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Hippie Torrales began DJing at the age of 15. He came into recognition in NJ and NY after opening "Docks" with co-partner Nelson "Butchie" Nieves. After establishing himself as an innovative and creative jock, Hippie was recognized and hired to work at Abe's Disco, which was the forerunner for Club Zanzibar. On Friday, August 29, 1979, opening night at Club Zanzibar – Hippie became the resident DJ and opening jock for the club.
During his tenure at Club Zanzibar, Hippie won the prestigious Billboard Award for the best disc jockey in the State of New Jersey – in the same year Larry Levan won the award for New York. It was the last time those Billboard Awards were held. After his resident at Club Zanzibar, Hippie went on to play all the Jersey Shore night clubs. In addition to the club gigs, Hippie worked on music production and remixing. Some of his most notable mixes of that period were Jimmy Ross' – "Fall Into A Trance" and The Clark Sister's – "You Brought The Sunshine", which garnered them a 1 record of New York's local radio station WBLS and also garnered them a Grammy nomination that year for Best Gospel.
In 1988, Hippie was approached by local record store owner, Joe from Music Village Records and asked Hippie to produce his own record. Hippie thought about the opportunity and went home, borrowed equipment from a friend and began working on his very first original production. He wrote and produced You're Gonna Miss Me by The Turntable Orchestra, which became a club classic in Europe and has sold over 2 million copies. It was from this moment on that Hippie began traveling overseas and DJing at international clubs and began writing a music column for Discoid Magazine, which was called "What Is Hip."
Hippie's remixing career took off when he partnered with Mark Mendoza and created MenTor Productions. They did numerous remixes which included such artists as Lisa Stansfield, Evelyn King, D'Lacy, and most notable Rosie Gaines. In 1997, Hippie and Mark produced Rosie Gaines' Closer Than Close, which went top 5 in the British Pop Charts and has sold over 8 million units worldwide.
To date, Hippie continues to DJ overseas and currently does an internet radio show on Tuesdays, on CyberJamz.com. He now lives in South Carolina and recently collaboratinged on a new album called Always with Jose Burgos and Jerrell Battle on Bassclef Records. My new single "Never Quite The Same" by Hippie Torrales feat Rosie Gaines was recently released on MN2S Records
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Here is my ClubDiscography:
International Bookings
London
Ministry Of Sound,
Garage City,
Southport Weekender,
Sugar Shack,
Hot & Spicy,
Mas y Mas,
To The Manor Born,
Hard Times,
Bump & Hustle,
Hacienda,
High On Hope,
The Loft,
Sin City
Italy
Underground City,
Estatis,
Steps,
Echoes,
Angels Of Love,
plus others
Switzerland
Renaissance Of House,
Art Café,
Empire,
Zoo Club,
plus others
Germany
Red Dog,
plus others
Japan
Yellow
Additional clubs in Scotland, Ireland and Spain
U.S. Bookings
New York
Sound Factory Bar,
Aqua Booty,
The Source,
The Back Room,
Eugene's,
Lotus,
Limelight,
plus others
New Jersey
Zanzibar,
Black Box,
Chicago,
Hollywood,
Panache,
Dancin,
Temptations,
Club 88,
Docks,
After Hours, plus others
Miami
Paragon
DC
Reds
San Francisco
Universe,
End Up
Los Angeles
Does Your Mama Know
Salt Lake City
Bricks
Additional clubs in New York and New Jersey
Remixes
Jimmy RossFall Into A Trance---Quality RFC Records
Toni SmithOh, I Like The Way You Make Me Feel---Apexton
Karen SilverSet Me Free---Quality RFC Records
Felix 2Tiger Stripes---4th & Broadway
Clark SistersYou Brought The Sunshine---Elektra Records
BeatmastersWarm Love---Warner Bros
CeCe Rogersbr>Its Gonna Be Alright---Kaleidiascope
Clinton DanielRelight My Fire---Power Play
IntenseHigh On Hopes---Shelter Records,
Project 4007Its Our Turn---Emotive
Mae-ISweet Feelings---Mohop Records
Nu CivilizationWhen Will We Be Free---Vibe Records
Maurissa RoseLet Us Pray---Bold Records
CasserineWhy Not Take All Of Me---Warner Bros.
Eric BenetGeorgy Porgy---Warner Bros.
UnaMy House---Poji Records.
Productions
SatinI Want You---Tombah
SatinOutta My Head---Tombah
WormholeSetis Groove---Kaliediascope
D GrindersKoka---New Breed,
Wax ThiefGenerations---Emotive
CartridgeNot Going---Downtown 161
The Monster TribeMacumba---Empire State
MenTorPressure---Pioze
Artist Written, Produced and Performed by Turntable Orchestra
Youre Gonna Miss Me---Music Village Records
Caught You Looking---Music Village Records
Galaxy---Wheel Records
Always AlbumHippie Torrales---Bassclef Records
Never Quite The SameHippie Torrales feat Rosie Gaines---MN2S Records
MenTor Productions
Co-Production---Hippie Torrales and Mark Mendoza
Remixes
Karen PollardReach Out To Me---Hard Times
Michael WhiteheadDance---BigBang
Freaky BabyGive To Me Good---BigBang
BlazeHappy Days---Phuture Trax
Future ForcePut A Little Rush---AM:PM
Future ForceWhat You Want---AM:PM
The Black SaintsFirst Day---Emotive
Sarah WashingtonEverything---AM:PM
Helen BrunnerLiving It Up---Defender
Seven Sat. Orch.Everybody---Suntune
Reel HouzeNo Difference---Zoom
Divas Of ColorOne More Time----4 Liberty
InstinctiveSailing---Time SRL
Rosie GainesI Want You---Motown
Lisa StansfieldThe Line---Arista
Kamira LovelaceCircles---King St.
David ArnoldDiamonds Are Forever---Sire
CobraLiving For The City---Dreambeat
Rosie GainesI Surrender---BigBang
Jocelyn BrownI Like It Like That---Freetown
DeLacyMore---DeConstruction
Productions
280 WestChikki Boom---Kaleidiascope
Cheny GonzalezHeaven Is---Metropolitan
Turntable OrchestraThe Bottle---Groove On
Rosie GainesCloser Than Close---BigBang
