Lil Tony

Location:
FI
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Site(s):
Label:
Guidance, MOTT, JCR, Ubiquity, Raw Fusion
Type:
Indie
Lil' Tony's DJ mixes online



For booking enguiries worldwide please contact: alex@backroom-entertainment.de



For booking UK, Irland & Europe enquiries please contact : ali@warm-music.com



Management & press please contact : kati@redrum.fi



BIOGRAPHY



No matter how you look at it, DJ Lil' Tony, born Toni Rantanen, is the central character in Helsinki club scene. A member of the prestigious Nuspirit Helsinki collective and his new electronic music project called Future Beat Investigatigators. 2007 he started his own Lil Tony production on top labels like Versatile, Innervision, Mood Music.



For a decade, he has amazingly been continuously on the top of the game, running the only Helsinki venues that are up to international club standards. From early-90s to the early 2000s it was Kerma 1997-2004 and sOda 1996-2003, Rose Garden 2005-2007 Redrum 2007-2010 Today its YK (www.clubyk.fi), Siltanen (www.siltanen.org) and Kuudes linja (www.kuudeslinja.com). In addition to all this, he is also one of the people behind Flow Festival, the annual electronic & urban music festival in Helsinki since 2004



Toni's roots lie in the early days of underground warehouse parties and he has not to date lost his commitment to the underground and uncompromised musical culture. As a DJ, Lil' Tony is probably best known for his house & techno sets – Detroit, New York & Chicago house music was his first love after all – but he is remarkably unprejudiced and eclectic in his approach to music, be that for his personal listening pleasure only, or what he plays when out DJing. On the other hand Toni's got strong Disco and Soul background. Lil' Tony's main musical influences are UR, Harvey, Ron Hardy, Ron Trent, Chez Damier, Theo Parrish, Marvin Gaye, Moodyman, Blaze, Murk, Carl Craig and Basic Channel.



Though working hard at home, Tony has found time to spin as a guest DJ all around the globe. Just few to mention from recent years. Japan (Life Force parties in Tokyo and Osaka), Berlin (Panorama Bar/Berghain, Weekend, Watergate, Pop Komm, WMF, Tresor ), London (The End, Fabric, Plastic People, T-Bar), Frankfurt (Robert Johnson), Madrid (Goa, Weekend), Miami (WMC), Barcelona (La Teracca, Moog, Nizza), Zurich (Zukunft), Estonia (Mutant Disco, Prive), Portugal (Lux, Industri), St. Petersburg (Tunnel, Par), Moscow (Propaganda), Paris (Rex, Batofar), A highlights for 2007-2008 so far has been Panorama Bar Sunday afternoon with Ame, Dixon, Margus Worgull, Henrik Schwarz, Club Goa in Madrid and all-nighter set at Innercity night @ Weekend in Berlin. 2009 highlights has been Live @ Goa, Madrid, Fabric, London, Panorama Bar, Robert Johnson



As a promoter, Toni has brought literally hundreds of international DJs and live acts to Helsinki. Some of the highlights include: Âme, Radio Slave, Grace Jones, Juan Atkins, Blake Baxter, Kerri Chandler, Joe Claussel Carl Craig, Dixon, Edan, Laurent Garnier, José Gonzáles, Matthew Herbert, I:Cube, Idjut Boys, Norman Jay, Jay Dilla (R.I.P.), Kenny Dope, Kraftwerk, Lil Louis, Franqois Kevorkian, Caspa, Rusko, Martyn, Scuba, Mika Vainio, Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas, Louie Vega, Derrick May, Theo Parrish, Derrick Carter, Ricardo Villalobos, Loco Dice, Steve Bug, Vince Watson, Chateau Flight live, Metro Area, Moodyman, Mark Murpy live, Octave One, Osunlade, DJ Pierre, !!!, Coco Rosie, Terry Callier, O:pel Bastards, Roots, Tiefschwarz, Jenny Wilson, Marleena Shaw, DJ Spinna, Maurizio, United Future Organization, UR, Josh Wink.



"Its all about good music."



DISCOGRAPHY



LIL TONY PRODUCTION:



Lil Tony - House - Innervision 12"

Lil Tony - Cosmic City EP - Versatile 12"

Lil Tony - Redrum EP - Raw Fusion 12"

Lil Tony - Raw Trax Vol 1 - Mood Music 12"

Lil Tony - Underground Sound Of Helsinki EP - Running Back 12"



FUTURE RELEASES:



Lil Tony - Raw Trax vol 2-3 - Mood Music 12"



REMIXES:



Arthur Russel - Tree House (Lil Tony rmx) - Electric Minds 12"



MIXTAPES:



Lil Tony - Hi-Tech Funk

Lil Tony - Diskon Tulevaisuus Vol 1

Lil Tony - Cosmic City Vol 1

Lil Tony & Dj Ender - Playground vol.6 "Soundtrack Of The Northern Sky"



FUTURE BEAT INVESTIGATORS:



Future Beat Investigators - Forthosewhoknow EP - Raw Fusion Records 12"

Future Beat Investigators - All I Want / Lotus Sonar Kollektive 12 "

Future Beat Investigators - Duk - Raw Fusion 12"

Future Beat Investigators - Aeroflot 12 "



FUTURE RELEASES:



Future Beat Investigators - Louder EP - Raw Fusion 12"



REMIXES:



Bermuda - Galaxy Race (Future Beat Investigators rmx) - Laka 12"

Doubble D - Coleman (Future Beat Investigators rmx) - 20:20 Vision 12"



NUSPIRIT HELSINKI:



Nuspirit Helsinki "Nuspirit Helsinki" Album - Guidance Recordings CD/ LP

Nuspirit Helsinki - Take It Back - Guidance Recordings 12"

Nuspirit Helsinki - Colors of My Mind - Guidance Recordings 12"

NuSound Collective - Diana Park Nights - Ubiquity New Latinaires 2 LP

Nuspirit Helsinki - Makoomba Breaks - Guidance Recordings 12"

Nuspirit Helsinki - Montana Roha Jazz EP - Jazzanova-Compost Records 12"



REMIXES:



Freestyle Man - Que Domingo (Nuspirit Helsinki rmx) - Sähkö 12"

Freestyle man - Take Advantage (NuSound Collective rmx) - Cliche 12"
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