Tommie Sunshine

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Tommie Sunshine
Background information
Birth nameThomas John Norello
Born (1971-03-26) March 26, 1971 (age 52)
DJ
Years active1993–present
LabelsBrooklyn Fire, Brooklyn Blue, Ultra Records, Systematic Recordings, One Love Records, Vicious Recordings, Monstercat, Bemani
WebsiteOfficial Website

Tommie Sunshine (born Thomas Lorello; March 26, 1971) is a

Brooklyn, New York. He is known for creating dance remixes to popular rock and alternative songs. [1]

Biography

Early life

Lorello grew up in Naperville, Illinois. During the 1980s he became interested in DJ mixes he heard on the radio and began attending house-music clubs in the city such as Medusa's.

raves
throughout the Midwest.

Career

Sunshine presently works alongside The Disco Fries and also as a trio with Bart B More and RipTidE under the name Horsepower. In the past he has collaborated with artists such as

.

In 2006 Tommie Sunshine remixed the hit songs from the album "You'll Rebel to Anything," "Shut Me Up" and "Straight to Video" by "Mindless Self Indulgence" for their EP "Shut Me Up (The Remixes + 3)." In the same year, he also remixed another hit song by the same band, "What Do They Know," for the band's other EP, "Another Mindless Rip Off."

In 2007, Sunshine released a compilation album on the Ultra Records label as part of their dance compilation CD series titled Ultra.Rock Remixed containing some of his most popular remixes. The follow-up mix CD, Relax This Won't Hurt, was released October 2008. In 2008, he remixed Yoko Ono's new version of "Give Peace a Chance" for a 12" on Twisted, which reached the number 1 position on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play Chart. He re-affiliated himself with "Mindless Self Indulgence," remixing their hit song from their "If" album, "Never Wanted to Dance".

In 2010, Sunshine remixed Amanda Lear's new single "I'm Coming Up". Two years later, he created a megamix of Katy Perry hit singles: "Teenage Dream", "California Gurls", "The One That Got Away", "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", "E.T." and "Firework". Named "Tommie Sunshine's Megasix Smash-Up", it was featured on Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection.

Tommie Sunshine was also involved in the music production for Konami's 2008

DDR 2014
arcade releases.

References

  1. ^ Lorello, Thomas (December 3, 2021). "Thomas Lorello A&R Executive - Brooklyn Blue".
  2. ^ "RA: Medusa's: Chicago's missing link". Resident Advisor.
  3. ^ "D.J. Tommie Sunshine on childhood summers at the Shore and his big Sandy benefit plan". Politico. 19 November 2012.