rizumu

Thomas Schreiber

Thomas Schreiber
location:
Philadelphia, PA
about:
Musician
affiliates:
rizumu

Thomas Schreiber brings a playful cleverness, warmth and emotion to the
dancefloor. His style of stripped-down funk and rhythm is backdropped
by a tapestry of strange and sexy soundscapes.

Thomas began mixing records in 1996 and moved to Philadelphia in 2002
when the landscape there was sparse. As the key founding member
of rizumu, Thomas bridged the gap between the already established
local collectives and organized undergrounds on a weekly and
monthly basis, thereby setting up a foundation around which the growing
community would converge.

Taking influence from the East Coast scene of the mid to late nineties
and from the early Detroit Electronic Music Festivals, Thomas's vision
for making Philadelphia a hub for touring artists soon became a
reality. Artists such as Derrick May, Daniel Bell, Kenny Larkin,
Marcel Dettmann, Frank Bretschneider, Dandy Jack, Bart Skils, Seth
Troxler and Josh Wink would play at the dark and intimate
undergrounds for rizumu's audience of knowledgeable listeners and
dedicated dancers.

Thomas played events in NYC, Moscow, Detroit, Chicago, LA, San
Francisco, Santa Fe and Denver, for Kontrol, The Buker, Droid
Behavior, Make Mistakes and more.

In 2009, Thomas picked up and moved to New Mexico to try something
different. He immediately was at home with the Rocky Mountain techno
scene and was fortunate to play some extremely memorable sets in both
Santa Fe and Denver during this time. However, an unexpected turn of
events found Thomas making the transatlantic move to Madrid only a
year after his arrival.

Now settled into life in Madrid, Thomas has begun the journey of
imparting his experiences to tape, quietly preparing for what comes
next.

Past Events