“With a heavy heart we need to inform you that yesterday, the 15.07.2024, our beloved father and husband has passed away.

We will forever carry you in our hearts and love you until we’re reunited again. Sincerely, your family.” The cause of his death has not been given.

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The Munich-born DJ and Producer posted on his Instagram just 3 days ago recapping the set he played at Steinbruch Open Air festival. Many of Bruckner’s friends and fellow DJs have paid tribute to the German including DJ Sash who said “I just can not believe it. He seemed to be so healthy. We shared so many stages together the last couple of months. RIP Thoma s Tomcraft.”

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Tomcraft, who’s real name was Thomas Bruckner, was a German DJ and Producer from Munich who specialised in progressive house and progressive trance music. He began working as a DJ in Munich in 1994 at the age of 19, playing techno and progressive trance music. He played his first major gigs at the technoparade, Union Move, in Munich in 1995. Later that year he released his first track, ‘This Is No House’.

In 1996 he met German producer Eniac who would go on to be his long-time collaborator. The two started making music together straight away, co-producing ‘Viva’, the first of many track the pair would produce together. That same year the two came out with the track ‘Prosac’ which would go on to be a hit when it was re-released in 2001. The two worked together as a studio team for the next decade, releasing many tracks on Kosmo Records among others.

In 2002, Tomcraft released the hit ‘Loneliness’, which was co-produced by Eniac, and ‘Loneliness’ reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. The success of this track massively boosted Tomcraft’s career. He then went on to release four albums across the next four years as well as regularly releasing singles including ‘Prozac’ and ‘Overdose’, which became big club tracks.

In 2005 Bruckner launched Craft music, a new outlet for all of his productions. All the other releases on the label were given a remix by Tomcraft himself. The label underwent a massive relaunch in 2010 to bring it back to the forefront of house and techno music. The label released music from artists which included Spektre and Jimmy Pop.

Over the years Tomcraft had many musical highlights when it came to playing live including playing to 1.3 million people at Berlin’s Love Parade in 2003 as well as playing at Japan’s Fuji Rock festival and festivals in Brazil.

VENUS REMIX out Friday https://t.co/5LdtERYpjr

— Boys Noize (@boysnoize) August 14, 2023

“Venus,” itself a cover by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, was a considerable hit for Bananarama, making the dance floor hit a global sensation and earning the trio a top ten place in the UK charts. Now, Boys Noize has taken a turn reworking the single and has added his own, high speed spin on the track-ensuring the song is a hit on the dance floor once again.

Boys Noize of his newest release, “when the request came in I was quite excited to take this on. I really enjoyed the challenge making the classic work in my DJ sets, speeding it up and making it pop on new sound systems. Besides the vocals, some of the original worked really well in my new musical dress too-it’s really fun to play this one!”

The @boysnoize rework of #Venus is OUT NOW Listen here: https://t.co/cKtLajP0Iy pic.twitter.com/zFvIAONhBt — Bananarama Official (@VivaBananarama) August 18, 2023

Formed in London and Ireland in 1980, Bananarama were an unprecedented success for an all female pop/dance group, announcing themselves on the scene with a top ten collaboration with Fun Boy Three on “It Ain’t What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It).” The group would have similar chart topping success throughout the 80s with songs such as “Cruel Summer,” “Love In The First Degree,” and “I Want You Back.”

By the early 1990s, the group became a duo, continuing on with original members Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward-the pair remaining active as Bananarama to this day. The group released their latest album Masquerade in 2022. Celebrating 40 years, Bananarama have released a re-mix of their hit song “Cruel Summer” as well as “Venus” by Boys Noize.

Boys Noize, also known by his given name, Alex Ridha, is a German-Iraqi record producer and songwriter. Having notable success as a DJ, Boys Noize has received high praise from a number of music outlets, with many citing him as one of the best currently active DJs in the world. Boys Noize has also produced records for Kano, The Black-Eyed Peas and Kelis as well as winning a Grammy Award for Lady Gaga’s “Rain On Me,” featuring Ariana Grande.

Boys Noize will be playing a live show in London this October with VTSS. Tickets can be purchased here.

Boys Noize Tour:

27/08/2023 – Solomun + 1 – Ibiza, Spain
15/10 – E1 x Percolate – London

Bananarama Tour:

16/09/2023 – Radio 2 In The Park – Leicester

Capaldi has confirmed that the apparent episode on stage was in fact his Tourettes surfacing. It is not the first time this has happened to him during a live gig, however. When performing in Belfast he warned the crowd “You might see me twitching a little bit up here. Nothing to be worried about – I have Tourette’s.” 

A touching reaction from his fans has greeted him in these few occasions. Instead of flying insults or a series of judgemental comments about the – very common – condition, the Scottish singer was supported with encouraging messages and admirable observations. As well as the latter, fans who also experience Tourette’s have reached out, giving a proud thanks to him for dealing with the situation so well. Messages such as “For someone who struggles with Tourette [syndrome], this means the world,” on Twitter.     

As someone with Tourette’s, it’s so beautiful to see Lewis Capaldi’s audience finishing his song for him. We need more people to accept us just how we are❤️

— Ell

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