Place of Birth: Selfmade
Main Influences: Den Haag, Chicago, Detroit, Rome
In the summer of love TLR started playing hardcore
punk at parties in a local youth home that was closed when asbestos was
found seeping through the pores. In 1996 he co-founded Global Darkness
and became involved in organising underground Jungle parties in the totally
freaked out and fucked up squat scene of the West Coast of Holland area;
filled with fundamentalists, attention junkies, substance abusers, genetic
experiments gone wrong and legions of crustie tekno travellers (like SP23)
looking for an easy buck in the flower industry and an escape from the
1994 Criminal Justice Act.
In the late 90´s - when Jungle had died a horrible death in Drum
& Bass - the first wave of The Hague electronics hit him like a brick
when Guy Tavares of Unit Moebius gave him some records of I-F, Pametex
and Electronome after a gig. Their tense and dangerous style was far removed
from the mind numbing lifestyle crap that dominates the airwaves and refueled
a love for electro in him that had been dormant since the mid 80's. When
introduced to the hidden treasures in the Clone recordshop (then housed
in a small and dark backroom of Rotterdam´s Urban Unit) matters
really got out of hand.
In 1998 the Bunker label rose from its own ashes.
Soon after the original Global Darkness crew went separate ways. He designed
the skeleton for www.bunker-records.com
and started www.globaldarkness.com,
which silently grew into one of the most consistent electro/disco communities
on the Internet. In 2000 TLR and fellow dirty brown loser DJ Schmerzlabor
pulled the Bunker Records Dirty Brown World Tour out of their hats and
invited Legowelt & Orgue Electronique (at that time one of the few
Bunker live acts) along to spread the dirty brown gospel.
The Bunker Team was a fact and he slowly rediscovered the Freewave pirate
radio Italo/disco sounds of his childhood through the mixes of I-F and
sunday afternoon tea sessions in the shady apartments of Legowelt and
Orgue Electronique. It didn't take long before the Bunker Team's myth
of grandeur became a reality, and they've been touring ever since.
The end of 2001 saw the birth of the Crème
Organization. What started out as a little playground for Mr Clavio
soon grew to more serious proportions with consecutive releases of Lolita
Strap, Bangkok Impact and It & My Computer. Crème Organization
has been releasing on a rigorous schedule and quickly gained a cult following.
The following years shit got a little crazy for Crème and the Bunker
Team with several coast to coast US and Canadian tours, a bunch of Japanese
tours, nonstop travel around Europe and an upcoming Australian stint.
Listen: DJ
TLR Mixes • DJ
TLR @ VPRO 3voor12 - NL
Contact
booking~AT~globaldarkness.com
(Change the ~AT~ into @)
TLR @ Fuse-In Detroit 2005. Photo ©
2005 Sophia Verdant
Playlist
| 2005
05-01-05 NYC / USA
06-01-05 Cleveland / USA
07-01-05 Oslo / Detroit / USA
08-01-05 Minneapolis / USA
09-01-05 Lawrence Kansas / USA
11-01-05 Chicago / USA
13-01-05 Dallas / USA
14-01-05 Houston / USA
15-01-05 Austin / USA
20-01-05 Kaaiman / Antwerp / BE
22-01-05 Lille / FR
29-01-05 Breda / NL
05-02-05 LVC / Leiden / NL
04-03-05 Groenlo / NL
12-03-05 Squadron / Malta
19-03-05 Kortijk / BE
24-03-05 Juno Bar / London / UK
01-04-05 Liege / BE
02-04-05 Dystopia / Den Haag / NL
09-04-05 Rubble! / Madrid / SP
15-04-05 Nouveau Casino / Paris / FR
16-04-05 Plug / Bordeaux / FR
23-04-05 Tivoli / Utrecht / NL
06-05-04 Kortijk / BE
07-05-05 Theater Kikker / Utrecht / NL
14-05-05 QMU / Glasgow / SC
21-05-05 Paard Cafe / Den Haag / NL
21-05-05 Dystopia / Den Haag / NL
29-05-05 Fuse-In - Musiclogical / Detroit / USA
29-05-05 Fuse-In - Oslo / Detroit / USA
30-05-05 Some bar / Detroit / USA
03-06-05 LVC / Leiden / NL
04-06-05 Occi / Amsterdam / NL
10-06-05 Radio Centraal / Antwerp / BE
10-06-05 Kortrijk / BE
11-06-05 Stubnitz / Rotterdam / NL
18-06-05 Radio Urgent / Gent / BE
18-06-05 Gent / BE
23-06-05 Salacel / Girona / SP
25-06-05 Radio Kink FM / NL
30-06-05 Madrid / SP tbc
08-07-05 Rechter / Eindhoven / NL
16-07-05 Babylon / Woerden / NL
28-07-05 Second Street Jazz / LA / USA
30-07-05 Kingman's Lucky Lounge / Oakland / USA
05-08-05
Plock 2005 / Plock / PL
13-08-05 Dystopia / Den Haag NL
27-08-05 X-Rated / Amsterdam / NL
09-09-05 Dublin / Ireland
10-09-05 LVC / Leiden / NL
14-09-05 Shibuya FM / Tokyo / JAP
16-09-05 Crust / Osaka / JAP
17-09-05 JJJ's Mix UP Radio / AUS
17-09-05 Daughter / Nagoya / JAP
18-09-05 Module / Tokyo / JAP
23-09-05 Honkey Tonks / Melbourne / AUS
30-09-05 B*E*E*F / Sydney / AUS
02-10-05 Sydney / AUS
15-10-05 X-Rated / Amsterdam / NL
29-10-05 Quichotte / Utrecht / NL
19-11-05 Dystopia / Den Haag / NL
25-11-05 Le Zoo / Geneva / CH
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2004
03-01-2004 LVC / Leiden / NL
10-01-2004 Goudvishal / Arnhem / NL
17-01-2004 Effenaar / Eindhoven / NL
29-01-2004 Shibuya FM / Tokyo / JAP
30-01-2004 Club Core / Tokyo / JAP
05-02-2004 Fab Space / Hyjemi / JAP
06-02-2004 Crust / Osaka / JAP
08-02-2004 Tokyo / JAP
27-02-2004 Tryptique / Paris / FRA
28-02-2004 Studio Brussel / Brussel / BE
28-02-2004 Kaaiman / Antwerp / BE
05-03-2004 Puddingfabriek / Groningen / NL
06-02-2004 W2 / Den Bosch / NL
11-03-2004 Atak / Enschede / NL
20-03-2004 The Church / Glasgow / UK
09-04-2004 Breendonk / BE
23-04-2004 Club Le Fonque / Stuttgart / DE
24-04-2004 Munich / DE
30-04-2004 333 Club / London / UK
01-05-2004 Silo / Leuven / BE
19-05-2004 Workstation / Insbruck / AU
22-05-2004 Transeurope express / Cargo / London / UK
28-05-2004 Shibuya FM / Tokyo / JAP
29-05-2004 Sputnik Bar / Tokyo / JAP
02-06-2004 Metro / Kyoto / JAP
04-06-2004 Crust / Osaka / JAP
05-06-2004 Nagoya / JAP
06-06-2004 Tokyo / JAP
20-07-2004 Wire 04 / Yokohama / JAP
31-07-2004 Le Gazon / Brussels / BE
28-08-2004 Kink FM / NL
02-10-2004 St Niklaas / BE
03-10-2004 De WW / Leiden / NL
15-10-2004 Paard / Den Haag / NL
16-10-2004 Wilhelmina Pakhuis / Amsterdam / NL
29-10-2004 School of the Arts / Glasgow / UK
05-11-2004 Hotel Shanghai / Essen / DE
12-11-2004 Antwerp Centraal / Antwerp / BE
13-11-2004 De Rechter / Eindhoven / NL
26-11-2004 Module / Tokyo / JAP
28-11-2004 Naked / Shimane / JAP
29-11-2004 Shimane / JAP
30-11-2004 Comune / Hiroshima / JAP
01-12-2004 Noon / Osaka / JAP
02-12-2004 King Bee / Himeji / JAP
03-12-2004 Depth / Sendai / JAP
05-12-2004 Uplink Factory / Tokyo / JAP
11-12-2004 Club Auf / Istanbul / TUR
17-12-2004 Recyclart / Bruxelles / BE
18-12-2004 Zuidwal / Den Haag / NL
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2003
18-01-2003 Melkweg / Amsterdam / NL
24-01-2003 Het Salon / Antwerp / BE
25-01-2003 Leyedaele / Wevelgem / BE
31-01-2003 Nitsa / Barcelona / SP
07-02-2003 Ehewerk / Berlin / DE
13-02-2003 Erlangen / DE
14-02-2003 Club Le Fonque / Stuttgart / DE
21-02-2003 Simplon / Groningen / NL
02-03-2003 Glasgow / UK (canceled)
07-03-2003 Radio Centraal / Antwerp / BE
21-03-2003 Mothership / Nuernberg / DE
28-03-2003 London / UK
05-04-2003 Istanbul / TUR
10-04-2003 Vice UK Party / London / UK
11-04-2003 Mau Mau / Brighton / UK
17-04-2003 Radio Centraal Antwerp / BE
23-04-2003 Pianos / NYC / USA
25-04-2003 Rex Theater / Pittsburgh / USA
26-04-2003 Touch Supper Club / Cleveland / USA
27-04-2003 Empty Bottle / Chicago / USA
30-04-2003 Noise Lab / Seattle / USA
01-05-2003 Blackbird / Portland, OR / USA
02-05-2003 Obscura Digital / SF / USA
05-05-2003 Knitting Factory / LA / USA
06-05-2003 Los Angeles / USA
08-05-2003 Sin 13 / San Antonio / USA
09-05-2003 The Elysium / Austin / USA
10-05-2003 Mermaid Lounge / New Orleans / USA (canceled)
11-05-2003 Soho Lounge / Miami / USA (canceled)
12-05-2003 Eastside Lounge / Atlanta / USA
13-05-2003 Highlight / Chappel Hill / North Carolina / USA
14-05-2003 Heaven and Hell / Washinton DC / USA
16-05-2003 Tribeca Grand / NYC / USA
23-05-2003 Worldwide Video Festival / Melkweg / Amsterdam / NL
24-05-2003 Scheldapen / Antwerp / BE
28-05-2003 Frankfurt / DE (canceled)
29-05-2033 Rote Fabrik / Zurich / CH
06-06-2003 Radio Centraal / Antwerp / BE
13-06-2003 U60311 / Frankfurt / DE
20-06-2003 Club Lefonque / Stuttgart / DE
21-06-2003 Lindau / South Germany
26-06-2003 Radio / Lausane / CH
27-06-2003 Zoo L'usine / Geneva / CH
28-06-2003 Illegal Party / Zurich / CH
28-06-2003 Freiburg / DE (Canceled)
05-07-2003 Awakenings / Spaarnwoude / NL
12-07-2003 Jeugdhuis X / Hoeselt / BE
18-07-2003 Kaaiman / Antwerp / BE
26-07-2003 Lasal / Mataro / ES
02-08-2003 Loft / Barcelona / ES
08-08-2003 Clubland / Antwerp / BE
15-08-2003 Flexx Private Party / Turnhout / BE
29-08-2003 Lazerdance / Ghent / BE
12-09-2003 Paard / Den Haag / NL
13-09-2003 London / UK
27-09-2003 Batofar / Paris / FR
03-10-2003 Expo 2003 / Hanover / DE
04-10-2003 Rumrock / Rumbeke / BE
01-11-2003 Mirano / Brussels / BE
02-11-2003 Kortrijk / BE
14-11-2003 Galerie Niggendijker / Groningen / NL
29-11-2003 Chroma / Athens / GR
05-12-2003 333 Club / London / UK
13-12-2003 Zuidwal / Den Haag / NL
26-12-2003 Nightown / Rotterdam / NL
27-12-2003 Salon / Antwerp / BE
31-12-2003 Private Party / Antwerp / BE
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2002
17-01-2002 Erste Liga / Munich / DE
18-01-2002 Expanded Media Festival / Stuttgart / DE
17-02-2002 Transmediale Festival / Berlin / DE
08-03-2002 Sugardaddy's / Binghamton NY / USA
20-03-2002 Tribeca Grand / NYC / USA
25-03-2001 Zen Lounge / Toronto / CAN
26-04-2002 Recyclart / Brussels / BE
17-05-2002 Brecht's Party Palace / Oekene / BE
18-05-2002 Kortrijk / BE
19-05-2002 Het Salon / Antwerp / BE
23-05-2002 Club Rage / Rotterdam / NL
25-05-2002 Zuidwal / Den Haag / NL
07-06-2002 Haywire Sessions / London / UK
12-06-2002 Unitas / Wageningen / NL
22-06-2002 Bootleg cafe / Rotterdam / NL
28-06-2002 Bruxelles / BE
23-08-2002 Zoo l'usine / Geneve / CH
06-09-2002 Stubnitz / Brugges / BE
12-09-2002 Pats In The Flats / Cleveland / USA
13-09-2002 Empty Bottle / Chicago / USA
14-09-2002 Detroit Art Space / Detroit / USA
15-09-2002 Lager House / Detroit / USA
18-09-2002 Luxx / Brooklyn NYC / USA
20-09-2002 Mocking Bird / Toronto / CAN
28-09-2002 Club Nasti / Madrid / SP
12-10-2002 Ostgut (Panoramabar) / Berlin / DE
19-10-2002 Zuidwal / Den Haag / NL
26-10-2002 Theater Kikker / Utrecht / NL
07-11-2002 Koolaid / Gothenburg / SW
10-11-2002 Elektråd / Gothenburg / SW
23-11-2002 Waterfront / Rotterdam / / NL
30-11-2002 Amuse / Amsterdam / NL
07-12-2002 Bazart / Den Haag / NL
12-12-2002 220Volt / Eindhoven / NL
28-12-2002 Nitsa / Barcelona / SP
31-12-2002 KGB / Barcelona / SP
2001
19-01-2001 Blauer Salon / Augsburg / DE
26-01-2001 Paard (Jetlag Lounge) / Den Haag / NL
27-01-2001 Filmhuis / Delft / NL
15-02-2001 Radio 100 / Amsterdam / NL
02-03-2001 Catacombes / Roeselare / BE
17-03-2001 Waterfront / Rotterdam / NL
24-03-2001 Loft / Villevoorde - Brussels / BE
02-05-2001 Vaaghuyzen / Amsterdam / NL
03-05-2001 Zuidwal / Den Haag / NL
05-05-2001 Koornbeurs / Delft / NL
20-05-2001 Virus Festival / Eindhoven / NL
02-06-2001 Catacomben / Den Haag / NL
30-06-2001 House Torhout / Torhout / BE
01-07-2001 Metropolis Festival / Rotterdam / NL
03-08-2001 Kaaiman / Antwerp / BE
08-09-2001 Zuidwal / Den Haag / NL
15-09-2001 Toulouse / FR
16-09-2001 Toulouse / FR
25-09-2001 Radio Tonka / Den Haag / NL
09-10-2001 Mexico-City / MEX (Canceled due to Sept 11-2001)
26-10-2001 Batofar / Paris / FR
27-10-2001 L’imprimerie / Paris / FR
02-11-2001 Catacombes / Roeselare / BE
10-11-2001 LVP / Leiden / NL
24-11-2001 Klokhuis / Hamme / BE
01-12-2001 Burgerweeshuis / Deventer / NL
08-12-2001 Doornroosje / Nijmegen / NL
12-12-2001 Henriksberg / Gothenborg / SW
14-12-2001 Sika Mekanika / Oslo / NOR
15-12-2001 Blitz / Oslo / NOR
21-12-2001 So What / Gouda / NL
22-12-2001 Paard / Den Haag / NL
29-12-2002 Zuidwal / Den Haag / NL
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Various radio appearances
in Holland (Vpro, Kink FM), Belgium (Studio Brussel, Antwerpen Centraal,
Urgent), Germany, Switzerland, Spain (M80), Australia (Kiss FM, Triple
J) and Japan (Shibuya FM).
Festivals: Fuse in Detroit - DEMF 2005
(Detroit, USA), Plock 2005 (Poland), Wire 04 Japan (with Legowelt), Transeurope
Express 2004 (UK), Artfundum 2004 (BE), Worldwide Videofestival Amsterdam
2003 (NL), Awakenings 2003 (NL), Expo 2003 (DE), Rumrock 2003 (BE), Clubland
2003 (BE), Transmediale 2003 & 2002 (DE), House Torhout 2001 (BE),
Metropolis 2001 (NL), Virus 2001 (NL)
Discography:
Mr Clavio - Call me mr falcon 12" (with Danny Blanco 2001)
Mr Clavio - Tsjupa Tsjupa (on v/ Are we too late for the Trend LP)
Mr Clavio - Tsjupa Tsjupa (on v/ You Bet We've Got Something Personal
Against You Mix CD)
Mr Clavio - Vinex Deathwish (on v/ Holland Ferox LP)
DJ TLR - You Bet We've Got Something Personal Against You! Mix CD
Crème Organization Discography:
Crème Organization
Crème 12-01 - Mr. Clavio - Call Me Mr Falcon 12"
Crème 12-02 - Lolita Sträp - My Dance 12"
Crème 12-03 - Bangkok Impact - Aspirin 12"
Crème 12-03R - Bangkok Impact - Junge Dame Remixes EP
Crème 12-04 - It & My Computer - Sur Une Cigarette 12"
Crème 12-05 - Polarius - Journey To A Land 12" EP
Crème 12-06 - Dan Physics - Cannot Find The Words 12"
Crème 12-07 - Monkey Chop - White Loafers Boulevard 12"
Crème 12-08 - Bangkok Impact - Masters of the Universe 12"
EP
Crème 12-09 - Polarius - Winter In Polarius EP
Crème 12-11 - Raheem Hershell - Gotta Have the Pokey LP
Crème 12-12 - Porn Darsteller - Pardon Des Offences EP
Crème 12-13 - Legowelt - Under The Panda Moon EP
Crème 12-14 - Orgue Electronique - Texas, Brooklyn, Heaven EP
Crème 12-15 - Francesco Clemente - Suoni Dalle Ombre Oltre EP
Crème 12-16 - Pussycat - Pussycat 12"
Crème 12-17 - Nami Shimada - Sunshower EP
Crème 12-18 - Bangkok Impact - Do It 12"
Crème 12-20 - Rude 66 - Black Sabath EP
Crème 12-21 - Bangkok Impact - Taboo 12"
Crème 10-01 - Keyo Laboratories 10" EP
Crème Eclipse 01 - The Omni Incentive - 6 Track
EP
Crème Eclipse 02 - Kassen - Coaster - 5 Track EP
Crème Eclipse 03 - Beta Evers - Confusion - 5 Track EP
Crème Eclipse 04 - James White - Ellis Island - 5 Track EP
Crème LP-01 - Bangkok Impact - Traveller 2LP
Crème LP-02 - Legowelt - Reports from the Backseat Pimp LP
Crème LP-03 - Various Artists - Are We Too Late For the Trend?
EP
Crème LP-04 - Various Artists - You Bet We've Got Something Personal
Against You 2LP
Crème LP-05 - David Kristian - The City With No Windows/La Derniere
Voix OST LP
Crème Bunker Nippon 001 - Various Artists - Holland
Ferox LP
Crème CD-01 - Bangkok Impact - Traveller CD
Crème CD-02 - Various Artists - You Bet We've Got Something Personal
Against You 2CD
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