BIOGRAPHY
Turbo Recordings. Fear. Trust. Respect. An unbeatable stable of artists. A catalogue beyond compare. But who is the stableman who lives behind the stable? Who sees through the catalogue before he sees it through?
Thomas Von Party was born Thomas Vaughn Partyson in Montreal, Quebec. His connection to DJ culture and chillosophy stems from his family background. His father was the first white man to play Tuxedomoon records in Goa. His older brother, Tiga, went on to become the famous DJ/musician Tiga.
TVP joined Tiga’s label Turbo as head of A&R in 2006. Since then, he has been responsible for putting together Turbo’s much-lauded remix packages, curating the Turbo podcast and signing such artists as Popof, Brodinski, Noob, Guy J, and the real Cinderella Man of the bunch, PROXY.
As a DJ, TVP is able to go hard, go house and go to your home to play a Goa-themed anniversary set for your former wife and her new husband. Festivals, after-hours parties, infra-hours parties – he does it all with the flair of a chameleon with particularly eclectic taste in contemporary dance music.
In 2008, he added “co-remixer” to his resume, collaborating with Brad Lamborghini on a remix of Moby’s “I Love to Move in Here.” Even by 2010, the mania created by TVP’s mix had yet to subside, reaching a frightening peak when noted blogger The Rhythm Burglar broke into his apartment in a desperate search for alternate dub versions. Thomas has also co-directed two music videos, for Tiga’s “Hot in Herre” – which garnered him a number of award nominations - and “Louder than a Bomb”. Is there anything he can’t co-do?
And what does the future hold for Thomas Von Party? “I have a million ideas for the label: online scented-candle sessions, stealing music back from people, making children smile. Ultimately, though, it comes down to this: I know when to kick it up a vibe. The ‘it’ in question could be pretty much anything: a party, a séance, found-footage video of you reading this. But as you peel that vibe from the rafters at the end of the night, you’ll smile to yourself and remember who kicked it up there, and you’ll know that he did it for you.”
