Mousse T.

Mousse T.
Mousse T.
Background information
Born	2 October 1966 (1966-10-02) (age 45) Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Origin	Germany
Genres	House / funk / pop
Occupations	DJ, producer
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Peppermint Jam
Website	Official website

Mousse T. (born Mustafa Gündoğdu, 2 October 1966, Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German DJ and record producer of Turkish descent. He is best known for his collaboration with Tom Jones, "Sex Bomb", released on the album Reload.^[1]

Biography

One of the first producers of house music in Germany, alongside contemporaries Boris Dlugosch, DJ Tonka and Ian Pooley, Mousse T. began his career in 1990 as keyboard player for a small band known as Fun Key B. At the same time, he set up his own recording studio and began DJing in the city of Hannover. Besides working on his own productions, usually with partner Errol Rennalls, Mousse T. also wrote and produced tracks for other artists. In 1993, he founded, along with Rennalls, Peppermint Jam Records, a label specializing in uplifting house music and melodic acid jazz.

His 1998 production "Horny" featuring Hot 'n' Juicy (and a chorus sung by Inaya Day) on vocals reached the top of the Billboard dance charts in the late 1990s and Top 20 in the UK and Australia. His first album, Gourmet de Funk, was released in 2001. In 2004, he once again entered the Single Charts with his song "Is It 'Cos I'm Cool?", which is featured on his second album, All Nite Madness, also released in 2004. The song features the vocals of Emma Lanford.

In 2006, Placido & Loo released a mash-up called "Horny As A Dandy". The song fused the vocals of "Horny" and the music of "Bohemian Like You" by The Dandy Warhols. In 2007, he wrote and produced the music for Marc Rothemund's film. Pornorama. His music has been featured in several films and TV series in both the U.S. and internationally.

Discography

Albums

• 2002 Gourmet de Funk
• 2004 All Nite Madness
• 2004 Right About Now
• 2007 Re-orchestrated (iTunes only)(Live-CD with the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg/Scott Lawton, conductor)

Singles

Mousse T.

Most tracks co-written by Errol Rennalls

• 1994 "Mine", as Davey Dee & Mousse T.
• 1995 "EP", as Davey Dee & Mousse T.
• 1996 "Come and Get It"
• 1996 "Everybody"
• 1997 "Bad Boy/Horny"
• 1998 "Horny '98" (with Hot 'n' Juicy); UK #2
• 1999 "Ooh Song"
• 2000 "Sex Bomb (with Tom Jones); UK #3
• 2002 "Fire" (with Emma Lanford)
• 2003 "Is It 'Cos I'm Cool?" (with Emma Lanford); UK #9
• 2003 "Brother on the Run"
• 2004 "Pop Muzak" (with Andrew Roachford)
• 2004 "Right About Now" (with Emma Lanford ) UK #28
• 2005 "Wow" (with Emma Lanford )
• 2006 "Horny as a Dandy" (vs. Dandy Warhols, mash-up produced by Loo & Placido): UK #17
• 2009 "All Nite Long (D.I.S.C.O.)" (with Suzie); Germany #71

Afropeans

• 2000 "Pianolick"
• 2001 "No. 1"
• 2003 "Everybody/Fallin'"
• 2004 "Afropeans EP"
• 2004 "Better Things" (with Inaya Day)

Other aliases

• 1989 "Don't Stop", as Fresh & Fly (with Hans Hahn)
• 1991 "African Rhythm", as Fresh & Fly (with Ralf Droesemeyer and Jörg Rump)
• 1991 "Family of Music", as F.O.M. (with Ralf Droesemeyer)
• 1991 "C'mon Get Up", as F.O.M. (with Ralf Droesemeyer)
• 1995 "Mind Flavor EP", as Mind Flavour
• 1996 "Odyssey One", as 'Federation X (with Grant Nelson)
• 1996 "Keep Pushin'", as Booom! (with Boris Dlugosch and Inaya Day)
• 1997 "Hold Your Head Up High", as Booom! (with Boris Dlugosch and Inaya Day)
• 2001 "Miami Special", as Peppermint Jam Allstars (with Boris Dlugosch and Michi Lange)

(Co-)Production for other artists

• 1991 Psyche - "Angel Lies Sleeping"
• 1992 Marc Davis - "Moviestar"
• 1995 Ve Ve - "We've Got Love"
• 1996 Raw Instinct - "De La Bass"
• 1997 Ferry Ultra feat. Roy Ayers - "Dangerous Vibes"
• 1997 Bootsy Collins feat. MC Lyte - "I'm Leavin U (Gotta Go, Gotta Go)"
• 1997 Byron Stingily - "Sing a Song"
• 1997 Randy Crawford - "Wishing on a Star"
• 1999 Cunnie Williams - "Saturday"
• 1999 Tom Jones - "Sex Bomb"
• 2000 Monie Love - "Slice of da Pie"
• 2001 Ann Nesby - "Love Is What We Need"
• 2002 No Angels - "Let's Go to Bed"
• 2004 Inaya Day - "Nasty Girl"
• 2007 Se:Sa feat. Sharon Phillips - "Like this Like that"

See also

• Marianne Rosenberg

References

1. ^ Jeffries, David. "Biography: Mousse T". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p297780/biography. Retrieved 5 June 2010. 

External links

• Official Mousse T website

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia. (English)

• Myspace page

Persondata
Name	Mustafa Gündoğdu
Alternative names	Mousse T.
Short description	Musician
Date of birth	2 October 1966
Place of birth	Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Date of death
Place of death