A longtime member of Cologne’s Kompakt camp, Tobias Thomas is a DJ and occasional producer.
Tobias Thomas, born April 1970 in the south of Germany, is a member of the inner circle of the Cologne based electronic label Kompakt since the early nineties.
He is working as a professional DJ since 1990, was involved in many cooperations & projects like Forever Sweet, Thomas/Mayer and did a number of remixes alongside Superpitcher, Jörg Burger, Michael Mayer, Ada and Reinhard Voigt.
After working as a music journalist for german music magazine SPEX, Tobias became part of the Cologne music festival c/o pop, where he worked as the program director until 2013. Today he works for Kompakt as artist agent and project manager.
Between 1998 and 2014 he has hosted the »Total Confusion«-Clubnight in Cologne.
As a DJ Tobias Thomas played in more than 30 countries and on 4 continents. He released three Mix-CDs, »Für Dich« (1999), »Smallville« (2003) and »Please Please Please« (2007) on Kompakt and – with Forever Sweet – the album »Geben & Nehmen« on Ladomat (1998).
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Album & Mix-CDs
1998: Forever Sweet - Geben & Nehmen (Ladomat)
1999: Tobias Thomas - Für Dich (Kompakt)
2001: Compilation Data Pop for Spex Magazine (Raid Rec./Kompakt)
2003: Tobias Thomas - Smallville (Kompakt)
2007: Tobias Thomas - Please Please Please (Kompakt)
Singles & EPs
1995: Forever Sweet - Bewegliche Ziele (Forever Sweet Rec.)
1995: Forever Sweet - Die EP (Forever Sweet Rec.)
1997: Forever Sweet - The Return of... (Ladomat)
1998: Forever Sweet - Super Trouper (Ladomat)
1998: Forever Sweet - Don..t Speak (Ladomat)
2001: Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher - Love To Love You (Golden Pudel Compilation/Ladomat)
2006: Thomas/Burger - My Favorite Dress (c/o pop/Kompakt)
Remixes & Compilations
1997: Forever Sweet - Remix für Andreas Dorau - Girls in Love (Ladomat)
1998: Forever Sweet: Remix für Andreas Dorau - Die Menschen sind kalt (Ladomat/Motor)
1999: Thomas/Mayer: Remix für Blaze - Lovelee Dae (Playhouse)
2000: Tobias Thomas & Olaf Dettinger - Remix für Tocotronic - Jackpot (L’age d’or)
2001: Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher - Remix für Commercial Breakup - Walking back Home (Ladomat)
2001: Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher - Remix für Phantom/Ghost - Perfect Lovers (Ladomat)
2002: Tobias Thomas & Michael Mayer: Remix für Peter Licht - Sonnendeck (mofa/neuton)
2003: Thomas/Mayer: Remix für Toneträger - Welcome Back, Kotter (Spinner Ace/Alive)
2003: Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher: Remix für Phantom/Ghost - Nothing Is Written (Ladomat/Mute)
2004: Thomas/Mayer: Remix für Ulf Lohmann - Because (Kompakt 100)
2005: Thomas/Mayer: Remix für Ada - Blondix Part 2 (Areal)
2005: Thomas/Mayer: "Panic Room" - auf: Total 6 (Kompakt)
2006: Thomas/Mayer: "Sweet Harmony" - auf: Total 7 (Kompakt)
2006: Superpitcher/Tobias Thomas Remix für James Figurine - 5566688833 (Monika)
2007: Thomas/Mayer: "Über Wiesen" - auf: Total 8 (Kompakt)
2008: Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher - Remix für Sascha Funke - Mango (Bpitch Control)
2008: Thomas/Ada - Remix für Station 17 + Michael Rother - Boogie Boogie Baka (17rec)
2009: Thomas/Mayer: "Total 9" - auf: Total 10 (Kompakt)
2014: Thomas/Mayer: "Unter Hölzern" - auf: Total 14 (Kompakt)