dj tom thump

DJ Tom Thump has been moving dance floors, bringing smiles for a few glorious years now. Originally from Detroit, with a stop in Los Angeles and now San Francisco, his immersion and knowledge of the world of dance music (and good music in general), combined with his skills DJing, allow the musical language of each style to speak clearly and powerfully.

Formally manager and buyer at the world renowned Groove Merchant Records, San Francisco. Most recently sponsored by SOL REPUBLIC Headphones (solrepublic.com) Tom is currently Co-Producing with DJ BMG (EctoMorph, Detroit) the FUNKADELIC REMIX PROJECT for Westbound Records. Featuring mixes/edits and covers from Tom Thump, Carl Craig, Claude Young, Marcellis Pittman, Moodymann, The Dirtbombs, Recloose, Alton Miller, Mike Banks, BMG, and others...

Touring the world Tom has also played gigs in London, Berlin, Budapest, Basel, Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, New York, Denver, Auckland, Sydney, and Melbourne.

Tom has played alongside Gilles Peterson, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Mark Farina, Thievery Corporation, Fat Freddy's Drop, Nickodemus, Morrissey, Jamiroquai, Femi Kuti, Tricky, Morcheeba, The Original Meters, Roy Ayers, Gang of Four, George Clinton, Boozoo Bajou, Bonobo, Herbert, 4Hero and many more.

He has Programmed/Sequenced and Mixed six commercially released Compilations on Cosmic Flux (SF) and Kinkysweet Records(LA),and has released a remix of San Francisco Producer/Artist Romanowski with DJ U9lift,also, producing a booty moving remix of Funkadelic's "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On" with DJ Smash (Blue Note Records). In this time, Tom has also hosted and played at some of San Francisco's biggest, and best club nights, such as, Release, Budonkadonk!, Twice as Nice, Mushroom Jazz and Loose Joints!. Often boundary pushing, always satisfying.

CD Releases: Panatone:Warm -Cosmic Flux Musiq Midnight Soul 1 -Kinkysweet Records Midnight Soul 3 -Kinkysweet Records Loft Party:Sydney -Kinkysweet Records Frequent Flyer: Havana -Kinkysweet Records Also A+R on After Dark:New York Revisited and After Dark:Chicago Revisited

Events and Venues: FACEBOOK Event 12/11 SF City Hall SF MOMA Openings and Corporate Sponsored Events THE PEPSI FESTIVAL Budapest, Hungary RED BULL DAYLIGHT FESTIVAL Auckland, NZ THE JAZZ CAFE, London GOOGLE Event, Lake Tahoe "NightLife" at the Academy of Sciences ORACLE, Christmas Party on Treasure Island Icer Air Event, AT&T Park YELP Pool Party, San Jose KPMG Christmas Party, The Four Seasons PIXAR Car Toons Wrap Party, Sausalito iNDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC Star Trek Wrap Party Yerba Buena Center for the Arts ABC Sitcom, In House DJ plus Wrap Party, Burbank Dennis Kucinich Benefit, St Marys College Start SOMA Openings, Hotel des Artes APPLE Apps Event The W Hotel The Clift Hotel Armani Exchange Event Miss Sixty/Energie Event Art Openings 111 Minna Street Gallery Blinkx Private Event J Date Event Puma Store Event Zip Car Event SONY Event Oatv Event RAPTR Private Event Wedding Ceremonies and Receptions, San Francisco to Carmel to Napa Indian Wedding Receptions and Sangeets.

Talented International Artists Tom's Played Alongside: De La Soul, Jamie Lidell, The Meters, Morcheeba, Jurassic 5, Ladytron, Tricky, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Fat Freddy's Drop, Natural Self, Bonobo, P Funk Allstars, Morrissey, SantoGold, Nickodemus, Kraak n Smaak, Legba's Light (Miles Davis All Star Band), Thievery Corporation, Social Distortion, Jazzanova, Wagonchrist (Luke Vibert), Roy Ayers, United Future Organisation, Norman Jay, Miguel "Migs", Charles Webster, Femi Kuti, Gavin Smith (Mr. Bongo/Disorient Records), Truby Trio, Koop, John Beltran, DJ Smash, Madrid de los Austrias, Dennis Ferrer, Nicola Conte, Turntables on the Hudson, Desmond Williams, Lamb, Alton Miller, Nu Spirit Helsinki, Kaskade and Gilles Peterson, and many others. All Styles & Smiles...