Mousse T.
Mustafa Gundogdu (Turkish: Mustafa Gündoğdu [mustaˈfa ɟynˈdoːdu];[1] born 2 October 1966), best known under his stage name Mousse T., is a German-Turkish DJ, record producer, film composer and judge on season 15 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol. He is best known for the 1998 house hit "Horny '98" (famous for the hook "I'm horny") and for his collaboration with Tom Jones on the 2000 hit "Sex Bomb",[2] from Jones' 1999 album Reload.[3]
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mustafa Gundogdu |
| Also known as | Mousse T., Afropeans, Mind Flavour, Raw Instinct |
| Born | 2 October 1966 Hagen,[1] North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Origin | Turkish[1] |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Peppermint Jam |
| Website | Official website |
Mousse T. is one of the first producers of house music in his country, alongside contemporaries Boris Dlugosch, DJ Tonka and Ian Pooley.
Biography Edit
He was born in Hagen, Germany in 1966 to Turkish parents.[1] He started learning music aged 13.[1] He 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 and melodic acid jazz music.
His 1998 production "Horny '98" 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. It was also featured on Chef Aid: The South Park Album. His first album, Gourmet de Funk, was released in 2002[citation needed]. 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 the same year he produced the summer hit "Il Grande Baboomba" of the Italian singer Zucchero Fornaciari, in his album Zu & Co., and he took part in the concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London held in May 2004, with the other guests of the Italian bluesman.
In 2005, Mousse T. performed with Emma Lanford and represented Lower Saxony in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Right About Now", placing 4th with 85 points.[4] In 2006, Loo & Placido released a mash-up called "Horny as a Dandy". The song fused the vocals of "Horny '98" and the music of "Bohemian Like You" by The Dandy Warhols.
In 2006, Mousse T. collaborated Turkish singer Tarkan and composed 3 different remixes for the track Start the Fire of released album named Come Closer.[5]
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.
In 2018, Mousse T. joined the jury of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German equivalent to Pop Idol.[6]
In 2020, Mousse T. was ranked number one at the Top House Artists of 2020 by Traxsource.[7]
Discography Edit
Albums Edit
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [8] | AUT [9] | SWI [10] | ||
| Gourmet de Funk | 2002 | 22 | 44 | 46 |
| All Nite Madness | 2004 | 69 | — | 49 |
| Right About Now (re-release of All Nite Madness in the UK and Australia) | — | — | — | |
| Re-orchestrated (iTunes only; live album with the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg and conductor Scott Lawton) | 2007 | — | — | — |
| Where Is the Love | 2018 | 69 | — | — |
Singles Edit
Mousse T.
- Most tracks co-written by Errol Rennalls
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [8] | AUS [11] | AUT [9] | NLD [12] | SWI [10] | UK [13] | |||
| "Mine" (as Davey Dee & Mousse T.) | 1994 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "EP" (as Davey Dee & Mousse T.) | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Come and Get It" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Everybody" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Bad Boy" / "Horny" | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Horny '98" (vs. Hot 'n' Juicy) | 1998 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 2 | |
| "Ooh Song" / "More I Get" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sex Bomb" (with Tom Jones) | 2000 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 3 | |
| "Fire" (with Emma Lanford) | 2002 | 73 | — | — | — | 36 | 58 | |
| "Brother on the Run" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Is It 'Cos I'm Cool?" (with Emma Lanford) | 2004 | 33 | 44 | 12 | 47 | 27 | 9 | |
| "Pop Muzak" (with Andrew Roachford) | 19 | — | 14 | — | 73 | — | ||
| "Right About Now" (with Emma Lanford) | 47 | 51 | 49 | — | 94 | 28 | ||
| "Wow" (with Emma Lanford) | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Horny as a Dandy" (vs. The Dandy Warhols) | 2006 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 38 | 30 | 17 | |
| "All Nite Long (D.I.S.C.O.)" (with Suzie) | 2009 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Boyfriend" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Melodie" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Afropeans
- "Pianolick" (2000)
- "No. 1" (2001)
- "Everybody/Fallin'" (2003)
- "Afropeans EP" (2004)
- "Better Things" with Inaya Day (2004)
Other aliases
- "Don't Stop", as Fresh & Fly with Hans Hahn (1989)
- "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 (1991)
- "Mind Flavor EP", as Mind Flavour (1995)
- "Odyssey One", as Federation X with Grant Nelson (1996)
- "Keep Pushin'", as Booom! with Boris Dlugosch and Inaya Day (1996)
- "Hold Your Head Up High", as Booom! with Boris Dlugosch and Inaya Day (1997)
- "Miami Special", as Peppermint Jam Allstars with Boris Dlugosch and Michi Lange (2001)
(Co-)Production for other artists
- Psyche – "Angel Lies Sleeping" (1991)
- Marc Davis – "Moviestar" (1992)
- Ve Ve – "We've Got Love" (1995)
- Raw Instinct – "De La Bass" (1996)
- 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" (1997)
- Cunnie Williams – "Saturday" (1999)
- Tom Jones – "Sex Bomb" (1999)
- Monie Love – "Slice of da Pie" (2000)
- Ann Nesby – "Love Is What We Need" (2001)
- No Angels – "Let's Go to Bed" (2002)
- Inaya Day – "Nasty Girl" (2004)
- Se:Sa feat. Sharon Phillips – "Like This Like That" (2007)
Remixes Edit
- 1995 Fun Factory - "Celebration" (Mousse T's Back To The Old School)
- 1996 Mr. President - "Coco Jamboo" (Club Mix Radio, Extended, and Dangerous Dub)
- 1997 Michael Jackson – "Ghosts"
- 1997 Nuyorican Soul - "Runaway" (Jazz Funk Experience, and Soul Dub)
- 2001 Shakedown - "At Night"
- 2006 Boney M - "Sunny" (Radio, Extended, and Sexy Disco Club Mix)
- 2006 Tarkan – "Start the Fire" (Radio Mix)
- 2006 Tarkan – "Start The Fire" (Radio Instrumental Mix)
- 2006 Tarkan – "Start The Fire" (Abi Club Mix)
- 2017 Camelphat & Elderbrook – "Cola" (Mousse T.'s Glitterbox Mix)
- 2018 Purple Disco Machine ft Baxter – "Encore"
- 2018 Selace – "So Hooked On Your Lovin"
- 2019 Kylie Minogue – "Step Back in Time"
- 2019 The Vision featuring Andreya Triana - Heaven (Mousse T.'s Disco Shizzle Remix)
- 2020 DAVIE - Testify (Mousse T.'s Funky Shizzle Remix)
- 2020 Mike Dunn - If I Can’t Get Down (Mousse T.'s Funky Shizzle Mix)
- 2020 Wankelmut & Anna Leyne - Free At Last (Mousse T. Remix)
See also Edit
References Edit
- ^ a b c d e Zeynep Bilgehan. "Almanya'ya göçeli yarım asır oldu" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
1966'da Hagen'de doğdu. Kariyerine 1990'da Fun Key B adlı küçük grupta klavye çalarak başladı. 1993'te ortağı Errol Rennals'la Peppermint Jam Records'u kurdu. Almanya'nın ilk house music yapımcılarından biri oldu. 1998'de Tom Jones'la işbirliği yaptığı Sex Bomb şarkısıyla dünya çapında ün kazandı. İlk albümü Gourmet de Funk'ı 2001'de, Single listelerinde üst sıralara yükselen 'Is It Cos I'm Cool?' şarkısının bulunduğu ikinci albümü All Nite Madness'ı 2004'te çıkardı.
- ^ IMO Records. "Mousse T Biography" 13 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, IMO Records' Retrieved on 14 March 2011.
- ^ Jeffries, David. "Biography: Mousse T". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ "Bundesvision Song Contest". fan-lexikon.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ Aslı Örnek (28 April 2007). "Yeni albümü için Sezen'le irtibatta" (in Turkish). Sabah. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "Auf der Suche nach echten Rohdiamanten". rtl.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ "Top House Artists of 2020". Traxsource. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Discographie Mousse T." offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Discografie Mousse T." austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Discographie Mousse T. vs. Hot 'n' Juicy – Horny '98". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ a b Peaks in Australia:
- All except noted: "Discography Mousse T." australian-charts.com. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- "Horny '98" certification and "Right About Now": Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 195.
- ^ "Discografie Mousse T." dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Mousse T | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "British single certifications – Mousse T vs Hot & Juicy – Horny". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Tom Jones; 'Sexbomb')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "British single certifications – Tom Jones & Mousse T – Sex Bomb". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Austrian single certifications – Tom Jones – Sexbomb" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Tom Jones; 'Sex Bomb')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
External links Edit
- Official website (in German and English)
- Mousse T. discography at Discogs