Old-school freestylin' DJ Tony Moran is tearing up today's circuit scene. In 2003, Tony headlined eight major events including the Memorial Day "Allegria" party in New York City, the "Dancing On the Bay" and Labor Day "Zenith" parties on Fire Island, "Soakin' Wet" in New York, "Black and Blue" in Montreal, "The Hell Ball" in San Francisco, "Southern Decadance" in New Orleans and "White Party: Seaquarium" in Miami. He's released four compilation albums from Centaur Entertainment - "Global Groove: House", "Global Groove: A Deeper Heart", "Party Groove: Hotlanta", and "Maze: Miami Beach." He also wrote the score for the independent film "Circuit." Now, along with continuing his nationwide touring schedule, Tony is releasing his latest compilation disc, also from Centaur, "Global Groove: Clubland 2".
Tony Moran's career began in 1981 when he and friend Albert Cabrera teamed to create a whole new step in the record making process. Together they were The Latin Rascals, whose re-edited versions of hit songs spliced together enjoyed major air-play on New York dance radio WKTU's popular mix show. The radio exposure led to a deal from Shakedown Studios who hired the duo to restructure popular hit radio songs into viable dance club hits. Shortly thereafter, they were contracted by another studio, Fever Records, to write and produce a song for one of their new acts, The Cover Girls. The result was "Show Me", a song that not only became Tony Moran's first Top 40 gold record but also helped to usher in the Freestyle era of music. This opened the doors for new artists including TKA, Safire ("Boy I've Been Told"), and Lisette Melendez ("Together Forever"), all of whom benefited from the skillful hands of Moran and Cabrera.
Tony Moran credits his freestyle background for the pop sensibility he incorporates into his music today. "Playing music that generates a feel-good energy is what I love about being a DJ/mix master," explains Tony. He eschews the strict underground house mentality preferred by many of his contemporaries and instead prefers to impart his remixes and productions with a hook laden commercial appeal that is both radio friendly and dance floor ready. Tony measures a successful dance floor with the number of hands in the air, dancing and singing along. "
Dance music is where my heart is. Over the last year I've worked on developing dance music that is also pop music. Working with artists like Donna Summer (Universal Music), Kevin Aviance (Emerge Records) and Becky Baeling (Universal Music) has been really exciting for me."
In addition, Tony is currently working on remixes of Beyonce's Knowles "Me , Myself and I" (Sony Music), Kristine W's "I'll Be Your Light" (Tommy Boy), Donna Summer's "You're So Beautiful", and two of his own songs: "The Promise" (2004 Mix Remixed by Tony Moran and Warren Rigg) and "If You Leave" (2004 Mix Remixed by Tony Moran and Mac Quayle).
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