Worakls

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Worakls
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Worakls performing in 2018
Background information
Birth nameKevin Rodrigues
Born (1988-09-28) 28 September 1988 (age 36)
Paris, France
Occupations
  • DJ
  • record producer
  • musician
Labels
Website worakls.fr

Kevin Rodrigues (born 28 September 1988), known by his stage name Worakls, is a French DJ, electronic musician, and composer. [2] [3] [4] [5] He is known for his organic and orchestral instrumentation, [6] blending deep house, techno, and progressive house music in live shows. [7]

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Early & personal life

Worakls comes from a musical family and started learning the piano at age three. After studying at a conservatory, he dedicated his time to electronic music and composition. At the age of 18, he began to create electronic music. [8] He has found success with his remixes as well as his solo material and has shared that his influences are "mostly classical music, film music, and techno". [9]

Worakls has a daughter, who inspired him to create the single "54". [10] [11]

Career

In November 2014, he founded the label Hungry Music with his friends N'to and Joachim Pastor. A 2015 review in Billboard magazine referred to Worakls as a "rising French DJ" and described his tracks as "serious techno with a light touch", "full of focused, nervous energy." [12]

Between 2020 and 2022, he released music on his own imprint, Sonate Records. [13] In September 2023, Worakls signed to Decca Records, owned by Universal Music Group. [14]

As of 2025, Worakls has released two studio albums, several EPs, one compilation, and numerous singles, some of which were produced with his 20-piece "Worakls Orchestra". [15] His upcoming album, From One Blink to Another, is set to come out on 10 October 2025 on Polydor. [16] [17] The first single, a collaboration with Carl Cox titled "No Boundaries", came out in July 2025. [18]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Orchestra (2019) [19]
  • Sur Le Front Des Animaux Menacés (2020) [20]
  • From One Blink to Another (2025)

EPs

  • Unity EP (2008)
  • Deeply Infected EP (2009)
  • All Night Long (2009)
  • Shazam (2009)
  • Deeply Infected (2009)
  • Folie (2010)
  • Roadtrip EP (2010)
  • Street EP (2011)
  • Chroniques Variees EP (2012)
  • Rapafromage with Nicolas Cuer (2012)
  • Et La Plue Tomba EP (2013)
  • Good Night My Love (2013)
  • Et la pluie tomba (2013)
  • Question réponse (2015)
  • Les forêts (From "Sur le Front des Forêts Françaises") (2021)
  • By the Brook (Piano Remixes) (2021)

Compilations

  • Hungry 5 (The Best of 5 Years) (2018 – compilation of Hungry Music artists)
  • Orchestra (Remixes) (2022)

Live DVDs

  • Worakls Orchestra – Baloise Session 2023 (2023) [21]

Singles

  • "When the Birds Go in the Wrong Way" (2010)
  • "Future" (2010)
  • "Tension" (2010)
  • "Mirage" (2011)
  • "Siehst Du Nicht (feat. Coni)" (2012)
  • "Utopia/Porto" with N'to (2014)
  • "Salzburg" (2014)
  • "Flocon de neige" (2014)
  • "Toi/Cerisier blanc" (2015)
  • "Adagio for Square" (2015)
  • "Mellotron" (2016)
  • "Nocturne" (2017)
  • "Sanctis" (2017)
  • "Cloches" (2019)
  • "Storm" with Rusanda Panfili (2020)
  • "Hortari & Detached Motion Remixes" (2021)
  • "Nikki & Entrudo Remixes" (2021)
  • "Inked" (2021)
  • "Hiba" with Sophie Ponjiclis (2022)
  • "Pipeline" (2022)
  • "54" (2022) [3]
  • "Sparkle" (2022)
  • "Verbier" (2023)
  • "Furia Electronica" (2024)
  • "Furia Classica" (2024)
  • "Lueur" (2024)
  • "Morning Bliss" (2025)
  • "No Boundaries" with Carl Cox (2025)

References

  1. Cartel, Groove (18 December 2020). "Worakls & Rusanda Panfili join forces on new single 'Storm'". The Groove Cartel. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. "Parable presents: Worakls Band & Guests at Electric Brixton, London".
  3. 1 2 Astronaut, Dancing (2 September 2022). "French orchestral techno producer Worakls teases studio album with new single '54'". Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  4. Cartel, Groove (9 April 2019). "Cercle invites Worakls Orchestra at Château La Coste". The Groove Cartel. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  5. Bhanawat, Akshay (2 September 2022). "Worakls Readies Studio Album and Releases New Single "54"". T.H.E - Music Essentials. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  6. "Worakls Enlists Rodriguez Jr. & Booka Shade for House Remixes of Tracks from 'Orchestra' Album". This Song Is Sick. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  7. "Worakls Discusses the Many Sides of his Art and Performance!". EDM Identity. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  8. "Let's Talk About: Worakls". The Groove Cartel. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  9. "Let's Talk About: Worakls". The Groove Cartel. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  10. Astronaut, Dancing (2 September 2022). "French orchestral techno producer Worakls teases studio album with new single '54'". Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  11. "Worakls Drops New Single Ahead of Fall Orchestra Tour". EDM Identity. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  12. Megan Buerger (2 February 2015): Rising French DJ Worakls Offers a Deep Dive Into Melodic Techno, Billboard
  13. "Sonate records". sonaterecords (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  14. "Instagram". instagram.com. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  15. "Worakls Orchestra". Montreux Jazz Festival. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  16. "CD – From one blink to another – Signed [limited edition]". Store Worakls. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  17. "From One Blink to Another". Bravado (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  18. "Carl Cox teams up with Worakls for spoken-word feature on new single". thedjsessions.com. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  19. Twitter (13 March 2019): Worakls Twitter Account
  20. Amazon (31 July 2020): Amazon Music
  21. "Worakls Orchestra – Baloise Session 2023 DVD". madmusickid.com. Retrieved 10 July 2025.