Tony Humphries

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For Sure 00:00 Tools
Work is Work - Her Wet Shoes 13:53 Tools
Work Is Work (Her Wet Shoes) 13:53 Tools
Fabric 04 07:08 Tools
dj fudge - tafina 13:53 Tools
Partial Arts - Canopy 13:53 Tools
Yukihiro Fukutomi - Play Back 00:00 Tools
Charlie Sez - Original Mix 10:37 Tools
Ad Finem - If You Fall 03:24 Tools
Floppy Sounds - Late Night 00:00 Tools
Projections - Kingsburg 00:00 Tools
Bertrand Burgalat - Sunshine Yellow 04:56 Tools
dub taylor - i can't (you know) 04:55 Tools
Soldiers of Twilight - Believe 04:55 Tools
Lovebirds (Feat. Marie Tweek Of The Rurals) - Lovebirds 04:55 Tools
Jazztronik - Zoology (Su-Paka-Pooh mix) 10:37 Tools
Tony Humphries Strictly Rhythm Mix - Full Length DJ Mix 10:37 Tools
soldiers of twilight - drive on 10:37 Tools
BIS #764 Part 1 with Tony Humphries 10:37 Tools
Mimmo M (Feat. Sandy) - I Miss You (Jazz To Face Mix) 04:03 Tools
Change for Yourself 03:23 Tools
Househedz Presents Jacque - How Does It Feel? (U.C. Vocal Mix) 04:03 Tools
Leash Called Love (feat. The Sugarcubes) 04:03 Tools
Oh Adam (Original Mix) 04:03 Tools
Life is Changing Me 14:18 Tools
Canopy 05:10 Tools
Oh Adam 05:10 Tools
The Tony Humphries Strictly Rhythm Mix Volume 2 - Full Length Mix by Tony Humphries 11:43 Tools
1. Lovebirds ft Marie Tweek of the Rurals - Lovebirds 11:43 Tools
Play Back 04:00 Tools
2. DJ Fudge - Tafina 11:43 Tools
11. Soldiers of Twilight - Believe 07:07 Tools
13. Projections - Kingsburg 07:07 Tools
8. Dub Taylor - I Can't (You Know) 05:10 Tools
If You Fall 03:24 Tools
Tafina 07:13 Tools
9. Mimmo M ft. Sandy - I Miss You (Jazz to Face mix) 05:10 Tools
Work Is Work - Her Church Shoes Instrumental 14:18 Tools
Lovebirds 06:49 Tools
5. Ad Finem - If You Fall 03:23 Tools
Feel The Light 04:00 Tools
Soldiers Of Twilight - Drive On (extended mix) 03:23 Tools
Tony Humphries Strictly Rhythm Mix (Full Length DJ Mix) 10:46 Tools
7. Floppy Sounds - Late Night 04:00 Tools
KissMastermixDanceParty032192a 03:23 Tools
6. Soldiers of Twilight - Drive On (Extended mix) 10:46 Tools
3. Partial Arts - Canopy 10:46 Tools
14. Jazztronik - Zoology (Su-Paka-Pooh mix) 07:11 Tools
TONY HUMPHRIES 03.22.06 Magic 14:18 Tools
Late Night 05:30 Tools
Work Is Work (Her Church Shoes) 05:30 Tools
Southport Weekender, Vol. 4 Continuous DJ Mix - Tony Humphries Mix 05:49 Tools
12. Bertrand Burgalat - Sunshine Yellow 07:11 Tools
Running Back Mastermix: Tony Humphries (Continuous DJ Mix) 05:30 Tools
Work is Work - Her Church Shoes 05:49 Tools
4. Yukihiro Fukutomi - Play Back 07:11 Tools
Believe 05:30 Tools
Kingsburg 05:30 Tools
BeatsInSpace-01.13.15 Part1 with Tony Humphries 07:11 Tools
Charlie Sez 07:11 Tools
10. Househedz presents Jacque - How does it feel (U.C. Vocal mix) 07:11 Tools
I Can't (You Know) 05:48 Tools
The Tony Humphries Strictly Rhythm Mix Volume 2 (Full Length Mix by Tony Humphries) 11:52 Tools
Tony Humphries Strictly Rhythm Mix 11:52 Tools
Sunshine yellow 05:49 Tools
jazztronik - zoology 11:52 Tools
Lovebirds ft Marie Tweek of the Rurals - Lovebirds 05:49 Tools
Lovebirds (performed by Lovebirds / Marie Tweek) 05:49 Tools
I can't (you know) (performed by Dub Taylor) 05:49 Tools
Flytrap '72 05:49 Tools
Canopy (performed by Partial Arts) 05:49 Tools
Mimmo M ft. Sandy - I Miss You (Jazz to Face mix) 05:49 Tools
KissMastermixDanceParty032192b 05:49 Tools
Househedz presents Jacque - How does it feel (U.C. Vocal mix) 05:49 Tools
Running Back Mastermix: Tony Humphries - Continuous DJ Mix 05:49 Tools
Drive On (Extended Mix) 05:49 Tools
Play back (performed by Yukihiro Fukutomi) 05:49 Tools
Tony Humphries Mastermix 05:49 Tools
Lovebirds - Lovebirds 05:49 Tools
work is work 05:49 Tools
Believe (performed by Soldiers Of Twilight) 05:49 Tools
Charlie Sez (Original Mix) 05:49 Tools
Zoology- Jazztronik 05:49 Tools
I Miss You (Air-Knee's Jazz To Face Mix) 05:49 Tools
NY KISS FM Mastermix 05:49 Tools
Drive On 05:47 Tools
Bounce with Me 05:49 Tools
Tafina (performed by DJ Fudge) 05:49 Tools
Drive on (extended mix) (performed by Soldiers Of Twilight) 05:49 Tools
How does it feel (performed by Househedz / Jacque) 05:49 Tools
Lovebirds & Marie Tweek - Lovebirds 05:49 Tools
Tony Humphries - KISS Mastermix Dance Party, NY - 26-08-1988 05:49 Tools
Sunshine yellow (performed by Bertrand Burgalat) 05:49 Tools
Tony Humphries Back to Zanzibar Remix - Continuous DJ Mix 05:47 Tools
Zoology (Su-Paka-Pooh Mix) 05:47 Tools
I miss you (Mimmo M / Sandy) 05:49 Tools
How Does It Feel? (U.C. Vocal Mix) 05:49 Tools
Work Is Work (Her Church Shoes Instrumental) 05:49 Tools
Late night (performed by Floppy Sounds) 05:49 Tools
If you fall (performed by Ad Finem) 05:49 Tools
Kingsburg (performed by Projections) 05:49 Tools
I Cant (You Know) - Dun Taylor 05:47 Tools
Zoology (performed by Jazztronik) 05:49 Tools
Running Back Mastermix (continuous DJ mix) 05:49 Tools
Mix the Vibe Tony Humphries - Continuous Mix 05:47 Tools
Back to Zanzibar [King Street Mix] 05:47 Tools
03. partial arts - canopy 05:47 Tools
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When thinking about Tony Humphries, you might be minded of his epic stint at KISS FM as one of its greatest Mastermixers; or of his residency at one of the greatest US clubs, The Zanzibar; or, even, the walls that are lined with gold discs, from Indeep to Janet Jackson; or even his legendary eclecticism. Tony is all of those things and more. But then, there’s the Tony of today, restless, questing, searching for new challenges. Which is pretty much how Tony has always been. Few people realise just how deeply steeped in performing Tony Humphries’ family is. His father, Rene Grand, an émigré from Colombia in the 1950s, was a prominent bandleader in New York, alongside peers like Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri. Plus he has a raft of cousins, uncles and aunts who have forged a career in the performing arts. Tony was born to it. Tony Humphries has been DJing nearly 35 years, an incredible achievement that in any other industry would have been rewarded with a carriage clock or service medal. His big break came through a chance meeting with Mastermixer Shep Pettibone at the offices of Prelude Records. Tony handed the maestro a tape and the rest is history. Humphries’ star rose as his KISS FM show (and later HOT 97) lasted for decades. Although Humphries was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, he has long been associated with New Jersey and the reason for that is his long-held residency at Club Zanzibar in Newark that began in 1982. Zanzibar became synonymous with a new soulful electronic sound, labelled the Jersey sound, but with Tony’s hands at the tiller it was a vastly more varied menu than that suggests. “It wasn’t like going to a house club, everything was intertwined,” explains Tony. “The hours were long, so obviously you didn’t want to hear ten hours of straight house music. If you’re going to pay $15-20 to hear this guy, you want to hear the whole damn spectrum. You had to come with everything possible. Talking Heads and The B-52s don’t sound like Zanzibar/Garage records, but they were. I think that’s what the Zanzibar’s appeal was.” Although Tony is often seen more as a DJ than a remixer, his forays into the studio have always been productive. His remix of Mtume’s ‘Juicy Fruit’ has been sampled on several big hip hop and R&B hits and Fresh Band’s ‘Come Back Lover’ is rightly regarded as one of the best disco songs of the 1980s. He has gone on to remix scores of artists from Soul II Soul to Janet Jackson (which earned him a gold disc). Poignantly, Tony was enticed back into the studio in 2013 by Frankie Knuckles who asked Tony to do a swap mix for a track he’d been working on. As Frankie told Tony, “You’re a great remixer. I just thought folks needed to be reminded.” His reputation in Europe, established via illegally copied tapes of his KISS shows, grew hugely after successful jaunts to influential parties like Danny Rampling’s Shoom & Norman Jay’s High On Hope in London. He was coaxed back to Europe in the early ’90s for residencies at both Ministry of Sound in London and Echoes in Rimini on the Italian Riviera. Tony’s first label venture Yellorange was launched in 1998 and ran the gamut of styles, from the soulful vocals of Mel’isa Morgan, Miguel Plansencia’s Afro-Cuban flavors, through to Soweto Funk’s Italo-grooves. His latest venture, Tony Records is, “showcasing younger artists and producers doing soulful music in a modern form.” Check Tony’s own recent release Housework EP, which fuses blues, gospel and worksongs into a brilliantly contemporary setting (or even his new mix compilation with DJ Spen, Quintessentials, demonstrating his expansive style). In 2009, Body & Soul promoter John Davis brought Tony together with ‘Little’ Louie Vega and David Morales for a ten-hour session at New York’s Webster Hall that was appropriately dubbed the Kings of House. Little did any of them anticipate the success that this would be, turning into a worldwide phenomenon that has straddled continents and cities, as well as regular trips to the likes of Pacha Ibiza. What strikes anyone when meeting Tony Humphries is not what he’s done or where he’s been, but where he’s going. ““Growing up in Boston, our biggest influence was the New York house scene and no one embodies this spirit more than Tony Humphries,” explains Soul Clap’s Eli Goldstein. “For us, the gospel, deep, tribal sound he created at his Zanzibar residency reached us through the many remixes and tracks named after the legendary club. We finally had the honor of opening for Tony this year and we were blown away by his ability to represent the old, while pushing a unique, modern house sound. There is clearly only one Tony Humphries!” Amen to that. Tony Humphries Official Website: http://www.tonyhumphries.com Artist Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TonyHumphriesOfficial Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyHumphries Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.