Guest
Thomas Brückner (12 June 1975 – 15 July 2024), known by his stage name Tomcraft, was a German DJ and producer. He specialized in progressive house and progressive trance music and is better known for having created the tracks “Loneliness“ and “Prosac“, working alongside Eniac. In 2002, Tomcraft released “Loneliness“, a progressive vocal track that topped the chart in the United Kingdom in May 2003. His DJ career was greatly boosted by this success, and Tomcraft released several club tracks, including Prozac and Overdose, with regular singles releases as well as four albums released across six years. He also worked regularly with English DJ/producer Tim Healey (formerly known as 'Coburn'). Over the years he also collaborated with artists such as Jimmy Pop (Bloodhound Gang's singer), the German Xavier Naidoo, America's Tommie Sunshine and local rapper Sido. He set about building his reputation in the underground scene with the launch of Great Stuff and subsequent signings of such a talents as Lutzenkirchen, Coburn, Oliver Koletzki, The Egg and Ramon Tapia. Other musical highlights over the years included playing to 1.3 million people at Berlin’s Love Parade in 2003, Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival, festivals in Brazil, and clubs in Singapore, Tokyo, Los Angeles, São Paulo, Rio, Cape Town, San Francisco, and several European cities. Tomcraft died on 15 July 2024, at the age of 49.
