Releasing his first track back in 1995, veteran German techno producer Timo Maas can look back on a long and successful music career to date. Releasing music also under aliases such as Orinoko and Mad Dogs, Timo’s earliest breakthrough tracks still sound futuristic and unique today and his recent releases are no different. His "Mutant Clan" collaboration with Italian producer Santos delivered some amazing tracks and gave birth to the Rockets & Ponies label. In previous projects Timo has worked with pop artists such as Kelis, Neneh Cherry and Brian Molko who appeared on his albums. As a DJ, Maas held residency at several well know clubs (including Twilo in New York) and mixed the 17th installment of the massive Balance series. If you're looking for the Maas effect in your own tracks, head over to Loopmasters for his exclusive sample pack. Reckon to hear more from him in the near future. "I'm only 41 - there's loads more music to write and play."
Timo Maas and Rockets & Ponies have teamed up with SAE Institute, Native Instruments, AiAiAi and Soundcloud to launch a remix competition for the track "Cash Johnny".
"This is a huge opportunity for any aspiring artist who wants to up their productions skills at the amazing SAE Institute facilities, launch their career with a commercial release on Rockets & Ponies featuring along Alan Fitzpatrick and Christian Prommer and take home some fantastic prizes worth a total of nearly 6000 GBP."
Deadline for submissions 1st August 2011.
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