DVJ Rick Kraft

Biography

Canadian-born Rick Kraft is rocking the Taiwan party scene with his selection of electro-house, hip-hop and Top40 tracks. The Vancouver native is a video DJ and current resident at Club Muse, and he is one of only a few DJs to remix and produce his own video mashups and edits, for a full entertainment package. Rick's passion for music has earned him spots internationally and has established a reputation for musical ingenuity that is unconfined by genre.

Rick gathers his influences from 90's artists like Snap!, Bobby Brown, Culture Beat, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Reel 2 Real, and Digital Underground. He predicts artist's next hit singles, pumping out the latest club bangers from Pitbull, Chris Brown, LMFAO, T-Pain and Far East Movement, and tracks from remixers Jump Smokers, R3hab and Afrojack, to name a few. Rick predicts new trends, with euro-house inspired sets, and keeps crowds dancing with Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Katy Perry, while still versed in old school.

Rick emerged as a popular event DJ in 1996, first making mixtapes then compilation CDs. Playing events in Los Angeles and Japan, Rick came to notoriety in the early 2000s. His breakthrough came with Carnegie's, installing the 4th Video DJ system ever in Taiwan and DJing over 20 hours every week. Rick's September 2011 hard house mix CD landed him a regular rotation at Club Muse. With recent events at Canada D'Eh, Taipei European School and the Animals Taiwan Charity Gala 2011, Palais de Chine, Taipei, Rick continues to be a premier special event DJ.

-Residencies with Club Muse, PartyTaiwan, Carnegie's, and MiCasa
-Three production CD releases, the last was sponsored and released at Canada D'Eh 2011
-Featured DJ at Club Gene, Club Asia, Club Wax, Revolver, Canada D'Eh '08 thru '11, Barbados,
Carnegie's HK and PMX Los Angeles, and many more.
-Over 20+ videos on Youtube, the top video having 10,000+ views... amazing for an unsigned artist!
-Shared billing with DJ Dominik Hooker, Marcus Aurelius, Robi Roka, Eryk Smyth, international artists
Charly T, Skratch Bastid and Colby O'Donis, and Taiwan's top female DJ, RayRay!

In addition, Rick is an event planner and A/V engineer. In 2012 he co-produced Taiwan's largest Indie rock show, Ken Lee Danna's Rehabilitation Celebration, featuring 17 bands, and full light and sound for an 1000-seat venue. Over a fifteen-year-long career, Rick Kraft remains a dynamic and ever-evolving artist. He releases new CDs regularly, with a new mix coming soon!

Rick uses Serato SL4+VSL, Technics SL-1210s,
Pioneer CDJs and a Numark DXM 06 for road use.


Booking info: youtube.com
+886911417773 /user/DVJRickKraft
rick.kraft@gmail.com

Spring / Summer 2012

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出生於加拿大的Rick Kraft 以他獨特風格的浩室電音，嘻哈TOP40音軌風靡所有台灣的派對。來自加拿大溫哥華的他不僅是音樂錄影帶DJ更是夜店Muse的駐場DJ，成為少數能夠自己混音和製作的混搭編輯，全方位音樂娛樂DJ。 Rick的對音樂的狂熱，他自由流派的獨創性音樂風格， 已讓他在樂界佔有一席之地。

Rick 的音樂深受90年代的藝術家像SNAP！，巴比 - 布朗，Culture Beat, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Reel 2 Real, and Digital Underground的影響。總是能預測出下一波最受歡迎的單曲，整晚放送舞動樂符從克里斯•布朗，LMFAO，T-Pain和Far East Movement，混音Jump Smokers,，R3hab和Afrojack，及你所能想到所有最受歡迎流行音樂單曲。Rick 能預測最新趨勢，除了加上歐洲流行組曲的靈魂擅於賦予這些歌曲複古新樣貌，他讓所有樂迷隨著Lady Gaga，碧昂斯，凱蒂•貝芮整晚瘋狂舞動。

DJRick首現在1996年一個流行音樂盛會，從剛開始的自製混音帶到精選CD。接著現身於洛杉磯和日本大型活動， Rick在2000年初人氣漸盛，首創在Carnegie安裝第4視頻的DJ系統，每星期DJ超過20小時也將 Rick 在台灣的人氣引爆。 Rick在2011年9月的hard house mix CD更成為夜店Muse不斷播放的作品。隨著最近在加拿大D'Eh，台北歐洲學校，2011年台灣動物慈善晚會，Palais de Chine及在台北各種大型音樂活動中的精彩表現，讓Rick成為所有音樂盛會中首屈一指的指定首場DJ。

- 夜店Muse，PartyTaiwan，卡內基，及MiCasa的駐場DJ

已發行三張由他親製的專輯，去年的專輯更獲得廠商贊助在加拿大Canada D'Eh 2011發行。

是夜店 Gene, Club Asia, Club Wax, Revolver, Canada D'Eh '08 thru '11, Barbados, Carnegie's HK 和 PMX Los Angeles 的主場DJ。
在Youtube上傳超過20支精彩影片，其中最受歡迎的影片點閱率已超過10000次 +雖未署名但他完美的呈現備受肯定！
同場表演的還有 Dominik Hooker, Marcus Aurelius, Robi Roka, Eryk Smyth, 及多位國際級音樂DJ, Charly T, SkratchBastid and Colby O'Donis, 及台灣最著名的女DJ首席RayRay!

除此之外，Rick也是一個專業的活動策劃和A / V工程師。在2012年，他聯合製作台灣最大的非主流搖滾演出，Ken Lee Danna's 的復出音樂盛會，其中包含17個樂團，在這個擁有1000個座位的會場中, 全場超眩燈光及音樂, 開拓全新音樂視野炒熱全場氣氛。超過15年之久的職業生涯中，Rick Kraft 仍然是一個充滿活力和不斷創新的藝術家。他定期發行新的CD，最新的混音專輯即將發行，請密切注意！



Rick使用機型：Serato SL4+VSL, Technics SL-1210s,


Pioneer CDJs及 (可攜式)Numark DXM 06 。





預約詳情請上YouTube.com ：
+886911417773 /user/DVJRickKraft

rick.kraft @ gmail.com

Playlists

4/29/2012 Club Muse

4/28/2012 Club Muse

4/27/2012 Club Asia

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Residencies

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