DJ WILD

Bio – DJ W!LD
Genre: From deep house, minimal electro, acid, to techno
Country: France and Brazil
Labels: Catwash Records (with Chris Carrier), Get Physical, Brique Rouge, Crack & Speed, Adult Only, Detour, Visitor, Block, Twisted, Groovilicious, Positiva
Profile Last Updated: April 2007
It’s not an easy task following DJ W!LD ’s path all across the planet! Behind the decks for 10 years now, his career cannot be described in a few lines anymore… W!LD plays from one continent to another, as a tireless traveller, spreading hot underground music to all people. At age 31, this electro music French “jack-of-all-trades”, despite his discretion, which is often mistaken as shyness, has succeeded in placing his mark on the club scene. For the moment, W!LD is busier than ever after the launch of his own Catwash Records label in March 2005 with his friend and partner Chris Carrier. Right from the start, their releases received critical acclaim from luminaries such as Andrew Weathehall, Funk D'Void, Magda, DJ Chloé, M.A.N.D.Y, Luciano, and many others. Working the field between acid, minimal, Chicago and sheer madness, the reputation of Catwash is steadily growing. W!LD has also realeased two singles with Catwash on Get Physical (Berlin,) and two with Crack & Speed, already causing major trouble on the dancefloor, as is his solo outing ‘Bass Me Up’ on Block Records.
Catwash have got some exciting new releases of their own coming out with Catwash 009 by Tommy Four Seven, and Catwash 010 by Mono Machine. Catwash 011 will be produced by W!LD, and Catwash 013 is a collaboration of W!LD and Carrier. W!LD has been spending some serious time in the studio himself - Catwash 011 will release three of his latest deep, techy journey tracks - BLOCAGE , ALERTE A RIO , SUNRISE in JULY.
W!LD has returned to Paris from a recent tour of Brazil, though still maintaining his links with South America having secured a regular live radio mix slot on the Puerto Rican station, Dub Radio. Tune into www.dubradiopr.com 5pm to 7pm Puerto Rican local time (GMT – 4hrs) every Sat to listen.
W!LD has also just joined forces with world renowned DJ and producer Savas Pascalidis from Berlin to form the SPICE Tour, which kicks off from Paris in May.
History
He started out in 1996 in a French-owned bar in Barcelona and immediately attracted attention with his eclectic and electric mixes, touching on house, funky and disco music. During his residence in the Catalan capital, he developed his “personal touch” at the Flat Cat before coming back to Paris to take over the decks of the Fumoir’s, at the legendary Palace Club. Already playing at many major events, he released his first production “Magic Orgasm” on Twisted. He became a regular face of the French club and electro scene – the Queen, Scream… – including radio shows that he hosted on “Radio FG”. At the same time, days and weeks spent in the studio, honing production skills, resulted in a number of releases on Combustible, Adult Only, Detour (from San Francisco) and Visitor, which marked the birth of the Catwash production team of DJ W!LD and Chris Carrier. Soon the strobe lights of foreign dancefloors beckoned, and W!LD converted to an electro scene globe-trotter: playing from Sao Paulo (he has a ‘love affair’ with Brazil), to London, NYC, (Twilo, Life), Cologne (das Boot), Berlin (Ostgut), Hong-Kong, Shanghai, Beijing - W!LD performs in the top clubs on the international scene. The renowned Fuse in Brussels made him a resident at the ‘La Démence’, and already he was dreaming of future journeys…
Recent Gigs:
Rex Club, Paris; Scene, Paris; Klub, Nice; Monza, Frankfurt; Batofar, Paris; Elysee Montmarte, Paris; Volar, Hong Kong; VIP Room, Shanghai ; Sugar factory , Amsterdam
Tours in 2006/2007
W!LD China Tour - Volar (Hong Kong); VIP Room (Shanghai)
W!LD South America Tour – Love Parade at Santiago De Chile (Chile); Love (Sao Paulo); Hells @ Vegas (Sao Paulo); Vegas Scandale Party (Sao Paulo); Vegas After Hours (Sao Paulo); D Edge Camp Grande (Sao Paulo); Insomnia After Hours @ Plastic Dream; Tostex Day After Party; D Edge Paradise After Party; F*ck Me I’m Famous party at Serena Maresias
Other Clubs Played At :
Twilo, Life (NYC); Trade, Velvet Room (London); Palace, Rex, Queen, La Scene (Paris); Das Boot (Cologne); Ostgut,103 club (Berlin); Monza (Frankfurt); Love, Base,d-edge,vegas (Sao Paulo)confreria dos artes (florianopolis); Volar, Kee Club (Hong Kong); Pegasus, VIP Room (Shanghai); Vogue (Beijing), to name a few.
Discography
Releases:
1997 Magic Orgasm, Twisted Records
1998 Pénétration Musicale, Twisted Records
1999 Comestible, Combustible (compiled on NRK by H Foundation)
2000 Manaus, Combustible Combustible 5
2001 Enata, Combustible (ranked 2 in English Muzik mag charts)
2001 Ladbroke Groove, Adult Only (as Catwash)
2002 Gostosa, Visitor (as Catwash)
2003 Break It, Detour Recordings (as Catwash)
2004 Catwash, Adult Only (as Catwash)
2004 God, Tropic Records, “Spinning Around The World” Compilation
2005 Eyes Need Sugar, Get Physical (as Catwash), compiled on ‘Guide To Berlin’, MOS
2005 Believe In Me, Get Physical (as Catwash)
2005 Pep A Cat Up, Catwash 001 (as Catwash), compiled on Savas Pascalidis Mix-CD on Lasergun
2005 Acid Enema, Catwash 002 (as Catwash)
2005 Perversions pt. 1, Crack & Speed (as Catwash) 2006 Mohake Dreams, Catwash 003 (as Catwash), compiled by John Digweed Transitions (Renaissance) & Versuz Vol 08 by Tom Leclerq
2006 Nine Tendos, Brique Rouge / Hypnotik (as Catwash)
2006 Touch Me, Catwash 004 (as Catwash)
2006 Catwash RMX of Marc Romboy – Shake it, Brique Rouge
2006 DJ W!LD Remix of Bodytalkers – Jack The Beatbox, Brique Rouge
2006 Lipsticks, Catwash 006 (as Catwash)
2006 Bass Me ep, Block Rec. 006
2007 Catwash 011 blocage , alerte a rio , sunrise
2007 Catwash 012 (with Chris Carrier) -remix Monomachine
2007 Crack & Speed: Sasse & DJ Naughty Remix from Catwash
super body , walking on the sunshine by Catwash on Adult only
Other works:
1998 Music for Thierry Mugler Men shows, Paris, summer and winter collections
1998 Music for Thierry Mugler Women Haute Couture and Prêt-à-Porter shows (winter collection)
1999 Music for Arkitoure shows, NYC, Men’s summer collection
1999 Music for Agnès B after show, at PS1, NYC
2001 Music for Vivienne Westwood perfume “Boudoir” after show, London
2000 Track “Physilhouse” appears on original soundtrack of French movie "Recto Verso" by Jean-Marc Longval, starring Smaïn and Michel Muller
2004 Website of designer Ora Ito
CONTACT : [email protected]
DJW!LD @ GINGER , BAINS DOUCHES , 26 MAY 2007
DJW!LD @ NUITS BLANCHES , ELYSEE MONTMARTRE , 7 OCTOBER 2006
DJ W!LD@ GINGER 22 SEPT 2007
DJ W!LD@ GINGER 22 SEPT 2007 PART 2