Anton's mother was a hairstylist for special events. His amazing mother, his first and widest exposure to jazz, and disco, gospel and p-funk, would occasionally take him to various music functions.
At the age of seven, the young Anton got his first taste of music: Parliament Funkadelic! He didn't have any idea that a certain meeting that occurred that night would later influence his career. He met the living legend Doctor Funkenstein himself, George Clinton, and had the amazing fortune to encounter a shining star wearing rhinestone studded glasses who plays a star designed bass and is known by the name Bootzilla. Anton drifted into working as an extra for films such as „Invasion of USA“ with Chuck Norris and then in a film called „School DayZ“, a Spike Lee Joint production called „Do the right thing“. He then landed on a planet with the legendary James Bond known as the „007“ of his time, Roger Moore. Somehow, reuniting with another Parliament member, he was always inspired by his personal experience with The Funk and continued on the path of making music.
Anton had already started travelling and was recruited by Curtys Sliwa from the New York Guardian Angels. Anton became a national recruiter and assembled the toughest good people in NY. These fine people were known as vigilantes with no guns, fighting street crime of the times and were deemed „The Boy Scout Marines of the Neighbourhood Streets“ by the media. Anton's hand-picked squad worked around the clock from 11 at night until 6 in the morning. The patrol was "Clock Rock Passing Through by Night Patrol". Anton found time to pursue his love of music and collaborated with and was featured in open jam sessions with musicians such as Bobby McFerrin, Funkadelics, Terminator X (Public Enemy), Bob Cat (LL Cool J) and then branched out into house music.
The never satisfied Anton wasn't content with being a part of the act but wanted to be in the studio and at the heart of the act himself. He appeared in European stage performances with Grace Jones and Amp Fiddler, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and other famed artists as DJ Foxxx. After landing with the Mother Ship in Germany, and travelling through Europe, a new inspiration led to collaboration with Bootsy Collins in 1999. His music found a voice. The former DJ Foxxx (as the artist An-tonic was known at that time) was inspired by Cashmere known as Green Velvet, Derek Carter, Masters at Work, and the legendary Franky Knuckles. By 2000 Bootsy had re-christened DJ Foxxx into a vocalist of the spoken word in house music now and forever known as „An-tonic“. An-tonic then began collaboration with some local producers and talented DJs boosting chemistry with The Bongoloverz which led to several successful LPs and a further project with Andy Holder called The Pleasure Dome.
An-tonic has collaborated with Jamie Anderson with „Freerider“. He has also worked with Dean Sanders from Metro Groove. There is currently one release „Sunshine Get-down“ and there are more yet to come. An-tonic is now working with a wide variety of talented producers to provide the vibe for all vocal-house lovers.
An-tonic continues to honor his roots by getting back into the DJ booth. Stay tuned!
Club Neuschwanstein, Köln
Peaches, Garmisch Partenkirchen
Exit, Garmisch Partenkirchen
