As a curly 14-year-old, Tracky Birthday played the drums on Germany’s Disney Club TV-show, while wishing he could sound like the 2 Live Crew or Ice-T.
Some years later he dug out his Yamaha PSR-2700 for solo entertainers and became 1998’s secret lo-fi prince. Together with Pierlo, Isocore, and Jacques MalChance he founded the netlabel UpitUp Records.
When he got his laptop, he found himself able to sequence ukulele, congas, bongos, melodica, harmonica, jaw harp, saxophone, bass, guitar, didgeridoo, kazoo, flute, keyboard and turntable in a fair quality while touching his pipi.
After adding cheap midi sounds such as cowbells and those “huh!” and “hoh!” sounds, Tracky’s parallel world was complete.
He was rocking them cheesy synth chords in his pijyama pants for several years, but something seemed to be missing. He boxed beats, cut and scratched that chhhh-sound, sampled cartoon sound effects- but still his music appeared to be lacking something…
At a friend’s gig, Tracky got drunk and grabbed the microphone, started rapping gibberish (because he didn’t know any lyrics) while the crowd loved it and his friend hated it. From then on he added vocals to his tracks, developing a quirky yet fresh rap style. If tight lyrics could ride a bike Tracky Birthday would have to brake uphill! He even sings - but only when nobody’s home.
He teamed up with Pierlo as Primix For Kids, and played live shows in Germany and Italy. After moving to New York to work for the Whitest Kids U' Know, Tracky and his friend M-Boy from Shake Your Tree played a fun webcam gig on Times Square. Soon after, The Discoghosts were born and M-Boy and Tracky recorded their album BAD which is also featured as a CD inside the book Shake Your Tree 3.
After having worked for Rhizome as an editorial fellow, Tracky is about to move back to Stuttgart, Germany, where his friends Roglok and Vernon LeNoir live and his girlfriend is expecting his baby.??He hates making websites, shaving, hitting his head and clowns. He loves taking photos, dancing, writing, space-shuttles, dinosaurs, DeLoreans, and safaris. His right shoulder is very hairy while his left one isn’t growing any hair at all. Splendid.
http://www.upitup.comhttp://www.trackybirthday.comhttp://kinderschnitzel.blogspot.com
Ok, a little self-promotion for my new remix/mashup. It's a mashup of Justin Timberlake's What Goes Around and Lenny Kravitz's Fly Away, and I honestly have to say it's probably the cleanest & tightest mix I've ever made!
Go to my page, check it out, and tell me what you think! :o)
If you like it (or any of the tracks up there), I have the download link enabled, so you can download it too.
PS - Last but not least... I'm trying to get my songs ranked higher in the Myspace Music section, and the ranking is based not on page views but how many times the songs have been listened to. If you really like one of my songs, please tell your friends about it - thanks! :o)
hi トラッキー バースデイ(tracky birthday) i'm 夏の午後(natsunogogo) greetings from tokyo JPN. thx 4 da adding. please keep way of life and sensitivity. have a nice holiday.
Hey Tracky Birthday, how are you doing? Nice Work!
I finished my Album: HISTORIE 2008!
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