THOPA

Short Info

Name:
Jose
Stage Name:
THOPA
Dj Since:

Current Residence:
Madrid
Music Style:
Techno, Minimal

Biographie:

What do you do if none of your friends can DJ and you want to throw massive parties at your parents' house while they're away? You learn to DJ of course! Well, that's how Madrid born and bred DJ and producer, Thopa, began his career, anyway. That was almost 10 years ago. Since then he's played at Spain's WOMAD festival, at The End (London), Florida 135 (Spain) and earned himself a residency at London's AKA.

He has released tracks on Madrid’s Selected Label, Barcelonans Four Line Records, Japans Fountain Music, Tony Thomas’s Ambiosphere, who has remixed some of his tracks and alongside Mastiksoul on Kitsam. His music has flavours of tech house, techno, minimal techno and even breaks in places. It's dark, it's intricate, and it builds and builds.. He certainly has plenty of life experience to draw on. As well as Madrid, he's also lived in Tolouse, New York, and of course London, where he got his club land education courtesy of London's finest club, the End, where he worked for three years - his one and only job in London. "It was one of the best times of my life," he remembers. "Very self consuming in all ways, but it was definitely worth it" It was during this time he met A-list DJs Ritchie Hawtin, Claudio Coccoluto and Laurent Garnier, and was inspired by their sets when he played at the End's sister club AKA. Thopa has always been a gadget fan; He loves his Lemur (not the animal but the futuristic controller from the French Jazzmutants) his Tenori on, and specially Native Instruments Reaktor “I could not live without it”

Thopa is also working on various projects; A new night in Madrid called “ Afterbiteparties” which will be held once a month, and a label called “ Villa Trap Records”…

So Check this space....