Matthias Richter (born 18 January 1988 in Detmold, Germany) is an electro house music producer, who along with Plastik Funk and Sneakbo released the single "Dr. Who!", which peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] He also had a hit with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake,[2] "Boneless", which charted at #49 on the German Singles Chart and #42 on the Austrian Singles Chart.

Background

Tujamo was born Matthias Richter in 1988 in Detmold, Germany.[3] He began DJing at age 17 and in 2006 participated in and won a talent competition hosted by Club Index in Schüttorf, where he became a resident DJ.[3] He began using the Tujamo moniker that same year and released his debut single, "Mombasa", in 2011.[3] His first hit, "Who", was originally released in 2011 in collaboration with Plastik Funk, also from Germany.[3] It became a large hit at the Winter Music Conference, a Miami house club.[3] In 2014, his single "Boneless", released in collaboration with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake, charted at #49 on the German Singles Chart[3] and #42 on the Dutch Singles Chart.[4] The following year, he reworked "Who" as "Dr. Who!" with vocals from British rapper Sneakbo and it charted at #21 on the UK Singles Chart, receiving support from Avicii, Tiesto, Fedde Le Grand and Steve Aoki.[3] He has also remixed songs by Bob Sinclar, Peter Gelderblom and Wynter Gordon and has played all over Germany and globally, including South America,[3] Turkey, Brazil and Russia.[5] Some of his other singles include "How We Roll", "Do It All Night", "Back 2 You" and a cover version of Laserkraft 3D's "Nein Mann".[6]

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
GER AUT
[7] 		BEL
[8] 		FRA
[9] 		NLD
[10]
"Who"
(with Plastik Funk) 		2012 — — 43 — — Non-album singles
"Boneless"
(with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake) 		2013 49 42 23 96 —
"Hey Mister" 2014 — — 29 — —
"Nova"
(vs. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Felguk) 		— — 2 — —
"S.A.X."
(with Laidback Luke) 		2015 — — 48 — —
"Booty Bounce" — — 51 118 —
"Cream"
(with Danny Avila) 		— — — 117 —
"Booty Bounce"
(with Taio Cruz) 		83 — — — 77
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remixes


2010: Tujamo - Auf gehts (Tujamo Remix)
2010: Shemian - 24 Hours (Tujamo Remix)
2010: Jochen Pash - From London to Detroid (Tujamo Remix)
2011: Disfunktion - Dead Pixels (Tujamo Remix)
2011: Jim Tonique & Patrick Bryze - Better World (Tujamo Club Mix)
2011: Housepussies - Zora In Red (Tujamo Remix)
2011: Horny United feat. Philippe Heithier - Only You (Tujamo Remix)
2011: Ralph Good feat. Polina Griffith - SOS (Tujamo Remix)
2011: Boogie Pimps - Knocking (Tujamo Remix)
2011: Peter Gelderblom feat. Dominica - I Gotta Let U Go (Tujamo Remix)
2011: Tiko's Groove feat. Gosha - I Can't Get Nothing (Plastik Funk & Tujamo Remix)
2011: Fragma - Toca's Miracle (Tujamo Remix)
2011: Plastik Funk & Fragma - What Love Can Do (Tujamo Remix)
2012: Bob Sinclar - Groupie (Tujamo Remix)
2012: Bastian van Shield - Nobody (Tujamo Remix)
2012: Dubvision - All By Myself (Tujamo Remix)
2012: Federico Scavo & Andrea Guzzoletti - Strump (Tujamo Remix)
2013: Major Lazer - Jet Blue Jet (Tujamo Remix)
2014: Laidback Luke & Martin Solveig - BLOW (Tujamo Remix)
2014: Deadmau5 - The Reward Is Cheese (Tujamo Remix)
2014: Jack Ü feat. Kiesza - Take Ü There (Tujamo Remix)
2015: Laidback Luke feat. Goodgrip - Rocking With The Best (Tujamo Remix)
2015: Pep & Rash - Rumors (Tujamo Remix)
2015: Showtek feat. MC Ambush - 90s By Nature (Tujamo Remix)
2015: Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike feat. Ne-Yo - Higher Place (Tujamo Remix)
2015: Martin Solveig feat. Sam White - +1 (Tujamo Remix)

References

  1. ^ "2014-04-05 Top 40 Official Singles Chart UK Archive". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
  2. ^ "Mainstream Success Tujamo Talks About Staying True To Your Own Brand of Music". Popspoken.com. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Artist Biography by John D. Buchanan. "Tujamo | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  4. ^ Steffen Hung. "Discographie Tujamo". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  5. ^ "Interview: Das Fremdwort Ruhe: Tujamo im Gespräch - Update-City". Ostwestfalen.update-city.de. 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  6. ^ "Ministry of Sound presents. Tujamo @ AIR, 東京都 - 2014.05.09 (Fri) | iFLYER.tv (アイフライヤー)". iFLYER.tv. 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  7. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Tujamo". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  8. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Tujamo" (in Dutch). Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  9. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Tujamo" (in French). French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  10. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Tujamo" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
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