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“A record that commands the human race to bow down before it”
…The Guardian on Loneliness

· [Also a record that hit #1, sold over 150,000 copies and spent 9 weeks in the Top 40]

On October 14th Tomcraft releases his debut artist album Muc, hurling listeners into a spin-cycle of melancholic vocals, bordello-basslines and the grungiest electronica this side of slutsville. Phew – there’s the pitch.

After the #1 chart success of his electro-trance anthem Loneliness, German producer Thomas Brückner is set to surprise some critics with an album that is more Berlin basement than BBC studio. The title is a reference to the initials on the baggage labels that you get when travelling from the airport in his beloved home town of Munich.

So buckle up, switch off all mobile telephones and please refrain from smoking as ‘For A While’ kicks off proceedings with a monstrous chunk of funk. Loneliness sidles up with its bitter-sweet melodies and before long we’re indulging in the aural narcotics and vocoded story telling of Overdose. Then it’s on to Schwabing 7. Phase, a track “written especially for the kids who hang around the cool Schwabing district of Munich” explains Tomcraft. “They all drive around in cabriolets hoping to get lucky. I wanted to give them a track they could play while they’re doing it.”

The Dave Gahan-style vocals and rock grandiosity of Into The Light were written by Tom while his wife was pregnant with their son. “It’s all about when he is born and comes out into the light for the first time,” he explains helpfully. Thanks for that Tom.

By half time we’ve reached the second single Brainwashed, which sounds like Madness force-feeding Human League some dodgy acid, with atonal guitars and sinister vocals thrown in for good measure. And what’s this one all about, Tom? “Erm, two lesbian lovers talking to each other as they’re about to have sex,” grins the DJ, before adding, “I enjoyed writing that song.”

Bang Bang is a romp through a dark valley of bass spikes, while he describes Under the Blue as “Tomcraft meets the Beach Boys meets the Beatles.” And as for ‘La Charte – La Salope’ [‘The Whore – The Slut’], play it to a Frenchman and watch the blood rush to his cheeks. Either that or to another part of his body.

To finish off proceedings, here’s a question: “All you DJs out there, why don’t you show some guts and play the stuff that really rocks?” Fuck You is a no-prisoners rant against all the “super cute, line dancing, no girlfriend having, zero talented puppets” of the music industry. “I hate all these boy and girl groups and shows like Pop Idol,” Tomcraft grimaces. And if he had a message for Gareth Gates it would it be? “Fuck You,” he smiles. Expect no quarter, just an epic finale.

[ Tomcraft has already had underground success in the UK and Ireland with tracks like ‘Prozak,’ and ‘Silence’ ripping up dancefloors over the past few years. His DJing schedule has seen him play major festivals including Mayday, Love Parade, Energy and Nature One as well as touring countires such as the USA, Columbia, Australia, New Zealand and Japan and playing Ibiza and the Galery this summer.]
Tracklist:

1.) For A While
2.) Loneliness
3.) Under The Blue
4.) Into the Light
5.) Brainwashed
6.) Like The Sun
7.) Overdose
8.) Schwabling 7.Phone
9.) Bang Bang
10.) La Chatte – La Salope
11.) Forever Raver
12.) Fuck You
13.) Lonliness (Munich Edit)

Press Quotes:

" 'Muc', (an abbreviation for Munich airport) jams electro-, Beatles- and Depeche Mode-inspired pop and boshing trance into one soup of astonishingly muck-free album fodder." …Mixmag

“At last a dance album that's actually good! Tomcraft have got choons that'll make you wave yer hand in the air and put a big smile on yer face. This album's gotta be on yer shelf” ...CD UK Magazine

“A record that commands the human race to bow down before it”
…The Guardian on Loneliness

“Tomcraft could single handedly revive the flagging dance industry”…Hello on Loneliness

“this summers dance anthem has been found 9/10” …Sunday Mirror on Loneliness

“demonic trance that crackles and fizzes”… Heat on Loneliness

“Loneliness could obliterate you with an over the shoulder glance from it’s robotic laser eyes”
…OK on Loneliness