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Tristan Dee

it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing

About Me

Sometime in the 90s I began to produce own tracks - just because I got so bored with format radio stations playing the same five songs fifteen times a day for three months ...

My brothers (12 & 20 years older) played saxophone in jazzbands and so I had to learn the clarinet as well (at the age of nine) - was a complete failure, hated the instrument and the military marches I was taught ... It really became interesting when I got my first guitar, no more fucking marches, syncopated beats from then on ...

Please also check "dichromatic" - a side project with Me Raabenstein

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/12/2006
Band Website: tristan-dee.com
Band Members:

Andreas Rimmele - g,b,keys,programming


Influences: Charlie Parker, Dexter Wansel, Peter Herbolzheimer, Roy Ayers, Ramsey Lewis, Kraftwerk, Quincy Jones, The Beatles, King Tubby, Cameo, The Jeff Lorber Fusion, Ohio Players, Slave, Lonnie Liston Smith, Herbie Hancock, Johnny Guitar Watson, Isaac Hayes, Gil Scott-Heron, George Duke, Donny Hathaway, Donald Byrd, Wayne Henderson, The Jazz Crusaders, Chaka Khan & Rufus, Hildegard Knef, Volker Kriegel, Joe Haider, Eugen Cicero, Django Reinhardt, Häns'che Weiss, Bireli Lagrene, Titi Winterstein, Schnuckenack Reinhardt, Gino Vanelli, Mtume, Trouble Funk, Thelonius Monk, Cannonball Adderley, Oscar Peterson, Toots Thielemans, Freddie Hubbard, Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, Al Jarreau, Eddie Russ, Norman Connors, Bobbi Humphrey, David Axelrod, The Brecker Brothers, Larry & Fonce Mizell, Earth, Wind & Fire, Caldera, Bar-Kays, Rick James, Defunkt, Zapp, The Fatback Band, Sun, Shock, The Floaters, Skyy, Stargard, Heatwave, The Headhunters, Change, Rose Royce, The Dazz Band, MFSB, The Salsoul Orchestra, Van McCoy, Jacques Fred Petrus & Mauro Malavasi, Supermax, Narada Michael Walden, Brick, Jimmy Castor, The Brothers Johnson, Joe Thomas, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Norman Whitfield, Asha Puthli, Sly Stone, Jesse Johnson, Oliver Nelson, Eugene Mc Daniels, Mark Murphy, O'Donel Levy, Tom Browne, Marcus Miller, Lenny White, Harvey Mason, Alphonse Mouzon, Norman Connors, Billy Cobham, Raul De Souza, Azymuth, Willie Bobo, Deodato, Arturo Sandoval, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Idris Muhammad, Lalo Schifrin, Dave Grusin, Bob James, Patrice Rushen, Stanley Clarke, Brass Construction, Con Funk Shun, James Jamerson, Jay Graydon, Jerry Hey (Seawind Horns), Steely Dan ...

Orlan Divo, Jorge Ben, Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66, João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Donato, Marcos Valle, Tamba Trio, Walter Wanderley, Milton Banana Trio, Ed Lincoln, Edu Lobo, Bossa Rio, Wilson Simonal, Bossa Três, Gilberto Gil, Marcos Samm, Quarteto Em Cy, Tamba 4, Waltel Branco, Zimbo Trio, Manfredo Fest, Luiz Bonfa, Joyce, Baden Powell, Formula 7, D' Angelo, Cal Tjader, Luciano Perrone, Grupo Cravo & Canela, Banda Black Rio ...

Burt Bacharach, Alan Tew, Johnny Harris, Henry Mancini, Alberto Baldan Bembo, John Cameron, Nelson Riddle, Stefano Torossi, Gentle Rain, Alan Hawkshaw, I Gres, Johnny Hawksworth, Piero Umiliani, JC Pierric, Alan Parker, Piero Piccioni, Riz Ortolani, Michel Colombier, Les Baxter, George Shearing, Gay Vaquer, Sven Libaek, Lord Sitar, Franco Micalizzi, Lenny Dee ...

Grandmaster Flash, Tski Valley, Kurtis Blow, Whodini, World's Famous Supreme Team, Run DMC, Afrika Bambaata, The 7A3, Tone Loc, Young MC, Ice-T, Public Enemy, Boo-Yaa Tribe, Gang Starr, Dr Dre, Marxman, Galliano, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, DJ Shadow, Kinderzimmer Productions, Moabeat, Jan Delay, Seeed ...

Milton Jackson, Masters At Work, Larry Heard, Steve 'Silk' Hurley, Frankie Knuckles, Joey Negro, Salt City Orchestra, Silicone Soul, Jestofunk, Crazy Penis, Dimitri From Paris, Waiwan, Mark Grant, Blaze, Black Science Orchestra, X-Press 2, Ashley Beedle, Pete Heller, Terry Farley, Frankie Feliciano, Can 7, Addvibe, Restless Soul, Shur-I-Kan, Fred Everything, Bah Samba, The Rurals, Atjazz, DJ Spinna, Swag, Yam Who, Ron Trent, Roy Davis Jr, Jon Cutler, Nathan Haines, Moodyman, Pepe Bradock ...

my tribute pages:

Peter Herbolzheimer
Ramsey Lewis
Wayne Henderson
The Jeff Lorber Fusion

Sounds Like: meself


Type of Label: None

My Blog

Bad! - 70s Soul Jazz (Mixtape)

78 minutes of the most mellow mid 70s soul jazz vibes ... download, 109 mb, mp3, 192 kbps stream (pls), mp3pro, 64 kbps stream (m3u), mp3pro, 64 kbps cd-cover 95 kb P L A Y L I S T :============01. Ba...
Posted by Tristan Dee on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:50:00 PST

Spam Policy

I don't wanna be your 15.000th friend if you don't even bother to listen to my music - mySpace is about networking and not about collecting millions of friends, right? Also I don't approve spam comme...
Posted by Tristan Dee on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:43:00 PST

Electrophonic Phunk - Early 80s Funk In The Mix

the flipside to the Hot! mixtape - 58 minutes of early 80s Funk (1980 - 1983), beatmixed ...download, 81 mb, mp3, 192 kbpsstream (m3u), mp3pro, 64 kbps cd-cover 91 kB P L A Y L I S T :============01.&...
Posted by Tristan Dee on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:58:00 PST

Hot! - 80s Funk In The Mix

47 minutes of 80s funk trax, beatmixed ...  download 66 mb, mp3, 192 kbps stream (pls), mp3pro, 64 kbps stream (m3u), mp3pro, 64 kbps cd-cover 59 kb P L A Y L I S T : =========== 01. The Bar-K...
Posted by Tristan Dee on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:09:00 PST

Brassed Up - Selected Jazz & Funk '73 - '79 (Mixtape)

TIGHT big funk and jazz orchestras of the '70sdownload, 115 mb, mp3, 192 kbps stream (pls), mp3pro, 64 kbpsstream (m3u), mp3pro, 64 kbps cd-cover 59 kb P L A Y L I S T :============01. Geoff Love &...
Posted by Tristan Dee on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:02:00 PST

More Trax Plus Remixes By Dee Banse, Bassik Groove & Riccicomoto

01. Dichromatic - Pistachio02. Doped Out - Dee Banse's Fobin RMX03. Riccicomoto - Q's Department - Tristan's RMX04. Bridges05. Córdoba '78 - Bassik Groove RMX06. Doped Out ...07...
Posted by Tristan Dee on Wed, 30 May 2007 05:27:00 PST

Remixes & Collaborations

"Qs Department - Tristan's Sun RMX" I reworked Hamburg based dj & producer Riccicomoto's "Qs Department" - the first remix I've done in a pretty long time ... Relaxed vibes at 90 bpm, hope you lik...
Posted by Tristan Dee on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:36:00 PST

Orange - deep easy listening (mixtape)

Fake-fake jazz plus psychedelic easy listening tunes from the late 60s/early 70s - kinda chillout mix ... download 81 min., 113 mb, mp3, 192 kbps stream (pls), mp3pro, 32 kbps stream ...
Posted by Tristan Dee on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:44:00 PST

some of my favourite records ...

The Jeff Lorber Fusion - Water Sign (Arista, 1979) Long before Jeff Lorber was one of the creators of 'smooth jazz' he led one of the tightest jazzfunk bands ever - from 1977 to 1981the Jeff Lorber F...
Posted by Tristan Dee on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:34:00 PST

Closer To Deepness - jazzy/deep house mix

feel the vibe ...   Stream: click here  (mp3 pro, 32kbps) Download: click here  (mp3, 192 kbps)   P L A Y L I S T :   01. Vincenzo - What Is It All About 02. ...
Posted by Tristan Dee on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:02:00 PST