TC (musician)

TC (also known as Tommy Boy) is the stage name of drum and bass producer, singer and Bristol DJ Tom Casswell.^[1] He left school and started making music inspired by the sounds of the Bristol scene and the music and atmosphere of St. Paul's, the area of Bristol where he grew up.

His debut album, Evolution, was released in 2007 on D-Style Recordings. TC also presented the latest edition of Watch The Ride, a compilation CD released several times a year.^[2] Scratch Perverts and DJ Zinc have released them previously. His tracks Deep (feat. MC Jakes) and Jump have achieved critical acclaim in the rave scene. TC has made appearances on shows hosted by Radio 1's Zane Lowe and was regarded as a breath of fresh air in the drum and bass scene.

He is featured as a vocalist and an additional producer in "Plastic World", a song on Pendulum's 2005 album Hold Your Colour^[3] (which topped 225,000 sales), along with other featured artist Fats. He was also a vocalist for the Sub Focus song "Follow The Light", which was featured in Douwma's self-titled album, Sub Focus. His follow-up Sub Focus collaboration with Culture Shock, "You Make it Better", also features his vocals and was released on Torus. His 2013 single "Get Down Low" was released through Skrillex's record label OWSLA and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 183.^[4]

In 2014, DJ Fresh reworked Casswell's previously unreleased song "Make You Bounce" and Little Nikki added vocals. The product, "Make U Bounce", was released on 29 June as the third single from Fresh's forthcoming fourth studio album. Following its chart success, Casswell signed to 3Beat for his next single "Everything for a Reason", released on 26 October. His collaboration with Wilkinson, entitled "Hit the Floor", was released in January 2015 through RAM Records.

TC's sophomore album, Unleash the Wolves, was released on 8 July 2016 via 3Beat, and includes the single "Rep" (featuring Jakes).

Discography

Albums

• Evolution – D-Style Recordings – 8 October 2007
• Unleash the Wolves - 3Beat - 8 July 2016

Singles and EPs

• Resonator / Get It On (12") – BS1 Records – 2002
• Getcha Some More / Make A Little Space (12") – BS1 Records – 2003
• Jamaica Street / All on Me (12") – Beatz – 2004
• Fire in the Hole (Remixes) (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2005
• Let's Go / New Year (12") – Valve – 2005
• No Escape / Sick & Twisted (12") – Test Recordings – 2005
• Deep / Robots (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2006
• Jump / Flatline (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2006
• Rock Star / Game Over (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2007
• Where's My Money? / Deep (Roni Size VIP) (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2007
• Where's My Money (Clipz Remix) / Drink (Xample Remix) (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2008
• Where's My Money (Caspa Remix) / Tron (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2008
• Borrowed Time VIP / Pornstar (12") D-Style Recordings – 2008
• Concrete / Burning Starlight (12") – Don't Play – 2011
• Tap Ho / Don't Play (12") – Don't Play – 2011
• Bass by the Tonne EP (2×12") – Don't Play – 2012
• No One / Tap Ho (Taxman Remix) (12") – Don't Play – 2012
• Do You Rock? / Drug FuCT (12") – Don't Play – 2012
• Get Down Low (EP) – OWSLA – 2013
• Into the Jungle / Deuces – Don't Play – 2014
• Make U Bounce (DJ Fresh vs. TC) – Ministry of Sound – 2014
• Everything for a Reason – 3Beat – 2014
• Hit the Floor (with Wilkinson) - RAM Records - 2015
• The Countdown - Self-released - 2015
• Show Some Love (featuring Little Grace) - 3Beat - 2015
• Rep (featuring Jakes) - 3Beat - 2015

Remixes

References

External links

• @TCDNB on Twitter
• TC discography at Discogs
• TC at Rolldabeats