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Andreas Tomalla (born 13 March 1963), better known by his stage name Talla 2XLC, is a German electronic music producer and DJ whose work has spanned from industrial music to trance music. History In 1980, Talla 2XLC began DJing with the sounds of Kraftwerk, YMO, and Depeche Mode. In 1984, Talla 2XLC started a small nightclub event called Technoclub, the first such club in Frankfurt to focus on electronic dance music. Initially, Technoclub was a Friday-night then in September 1989 to the Dorian Gray's 2000-capacity main room, In the mid-1980s, he was involved with a band called Moskwa TV. In 1987 he co-founded the group Robotiko Rejekto and was associated with the fledgling record label Techno Drome International, an imprint of ZYX Records. Robotiko Rejekto's track "Rejekto" was one of the label's first releases. In 1988, he started a new project called Bigod 20, which would go on to be one of Europe’s most successful EBM acts of the early 1990s. In 1987 and 1988, Talla 2XLC produced fanzines. Talla still continues to travel the world, championing music featuring "soaring" vocals and mixing elements of cutting edge electronic music with novel breakdowns and euphoric melodies. He tours throughout every country in Europe, The Americas, Australia and Asia, and has been featured at some of the world’s major festivals and clubs, including ID&T's Trance Energy, the Love parade, Space Ibiza. His weekly Technoclub radio show is played on German national radio station Sunshine Live. In January 2008 he also re-launched the once well-known label, Tetsuo. Discography Studio albums *Talla 2XLC (1997) *Solotech One (1997) *Tranceology (2004) *Tranceology 2 (2012) EPs *Come With Me / Always (2001) *Maid Of Orleans / Conquest (ft. Voi & DJ Frost) (2001) Singles *The Eternal Mystery (1996) *What Time Is Love (1997) *Together (vs Taucher) (1997) *Is Anybody Out There? (1997) *NRG (with Tom Wax) (1998) *Hypnotic (with Resistance D) (1998) *Love's Comin' Down (1998) *Nightshift (vs Taucher) (1999) *Into Another (with Moguai) (1999) *No Signs Of Life (The Anthem) (ft. Airfire) (2000) *World In My Eyes (2000) *Darkness (2001) *Come With Me (2002) *Can You Feel The Silence (2002) *Symphony Of Tomorrow (ft. Digital Tension) (2003) *Spring (ft. RMB) (2003) *Innocence (2003) *Divided States (2004) *Beyond Earth (vs M.I.D.O.R. & Six4Eight) (2004) *The Air That I Breathe (ft. Ely Gregory) (2004) *Unity (vs M.I.D.O.R. & Six4Eight) (2005) *Tears Idle Tears (ft. Digital Tension) (2005) *Manifesto (2005) *Carry Me (2006) *Full Prelude (& Alex M.O.R.P.H.) (2006) *Lost Souls (2006) *No Inbetween (ft. Naama Hillman) (2007) *Shine (2007) *I Know (ft. Susana Boomhouwer) (2008) *Heart to Heart (vs Sean Tyas) (2008) *Dante's Peak (2008) *Redrum O.T.D (with Ace Da Brain) (2008) *Giving Up Giving In (vs Carl B ft. Katie Marne) (2008) *Salvation (2009) *Pulse (2009) *Terra Australis (ft. Skysurfer) (2009) *The Sound Of The Crowd (2010) *The Spirits Within (2010) *Pro Life (vs Robert Burian) (2010) *Satisfraction (vs Akato) (2011) *Two Worlds (with Dennis Sheperd) (2012) *The Rise Of The Phoenix (vs Taucher) (2012) *Drums Of Ganesha (vs Robert Burian) (2012) *Never Look Back (2013) * Evernow (Pres. Kato) (2015) * Storm (feat. Pay & White) (Available 23 May on Reset Records) (2016)
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