today we have another reason to celebrate, because one of the most important gods of electronic dance music, the ever-smiling and positive DJ
๐ฅ‼โ๐ธโโ๐ ๐น๐โ๐โ๐ป๐ธ๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ธ๐ธ๐‼๐ฅ
✨๐๐คฉ๐ฅ๐พ๐๐๐ถ๐๐✨
Photo credits: taken from @timo.maas IG and unknown (with Brian) |
๐น๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐น
Let's start with a short passage from one of Timo's last interviews:
๐น๐ฌ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐น?
TM: "I started collecting records in the late 1970s and started playing some music out for my friends when I was 13 that was in 1982. I understood pretty quickly that music was my language to communicate with people. I was a very shy bloke when I was young and due to my love for music, I found ways to talk to people through it."
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต’๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ’๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ?
TM: There`s many, as life is very diverse… learning never stops as long you stay openminded, grounded, honest, and have the ability of not being up your own arse“ all the time …
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ?
TM: The love for the music, the love for having the opportunity to take people on a trip and out of reality for a bit… I really really love this.
(๐ผ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฝ๐ข๐๐ฆ 2020)
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Photo credit unknown |
German DJ, producer and remixer ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ was born on July 27th 1969.
Timo bought his first set of turntables when he was 17 years old and played his very first DJ set in 1982 at a party at a friend's home. In 1992 he started to Dj in the European rave scene, earning a name in the electronic underground world. Maas' first record "The Final XS" was released in 1995.
Up to now he has released three albums and almost 50 singles and EPs. His songs appear on more than 380 music compilations and he is credited on about 800 remixes.
Over the years Maas has collaborated with and remixed many artists such as ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐น ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ, ๐ง๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ ๐๐บ๐ผ๐, ๐ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ถ๐บ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ถ, ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ญ and of course ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข. Since 2008 he runs his own record label Rockets & Ponies.
Timo's cooperation with Brian and Stefan is of course important to us.๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ (๐น"๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐" ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ , ๐น"๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐" ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ , ๐น"๐๐๐ต๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐" ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐น"๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐" ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ ), ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ผ'๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฏ๐๐บ ๐น"๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ", ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ - ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ญ ๐น"๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ฐ" ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐น๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ข๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น.
Timo Maas is also a resident at the legendary ๐๐๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐๐, where he invited Brian to a joint DJ party ๐๐๐๐ in 2018. The photos from this iconic dance party are some of my favorites.
As Timo beautifully wrote about Brian on his Instagram:
"...๐๐๐๐ ๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ @๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ก..."
“๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐”.
Lucky all those who could attend this event!
Brian Molko and Timo Maas on July 31, 2018, in Ibiza at the DJ Set, credit unknown |
๐น๐ฌ๐๐: ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฐ? ๐๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ?
๐๐ข๐ฆ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฌ: I wouldn't go so far to say that it has influenced my personality…but surely [it] has been and is always again very inspiring, no matter working with or for Brian, the band or also Stef`s new project (remix for Digital 21). I simply love and respect the guys loads and I think this will never change.
(๐ด๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ , for ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก, 2018)
What else interesting can be said about Timo? For example, the fact that he loves cooking:
๐น๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ?
Timo Maas: I think, its no secret that I love cooking in all its forms… i also run a little IG page called @timolovescooking where i post footage of my homecooking sessions ๐
(๐โ๐๐๐๐๐ท๐๐, ๐ฝ๐๐. 2021)
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Photo credit unknown |
๐น๐ถ https://bit.ly/3zdn98T
๐๐ดEnjoy it with me at a little dance party to celebrate Timo's birthday‼๐ด๐
Once again - ✨⭐๐ฏ๐จ๐ท๐ท๐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐น๐ป๐ฏ๐ซ๐จ๐, ๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐น ๐ป๐ฐ๐ด๐ถ‼⭐✨
๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐!๐
๐ท๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ถ ๐จ๐ต๐๐พ๐จ๐ ๐ป๐ฌ๐จ๐ด๐
⭐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ:
https://bit.ly/3cKCKFn
⭐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐:
https://www.facebook.com/timomaasfans
⭐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐:
https://soundcloud.com/timo-maas
⭐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ:
@timo.maas
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