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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 age of 15,
when the urge of metal guitar overtook him in Livermore California. Rocking
through a set of 2 in speakers and a cheap stiletto six-string, David Wang
conjured up the forces which began his music adventure.
Through out his career
Mochipet has had his music released on record labels such as: Bpitchcontrol
(Berlin), Tigerbeat6/ViolentTurd (Oakland), Component (CT), ExNihilo (Belgium),
Detroit Underground, Voxxx (Chemnitz), Deathsucker (UK), Intellectos (Boston),
Mattress (Los Angeles), Schematic, Merck (Miami), Reconfiguration (China),
and his own Daly City Records (Daly City).
Mochipet has toured
throughout America and Europe in a wide variety of underground and main
stage venues such as: WMF (Berlin), Paradiso (Amsterdam), Golden Pudel
Klub (Hamburg), The Wormweb, Gilman (Berkley), The Smell (Los Angeles),
Equalizer Festival (Rotterdam), The Echo (Los Angeles), Club6 (San Francisco),
Rickshaw Stop (San Francisco) 1015 Folsom (San Francisco), Blue Cube (San
Francisco), Hemlock (San Francisco) Mighty (San Francisco), Churchills
(Miami) Robtospeak Sessions (San Francisco), and Otherworld (Oakland).
He has shared the
lineup with artists such as: Coldcut, Felix Da Housecat, Carl Craig, Bucovina
Club, Dat Politics, Cristian Vogal, M.I.A, Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto/Tino
Corp.), Matmos, Kid606, Ellen Allien, Andrea Parker, Superpitcher, DnTEL,
Neotropic, 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, Eats Tapes,
Modeselektor, MachineDrum, UFO!, Doormouse, Edit, Coppe, Deceptikon, Baseck,
Babyland, Mike Boo, The Prids, Books on Tape, 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 an experimental
music night called DimSum in the Greater Bay Area.
Mochipets 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 major radio stations such as: KFJC, KUSF,
KZSU, KXLU, WFMU, KUCI, WNRN, WXYC, XFM, KDVS, KCRW, and John Peels
BBC Radio.
MOCHIs 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
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