BIOGRAPHY
Oliver Stumm and Domie Clausen form the production duo A Touch Of Class and are NY based artists that founded their own label imprint ATOC RECORDS in 1999 to release their own music material as well as help launch other acts.
Successful you might say: They produced the UK Top 10 Hit "Flawless" by The Ones, they signed and released the first singles of the Scissor Sisters and are responsible for numerous remixes including names like Taana Gardner, A.R.E. Weapons, Le Tigre and Erasure.
They have been a favorite in fashion circles and fit style-wise somewhere between Electro/Disco/Punk and Dance Rock, combining real instruments, electronics and vocals with attitude covering a broad spectrum.
Bored with easy assembled lifestyles, magazine hype and industry compromises they've decided to create their own platform thus keeping total independence and control. They use the name A Touch Of Class as an umbrella for all their activities and interests such as music production, artwork, design of their website, their record label or creating their own installations and events.
With educational backgrounds ranging from visual design to mathematics the two concentrate on product development and high craftsmanship rather than publicity hype and conventional marketing strategies. With this "grass roots" philosophy they have established a name around the world and have performed with the likes of 2many DJs, Tiga, James Murphy (DFA) and their work is being rotated by internationally renowned DJs like Erol Alkan (Trash, UK) and Felix da Housecat.
Their work has been included on numerous boutique compilations like "COLETTE", "Hang the DJ Vol.2" (2Many DJs), "Tiga's Turbo Sessions Vol.3" and has been included in movies like "Party Monster" featuring Macaulay Culkin and Chloe Sevigny as well as the Michael and Kirk Douglas movie "A Few More Years".
PRESS
"Sticking to its reputation (Scissor Sisters, The Ones, Xavier) the A Touch Of Class label once again defied expectations by unearthing another unusual act in the name of Services." - M8 Magazine (July 2006)
"The production from the same ATOC team is again flawless." - DJ Mag (June 2006)
"Domie Clausen and Oliver Stumm are the brains behind the wonderful ATOC imprint. You know, they had a huge hit with The Ones' 'Flawless' and were responsible for discovering Scissor Sisters." - M8 Magazine (2005)
"A label known for excellent disco…It's nice to see ATOC branch out in a new direction that's still consistent with the label's no-holds-barred, fun-first approach to electronics." - Time Out New York (2005)
"ATOC Records are a bit of a well-kept secret. Those that have already discovered them will know exactly what I mean when I say they are the home of some of the most innovative, inspiring, and best damn 'out-there' music with a dance emphasis to emerge." - Update Magazine (2004)
"Local production team, band and label combo that's stealthily cranking out one infectious dance number after another." - Time Out New York (2004)
"A Touch Of Class have an implicit, effortless feel for the unspoilable fun of dancing. Beyond the pop hits lies a further bevvy of riches, all on the fabulous A Touch of Class Sucks! compilation. On it you'll find vocals by punk disco off-shoot of art rockers ARE Weapons and a coruscating mash-up of the Ones with Frankie Goes to Hollywood. And if you thought that their Pink Floyd campathon was sacreligious, wait until you hear what they've done to the Beatles' Because. It's all quite enough to put a bit of faith back into the day-glo possibilities of disco. Contrary to popular thinking, the glitterball is alive and well in 2004." - Paul Flynn, The Guardian U.K. 2004
