 | | Tini Tun
"Tini is a versatile dj as you will find in progressive house. His tastes range from melodic techno tribal to trance and he can segue from one style to another then back again seamlessly. What he lacks in ego and attitude he more than makes up for in generosity and humility."
-Sean Cusick
Tini Tun was born and raised in one of the biggest cities of the world, Mexico City . Along with his brother DJ Quecho, formed one of the most important bands of electronic music in Mexico called Conditus in 1990. They released many tracks like "Move Your Hands In The Air" and "Neptuno" which were released on several major dance compilations in Mexico .
A year later, when he was just 15 years old, Tini owns a pair of turntables and a mixer and begun his DJing career, playing at the first raves parties in Mexico City with excellent response, together with Dj Light he became one of the pioneers of the progressive music scene in Mexico. Since then he has played all over Mexico (Monterrey, Guadalajara , Cd Juarez, Puebla, Cuernavaca , Can Cun, Playa del Carmen, etc...) in addition to international locations like Costa Rica (Contacto Parties), Argentina , Guatemala , the UK , Switzerland , Peru , Puerto Rico , Canada and in the US .
He became a member of the prestigious record pool Balance Promote Group in 1997. Since then he has been playing all around the US in places like Chicago (Crobar), The Mardi Gras Festival in New Orleans, San Francisco (1015), Atlanta, New York, Colorado, Virginia, Los Angeles (Giant), Seattle and Las Vegas.
He also did a Ministry of Sound Sessions for the radio in the UK which was broadcasting on several radio stations in America including Mexico City . In the year 2000 Tini did an excellent performance playing at ACA World Sound Fest in Acapulco , Mexico in front of 15,000 people. In 2002 in May, John Digweed shows Tini Tun as the first and only mexican Dj to be on his radio show on Kiss FM in London , having a great response from the radio listeners.
Tini has played across the world with djs like Sasha, John Digweed, Nick Warren, Paul Van Dyk, Chris Fortier, Jimmy Van M, Sean Cusick, Paul Oakenfold, Sandra Collins, Taylor, Dave Ralph, Anthony Pappa, Jason Jollins, John Creamer, Jerry Bonham, Lee Burridge, David Hollands, Quecho, Ritchie Hawtin and Sven Vath to name a few.
He has been resident DJ at the Odeon and Metro clubs in Mexico City ; The Contacto parties in Costa Rica with Sean Cusick and recently has been playing with Paul van Dyk, Slacker, Sasha and John Digweed, Sister Bliss at the prestigious Club Twilo in New York City .
Also having a monthly residence at the Club Palace and Colmillo in Mexico City .
In the middle of 1998 Tini moved to NYC to pursue his production career with long time friend Naiki. They have done production work with such artist; Transceiver ( Mexico ), Astroglyde (NYC) and Ugo (Mexico ). Look out for their release of Iman "Siente"
on Fade Records wich got on the Top 20 in the Mixer Magazine on September 2001 and also look out for "Una Fresca" with Astroglyde on Automatic Records UK wich appears in a compilation mixed by Ashley Casselle for the same label and also on a DVD released by Moonshine records in the United States remixed by Andy Ling and the visuals are made by the Exotic Robots, the video is called "Recreate"
In December 2002 Tini finds himself nominated as Best Dj of Mexico at the yearly conference Dj Dance in Acapulco, also appears on the cover of the mexican magazine Dj Concept.
Now you can find Tini Tun working in the studio in several tracks.
One of his recent productions called "Just Feel it"
got released by Love Parade Mexico's compilation, also "Ekawa" wich is in another mexican compilation called Dj Zone both signed by Sony Music. He just got signed by Global Underground with his massive track "Over it"
wich was selected by Nick Warren for his latest recording set in Shangai #28.
One of his latest projects are the We Are Here partys in Mexico.
"Tini broke with progressive south of the border for years, now his breaking in Northamerica and we welcome him"
-Chris Fortier
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