DJ Touch, a 33 years old Belgian native first started spinning in 1987.
Living in France since 9, he was barely 14 when he threw his first house party; his dad provided him with his first records. Among them, Didier acknowledges the likes of NILE ROGERS, GIORGIO MORODER and ARTHUR BAKER as his earlier influences.
After numerous house parties, weddings and local events, he entered the professional club scene in 1992 and was given his first residency at a local club that same year. At age 18, he began broadening his style by playing various clubs and spinning rock, new-wave, funk, disco, hip-hop, house, acid-jazz and techno, thus building a strong musical reference.
Interested in House music since the early beginning, he teamed up in December of 1996 with French DJ SEX TOY at the WHAT'S UP BAR in Paris and she introduced him at L'ENTRACTE that will become the PULP and where he was resident for 3 years. Regular appearances at renown clubs and events such as the BAINS DOUCHES (when that club did not turned into what it became these last years?), the LADIES ROOM, the COMPTOIR and the WHO'S NEXT EXHIBITIONS followed, as well as frequent sets on the official French House radio station, F.G.
After meeting with Chicago's painting prodigy Dzine, Touch expanded his horizons and set foot in the US. He paired up with local DJs such as Jesse de la Pêna, Maurice Joshua and Mark Grant and finally settled in October of 1999.
Believing in ..expressing his own vision of House Music, while giving it back to the motherland Chicago.., DJ Touch started organizing and promoting Oxygen at one of the best Chicago spots : Mad Bar, inviting American and European DJs and live acts to share his perception of music. Among them: Ron Trent, DJ Deep, Playin' 4 The City, Ron Carrol, DJ Mel, Franck Roger (Sun Orchestra), Mike L, Cyril K., Mike Grant (Moods and Grooves), Neil Aline (CHEZ), Eva Gardner, Romain and Roussia (BNO), Derrick Carter, Rork, E-Man, Brian Borden and many others have all shared the turntables with him for deep and soulful house sets.
Closing on a dream he had cherished for a long time, he took this opportunity, to create and develop Soulstice Entertainment, an international booking and promotion company, which main goals are to promote the DJs and the music he strongly believes in.
As open and versatile as ever, his sets today include a blended mix of classic and underground dance music, loving everything from deep house, old school house, afro, eclectic beats, underground disco and a Touch of funk, always in a Soulfull and Groovy way...
Here are some of the major venues where Touch has regularly played - and play - including:
France:
--LOUNGES: ° Hôtel Costes (Paris)
° Le Man Ray (Paris)
° La Mezzanine de l?Alcazar (Paris) - resident in 2001
° Le Barramundi (Paris)
--CLUBS & PARTIES:
° Rex Club (Paris)
° La Loco (Paris) - resident in 94/95 in the underground room
° Le Palace (Paris)
° Les Bains Douches (Paris)
° What?s Up Bar (Paris) - resident from 96 to 98
° Wax (Paris)
° L?Entracte / the Pulp (Paris) - resident from 96 to 98
° Reunion Island
° DeLaHouse (Paris)
° Monkey Club (Paris)
° Le Nouveau Casino (Paris)
° La Fabrique (Paris)
° La Coupole (Paris)
° L?Ambassade (Lyon)
° La Marquise (Lyon)
° La Villa Rouge (Montpellier)
° La Dune (La Grande Motte)
° La Dame de Shanghai (Bordeaux)
° Villa La Grange (La Baule)
Worldwide tours organized by Soulstice Entertainment residencies:
° Celebration Parties
° so deep... Parties
Europe:
° One - Cork (Ireland)
° Gravity - Vilnius (Lithuania)
° Club Privé - Tallinn (Estonia)
° Tasty - Vilnius (Lithuania)
° Liquid Club - Geneva (Switzerland)
° Vega - Copenhagen (Denmark)
° Pablo Disco Bar - Brussels (Belgium)
° Fish - Leiria (Portugal)
° Studio - Leiria (Portugal)
° Hot Rio - Sao Pedro (Portugal)
Latin America:
° Mangroove - San José (Costa Rica)
° Regina 51 - San José (Costa Rica)
° Manuel Antonio Beach - Quepos (Costa Rica)
Asia:
° Chinese Tour including a residency at The Dome (Shanghai) & True Colour (Shenzhen) - Nov. 2003
° The Club - Beijing (China)
° Christian Dior After Party for Chinese Music Awards - Shanghai (China)
° Atmosphere - Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
° Bliss ? Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
° Russian Tour including Picasso Club, Terminal Club, Sigma One & Babylon Club - Aug. 2004
Middle-East:
° Formula 1 Beach Party @ Marina Club - Manama (Kingdom of Bahrain)
° Ohlala Boat Party - Manama (Kingdom of Bahrain)
USA:
° Mad Bar (Chicago)
° Redno 5 (Chicago)
° Spy Bar (Chicago)
° Funky Buddha Lounge (Chicago)
° Red Dog (Chicago)
° Crobar (Chicago)
° Zentra (Chicago)
° Harry?s Velvet Room (Chicago)
° Bang The Party (Brooklyn)
° 2I?s (New York)
Festivals and Exhibitions:
° Ness ?- Liege (Belgium)
° Sun Slice Festival ?- Toulon (France)
° Les Plages Sonores Festival 2001 ?- Montpellier (France)
° Rendez-Vous Electroniques @ Centre Georges Pompidou, sept 2001 ?- Paris
° Mad Masters 99 ?- Vars (France)
° Who?s Next Exhibitions ?- Paris
Radio Shows
° Deepsounds (Toulouse)
° Radio FG 98.2 (Paris)
° The Groove Temple @ WLUW 88.7 (Chicago)
° Deep Line (Lyon)
° 911 La Radio (Costa Rica)
° Red 104.9 (Malaysia)