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DJ Wich

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Tomáš Pechlák (born June 9, 1978 in Czechoslovakia), professionally known as DJ Wich, is a Czech deejay, record producer and audio engineer, who works on the Czech and Slovak hip hop scenes. He is a former member of Czech hip hop duo Indy & Wich together with Andreas "Indy" Christodoulou. He started DJing in 1998.

Career

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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]

In 2022, he was nominated for an Anděl Award for his rap music project together with Rest titled Tlak, but lost to 58G's City Park.

Awards

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  • 2001 – Anděl Award – DJ of the year[4]
  • 2002 – Dance Music AwardsMy3 – Best album of the year
  • 2004 – Music awards of ÓčkoTime Is Now – Best Hip Hop/RnB album of the year
  • 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 – Ladder Music Awards – DJ of the year

Discography

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  • 2001 - Indy & Wich – Cesta Štrýtu
  • 2002 - Indy & Wich – My3
  • 2003 - Indy & Wich - Ještě pořád
  • 2004 - DJ Wich – Time Is Now
  • 2004 - DJ Wich – Work Affair Mixtape
  • 2006 - Indy & Wich – Hádej Kdo…
  • 2007 - DJ Wich presents Nironic: The Chronicles of a Nomad
  • 2008 - DJ Wich – The Yearbook Mixtape
  • 2008 - DJ Wich – The Golden Touch
  • 2009 - Hi-Def & DJ Wich – Human Writes
  • 2010 - DJ Wich & Rasco - The Untouchables: Al Capone's Vault
  • 2011 - DJ Wich & Nironic - Nomad 2: The Long Way Home
  • 2012 - DJ Wich & Ektor - Tetris
  • 2014 - LA4 & DJ Wich - Panorama
  • 2017 - DJ Wich - Veni, Vidi, Wich
  • 2018 - Lvcas Dope & Dj Wich - Diamant
  • 2020 - Paulie Garand & Dj Wich - Mezi prsty
  • 2021 - Maniak & DJ Wich – Černej Kůň
  • 2022 - Rest & DJ Wich - Tlak

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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).