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HOORAY FOR EVERYTHING"
is TOBIAS SCHMIDT's 4th solo album.
Since 1996 he has released several Eps for TELEPATHIC, SATIVAE, DROUGHT, MOSQUITO, SCANDINAVIA and TRESOR while playing his live pa globally. His previous albums include "DARK OF HEARTNESS" (Tresor 1999), "LE CHIMP ATOMIQUE" (Scandinavia 1999) and "DESTROY" (Tresor 2001). SCHMIDT's musical career started in Scotland 10 years ago, mixing with the likes of NEIL LANDSTRUMM and DAVE TARRIDA (and many others...) while they all worked to get their studios and clubs off the ground. Moving to Brighton in 1999 brought fresh influences, not least from the NO FUTURE crowd (CRISTIAN VOGEL, JAMIE LIDDEL, SUPER_COLLIDER and others) and provoked the birth of SCHMIDT's own label NEST as an outlet for broader scoped electronic music.
His Disko B Debut "HOORAY FOR EVERYTHING" sees a change of direction for SCHMIDT, moving into more "musical" territory while keeping a "techno"-intensity and concentration. Schmidt composed 11 tracks which refuse to remain in overcome structures and skills. The eleven tracks on this album, including 2 cover versions (THROBBING GRISTLE's "Hot On The Heels Of Love" and more surprisingly the DELFONICS soul-classic "Ready Or Not (Here I Come)"), mix a massive synthesizer attack with driving robo-funk drums to create a broody and dark electronic soul music.
TOBIAS SCHMIDT 2003 became a flattering explosive consisting of broody soul and risky electronica. He enjoys the challenge of both, highly enjoyable listening stuff and the claim to transfer it to the dancefloors. He lets arise a panoptic futurism, which saves the contraries: the rough but gentle means of techno and the touching coolness of electronical songwriting were given an equal way of existence.

TRACKLISTING: 1. Jump To Start / 2. Dr. What / 3. No Tomorrow / 4. Radio All Night Long / 5. Hot On The Heels Of Love / 6. Sweat And Stumble / 7. Collect/Gamble / 8. Was The Moon Blue? / 9. Ready Or Not (Here I Come) / 10. Pool Valley 69 / 11. Dub X