Tic Tac Toe Records was started in 2004 by the Danish DJ, Patrick Bateman.
The aim from the beginning was to focus on all the Danish talents that Denmark had to offer at that time, but who didn’t have places to release their music. The Danish producers didn’t have much network outside of Denmark, and there wasn’t any local labels that were releasing techno/tech-house/minimal, as we wanted to do. Besides releasing music from the Danish producers we also wanted to spice it up with remixes and producers from Bateman’s big network abroad. We also wanted to keep the release schedule steady, so we would keep the hype going.
The first 2 years we had a big focus on Hansen & DJ Daniel, Theodor Zox, BrightLight and Trentemøller. From abroad we took on Ryan Crosson (later on M_nus), Pheek (Archipel), Mike Shannon, Shadi Megallaa, Mikael Stavöstrand and a few others.
On the remix side of things we had Marek Hemmann & Mathias Kaden remixing Trentemøller, Brian Aneurysm (Iron Box Music) and Maetrik (Treibstoff) both remixed Theodor Zox (the Maetrik remix got licensed to Tiefschwarz Fabric mix cd). Gabriel Ananda, Frankie and Kaito remixed Hansen & DJ Daniel.
After this period new artists arrived as well as new Danish labels also saw the light. We had releases with Maetrik, Danish Cant, Italian Nperfectduo, label owner Patrick Bateman and Jack Rock. On the remix side of things we had a Guy Gerber remix of Jack Rock, a Massi DL remix of Patrick Bateman, a Ryan Crosson remix of Ecco and Benno Blome, Ink & Needle and Nino Raro did a great remix package of the Noughts And Crosses compilation.
The third period of the label focussed on the Danish artists Blagger, Mathias Mesteño Trentemøller & Patrick Bateman. From abroad there were Swat Squad, Big Bully & Rufas, Maetrik & Orlando Voorn. Remixes coming from names like James Teej, Maetrik, Sarah Goldfarb, Ed Davenport and many more.
The fourth period of the label is in progress now. With release from artists like Miro Pajic, Benjamin Fehr, Berkant Suer, Blagger, Patrick Bateman, Mark-Henning, Maetrik, Delete and many more. The label has taken a turn back to more dark and minimal sound again, which goes hand in hand with the new super simple logo.
Late 2007 also saw a new person joining the team of Tic Tac Toe/Connect Four. This great guy is Lars Gregers. Lars will be responsible for the Connect Four A&R and also for updating the layout/graphics for both labels.
Now a days the label is running a "3 digital releases & 1 vinyl compilation" format, a new system that was thought out during the summer of 2009 and put in effect in the autumn of 2009 together with the new logo.
So all in all it has been 5 great years so far, and we will continue to give you new exiting music the coming many years.
Lars Gregers & Kenneth Broxgaard
Latest release:
Attemporal - Crashed (Channel X Remix) - Tic Tac Toe Digital 011
Supported by:
Magda, Adam Beyer, Paco Osuna, Brothers' Vibe, Todd Bodine, Tim Xavier, Alland Byallo, Dave Mothersole, Miro Pajic, Franco Bianco, Sabb, Someone Else, Hernan Cattaneo, Djuma Soundsystem, Noir, Mathias Mesteño, Andrew Grant and many more.
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VIdeo teaser for Mark Henning - S'all Good (Canson Remixes)
Video for Maetrik - The Prophecy
Video teaser for TTT029 vinyl release
