DJ Wich

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DJ Wich is a Czech DJ and music producer who works on the Czech and Slovak hip hop scenes. He started DJing in 1998.

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Career

DJ Wich released his first solo album, Time Is Now, in 2004, the first producer album in Czech.[ citation needed ]

In 2008, DJ Wich released his second solo album, The Golden Touch [1] with international stars including Lil Wayne, [2] Talib Kweli, M.O.P, and Kurupt.

His 2010 album Human Writes was a collaboration with Hi-Def. [1]

In 2017 he released Veni, Vidi, Wich. [3]

He has collaborated with Czech artists including Orion, Hugo Toxxx, Vladimir 518, LA4 and from the international Rasco, Rytmus, H16, Vec, and Nironic.

Wich streams live shows on DJ Wich Live TV with other rappers, live recording, interviews and chat.

DJ Wich created the soundtrack for the 2008 Czech movie Ulovit miliardáře. [1]

Awards

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Honza Vedral, "Hiphopové sny DJ Wiche je radost poslouchat", iDNES.cz, 12 January 2010, (in Czech).
  2. Honza Vedral, "Americká deska DJ Wiche je velkolepá", iDNES.cz, 12 January 2009, (in Czech).
  3. Daniel Nádler, "Recenze: Veni, Vidi, Nic. DJ Wich se chce líbit všem, nahrál nejkonzumnější desku roku", iReport.cz, 26 January 2017, (in Czech).
  4. Antonín Kocábek, "Anděl 2001 - blýskání na lepší časy?", Czech Radio, 8 March 2002, (in Czech).