Friday, November 03, 2006

1997 - 2006


The last nine to ten years Thomas "TJ" Janak was alive and well with all his solo releases under the pseudonym "TJ".

He appeared on TV and Radio and many magazines over the years, received rave reviews, his 1997 release went straight to # 1 @ the DRMV charts and in 2005 his song "How many times" won an award for excellence in song writing from VH-1. He wrote songs for others and a girlband he managed came # 1 in their categorie. He performed in cool places and even organised the "Artists against Terror" event in November 2001, supported the AIDS help has been called "A musical whiz - kid". His voice has been compared to Bryan Ferry and in November 2006 "How many times" was re-released on the sampler: "The Big Indie Comeback Vol. II" by Oxfordshire based recordlabel MATCHBOX. In total he released 5 CDs using "TJ" as a pseudonym and he won not only a lot of respect but also a few fans and friends over the years.

One reason for letting Digital Dreams "die" was the storm of technobands in the mid 1990s which did electronic music more harm then good. Now, with bands like "Faithless" or "Lamb" around he feels there is hope for electronic music and it is about time to go back to the roots and deeper into the 21st century ...

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