Worakls Explained
Worakls |
Birth Name: | Kevin Rodrigues |
Birth Date: | 1988 9, df=y |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Label: | Hungry Music, Sonate[1] |
Worakls, real name Kevin Rodrigues (born 28 September 1988), 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]
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, and at age 18, 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]
As of 2019, Worakls has released one studio album, several EPs, and numerous singles.
Discography
Studio albums
- Orchestra (2019)[13]
- Sur Le Front Des Animaux Menacés (2020)[14]
EPs
- Unity (2008)
- All Night Long (2009)
- Shazam (2009)
- Deeply Infected (2009)
- When the Birds Go in the Wrong Way (2010)
- Folie (2010)
- Rapafromage (2012 - with Nicolas Cuer)
- Good Night My Love (2013)
- Et la pluie tomba (2013)
- Question réponse (2015)
Compilation albums
- Hungry 5 (The Best of 5 Years) (2018 - compilation of Hungry Music artists)
Singles
- "Future" (2010)
- "Tension" (2010)
- "Mirage" (2011)
- "Siehst Du Nicht (feat. Coni)" (2012)
- "Utopia/Porto" (2014 - with N'to)
- "Salzburg" (2014)
- "Flocon de neige" (2014)
- "Toi/Cerisier blanc" (2015)
- "Adagio for Square" (2015)
- "Mellotron" (2016)
- "Nocturne" (2017)
- "Sanctis" (2017)
- "Pipeline" (2022)
- "54" (2022)[3]
- "Sparkle" (2022)
- "Verbier" (2023)
- "Furia Electronica" (2024)
- "Furia Classica" (2024)
- "Lueur" (2024)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Cartel . Groove . Worakls & Rusanda Panfili join forces on new single 'Storm' . The Groove Cartel . 18 December 2020 . 18 December 2023.
- Web site: Parable presents: Worakls Band & Guests at Electric Brixton, London .
- Web site: Astronaut . Dancing . French orchestral techno producer Worakls teases studio album with new single '54' . Dancing Astronaut . 2 September 2022 . 18 December 2023.
- Web site: Cartel . Groove . Cercle invites Worakls Orchestra at Château La Coste . The Groove Cartel . 9 April 2019 . 18 December 2023.
- Web site: Bhanawat . Akshay . Worakls Readies Studio Album and Releases New Single "54" . T.H.E - Music Essentials . 2 September 2022 . 18 December 2023.
- Web site: Worakls Enlists Rodriguez Jr. & Booka Shade for House Remixes of Tracks from 'Orchestra' Album . This Song Is Sick . 28 March 2021 . 18 December 2023.
- Web site: Worakls Discusses the Many Sides of his Art and Performance! . EDM Identity . 23 May 2019 . 18 December 2023.
- Web site: Let's Talk About: Worakls . The Groove Cartel . 6 April 2021 . 18 December 2023.
- Web site: Let's Talk About: Worakls . The Groove Cartel . 6 April 2021 . 18 December 2023.
- Web site: Astronaut . Dancing . French orchestral techno producer Worakls teases studio album with new single '54' . Dancing Astronaut . 2 September 2022 . 18 December 2023.
- Web site: Worakls Drops New Single Ahead of Fall Orchestra Tour . EDM Identity . 3 September 2022 . 18 December 2023.
- Megan Buerger (2 February 2015): Rising French DJ Worakls Offers a Deep Dive Into Melodic Techno, Billboard
- Twitter (13 March 2019): Worakls Twitter Account
- Amazon (31 July 2020): Amazon Music