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DJ Helicopter

About Me

// WHO IS DJ HELICOPTER? DJ HELICOPTER (a.k.a. Gordon Waze and Sunwoo) hails from one of the most respected and admired house music havens of the globe – San Francisco, California. Born in 2000, DJ Helicopter has rapidly become of the San Francisco’s most sought-after DJ acts with a unique and distinctive tag-team performance that combines two different style and techniques into one dynamic, integrated experience. Whether carefully blending one funkier style with another's darker style, or using one pair of hands to throw accapellas into the other pair's mix, DJ HELICOPTER represents an ever-changing, and oftentimes spontaneously inspired, performance.DJ HELICOPTER has recently been in the studio, collaborating on productions with Danny "Buddah" Morales and Manny Ward (both of whom are considered close protégés of international legend, Danny Tenaglia). // RESIDENCIES DJ HELICOPTER also performs throughout San Francisco’s diverse house music venues, which range from ultra-chic lounges to banging nightclubs. DJ HELICOPTER’s main "launching pads" include PINK (owned by Naked Music’s Franky Boissy), 1015 Folsom (www.1015.com), Supperclub, legendary ENDUP (San Francisco’s longest-running club 1973; www.theendup.com), and super-club Ruby Skye (home to Danny Tenaglia, Deep Dish, Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, and John Digweed), among others.DJ HELICOPTER is also resident DJ at the world-renowned “DEEP END” house music day camp (www.thedeependcamp.com) of the annual Burning Man (www.burningman.com) festival, which gathers over 30,000 art, cultural and music enthusiasts from around the world.DJ HELICOPTER's international forays include Seoul's top underground clubs (Circle, Tool, Cargo, Club OTWO, COD), as well as Indonesia, Panama City, and throughout Colombia (Cartagena, Bogota, Medellin, Barranquia, Santa Marta).

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Member Since: 14/09/2006
Band Website: www.djhelicopter.com
Band Members: Gordon WAZE and Sunwoo Hwang Based in San Francisco, CA
Influences: // "CO-PILOTS" DJ HELICOPTER has shared decks with a special group of international DJs including:ANDY CALDWELL [Uno Recordings, OM Records]
BEHROUZ [Yoshitoshi]
CEDRIC GERVAIS [Space-Miami]
CHRIS LUM [Moulton Studios]
COLORS [Stereo Productions]
CORRADO [Rome, Italy]
DANNY "BUDDAH" MORALES [Stealth, Tweek'd, Kult]
DAVE PHILLIPS [DC10-Ibiza]
DAVID HARNESS [Loveslap!]
DERRICK MAY [Detriot]
DJ CANNUS [Stereo Productions]
DJ DAN [Instereo]
DJ DEVIL [OTWO-Seoul]
DJ FIST [Medillin / Tumbata Records]
DJ OLIVER [Amnesia-Ibiza, BED-Miami / Kismet, Low Pressings]
DJ SIMI [Angels of Love-Italy]
DUBFIRE [Deep Dish]
FRANKY BOISSY [Naked Music]
GRAHAM BATES [Pacha-Ibiza]
IVANO BELLINI [Space-Maimi]
JAY-J [Moulton Studios]
JON SA TRINCHA [Ibiza / Sa Trincha]
JUAN MEJIA [Crobar-Miami / Dutchie Music]
KASKADE [OM Records]
LEE BURRIDGE [UK]
MANNY WARD [Twisted]
MARCELLO CASTELLI [Uraguay / Stereo Productions]
MARIO OCHOA [Medillin / Molacacho Records, Disc Doctor]
MATTHIAS HEILBRONN [Wavemusic-NYC]
MATT CASELLI [Pacha-Ibiza]
MAURICIO AVILES [Naked Music]
MEI-LWUN [Soulstice]
MIGUEL MIGS [Salted, OM Records]
NIC FANCIULLI [Saved Records, UK]
NICOLAS MATAR [CIELO-New York]
OSCAR G [Space Miami]
SCUMFROG [Effin Reorrds]
SHARAM [Deep Dish]
STEVEN KING [Colombia / Disc Doctor]
TEDD PATTERSON [Cielo-NYC]
VIKTER DUPLAIX [!K7]
WILLY DELOREN [Stereo Productions]
Love and respect to several local, San Francisco DJs that DJ HELICOPTER continues to play alongside including: Danny Buddah, Manny Ward, John Early, Michael Anthony, Layne Loomis, DJ Bali, Donovan, Mike Giannini, DJ Seven, Rooz, Ben Seagren & Dean Samaras, Russell Vargas, and AJ Medina, among others.// INFLUENCES Space in Ibiza; Millionaire in Paris; spinning every summer under the stars at Lake Shasta; Burning Man-The Deep End & El Circo; Cha Cha-Cartagena; Winter Music Conference; Danny Tenaglia Marathons, DJ Vibe, Manny Ward, Buddah, Ali Dubfire, Loco Dice, Danny Howells, Morillo, Superchumbo, Chus y Ceballos;
Sounds Like: // STYLE & SOUND As a DJ duo, DJ HELICOPTER continues to weave two respective styles into one distinctive, but difficult to pinpoint, signature sound. Sunwoo's penchant for funky, bass-heavy tribal tracks swirls through Gordon's accapella-laced, genre spanning style that's unpredictably edgy and uplifting, often airing subtle hints of Tenaglia-inspired aroma. Dynamically fused together (with not one, but two pairs of hands) DJ HELICOPTER tag-teams a unique style and vibe that exudes the duo as one, yet still distinguishes Sunwoo's yin from Gordon's yang.
Record Label: www.vesselsf.com