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As a celebration for our tent at Life Festival we have decided to throw a pre-Life party !!

Turk's Head welcomes Matthias Tanzmann

The Moon Harbour boss will play his first Irish club date in over a year, at the end of this month.

Dublin venue Turk's Head will host an appearance from DC-10 resident Matthias Tanzmann on Friday May 28.

Perhaps most recognized as the chief of the Leipzig-based Moon Harbour imprint, Tanzmann has been a leading player on the German house scene since back in the late '90s. The seeds of his production career were sewn around this time; his work alongside Daniel Scholz as Gamat 3000 led to multiple singles and an album for Steve Bug's Dessous Recordings around the turn of the century, while his solo work through Moon Harbour has continued to flow throughout the '00s.

Friday May 28 will see Tanzmann spin for the first time in Ireland in 2010, as local promoters DeepIntoTheBowelsOfHouse look forward to hosting their own stage at the upcoming Life Festival in Mullingar on June 4. Support on the night is of a local ilk: D.I.B.H.'s Max Conte, Antonio O'Duibhir and Bradley will look to complement Tanzmann's groove-straddling of the house and techno genres.

When looking for a place that plays electronic music in Leipzig, at the top
of the list you will find the Distillery, the most renowned club in Eastern
Germany. For Matthias Tanzmann the Distillery has special importance, as since 1997 he has been resident DJ there, providing the soundtrack for Leipzig nightlife for ('more than' ? add this into the sentence here from
2008) a decade. From the beginning Matthias's musical output has revolved around more than just functional club music, regardless of whether it's on the turntables or in the studio. Combining subtle arrangements that ride the deep vibes that lie between House and Techno, yet never forgetting the drive for the dance floor- that is what Matthias Tanzmann's music is about.

Together with Daniel Scholz he founded Gamat 3000 at the end of the 90's. With releases on Dessous Recordings, Freude am Tanzen and FM Musik they quickly made a name for themselves in the German House scene. The duo even landed one of the club hits of the summer of '99, with the track 'Feeling Love'. At a millennium New Year's Eve party, Matthias and Andrè Quaas (then part owner of the Distillery) decided to start a new label which would offer a premium platform for Leipzig House protagonists and for befriended international producers. With the release of the Gamat 3000 - "Radio Moon"EP, the Moon Harbour label started along with the new millennium and received extremely positive feedback from the press and clubs alike.

Matthias took over as A&R and Andrè now manages the entire administration of the label. In 2000 Matthias made his debut as a solo artist with "Rose Garden". In parallel to the success of Moon Harbour and Gamat 3000, he also rapidly advanced to becoming one of the most booked German House DJ's.

He later became resident DJ at the clubs Flokati (Munich) and Sternradio
(Berlin), playing gigs from Moscow to Barcelona, Paris to London. As host
of Moon Harbour Label Flights at the Distillery, Matthias has renowned
international DJ's to play, with the likes of Jackmate, Steve Bug, Jesper
Dahlbäck and many more playing so far. It is not only music that plays an
important role in Matthias Tanzmann's life. In Weimar he studied media
design at Bauhaus University. This was a creative extension to his work in Gamat 3000 and his profile as a solo artist. By 2007 he had released
numerous EP's, three mix compilations and remixed tracks by Moby, WighnomyBros., Freestyle Man, Marlow, Terry Lee Brown Jr. and Dapayk & Padberg.

Collaboration with other artists is also very important for Matthias.
Together with Steve Bug and Daniel Stefanik, he has produced various EPs, drawing inspiration from the new dynamics and sounds that the collaborative
process can create. While over the years his tracks have developed from
classical Deep House with a European edge, through to Minimal House
bordering on ambitious Techno, groove and deepness were and still are the essential elements of Matthias Tanzmann's music.

DRINK PROMOS
mojitos €5,
caipirinha €5
3 miller or sol for €10
fosters €3.75
gin and tonic €5.50
havanna and coke €5
some shots €3

Doors 10pm - Admission 15 euro

Links
residentadvisor.net/dj/matthiastanzmann
www.myspace.com/deepintothebowelsofhouse
www.moonharbour.com
www.myspace.com/matthiastanzmann
Discogs / discogs.com/artist/matthias+tanzmann