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- Born in Taiwan R.O.C. to rocket scientist father and kindergarten teacher mother, David Wang (a.k.a. Mochipet) did not get his start in music until the ripe age of 15, when the urge of metal guitar overtook him in Livermore California. Rocking through a set of 2” speakers and a cheap stiletto six-string, David Wang conjured up the forces which began his music adventure.
Through out his career Mochipet has worked with artists such as: Ellen Allien (bpitchcontrol), Otto Von Schirach (ipecac), Spank Rock (BigDada), Kid606 (Tigerbeat6), Mikah9 (Freestyle Fellowship), Weasel Walter (Flying Luttenbachers), Paul Costuros (Death Sentence Panda), and Legendary Skateboarder Ray Barbee (Galaxia). His upcoming releases include collaborations with Dopestyle (Kutmaster Kurt & Kool Keith) & Casual & Opio (Hieroglyphics Oakland), Raashan Ahmad (Crown City Rockers), Jahcoozi (Kitty-Yo), Spaceheater (Daly City/Alphapup), Al Haca Soundsystem, 215 Freshest Kids, Geoff White / Aeroc (ghostly). and Daedelus (Ninjatune)
Mochi’s music has been released on record labels such as: Bpitchcontrol (Berlin), Tigerbeat6 and ViolentTurd (Oakland), Component (CT), ExNihilo (Belgium), Detroit Underground, Voxxx (Chemnitz), Deathsucker (UK), Intellectos (Boston), Schematic (Miami), Reconfiguration (China), Creaked (Switzerland) and his own Daly City Records.
Mochipet has toured throughout America and Europe in a wide variety of underground and main stage venues such as: WMF (Berlin), Paradiso (Amsterdam), Point Ephemere (Fr), Bangface (UK), Independent (US), Mighty (US), Golden Pudel Klub (Hamburg), Gilman (Berkley), The Smell (Los Angeles), Equalizer Festival (Rotterdam), The Echo (Los Angeles), Club6 (San Francisco), Café Du Nord (SF), The Elbo Room (SF), Rickshaw Stop (San Francisco) 1015 Folsom (SF), 111Minna (SF) Blue Cube (San Francisco), Hemlock (SF), Churchill’s (Miami) Robtospeak Sessions (San Francisco), and Cellspace (SF).
He has shared the stage with artists such as: Coldcut, Felix Da Housecat, Carl Craig, Bucovina Club, Kid Koala, Luke Vibert, Modeselektor, Cargo Natty, Fluokids, Dat Politics, Spank Rock, Cristian Vogal, M.I.A, Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto/Tino Corp.), Matmos, Juan Maclean, Kid606, Ellen Allien, Andrea Parker, Superpitcher, DnTEL, Fabio & MC Rage, Forest Green, Daedelus, Bogdan Racynski, DJ Plasticman, Otto Von Schirach, Mikah 9, Abstract Rude, Tussle, Dino Felipe, Jimmy Edgar, Mia Doi Todd, Ken Ishii, Gold Chains, Jason Forest, Eats Tapes, MachineDrum, UFO!, Doormouse, eDIT, Baseck, Babyland, Mike Boo, Greg Davis, Meanest Man Contest, Oxbow, Burmese, Murder Murder, Drop the Lime, and Phon.o, just to name more then a few…
David has also held residencies at [Eraser] Club (Los Angeles) and Trouble Club (San Francisco) along side fellow musicians: 8fm/[a]pendics shuffle, John Tejada, Pieter K, Edit, Kid606, Josh Kit Clayton, Sue Constabile, Sindri, Uprock, Matt Laszuk, Philip Sherburne, and Sutekh. He currently helps host experimental music nights in the Greater Bay Area.
Mochipet’s music has been featured and reviewed in publications such as: Village Voice, San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, URB, and XLR8R Magazine. As well as charted and highlighted on CMJ. He has seen great support from stations such as: KFJC, KUSF, KZSU, KXLU, WFMU, KCRW, and John Peel’s BBC Radio.
David’s music has also caught the ears of the Sports and Skateboarding world. You may have heard his songs being featured on Fuel TV and Directv Payperview with skate legends such as: Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain, Christian Hasoi, Ray Barbee, Laban Pheidias, Jason “Weeman” Acuna, Rob Dyrdek, and Anthony Van Engelen.
And if all this is not enough his piece “Dessert Search for Techno Baklava” has been performed by a 20 piece orchestra, Alarm Will Sound, around the world, notably at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and Amsterdam’s Holland Festival!
Note-able Quotes:
Trey Spruce (Secret Chiefs 3 / Mr. Bungle)
“Fucking incredible. Who are you? What the hell are you up to?? Very very nice CD. Let's just say that only a fool would not recognize your "adeptness". But I found it listenable too, which is great fun for me, since most of what I recieve from "on high" is rarely lacking in the gymnastics department, but in dire poverty in the "interesting, worthwhile, engaging" department. Clearly you are someone with enormous musical training - good to see it didn't ruin your vision as an artist. Nice work. I dream of the possibilities..."
San Francisco Bay Guardian
“MOCHIPET: NOT another lame laptop guy. ..”. -Will York
Pitchfork Media
“…wacky interpretations overlap psychotically in a glorious flourish of creativity. “
Toph One (XLR8R)
“keep an ear on that Mochipet character–his shit is DOPE.”
Richard Devine (Schematic /Warp Records)
“I have been listening your shit all the time lately. Its fucking sick! I love your music!”
Brainwashed.com
“some technique-obsessed modern day electronic music listeners will undoubtedly have trouble with Uzumaki. Well fuck them”
BASSBIN TWINS
“'machinedrum n mochipet' = boh! keep on mochipet “
Otto Von Schirach (Schematic/Ipecac)
“Traxx Atre fuckin Lush! Hell Yes... They Sound Wicked as Hell, Mama's Breakcore!"
Knifehandchop (tigerbeat6)
“yoyo..just heard your record on bpitch.. I fucking love it! “
DJ Rupture (tigerbeat6)
“i am approx. one thousand, seven-nine hundred, sixty two dozen days late on a MOCHIPet remix .... and yet he is STILL my friend. Amazing! Obviously a true gentleman.”
edIT (Planet-Mu / Alphapup)
"Lyrical giants vs. they Might be giants is still the shit!...."
Al-Haca Soundsystems
“mochi, gotta drop a line again: machinedrum song is the shit!!! “
LiWei, Chiang (Recorderz taiwan)
ur music fucking rockz! btw, it would be great if u ever come back to taiwan, and do a live set!
XLR8R
“This is the record of your next gallery opening and/or backyard barbecue. If both Burt Bacharach and MF Doom are there. Quality. -Matt Earp”
BBC
“blends some of the more dissonant moments of Kid 606, Hrvatski and Lexanculpt into cut and paste drill and bass”
Absorb.org
“hearing this evokes the kind of feelings and wild imagery that kids in the 30s must have felt the first time they heard jazz, or swing, or that drum solo kick in”
Outsight: The Tommies 2002
Mochipet creates dense works of breakbeats and soundbites. There is a real absurdist quality to the music. – Tom Schulte
The Squids Ear
“It would make any long-distance drive fun; just watch the speedometer. It's an enjoyable compilation of fun and spirited tracks.”
Tentacles E-Zine / Yip.org
“A brilliant album for anyone who is looking for something a little different.”
SFGate
"Ray Barbee n Mochipet," summery beats courtesy of local laptopper Mochipet and South-Bay-born-and-bred skateboarder-musician Ray Barbee. – Bill Picture
Borderline Music (Zagreb, Croatia)
50 MUST-HAVE RELEASES OF THE YEAR!
The Joint (Christchurch New Zealand)
MOCHIPET anything off "Combat" - Best Remixes of 2003
Fat Planet (Sydney, Australia)
“we trip from oriental breakcore and a devilish charleston, to glitch’n’swing and electroCash (couldn’t resist it).”
West Coast Performer
“This is not a symphony of staffs and strings, but of ports and plugs. The conductor is located stage right, peering at the screen of a borrowed Mac desktop. His given name is David Wang, but tonight he goes by Mochipet “ -Nate Seltenrich
Future Music Magazine (UK)
“It’s the sort of track any ad guy could use on a mobile phone campaign to instantly propel David to the kind of status enjoyed by Røyksöpp and a hundred other rich royalty collecting acts… Thing is, you get the impression that this is exactly where David doesn’t want to be. Oh well.”
PopYourIt!
Lucky for all us, EMO grindcore master, “Mochipet” just pulled a Dr. Phil to shed some light on this taboo subject
Qbot
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SONG (Robot Girl ) SO MUCH!!
*bounces up and down*
ReGen Magazine
“You have to have a certain credibility amongst your peers and a certain respect from your audience. And you have to have a bunch of awesome talented people that are just waiting to get their dirty hands on all the work that’s made you into such a worthy star in the first place. Mochipet is just such an artist”
KALX
“OMG I am sooooo obsessed with the Mochipet record. I LOVE IT!” - Keli Rivers / Tyler Mccauley
KUCI
“All in all, this is a well put-together sugar coated rush” – Zero Sharp
Almostcool.org
“Mash is dead! Long live mash!“
KCPR
“Definitely one of our favorite records of the last couple months. I play it on my show all the time!”
KVCU
“I really am digging this shit!! Track 2 is so good, and I love track 7 too!
WVUM
“Daly City is one of my favorite labels today. The record will kill and is already crackin”
For more info on Mochipet please go to:
http://www.mochipet.com
http://www.dalycityrecords.com
- Website:
- http://www.mochipet.com
- Social Media (FB, IG, Twitter)
- http://www.myspace.com/mochipet
- Profession:
- Music Lover, DJ, MC, Singer, Dancer, Promoter, Record Label, Graphic Designer, Artist
- Location (City, State):
- Daly City, CA
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