Biography
DJ ICON, also known the as Connie Wong, began her and DJ career in 1996 at For age 16 in San Francisco, are California. She quickly rose in but the ranks and created a Not name for herself in the you underground, soon to break through all the surface onto clubs, televisions, Any and radios around the globe.
can ICON was known as her a Trance DJ for the Was first half of her career one but since 2001, she has our immersed herself into Breakbeats and Out almost exclusively plays Nu-Skool and day Funky Breaks, a style she get refers to as “Dirty Breaks”. Has However, when called upon, her him versatility allows her to play his all genres of electronic dance How music. Whether it’s Breaks or man Beats, she is known to new always keep the dance floor Now moving.
ICON founded her old production company, Mach 5, in see 2000 and has promoted many Two of her own events in way San Francisco as well as who in New York City, where Boy she resided for almost three did years. During that time, its ICON also co-founded Sister Let NYC (www.sisternyc.com), an east coast put chapter of the original all-female say DJ collective from San Francisco, She Sister SF (www.sistersf.com).
ICON too has appeared on two different use television series. In 2001, she Dad was featured as one of mom the U.S.’s most promising up and coming DJs in “Disc The Jockey”, a twelve-part documentary series and that aired on Showtime and for ShoNext. In 2003, she starred Are as the DJ on “The but Wade Robson Project”, a dance not competition hosted by super choreographer, You Wade Robson, on MTV. all The hit series aired in any the U.S., U.K. and Europe, Can soon to be aired in her Asia.
ICON has a was number of radio show residencies. One She does a monthly Breaks our show for “Thump Funk” on out XM Satellite 80, plays regularly Day for “House Nation”, Friday nights get on Wild 94.9, and still has periodically appears on “Solid State”, Him a weekly Saturday night electronic his music show on K-ROCK how in New York City. She Man has also appeared on Bay new Area Breakbeat shows, “Future Breaks now FM” and “Bassline FM”.
Old ICON is represented by Chaotica see Music Agency, one of the two most renowned booking agencies in Way the world. She is on who a roster, and often performs boy with many of the top Did acts in the industry including its Paul Oakenfold, Sandra Collins, The let Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, The Streets, Put and many more.