Black Alley is the latest moniker for Berlin based
musiclover, record collector and dj/remixer/producer Thomas
Pudell.
It is like a box where he now throws all his stuff in - may
it be collaborations, own productions, remixes or edits;
even some old tracks might get some new clothes...
Thomas has been a DJ for more than 20 years now and a music
lover for his whole life. He started listening to the
record collection of his father when he was 3 years
old.These classical jazz and Motown Records laid the
foundation for the deep love for quality dance music he has
today and where probably the corner stones of the extensive
Collection of more than 35K pieces of Vinyl that are
covering the walls of his home.
As a
teenager, he started doing his first dj gigs at school
parties. Soon after he got more gigs and landed
residencies at local clubs in his hometown, where he played
a healthy mixture of the music he loves: soulful Disco,
funky R&B, plus danceable Jazztunes.
The year 1991 was a turning point in his life: when he
visited the legendary Weekender in Southport, England,
where he first saw DJs like Tony Humphries and 'Little'
Louie Vega. Hearing these legends mixing a wide range of
soulful / jazzy / tribal house music made Thomas' love for
house music even stronger and so his style evolved from a
more freestyle and jazzy one to the housier side of things.
But even today he uses his rich musical background to mix
the freshest house grooves with the finest tunes from 30
years of dance history.
As the music lover feels the need to express himself and
his art not only on the decks, so he entered the world of
production.
Over the years he has done remixes for Mary J. Blige's
"Dance with me" MCA / Universalmusic,Gadjo's,Alexi Delano
&Vincenzos "Against The Wall" / WasNotWorthIt ,"So many
Times" Muschihaus/Subliminal/Universalmusic,Raul Paz "La
Mulata" Ministry Of Sound Germany,to name a few - plus many
own Tracks on different Labels like Mindbase Recordings,
Freeport, Brickhouse,UCA,Hott,Edel and quite a few White
Labels...
2010 was the right time to reset the past and move straight
forward onto a new path: Black Alley!