13.04.2010 Todd Terje- Remaster Of The Universe
CD 1 DJ MIX
01 Reverso 68 - Piece Together (Todd Terje Remix #2)
02 M - Pop Muzik (Todd Terje Remix)
03 Chuck Norris - All That She Wants
04 Simon Baker – Plastik (Todd Terje Türkatech Remix)
05 Chaz Jankel - Glad To Know You (Todd Terje Edit)
06 Duliatten Disco Dandia -Surat Surfin
07 José Gonzaléz - Killing For Love (Todd Terje Acoustic Remix)
08 Felix Laband - Whistling In Tongues (Todd Terje Remix #2)
09 Percussion Break + Shit Robot - Simple Things (Work It Out) (Todd Terje Remix #2)
10 Mungolian Jetset - Moon Jocks n Prog Rocks (Todd Terje`s Schlong Tong Vocal
Version)
11 Fox n'wolf - Claws Against Knives (Todd Terje Night Version)
12 Døllo Jølle - Balearic Incarnation (Todd Terje Variation)
13 Gichy Dan - On A Day Like This (Todd Terje Edit)
14 Rogue Cat - Magic Journey (Todd Terje Remix #2)
15 Kacic Kullmann's Five – Terjelator
16 New Mjøndalen Disco Swingers – Eurodans
CD 2
01 Antena - Camino Del Sol (Todd Terje Remix)
02 José Gonzaléz - Killing For Love (Todd Terje Brokeback Mix)
03 Dølle Jølle - Balearic Incarnation (Todd Terje‘s Extra Døll Mix)
04 M - Pop Muzik (Todd Terje Remix)
05 Lindstrøm - Another Station (Todd Terje Remix)
06 Studio - Life's a Beach! (Todd Terje Beach House Mix)
07 Shit Robot - Simple Things (Todd Terje Version)
08 Mungolian Jetset - Moon Jocks n Prog Rocks (Todd Terje`s Even Stiv-En Dub
Version)
09 Rogue Cat - Magic Journey (Todd Terje Remix)
It´s Time For The Terjelator!
Have you ever tried looking for the "fizbalearic caramba dub disco" section in a record shop? Ever found it? Well, after this release it shouldn´t be a problem, because the lean, mean remix machine of the north is finally compiling his finest work on this two disc compilation. And just to be a nice chap he also remade half of his catalogue as a bonus. Just for you! "Remaster Of The Universe" contains his best remixes, his worst re-edits, half a dozen exclusive re-remixes plus more. Cz-cz-czech it out!
Following a string of celebrated releases leaning on everything from kitschy euro sounds to dub disco and psychedelic house, Todd Terje made his mark within dance music circuits. Gems such as the cheese anthem “Eurodans” and the latin disco fuelled edit of Jacko’s “Can’t Help it” under his Tangoterje edit-moniker instantly made industry types and clubbers alike go bananas, and made him to everybodys darling from Gilles Peterson to Pete Tong. Training to become a pianist Terje enrolled at a local music school, but to his disappointment there wasn’t much jazz being taught there. Gradually leaving the musical career path, he later moved on to study physics at the University of Oslo. Although not longer aspiring to become a pianist, he was by no means over music. Growing up in the rural village of Mjøndalen, dance music influences were scarce, and no, there was never any "diskoklubb" there. Not a lot of obscure disco or acid house in his milk either. However, during the early/mid nineties dance culture sneaked it way into even the most remote parts of Norway, thanks to the popularity of acts like the Prodigy and national radio stations filling prime time slots with underground jocks Olle Abstract and Pål “Strangefruit” Nyhus from Mungolian Jetset. On the more personal level, Terje’s sister was a close friend of the late Tore “Erot” Kroknes,who was famous for his releases on Telle records and his production for his girlfriend Annie on the classic disco pop single “The Greatest Hit”. The tapes his sister brought home from Erot to the young Terje became a major source of inspiration for him. Playing around in his early teens on a crap PC together with his mate Dølle Jølle (check out his remix for him on this cd), Terje made his first attempts on house and jungle(!), which they played from cassette tapes on junior high school-dances(!!). Maybe too young for old music back then, Terje reckoned that disco was all a bit silly - until Bjørn Torske’s (one of the early pioneers of the Norwegian disco scene, that became so popular afterwards) “Sexy Disco” caught his ears in 1999 and inflamed his love for the disco sound. Little by little he got sucked into the world of dusty record shops and cheesy disco.
In 2001 Terje got in touch with Prins Thomas, who was at the time working at HS Records in Oslo. Thomas soon recognized his potential, and helped pushing Terje in the right directions. Oslo is a small place where like minded folks tend to join forces, so it didn’t take long before Terje also was introduced to Hans-Peter Lindstrøm. This mighty trinity of disco vikings from now on worked on their very own vision of balearic disco to spread over the world, which produced so many epigons and clones, but was almost never reached.
Inspired of the former UK generation of disco heads such as Idjut Boys, Black Cock etc, Terje soon began to make is own re-edits of old disco records to make them more suitable for his dancers. But instead of just adding a bass drum and remove some vocals, he injected musicality and playfulness for a more personal twist. Cheesy pop artists such as The Bee Gee’s, Michael Jackson, Chris Rea, Wham, Paul Simon, America or Chic didn´t turn him off, as "there´s nothing wrong with grandiose pop if there´s an equal amount of dub to it", edit rule number one. This untraditional approach made him the King Midas of edits and he reinvented the whole edit genre almost all by himself. Inspired by doing edits Terje soon moved on to his own productions which led to two higly acclaimed singles on Prins Thomas´ Full Pupp label: Mjondalen Diskoklubb and Eurodans. After a while remix requests started coming in. Terje transfused the concept of his edits onto his remixes and created a totally new sound cosmos for every track. In most cases they didn´t have much to do with the original tracks, only few fragments from the original were necessary to slice and juice up with his own ingredients, usually resulting in sure shot dancefloor material. Not many remixers puts this much love into their tracks, this makes every remix coming from Terje´s end of the table sound like Billboard Top 20 material. It´s now 4 years since Terje dropped out of physics studies to do music full time. Some might say this wasn´t smart, the future is in the Planck constant. Terje would then say no, that WAS quite smart, and that he is now the Remaster Of The Universe™. After hearing Terje´s remix work, Chuck Norris sold all his muscles and beard to buy Space Echoes and expensive compressors, he wanted to finally make music. Terje was more than happy to help him with his first single, which is a cover of scando-reggaeists Ace Of Base. Also included is his rework of a future anthem from Mungolian Jetset, the offbeat excursions of Duliatten Disco Dandia and a gang of friendly children amongst others. All this for the price of a 12". To end the circle (and the cd) we have a version of Eurodans by New Mjøndalen Disco Swingers from his hometown Mjøndalen. How sweet. It hits the spot. This release will also mark the end of the easy days of remixing, now Terje is gonna heal the world with proper self- composed music!
