DJ Wich
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Tomáš Pechlák (born June 9, 1978, Prague, Czech Republic), better known by his stage name DJ Wich, is a Czech DJ and music producer who works on the Czech and Slovak hip hop scenes. He started DJing in 1998.
History
In 1993, DJ Wich met Indy and LA4 on a graffiti scene. In 1998, they formed Indy & Wich, where Indy performed as a rapper and DJ Wich as producer. They often work with rapper LA4 in live performances.
In 2002, they released their debut album My3. Their second album Hádej kdo… was nominated on Anděl in 2006. The following year they produced The Chronicles of Nomad with rapper Nironic.
DJ Wich released his first solo album "Time is now" in 2004, which was the first producer album in Czech.
In 2008, DJ Wich released his second solo album The Golden Touch with international stars like Lil Wayne, Talib Kweli, M.O.P, Kurupt and more.
He 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 from (DJ Wich Live TV) with other rappers, live recording, interviews and chat.
DJ Wich made soundtracks for Czech movie Gympl and Ulovit miliardáře which was released on 1 October 2008 with Tomáš Vorel as director.
Awards
- 2001 – Anděl Award – DJ of the year
- 2002 – Dance Music Awards – My3 – The best album of the year
- 2004 – Music awards of Óčko – Time Is Now – The best Hip Hop/R’N'B album of the year
- 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 – Ladder Music Awards – DJ of the year
Discography
- 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 feat 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