DJ Wrongtom
Encyclopedia
DJ Thomas Wrongtom is an English DJ
and record producer from South London
. He is most famous for being the in-house remix
er and tour DJ for indie rock
band Hard-Fi
.
and hip hop
, whilst the majority of people his age were into pop music
. He grew up in the outskirts of London
. He originally wanted to be a film maker, but one day he joined a band as a teenager "for a laugh". After the band separated, Tom started to interest himself in Latin percussion and began collecting lots of musical equipment.
He began trying to develop a genre of his own but now instead takes influence from genres such as punk
, Hip Hop
, reggae
, garage
and synth-pop and then mashes it all up to make music which has been described as sounding like early stones if they had samplers, or Ian Dury Jamming with Smiley Culture after listening to the entire 2 tone catalogue. He also has a reggae side project Stoneleigh Mountain Rockers and his free jazz collective the Devotional Ensemble. Oddly he considers himself more of a music lover than a musician. While all this was going on Tom was also busy DJing. Tom is a fan of the actress Phoebe Cates
and is a tea enthusiast.
He has a studio called the "Correctional Facility".
Tom is not a t-total.
In September 2007, due to a Wikipedia
article, there was speculation that Wrongtom had died in a car accident, however, he made it clear on the Hard-Fi
Official Forum as well as his own website that he was not dead.
Mr Trick & Wrongtom (on your radio)
Hard-Fi “Suburban Knights” (Atlantic) (Additional Production)
Dj Wrongtom “Cassetiquette” (Casseticuts) (Engineer, Production & Dj Mix)
Hard-Fi “In Operation” (Atlantic) (Various Additional Production & Dj Mix)
Wrongtom “Wrongtom EP” (Us Vs Them) (All, Instruments, Engineer & Production)
Resuss Kid “Paralax EP” (Halflife) (Assistant Production on “Slow”)
Groundforce “Every Friday Night” (Halflife) (Engineer & Co Production)
Appleseed “Pimpin In São Paulo EP” (Kingsize) (Co Production on “Harlem”)
Hightower Set “Listen To My Funk EP ” (Black On Black) (As Percussionist On “Escuchi My Funk”)
Avenue A “Sinners EP” (Kingsize) (As Percussionist on “Theme From The Sinners”)
Cassetiquette (Feb 2007)
Correct Techniques part 1: Stalag (Dec 2006)
Vietnang (Oct 2006)
Baltimore/Brixton/Brazil mini-mix (August 2006)
Xfm Superchunk (June 2006)
Hometown Hi-Fi (Free with Mixmag) (June 2006)
The Intermission (Live @ Brixton Academy) (May 2006)
Hard-Fi
“CCTVersions
” (May 2006)
Pop Your Synth (March 2006)
Xfm Rinse Mix (Dec 2005)
Hard-Fi vs Wrongtom (March 2005)
Prince 7mins mix (2005)
New Jack Mashup for Ebru Ercon’s autumn/winter 05 collection (Feb 2005)
Dub Mashup for Ebru Ercon’s spring/summer 05 collection (Sep 2004)
Wreckless Deck Retardo (July 2004)
The Cockney Mix (August 2003)
Odd Nosdam “The Kill Tone Two (Wrongtom Kills Two Tone)” (TBC)
The Nextmen ft Niney “Let It Be (The Wrongtom Technique)” (Antidote)
Hard-Fi “Can’t Get A Dub (Without Wrongtom)” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “We Need Dub (Wrongtom Inna West London Style)” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Suburban Knights (Dj Wrongtom’s Delight)” (Atlantic)
Phantom “Rockabilly Vampires (Wrongtom Meets Nosferatu Inna Murderland)” (Demon)
The Ripps “Holiday (Wrongtom 18-30 Version)” (Catskills)
Jay Bharadia “Snowy Day (Wrongtom SMR Version)” (Lumenessence)
Dr Rubberfunk “Theme for a Latter Day Lathario (Wrongtom 85 Lovers Mix)” (GPS)
Legs On Sale “Deer In The Headlights (Wrongtom Cross-country Jack Mix)” (Hard Soul)
Lily Allen “STH LDN (Wrongtom RMX)” (CDR)
Robots In Disguise “La Nuit (Toute La Nuit Avec Wrongtom)” (TBC)
Distophia “Starvation Cove (Wrongtom Bulimic Balearic Remix)” (Smalltown America)
Kone-R “Knob (Wrongtom’s Dismembered Dub)” (Uncharted Audio)
Harry J Allstars “The Liquidator (Wrongtom’s Liquid Rock Dub Version)” (Trojan)
She Wants Revenge “Tear You Apart (Wrongtom’s Ripped Disco Mix)” (Universal)
Hard-Fi “Cash Converter (Dub Machine Part 2)” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Move On Dub” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Better Do Better (Wrongtom Wild Inna 81 Version)” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Theme From Necessary” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Dubbed Up Too Tight” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Tied Up Too Tight (Body Kit Refit) (Atlantic)
Viva Voce “Alive With Pleasure (Wrongtom 7/7 Rush Mix)” (Full Time Hobby)
Errorplains “Girls In Boys Clothes (Wrongtom Wrunk Mix)” (Errorplains)
Hard-Fi “Middle Eastern Holiday (Wrongtom Meets the Rockers East Of Medina)” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Middle Eastern Holiday (Wrongtom Remix)” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Dub Machine” (Necessary)
Hard-Fi “Hard To Beatmix” (Necessary)
Hard-Fi “Cash Machine (Wrongtom Mix)” (Necessary)
Resus Kid “Girls (Diaclone Mix)” (Launderecs)
Hard-Fi “Living For The Weekend (Groundforce Disco Dub)” (CDR)
Digitone “Footsteps (All City Mix)” (Halflife)
Contempo “Aint Going Out Tonight (Groundforce Mix)” (Nu Suburban Sounds)
Contempo Vs Wrongtom “Aint Going Out Tonight (Live In Miami Mix)” (Halflife)
Contempo Vs Groundforce “Aint Going Out Tonight (Stay In Mix)” (Halflife)
Abstrakt Knights “Straight Line (Groundforce Mix)” (Halflife)
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
and record producer from South London
South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...
. He is most famous for being the in-house remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
er and tour DJ for indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Hard-Fi
HARD-Fi
Hard-Fi are an English indie rock band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's members are Richard Archer , Ross Phillips , Kai Stephens and Steve Kemp .They achieved chart success with their third single, "Hard to Beat" and then followed by other successful singles such as...
.
History
Wrongtom didn't fit from an early age as he was into post-punkPost-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
and hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, whilst the majority of people his age were into pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
. He grew up in the outskirts of London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. He originally wanted to be a film maker, but one day he joined a band as a teenager "for a laugh". After the band separated, Tom started to interest himself in Latin percussion and began collecting lots of musical equipment.
He began trying to develop a genre of his own but now instead takes influence from genres such as punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, Hip Hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, garage
UK garage
UK garage is a genre of electronic dance music originating from the United Kingdom in the early-1990s. UK garage is a descendant of house music which originated in Chicago and New York, United States. UK garage usually features a distinctive syncopated 4/4 percussive rhythm with 'shuffling'...
and synth-pop and then mashes it all up to make music which has been described as sounding like early stones if they had samplers, or Ian Dury Jamming with Smiley Culture after listening to the entire 2 tone catalogue. He also has a reggae side project Stoneleigh Mountain Rockers and his free jazz collective the Devotional Ensemble. Oddly he considers himself more of a music lover than a musician. While all this was going on Tom was also busy DJing. Tom is a fan of the actress Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Cates is an American film actress, model, and entrepreneur known for her roles in several teen films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins.-Early life:...
and is a tea enthusiast.
He has a studio called the "Correctional Facility".
Tom is not a t-total.
In September 2007, due to a Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
article, there was speculation that Wrongtom had died in a car accident, however, he made it clear on the Hard-Fi
HARD-Fi
Hard-Fi are an English indie rock band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's members are Richard Archer , Ross Phillips , Kai Stephens and Steve Kemp .They achieved chart success with their third single, "Hard to Beat" and then followed by other successful singles such as...
Official Forum as well as his own website that he was not dead.
Mr Trick & Wrongtom (on your radio)
Production etc
Hard-Fi “Once Upon A Time In The West” (Atlantic) (Various Additional Production)Hard-Fi “Suburban Knights” (Atlantic) (Additional Production)
Dj Wrongtom “Cassetiquette” (Casseticuts) (Engineer, Production & Dj Mix)
Hard-Fi “In Operation” (Atlantic) (Various Additional Production & Dj Mix)
Wrongtom “Wrongtom EP” (Us Vs Them) (All, Instruments, Engineer & Production)
Resuss Kid “Paralax EP” (Halflife) (Assistant Production on “Slow”)
Groundforce “Every Friday Night” (Halflife) (Engineer & Co Production)
Appleseed “Pimpin In São Paulo EP” (Kingsize) (Co Production on “Harlem”)
Hightower Set “Listen To My Funk EP ” (Black On Black) (As Percussionist On “Escuchi My Funk”)
Avenue A “Sinners EP” (Kingsize) (As Percussionist on “Theme From The Sinners”)
Mixography
Once Upon A Time In The Mix (Aug 2007)Cassetiquette (Feb 2007)
Correct Techniques part 1: Stalag (Dec 2006)
Vietnang (Oct 2006)
Baltimore/Brixton/Brazil mini-mix (August 2006)
Xfm Superchunk (June 2006)
Hometown Hi-Fi (Free with Mixmag) (June 2006)
The Intermission (Live @ Brixton Academy) (May 2006)
Hard-Fi
HARD-Fi
Hard-Fi are an English indie rock band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's members are Richard Archer , Ross Phillips , Kai Stephens and Steve Kemp .They achieved chart success with their third single, "Hard to Beat" and then followed by other successful singles such as...
“CCTVersions
In Operation
In Operation is the first live DVD from Hard-Fi, filmed at London's historic Astoria venue and the full live performance, during their sold out 15 date UK tour in December 2005...
” (May 2006)
Pop Your Synth (March 2006)
Xfm Rinse Mix (Dec 2005)
Hard-Fi vs Wrongtom (March 2005)
Prince 7mins mix (2005)
New Jack Mashup for Ebru Ercon’s autumn/winter 05 collection (Feb 2005)
Dub Mashup for Ebru Ercon’s spring/summer 05 collection (Sep 2004)
Wreckless Deck Retardo (July 2004)
The Cockney Mix (August 2003)
Remixes
Hard-Fi "Good for Nothing (Hard-Fi Meets Wrongtom 'Good for Dubbing')" (Atlantic)Odd Nosdam “The Kill Tone Two (Wrongtom Kills Two Tone)” (TBC)
The Nextmen ft Niney “Let It Be (The Wrongtom Technique)” (Antidote)
Hard-Fi “Can’t Get A Dub (Without Wrongtom)” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “We Need Dub (Wrongtom Inna West London Style)” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Suburban Knights (Dj Wrongtom’s Delight)” (Atlantic)
Phantom “Rockabilly Vampires (Wrongtom Meets Nosferatu Inna Murderland)” (Demon)
The Ripps “Holiday (Wrongtom 18-30 Version)” (Catskills)
Jay Bharadia “Snowy Day (Wrongtom SMR Version)” (Lumenessence)
Dr Rubberfunk “Theme for a Latter Day Lathario (Wrongtom 85 Lovers Mix)” (GPS)
Legs On Sale “Deer In The Headlights (Wrongtom Cross-country Jack Mix)” (Hard Soul)
Lily Allen “STH LDN (Wrongtom RMX)” (CDR)
Robots In Disguise “La Nuit (Toute La Nuit Avec Wrongtom)” (TBC)
Distophia “Starvation Cove (Wrongtom Bulimic Balearic Remix)” (Smalltown America)
Kone-R “Knob (Wrongtom’s Dismembered Dub)” (Uncharted Audio)
Harry J Allstars “The Liquidator (Wrongtom’s Liquid Rock Dub Version)” (Trojan)
She Wants Revenge “Tear You Apart (Wrongtom’s Ripped Disco Mix)” (Universal)
Hard-Fi “Cash Converter (Dub Machine Part 2)” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Move On Dub” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Better Do Better (Wrongtom Wild Inna 81 Version)” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Theme From Necessary” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Dubbed Up Too Tight” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Tied Up Too Tight (Body Kit Refit) (Atlantic)
Viva Voce “Alive With Pleasure (Wrongtom 7/7 Rush Mix)” (Full Time Hobby)
Errorplains “Girls In Boys Clothes (Wrongtom Wrunk Mix)” (Errorplains)
Hard-Fi “Middle Eastern Holiday (Wrongtom Meets the Rockers East Of Medina)” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Middle Eastern Holiday (Wrongtom Remix)” (Atlantic)
Hard-Fi “Dub Machine” (Necessary)
Hard-Fi “Hard To Beatmix” (Necessary)
Hard-Fi “Cash Machine (Wrongtom Mix)” (Necessary)
Resus Kid “Girls (Diaclone Mix)” (Launderecs)
Hard-Fi “Living For The Weekend (Groundforce Disco Dub)” (CDR)
Digitone “Footsteps (All City Mix)” (Halflife)
Contempo “Aint Going Out Tonight (Groundforce Mix)” (Nu Suburban Sounds)
Contempo Vs Wrongtom “Aint Going Out Tonight (Live In Miami Mix)” (Halflife)
Contempo Vs Groundforce “Aint Going Out Tonight (Stay In Mix)” (Halflife)
Abstrakt Knights “Straight Line (Groundforce Mix)” (Halflife)