Career
He was known in the 1990s for his string of radio and club hits. Thomas" most successful electronic music works include "A Calling Around The World", "Total Controller", "High Time", "Colorcode", "All We Need Foreign Christmas", "She"ll Do What She Wants", "Trapped", "This Time I Feel lieutenant", and "Yesterday"s Dream". Vancouver radio station Z95.3FM originally discovered Thomas Donovan and play-listed 10 of his songs over a 5-year span (from 1992 to 1997).
Other initial supporters included Vancouver"s LG73 radio and Seattle"s dance station C89.5FM. Top-40 radio support in both Vancouver and Seattle became a spring board for Thomas" dance music to jump to other stations and club circuits across the United States., Canada and abroad.
Thomas mixes human rights and global activism lyrics in his exploration of synth-popular music Thomas" release "Calling Around the World" is a visual and lyrical call to action, inspired by concern for environmental issues and the greater human condition.
Thomas directed, edited and produced the first history documentary of Vancouver"s LGBT community. Thomas" support for human rights and same sex marriage is reflected in his musical and video works, as demonstrated in his sexually and politically charged dance-popular dynamo titled "What Our Love Is Made Of".
"He had a big hit in the "90s with "Total Controller" and Thomas Donovan is still playing in the same electronica popular/dance sandbox.
" – John P. McLaughlin – Vancouver Province Newspaper.