombah
Satin
Outta My Head---Tombah
Wormhole
Setis Groove---Kaliediascope
D Grinders
Koka---New Breed,
Wax Thief
Generations---Emotive
Cartridge
Not Going---Downtown 161
The Monster Tribe
Macumba---Empire State
MenTor
Pressure---Pioze
Artist Written, Produced and Performed by Turntable Orchestra
Youre Gonna Miss Me---Music Village Records
Caught You Looking---Music Village Records
Galaxy---Wheel Records
MenTor Productions
Co-Production---Hippie Torrales and Mark Mendoza
Remixes
Karen Pollard
Reach Out To Me---Hard Times
Michael Whitehead
Dance---BigBang
Freaky BabyGive To Me Good---BigBang
Blaze
Happy Days---Phuture Trax
Future Force
Put A Little Rush---AM:PM
Future Force
What You Want---AM:PM
The Black Saints
First Day--- Emotive
Sarah Washington
Everything---AM:PM
Helen Brunner
Living It Up---Defender
Seven Sat. Orch.
Everybody---Suntune
Reel Houze
No Difference---Zoom
Divas Of Color
One More Time----4 Liberty
Instinctive
Sailing---Time SRL
Rosie Gaines
I Want You---Motown
Lisa Stansfield
The Line---Arista
Kamira Lovelace
Circles---King St.
David Arnold
Diamonds Are Forever---Sire
Cobra
Living For The City---Dreambeat
Rosie Gaines
I Surrender---BigBang
Jocelyn Brown
I Like It Like That---Freetown
DeLacy
More---DeConstruction
Productions
280 West
Chikki Boom---Kaleidiascope
Cheny Gonzalez
Heaven Is---Metropolitan
Turntable Orchestra
The Bottle---Groove On
Rosie Gaines
Closer Than Close---BigBang