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Tune Brothers (Housesession/Stuttgart) - Biography 2006
Spring 2006: A team of DJs is celebrating its tenth anniversary and can look back on a decade in which one high was topped by the next. First they conquered Stuttgart, their home base, followed by the rest of Germany and then Ibiza. They have travelled from Russia to Latin America and back again. They have produced club hits, remixes and have established a dance network that makes tens of thousands of people happy, with its events, radio shows and record labels, be it on air, in clubs and on recordings. Ten years of full action all for the love of house music.
The success of the Tune Brothers (also known as Markus Hägele and Matthias Kraus) is based on a joint appreciation of house music and the proper party vibe. The two have developed a system, which appears to run with the precision of a Swiss clockwork, weekend after weekend after weekend, but lives from the intention of two music lovers who play one forward pass after the other, back-2-back style. Every new 12 follows on from its precursor. The Tune Brothers take their audience along on a trip around the globe of house music and create a set from vocal to electro, from deep to tech or from uplifting to Latin, that sounds as if it were from a single cast. The transitions between the styles flow naturally, maximum pleasure guaranteed.
Back in the early 1990s, the Tune Brothers set out on separate DJ careers. In 1996, they joined up as a DJ team in the context of what was then the largest series of events held in Stuttgart. Within virtually no time they became local hype and played at the citys largest parties, next to DJ stars such as Roger Sanchez, Mousse T., David Morales, Erick More Morillo, Tom Novy, Boris Dlugosch or Felix Da Housecat.
In parallel they founded the Housesession series of events, which has since become an entire network. In 2000, they were awarded the PRINZ Nightlife Award in the category Best DJ voted for, of course, by the readers of PRINZ.
The Tune Brothers managed the quantum leap beyond the deep valley of Stuttgart; in fact long before they could provide proof of their own production. Apart from the most important festivals (SonneMondSterne, Solar Dance/Sofia, Nature One, Love Parade), they also played in all well-known house clubs and rushed through the night life of international metropolises with a tight schedule of appointments.
The steps are constantly increasing, the distances are ever greater. Summer is the most strenuous time of the year, the house Mecca of Ibiza is on their schedule. The few gigs of their first season in Ibiza turned to weekly residencies in the following years. In 2005 they were official Space Residents, and on top of that, for the first time ever, their Housesession held events in the most famous clubs in the world.
In the course of the decade, two young DJs turned into two adult label owners, radio producers, music producers and remixers. Housesession has become a (registered) trademark. The Housesession network is characterised by one common denominator: think globally. Not only the German scene is watched; internationality is the name of the game.
The Housesession radio show launched on the youth radio station DASDING in 2000 is currently broadcast to nine stations in five countries (Germany, Spain, Greece, Belgium and Bulgaria). During the first hour the Tune Brothers mix the latest and generally unpublished tracks. During the second hour a famous DJ supplies a mix as has been done over the past six years, starting with David Guetta, Bob Sinclair or Little Louie Vega and through to Deep Dish. Thanks not only to this unique platform, the Tune Brothers have become an important interface for fresh house music in Germany.
With their first official compilations In The Mix Vol. 1 & 2 they laid the foundation for the record label Housesession Records, which established itself toward the middle of their first decade. Their balanced publication policy has paid off. Apart from releases by big ones such as Armand van Helden, Michael Gray or DJ Sneak, they come across hopeful newcomers and release their tracks. They are continuously developing their own pool of artists, musical content is the benchmark. Impressive artwork completes the concept of the Stuttgart music factory. The records find homes around the globe.
Most Housesession publications, such as the above mentioned gems, are accompanied by Tune Brothers remixes. An extremely fruitful relationship was entered into in the music studio with the experienced producer Peter Hoff. Impressions of a club night and the longstanding DJ experience of the Tune Brothers enter into the studio work. Their tracks must be suitable for prime time listening. Their good flavour is another factor that renders a Tune Brothers track hot.
In parallel with the label, the focus was increasingly on producing and remixing, considering that almost seven years had to pass before the Tune Brothers debuted with their first single Mr Roboto in 2003. The electro house version of the Styx classic became a club hit. The follow-up single Serenata in a Latin house version did not only enthuse the ladies for a winter and the following summer. Both tracks climbed to the very top in countless dance charts. For their third single I Like It to be produced in 2006, they are integrating a classic funky house piano into a contemporary production.
10 years Tune Brothers amount to 10 years house music and to 10 years of development. Their musical phases have since been documented on a total of seven mix compilations (often double CDs). If one took the time, however, to listen to one disc after the other, one would not come across any hard breaks or extreme changes in style. The result would be a harmonious overall image, like a raw diamond that is ground in the course of time.
Discography
Remixes
- "Dance" - Giulia Siegel / Remix (Kontor)
- "Counting down the Days" - Sunfreakz / Remix (Alphabet City)
- "Crazy Sax" - Wawa / Remix (Housesession)
- "Rock da Floor" - Dub Deluxe / Remix (Lickin)
- "Boys & Girls" - Deepgroove / Remix (UMM)
- "Guitar Track" - Patric la Funk / Remix (Housesession Records)
- "We got Love" - Soul Flava feat. Katherine Ellis / Remix (Housesession Records)
- Whatcha want" - Eddie Thoneick / Remix (Egoiste)
- "Nothing is for real" - John Dahlbäck feat. Erika Gellermark / Remix (Housesession Records)
- "You never know" - Patric la Funk / Remix (Opaque)
- "Dance 2 Disco" - Hugh Heffner / Remix (Housesession Records)
- "Funky Rhythm" - DJ Sneak / Remix(Housesession Records)
- "Sex on Sax" - Dub Deluxe / Remix (Housesession Records)
- "Whatcha gonna do" - Michael Gray pres. Hi Fashion / Remix (Housesession Records) - March 2005
- "Can you feel it" - Jean Roch / Remix (Warner Music)
- "La Realite" - Amadou & Mariam / Remix (Warner Music)
- "Bittersweet Melody" - Gaudino feat. Ultra Nate / Remix (Housesession Records) - February 2005
- "Can't stop" - Syke'n'Sugarstarr feat. Mel Canady / Remix (Egoiste) - January 2005
- "Perfect Love" - Timo di Roy / Remix (Ministry of Sound) - January 2005
- "Everytime I Feel it" - Armand van Helden / Remix (Housesession Records) - December 2004
- "You're Losing me" - The Beginerz / Remix (Housesession Records) - May 2004
- "Let Me Be" - Morris T. & Fjrmo feat. Barbara Tucker / Remix (Housesession Records) - July 2003
- "Message in the Music" - Marc Kulak / Remix (Housesession Records) - January 2002
- "Mas y Mas" - Mantira / Remix (Housesession Records) - September 2001
- "Hands" - Marc Kulak / Remix (Housesession Records) - May 2001
- "Reach For The Sky" - Lenny Fontana feat. Angie Blake / Remix
- "Left with Nothing" - David Walker / Remix (Almost Heaven) - June 2000
- "U don't know" - Pushers & Pimps / Remix (Waako Records / New York) - October 1999
Productions
- "I like it" - Tune Brothers (Housesession Records) - April 2006
- "Serenata" - Tune Brothers (M1 Recordings) - March 2005
- "Mr Roboto" - Tune Brothers (M1 / Usm) - May 2004
- Musicproductions for the balance press conference Hugo Boss AG - April 2001
- Tracks for the worldwide "Traveller"-campaign Hugo Boss AG - 2000
Mix-Compilations
- Tune Brothers "This is our Housesession" - 2xCD-Compilation (Le Bien et le Mal) - February 2006
- Tune Brothers "Our Rocky Horror Housesession Show" - CD-Compilation (Le Bien et le Mal) - November 2004
- Tune Brothers "Universal Language" - 2 X CD-Compilation (Qubic) - August 2003
- Tune Brothers "Live at Ibiza 2002" - 2 X CD-Compilation (M1 Recordings) - June 2002
- Tune Brothers "In the Mix" Part 2 - CD-Compilation (Housesession Records) - November 2001
- Tune Brothers "In the Mix" - CD-Compilation (Housesession Records) - October 2000