Thomas Troelsen
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Birth name | Thomas Troelsen |
Born | 6 October 1981 |
Origin | Skive, Denmark |
Genres |
Pop Rock Pop rock Dance Dance-Pop |
Occupations | Singer, songwriter, record producer |
Instruments | vocals, sampler, keyboards, synthesizer, vocoder, guitar, bass guitar |
Years active | 1996–present |
Associated acts | Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez, Inna, Alexandra Burke, PRIVATE, Junior Senior, Girls Generation, SHINee, TVXQ |
Website | http://www.weareprivate.com |
Thomas Troelsen (born 6 October 1981) is a singer, songwriter, and producer from Denmark. Troelsen has written and produced songs for Pitbull, Inna, Alexandra Burke, Junior Senior, Aloe Blacc, Monrose, and Aura Dione.
In 2014, Troelsen co-wrote and co-produced “We Are One (Ole Ola),” the Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Song, featuring Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez, and Claudia Leitte.[1]
History
As a writer and producer, Troelsen’s work has charted globally, with hits such as Junior Senior’s “Move Your Feet” (#2 UK), Aura Dione’s “Geronimo” (#1 Germany), Inna’s “More Than Friends”, Monrose’s "Hot Summer" (#1 Germany), and Private’s “My Secret Lover” (#1 Denmark).
In 2014, Troelsen co-wrote and co-produced “We Are One (Ole Ola),” the Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Song, featuring Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez, and Claudia Leitte. The song will debut ahead of the 2014 World Cup and will be included on the upcoming “Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Album," which will be released by Sony.[2]
In Asia, Troelsen is regarded as one of the most successful and prolific writers and producers of K-Pop. Troelsen’s compositions have sold over 10 million units in Korean and Japan to date. Troelsen wrote TVXQ's single "Mirotic", whose eponymous album was the best-selling album of 2008 in South Korea. Other major K-Pop songs written and produced by Troelsen include SHINee's "Love Like Oxygen", EXO's "History," and TVXQ's "Humanoids."
Troelsen also fronts the pop group Private, whose single “My Secret Lover” was remixed by Diplo and Egyptian Lover and was featured as Record of the Week on Scott Mills and Nick Grimshaw’s shows on BBC Radio 1. The song was also featured in a Prada commercial in 2010.
Troelsen owns a recording studio, Delta Lab Studios, in Copenhagen, Denmark, whose design was inspired by Verner Panton and has a vast collection of analog equipment. Bloc Party recorded their debut album Silent Alarm at Delta Lab.
Troelsen has been profiled in publications such as Dazed & Confused, NME, and Monocole.
Since July 2011, Troelsen is signed to EMI Music Publishing.
Music in Film, Television and Video Games
Thomas Troelsen's compositions have appeared in the following:
- Gossip Girl ("Last Dance" and "Suicide")
- EA's FIFA 10 ("The Sound of Swing")
- Fuel TV ("Suicide")
- Lifetime's "Seven Deadly Sins" ("Bang!")
- 90210 ("Hot Summer")
- EA's Boogie Superstar ("Hot Summer")
- Clicknet ("Fragment Eight")
- Poppy Shakespeare ("Fragment One," "The Sound of Swing" and "The First Picture")
- Dong Energy ("The Sound of Swing")
- Renault ("The Sound of Swing")
- Rock Band 3 ("Last Dance")
- Patagonia ("On the Floor")
- Google Chromebook (“Move Your Feet”)
Thomas has also written jingles for Gametap, Dong Energy, Lalandia, and DK TV.[3][4]
Discography
Select Productions
- 2003: Move Your Feet by Junior Senior (single)
- 2007: Hot Summer by Monrose (single)
- 2007: Strictly Physical by Monrose (album)
- 2007: Baby by Melody Club (Song)
- 2008: Disappear by No Angels
- 2008: Forever or Never (Single) and Dysfunctional Family by Cinema Bizarre
- 2008: Sexy as Hell by Sarah Connor (singer) (album, five tracks)
- 2008: Under My Skin by Sarah Connor (single)
- 2008: Show The World by Martin (single)
- 2008: Show The World by Martin (album, six tracks)
- 2008: Mirotic by TVXQ (single)
- 2008: Eat You Up by BoA (single)
- 2008: SHINee World by SHINee
- 2009: In and Out of Control by The Raveonettes (album)
- 2010: Run Devil Run by Girls' Generation (single)
- 2010: Hurricane Venus by BoA (album, two songs)
- 2010: Nu ABO by f(x) (album, two tracks)
- 2010: "Saturday" by Basshunter (single)
- 2010: Fall from Grace by Infernal (album)
- 2010: Sonrisa by Ana Torroja
- 2011: Showtime by TV-2 (album)
- 2011: "Mirror Mirror" by Sash! (album)
- 2011: "Gigolo" by Anders-Fahrenkrog
- 2011: "Hot Summer" by f(x) (single)
- 2011: Pinocchio by f(x) (album, two songs, "Gangsta Boy" and "Hot Summer")
- 2011: Perfection by Super Junior-M (EP, one track, "Perfection")
- 2011: Mr. Simple by Super Junior (Album, two tracks, "Opera" and "Perfection")
- 2011: "The Sound of Swing, Pt. 2 (Oh Na Na) feat. Aloe Blacc by Kenneth Bager
- 2011: Before the Dinosaurs by Aura Dione (album, lead single "Geronimo")
- 2012: PRIVATE (forthcoming album)
- 2012: "History" by EXO (single)
- 2012: "Lazy Girl" by Girls Generation
- 2012: "Criminal" by Vox Halo feat La Dolla
- 2012: "Single Ladies" by Remady & Manu-L feat. J-Son (single)
- 2012: "Spy" by Super Junior
- 2012: "Outsider" by Super Junior
- 2012: "Sherlock" by Shinee
- 2012: "Humanoids" by TVXQ!
- 2012: “Señorita” by Abraham Mateo
- 2013: "Spoiler". "Girls, Girls, Girls" and "Punch Drunk Love" by Shinee from Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You
- 2013: "Like a Fire" by Shinee from Chapter 2. Why So Serious? – The Misconceptions of Me
- 2013: "More Than Friends" by Inna from Party Never Ends
- 2013: "Marabou" by Antonia
- 2013: "Get You Back" by Wally Lopez feat. Ricki-Lee
- 2013: "Waiting for the End" by Marco V
- 2013: "Everybody" by Shinee
- 2013: “Fridays Are Forever” by The Fooo
- 2014: “We Are One (Ole, Ola)” by Pitbull feat. Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte (forthcoming)
References
- ↑ "World Cup success". Copenhagen Post. 1/30/2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ Cantor-Navas, Judy (1/23/14). "Pitbull's FIFA World Cup Song a Collab With Jennifer Lopez, Claudia Leitte". Billboard. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=-xQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=gametap+thomas+troelsen&source=bl&ots=NEW-0ZqNix&sig=pL5ZyxhMulevPxY-CtgmOyxPMvM&hl=en&ei=JmQmS_z9IovllAeSup31CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CA8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=gametap%20thomas%20troelsen&f=false
- ↑ http://iloapp.princessonwheels.net/blog/blog2?Home&page=8
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