Heroes:
Mixmaster Morris, LX Patterson (The Orb), Fort Knox Five (JonH, Steve, Sid, Rob), Frank & Rusty (All Good Funk Alliance), Guillaume Atlan (Supermen Lovers), James Brown, Dimitri From Paris, Mark Ronson, Geoff Barrow, Andy Smith, Richie Hawtin, Rod Stewart, Mario Caldato Junior, David Marino, Dan Burford, George Evelyn (Nightmares on Wax), Edgar Froese, Boris Blank (Yello).
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NEW WAX FOR 2008: // PLASTIC STARFISH LP (APRIL) // NEVER LEAVE 12" WITH REMIXES BY PATCHWORKS + M3 vs. GALEN + T SPIGOT // PLASTIC STARFISH 12" WITH REMIXES BY FEATURECAST + SOUTH CITY ALLSTARS + THE SNUGS (SEP) // RUBS & TUGS EP (NOV)
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Discography:
T - Yellow Megaman 7" series 1-3 - 1996 - Hangover Records
Trancenden - DJ's Delight EP - 1996 - Aniligital Music
The Adamwest Project - I Killed Schroedinger's Cat LP - 1996 - Aniligital Music
Trancenden - The Art of Insanity LP - 1997 - Aniligital Music
Trancenden - Nicotine Fits & Analogue Beats LP - 1998 - Aniligital Music
Trancenden vs. Empath - Abduction Remixes EP - 1998 - Elijah Records
Wristrazor - Deutsche Elektronische Musik LP - 1999 - Aniligital Music
Trancenden - Whoami/Whoisu 12" - 2000 - Justice Records
Trancenden - Free Love (single) - 2001 - Aniligital Music
Trancenden - The Love Beats EP - 2001 - Aniligital Music
Trancenden - Peace Love Beats LP - 2001 - Dub Beautiful/Aniligital Music
Tal M. Klein vs. Irian Jaya - Chu Chin Chow 12" - 2004 - Aniligital Music
Tal M. Klein & Dano - Runaway 12" - 2004 - Red Melon Records
Tal M. Klein - Alpha-Beats LP - 2004 - Aniligital Music
Irian Jaya vs. Tal M. Klein - Chili Con Carne 12" - 2005 - Aniligital Music
Tal M. Klein - Bovine Transmissions EP - 2005 - Aniligital Music
The Hotness - Hi-Life - 2006 - Feel The Hotness
Tal M. Klein - Neuptune's Minty Trident 12" - 2007 - Aniligital Music
Tal M. Klein - Houston Brownwater Moccasins 12" - 2007 - Aniligital Music
Tal M. Klein - That Ain't No Mermaid 12" - 2007 - Aniligital Music
[Unfortunately I don't really do a good job of tracking remixes or compilations, but there's a bit of them out there]
The music in the following videos is all better than my own:
Somewhere around 1996 Dave Marino made the tragic mistake of letting me into his recording studio. Since then I've been an auditory menace to the world at large, forcing my records, mp3's, and cd's down everybody throats like it was cod oil and the asian flu was going out of business.
I'm all about drunk funk, that's music which inspires one to both chill and shake their ass at the same time. Finding that perfect funky record, to me, is like winning the chocolate, money, and sex lottery.
I used to record under the moniker "Trancenden" but decided to shed it after people kept thinking I made and spun trance music. Now people just know me as Tal M. Klein, but you can call me Tal.
I'm a vinyl purist, but I'm not a bigot. You can play whatever music you want on whatever media you like, and as long as the music is good, I'm happy. I just like crate digging. My records are produced in San Francisco (I pretty much exclusively use Ableton Live), manufactured in Czech Republic by Pirates Press and distributed exclusively in the UK by Kudos Records which means that to buy my music in my home town of San Francisco you pay import prices. Is that not the epitome of irony?
I've been fortunate enough to work with my friends on many musical projects ranging from country blues to 80's synth pop. On my spare time, I compose background music for TV shows. You've probably heard my music while idly flipping channels on the telly.
I've recently completed recording my fifth album "Plastic Starfish" which was released by Aniligital Music on 28.04.2008. You can download many of my DJ sets at www.last2djs.com
I am currently working on several new projects, one is an IDM (I know, I hate the IDM brand too) dub band called DeathRay with my good friend and frequent collaborator John Bertrand (a.k.a. Deep Cuts). We're also working on an indie disco project called JOAN RVRS.
Oh, and I've started working on new boogiedown dancefloor action. My first non-Plastic Starfish single, "Crawlin Up The Spout" will be released on Aniligital Music/Kudos Records either late 2008 or early 2009.
1 - Breath and Stop - John Ohms 2 - Family Rap - Breakestra 3 - Shake - General Caine (Slynk Extended Remix) 4 - We dont Play - Calagad 13 5 - In the House - Jurassic 5 6 - Bmovin Mashup - Voodoo Funk 7 - Can I Get A Soul Clap - Aldo Vanucci 8 - Blood on the DJ who saved my Life - Örsten 9 - P Funk Mix - Audit 10 - We Came Here To Party - Slynk 11 - Bad Afro - Sir Drew 12 - Return of the Funk - Slynk 13 - Bring the Funk - The Breakbeat Junkie Booties 14 - Cop that Shit - The Breakbeat Junkie Booties 15 - Check it in the heart mashup - Voodoo Funk 16 - Take a Ride - Featurecast (Promo) 17 - Boogie Call - Slynk 18 - Cheap Thrills - Ninja raver 19- So Damn Fresh - Nick Fonkynson
So Damn Hot Mixtape by The Breakbeat Junkie: Party Block Rocker [The Breakbeat Junkie Remix] (Manmade Records) Nick Fonkynson - Rock Da Spot (Super Hi-Fi) Flore & Prosper - Bodega Boot (Unreleased) Aldo Vanucci & Featurecast - The Blue Grassed Devil (Funk Weapons) Basement Freaks - Street Assassin [Rephrase Mix] (Breakbeat Paradise Recordings) Nick Fonkynson - So Damn Fresh (Super Hi-Fi) Basement Freaks - Beastie Rocker (Unreleased) Mark Walton - Backdoor [Qdup Foundation Rmx] (Sensodisc) Slynk - Whatcha Doin (Goodgroove Promo) P-Zilla - Rock Dat (Goodgroove) The Breakbeat Junkie - So Funky (Goodgroove) Matenlo - Chiguagua (Resense) Basement Freaks - The Party Groove (Unreleased) Mo Horizons Vs Wahoo - Shake It Mi Morena [Mash By Zamali & EzK] (Michigan Records)
Hey I have enjoyed your music since I first discovered you as Trancenden om MP3. com. I still goove to ease_up_off_my_foot_sucka, Faded Smiles, Art (Craig Makes Lovely Pictures), and Smashed_Potato_Groove.
