Let the Sunshine in

Tommie Sunshine is perhaps Montréal's favorite bearded weirdo. He has visited us a few times already and it's always been a blast. A few months ago he headlined the first in a new series of Voyeur monthlies at La SAT. Expectations were high and Tommie delivered the goods, blowing the roof off the place along the way with a solid DJ set ranging from harder electro to his own brand of rocked up mayhem.


If you attend electro events you've probably heard his voice echo the lyrics to last year's dancefloor hit "Time Slide By", by Les Visiteurs (Boris Dlugosh & Michi Lange), a wonderfully nostalgic electro track well suited for those long summer sunsets lost in the haze of cheap alcohol and dehydration.

Tommie's likely to score another hit this year: He recently collaborated with Systematic label-owner Marc Romboy on a new track called "Bodyjack". The song, which also feature's Tommie's voice, appears on Romboy's fresh album, Gemini. With any luck, phat synths and Tommie's distinctive lyrical style are likely to guarantee the track quite a lot of play over the warm season.


Tommie doesn't limit his activities to deejaying, singing or producing: he's also a well-established remixer, confirming his status as a multi-trick poney and granting him an awful lot of street cred in Tijuana along the way, no doubt.

As a matter of fact it seems like every trendy rock band out there is eager to let their songs be remixed by the crazy New Yorker. If truth be told, even the not-so-trendy rock bands sometime bask in Sunshine's glow, more often than not reaching greatness thru one of his floor-killing reworks.

Usually, this will mean throwing down phat synths over rock-ish rhythms, but Sunshine has been known to pull out some hip-house beats or early-rave era keys out of his bag from time to time. His remixing credits include: Fischerspooner, Ladytron, P.O.D., Princess Superstar, Scissor Sisters, The Faint, VHS or Beta & Yeah Yeah Yeahs.


His recent remixes for The Sounds and newcomers Shiny Toy Guns are nothing short of exceptional.

Be on the lookout for a Tommie Sunshine full-lenght album, rumored to be in the works, and a DJ mix (on Systematic) slated for release in 2006.

Tommie Sunshine will be the guest of honor at Stereo on Easter Sunday. Also on the bill at Montréal's Temple of Sound: Romeo Kardec. The evening begins at Balroom with NYC's DJ Unknown, Bender & Sean Kosa.