Matthias Richter (; born 18 January 1988), better known by his stage name Tujamo, is a German DJ and
electro house
Electro house is a genre of electronic dance music and a subgenre of house music characterized by heavy bass and a tempo around 125–135 beats per minute. The term has been used to describe the music of many ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJs, including ...
music producer. Tujamo, along with
Plastik Funk and
Sneakbo
Agassi Babatunde Odusina (born 25 July 1992), better known by his stage name Sneakbo, is a British rapper. His first song, " The Wave", peaked at number 48 on the UK Singles Chart and he has since released a number of top 40 hits, such as " Z ...
, released the single "
Dr. Who!", which peaked at number 21 on the
UK Singles Chart. He also had a hit with
Steve Aoki
Steven Hiroyuki Aoki ( , ; born November 30, 1977) is an American DJ and record producer. In 2012, Pollstar designated Aoki as the highest-grossing electronic dance music artist in North America from tours. In 2024, Gold House recognized him as ...
and
Chris Lake, "
Boneless", which charted at #49 on the
German Singles Chart
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and #42 on the
Austrian Singles Chart
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Background
Tujamo was born Matthias Richter in 1988 in
Detmold
Detmold () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of . It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of ...
,
North Rhine-Westphalia
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.
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.
He began using the Tujamo moniker that same year and released his debut single, "Mombasa", in 2011.
His first hit, "
Who
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", was originally released in 2011 in collaboration with
Plastik Funk, also from Germany.
It became a large hit at the
Winter Music Conference
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, a Miami house club.
In 2014, his single "Boneless", released in collaboration with
Steve Aoki
Steven Hiroyuki Aoki ( , ; born November 30, 1977) is an American DJ and record producer. In 2012, Pollstar designated Aoki as the highest-grossing electronic dance music artist in North America from tours. In 2024, Gold House recognized him as ...
and
Chris Lake, charted at number 49 on the
German Singles Chart
The GfK Entertainment charts are the official charts for music, home video, and video games in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International), a subsidiary of GfK, on be ...
and number 42 on the
Dutch Singles Chart
The Dutch Top 40 () is a weekly music chart compiled by ''Stichting Nederlandse Top 40''. It started as a radio program titled "Veronica Top 40", on the offshore station Radio Veronica in 1965. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, w ...
.
The same year, he reworked "Who" as "
Dr. Who!" with vocals from British rapper
Sneakbo
Agassi Babatunde Odusina (born 25 July 1992), better known by his stage name Sneakbo, is a British rapper. His first song, " The Wave", peaked at number 48 on the UK Singles Chart and he has since released a number of top 40 hits, such as " Z ...
and it charted at number 21 on the
UK Singles Chart, receiving support from
Avicii
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,
Tiësto
Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( , ), is a Dutch DJ and record producer. He was voted "The Greatest DJ of All Time" by ''Mix (magazine), Mix'' magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, h ...
,
Fedde Le Grand
Fedde Le Grand (, ; born 7 September 1977) is a Dutch House music, house DJ, record producer and remixer.
In 2006, his single "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" reached the top five on the Dutch Top 40, number one on the UK Singles Chart and staye ...
and
Steve Aoki
Steven Hiroyuki Aoki ( , ; born November 30, 1977) is an American DJ and record producer. In 2012, Pollstar designated Aoki as the highest-grossing electronic dance music artist in North America from tours. In 2024, Gold House recognized him as ...
.
He has also remixed songs by
Bob Sinclar
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Musical career
A native of Paris, Le Friant began D ...
,
Peter Gelderblom and
Wynter Gordon and has played all over Germany and globally, including
South America
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,
Turkey
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,
Brazil
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and
Russia
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.
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".
Beatport
In 2019, Tujamo became the all-time best-selling artist of the electro house genre at
Beatport
Beatport is an American electronic music-oriented online music store owned by LiveStyle. The company is based in Denver, Los Angeles, and Berlin. Beatport is oriented primarily towards disk jockey, DJs, selling full songs as well as resources that ...
.
Discography
Charted singles
Non-charted singles
2009
* Beat Back
2010
* Switch It
* Mombasa
2011
* Do It All Night
* Back 2 You
(with Robell Parker)
2012
* How We Roll
* Crump
2014
* Darth Theme (by
John Williams
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)
2015
* Beat Back (Crazy Flute Mix)
* All Night
(with Jacob Plant; Fly Eye)
2016
* Keep Pushin'
(featuring Inaya Day; Spinnin' Records
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Background
Van Kooten is the son of former ...
)
2017
* Make U Love Me
(Spinnin' Records)
* One On One
(featuring Sorana; Spinnin' Records)
2018
* Body Language
(featuring Miranda Glory and Haris; Spinnin' Records)
* Funk You
(with La Fuente; Spinnin' Records)
* With U (Official
Untold Festival
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Anthem 2018)
(featuring Karen Harding
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Early life
Born to an English fat ...
; Spinnin' Records)
* Jook It
(with Salvatore Ganacci featuring Richie Loop; Spinnin' Records)
*Say What You Wanna
(Spinnin' Records)
2019
* Get Up
(Musical Freedom)
* Candy on the Dancefloor
(Spinnin' Records)
* Getting Money
(featuring 808Charmer; Spinnin' Records)
* Hell Yeah
(Smash the House)
* Drop It
(with Lukas Vane; Spinnin' Records)
* Shake It
(with Nø Signe; Spinnin' Records)
2020
* One Million
(with Lotten; Spinnin' Records)
* Taking You Home
(with Kelvyn Colt; Universal Music)
* Enough of You
(Universal Music)
2021
* I Don't Wanna Go
(Universal Music)
* Nasty
(with PBH & Jack; Spinnin' Records)
2022
* Down
(Spinnin' Records)
* Click
(Musical Freedom)
* Clap Your Hands (with JORD)
pinnin' Records* Techno Party (with VINNE and Murotani)
evealed Recordings* Better Safe Than Sorry (Spinnin' Records)
* Pump It Up (with 3 Are Legend (
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
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,
Steve Aoki
Steven Hiroyuki Aoki ( , ; born November 30, 1977) is an American DJ and record producer. In 2012, Pollstar designated Aoki as the highest-grossing electronic dance music artist in North America from tours. In 2024, Gold House recognized him as ...
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2023
* IFLDM (with The Stickmen Project and Sleepwalkrs featuring GLASGOW KI$$)
pinnin' Records* Drop That Low (When I Dip)
ith Kid Ink pinnin' Records* Vida Loca (with Antoine Delvig)
pinnin' Records*
Get Get Down (with Rudeejay and Da Brozz)
pinnin' Records* Energy (with
Jay Hardway featuring Bay-C)
pinnin' Records* Turn It Up! (
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pinnin' Records* Freak (with Azteck and
Inna
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Remixes
2010
* Tujamo – ''Auf gehts'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Shemian – ''24 Hours'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Jochen Pash – ''From London to Detroit'' (Tujamo Remix)
2011
* Disfunktion – ''Dead Pixels'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Jim Tonique & Patrick Bryze – ''Better World'' (Tujamo Club Mix)
* Housepussies – ''Zora In Red'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Horny United featuring Philippe Heithier – ''Only You'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Ralph Good featuring Polina Griffith – ''SOS'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Boogie Pimps – ''Knocking'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Peter Gelderblom featuring Dominica – ''I Gotta Let U Go'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Tiko's Groove featuring Gosha – ''I Can't Get Nothing'' (Plastik Funk & Tujamo Remix)
* Fragma – ''Toca's Miracle'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Plastik Funk & Fragma – ''What Love Can Do'' (Tujamo Remix)
2012
* Bob Sinclar – ''Groupie'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Bastian van Shield – ''Nobody'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Dubvision – ''All By Myself'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Federico Scavo & Andrea Guzzoletti – ''Strump'' (Tujamo Remix)
2013
* Major Lazer – ''Jet Blue Jet'' (Tujamo Remix)
2014
* Laidback Luke & Martin Solveig – ''BLOW'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Deadmau5 – ''The Reward Is Cheese'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Jack Ü featuring Kiesza – ''Take Ü There'' (Tujamo Remix)
2015
* Laidback Luke featuring Goodgrip – ''Rocking With The Best'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Pep & Rash – ''Rumors'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Showtek featuring MC Ambush – ''90s By Nature'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike featuring Ne-Yo – ''Higher Place'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Martin Solveig featuring Sam White – ''+1'' (Tujamo Remix)
2017
* David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne – ''Light My Body Up'' (Tujamo Remix)
* David Guetta featuring Justin Bieber – ''2U'' (Tujamo Remix)
2019
* Tiesto – ''Grapevine'' (Tujamo Remix)
* Hugel (DJ), Hugel – ''WTF'' (Tujamo Remix)
2020
* Debonair Samir – ''Samir's Theme'' (Tujamo Remix)
2021
* Sigma (DJs), Sigma & Louis III – ''Anywhere'' (Tujamo Remix)
Awards and nominations
Top 100 DJs
References
External links
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Living people
Electro house musicians
German house musicians
German electronic dance music DJs
1988 births
People from Detmold
Musicians from North Rhine-Westphalia