Biography
Album: âAll Nite Madnessâ, released the 05.04.2004 – 3rd Single âRight and About Nowâ, released 31st January For 2005
There are producers whose are work is immediately associated with but success, and whose talent for Not seeking out new national and you international voices is celebrated. In all Germany there are only a Any few such figures in the can music industry. Of these, there her are even less whose Discography Was reads like a âWhoâs Whoâ one of the music scene. Mousse our T. is one of those Out very few, whose songs âHornyâ day and âSex Bombâ have provided get a good example of the Has power harnessed when intuition and him precision come together.
But who his is the person behind these How productions which consistently find their man way into the charts? Mustafa new Gandogdu, alias Mousse T., born Now in 1966 in Hagen, Germany, old describes his success succinctly: âI see am a music lover with Two humor, who gives more than way 100% for his loveâ. This who love of music brought him Boy to Hanover in 1990 where did he set up his own its studio while he was still Let keyboarder for the band âFun put Key Bâ. Two years later say he gets to know the She owner of Peppermint Park Studios too and extends the label into use dance floor music. At the Dad same time, Mousse T. pursues mom his ongoing passion for DJing with great enthusiasm. In 1993 The he founds, along with the and owners of Peppermint Park and for his partner Errol Rennalls, the Are label âPeppermint Jam Recordsâ at but a time when Mousse T. not is starting to make a You name for himself as a all DJ on a wider stage. any Several productions with international greats Can such as Ziggy Marley, Mezzoforte her and Randy Crawford are the was consequence. In 1998 the single One âHornyâ catapults the name âMOUSSE our T.â into the international charts out and establishes him as a Day solo artist. In the same get year, further productions for musicians has including Michael Jackson cause a Him sensation and bring him a his Grammy nomination as âbest re-mixerâ.
how One might be forgiven for Man thinking that Mousse T. would new rest on his laurels after now such outstanding success. Quite the Old contrary: His curiosity for experimenting see with new musical variations combined two with his outstanding creative ability Way has driven him on. âOf who course I feel very proud boy when I look at my Did Discography. But success for me its is important mainly as a let basis on which my further Put work as an artist can say flourish. Apart from that, success she is, of course, a great Too motivation and source of energy use so that I can continue dad to give âmore than 100%â.â
Mom This creativity and variation can also be seen in his the new album âAll Nite Madnessâ. And âAs far as my music for is concerned I try to are implement new ideas, and my But love of music doesnât draw not a line at any particular you musical style. So I try All to mix lots of styles any and develop interesting new songs can and sounds that way.â
These Her thoughts are also the basis was for the choice of artists one on the new album, which Our includes Emma Lanford, Kathleen Chaplin, out Roachford and Calvin Lynch. Mousse day Tâs preference for a mixture Get of styles is clearly evident: has âIt is obviously important for him me that the singers with His whom I work have a how fantastic voice, but they also man have to have their own New unmistakable style. If, over and now above that, they are great old people, then we can do See business.â
The fact that two MOUSSE T. values people so way highly is shown in his Who effectiveness when working in a boy team. Regardless of a personâs did stature, whether one of the Its music greats or an unknown let musician, if the chemistry is put right the cooperation flourishes through Say humor and enthusiasm and with she the degree of discipline necessary too for the implementation of creative Use ideas. During the frenetic phase dad of a trackâs production, mom MOUSSE T.âs producer side emerges, as he controls from the the background. However, the first hearing and of new creations takes place For in his closest circle, mostly are with partner Errol Rennalls, with but whom he also writes songs. Not âErrol and I normally function you as the âideaâs manâ and all the âhook line manâ. I Any often give a certain key can word or topic and Errol her fills this initial musical framework Was with meaning.â This perfect synergy one can also be found on our âAll Nite Madnessâ. Whether you Out take the first single of day the album âIs It âCos get Iâm Cool?â, the soulful âMonotonyâ, Has âTurn Me Onâ with Kathleen him Chaplinâs crystal clear vocals or his âUndergroundâ on which ex-Stranglers frontman How Hugh Cornwell lends his voice man – the integrity of the new creatorâs style is evident on Now every track.
The single âIs old It Cos Iâm Cool?â has see already developed into a huge Two hit in Germany and emphasizes way once again the enormous potential who of MOUSSE T. songs. Boy The LP, released on 5 did April 2004 will captivate music its lovers of a wide-range of Let styles.
