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Influenced by equal parts of Kraftwerk, AC/DC, and Farley Jackmaster Funk, mid-west rave legend and Brooklyn, NY resident Tommie Sunshine is raising the bar. Covering ground as artist, remixer, producer, label owner, DJ, journalist and songwriter with his unexplainable DJ sets and legendary live performances now traveling the globe it won't be long before there will be, at least a little, Tommie Sunshine in your life.

His studio collaborations have included Felix Da Housecat, James Murphy, Arthur Baker, Mylo and DJ Hell; he has played everywhere from the Electroclash festivals in New York to Bjork's tour wrap party in Reykjavik to serving as support DJ on the Spring 2003 leg of Fischerspooner's North American tour to opening for New Order in London to Colette parties in Paris beside 2 Many DJs to Vice Magazine launch parties in Tokyo and he has rocked crowds in Mexico City, Barcelona, Munich, Sao Paulo, Berlin & Rio de Janeiro. As an established remixer, Tommie (alongside long time collaborator Mark Verbos) has been requested to retouch work from a diverse list of Good Charlotte, Kelis, Louis XIV, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Elvis Presley, Pink, The Killers, 'Da Brat, P.O.D., Fischerspooner, The Faint, Kill Hannah, Ima Robot, Ladytron and Avril Lavigne. Furthermore, major fashion houses have asked Tommie for his deck time such as Versace, Raf Simons, Chanel, Xavier Delcour and Jeremy Scott – Beverly Hills. At SXSW 2005 he was even asked by Paul Frank to design a signature pair of sunglasses for their 2006 collection. Now with all this under his belt, Tommie is setting the international stage for the release of his debut album this year and an album preview on Hell's label, International DeeJay Gigolos. His first artist single 'Head 2 Toe In Drag/Dance Among The Ruins' is out now via his own imprint, xylophone jones Recordings.