Thaemlitz was born in Minnesota. Throughout his youth Thaemlitz was drawn toward electronic music as an antithesis to the oppressive rock and country culture around him. Thaemlitz moved to New York in 1986. Surrounded by the musical subcultures of the Lower East Side, Thaemlitz' longstanding interest in electronic music quickly led him to DJ-ing at activist benefits under the name "DJ Sprinkles." In 1991 he became a resident DJ at the infamous mid-town transexual club Sally's II, where he performed three nights per week with transgendered legends such as Dorian Corey. Thaemlitz became known for his unique intermixing of musical genres and moods. He was presented with an Underground Grammy Award by Sally's House of Magic in 1991.
He is an award winning multi-media producer, writer, public speaker, educator, audio remixer. His work combines a critical look at identity politics - including gender, sexuality, class, linguistics, ethnicity and race - with an ongoing analysis of the socio-economics of commercial media production. This diversity of themes is matched by Thaemlitz' wide range of production styles, which include electroacoustic computer music, club oriented deep house, digital jazz, ambient, and computer composed neo-expressionist piano solos.
Graphic design, photography, illustration, text and video also play an important part in Thaemlitz' projects. His writings on music and culture have been published internationally in a number of books, academic journals and magazines.
In addition to personal collaborations, Thaemlitz has also produced remixes for William S. Burroughs, Bill Laswell, Yellow Magic Orchestra, The Golden Palominos, impressionist composer Claude Debussy, Kim Cascone and others.
Thaemlitz has been featured in articles and reviews in magazines from around the world including Spin, The Wire, Artbyte, MTV On-Line, Billboard, New Music Review, CMJ, N.M.E., Alternative Press, The Village Voice, Keyboard, DeBug, Spex, Blow-up, Fader by Headz, Sound & Recording Japan, and Sound & Recording Korea
DJ Sprinkles' debut full-length album, "Midtown 120 Blues," was released by the Japanese label Mule Musiq in 2009 & became quickly dj’s all time favorite & Resident Advisor album of the year.
2010 has seen Terre releasing a burst of eps through Skylax Records, especially the “love trilogy” House explosion I, II & III wich will be the prelude of the Kami – Sakunobe House Explosion album re – release, again on Skylax (out March 28th 2011).
According to DJ Gerd Janson «This is clearly one of the best house music album. Ever » (Groove Magazin).
For DJ Koze, this album is a timeless masterpiece, an ideal mix of the first naive larry heard tracks coupled with the british elegance of Brian Eno.
He will be here tonight for our biggest pleasure with Skylax DJ & Label manager Hardrock Striker. Legend.
