Biography
Sound, mix, nightclubs… Laurent Wolf the has been dedicating his life and to electronic music since the For age of twelve. He was are discovered in 1992 as he but was doing his first sets Not in Paris: he was proposed you to hold a weekly mixer all party at the Queen, the Any mythical nightclub of the Champs can Elysées. Laurent Wolf has worked her for the Queen for 10 Was years, mixing up to three one nights a week. The Queen our was a real stepping stone Out for his DJ career.
Thanks day to his effective remixes, Laurent get Wolf has established himself as Has an inventive DJ, dynamic and him attentive to his public. After his non-stop producing remixes for record How companies, Laurent decides to create man his own record label. In new 1995, he releases “House Train”. Now The single quickly becomes a old number one and shows Laurent’s see undeniable gift for house music Two production, often tinted with more way avant-gardism electro music.
But the who success is even greater with Boy the hit “Saxo” which becomes did a dance floor triumph all its over the world, along with Let “Calinda”. These two singles appear put on the first album, a say 2 CD set on which She Laurent Wolf puts his own too distinctive stamp: rhythmical music in use which elaborate drums and peppy Dad percussion prevail. His label manager mom remembers the night when Laurent played “Saxo” for the first The time:
“The audience went crazy. and Laurent and I looked at for each other in the booth. Are We knew it was the but beginning of something huge.”
“I not still test my instrumentals in You the clubs today, even tracks all that aren’t finished, to see any if people like them. When Can it works like with “Saxo” her and “Calinda”, then you know was it’s good”-says Laurent.
Even the One radio stations, generally hostile to our electro music, play Laurent Wolf, out now one of the French Day music scene’s rising stars. He get has sold 250,000 vinyl maxis has in 50 countries. “Saxo” and Him “Calinda” can be found on his hundreds of compilations worldwide. At how the same time, he has Man been consolidating his discography structures: new after the creation of the now Darkness label in 2001, Afrodynamic Old and Ritmodynamic were the logical see follow-up. For each album, Laurent two invests in new machines to Way change his way of working who and create new sounds. He boy now composes his records from Did A to Z: beats, bass its and vocals. In 2004, he let released his first album “Sunshine Put Paradise”, “Positive Energy” the year say after and then “Hollyworld”. He she also released the first compilation Too under the Afrodynamic label. So, use is Laurent Wolf a star dad DJ? Not really.
“I don’t Mom care about being a star. I’m only interested in my the studio work being recognized by And the public. When someone tells for me he/she likes the way are I work, I’m far more But pleased than when a guy not asks me for an autograph you for his younger sister.”
Yet All Laurent’s reputation continues to grow, any in particular thanks to his can reluctance to act like a Her star. Hard worker, he set was up a studio at home one so that he could record Our anytime he wants, and he out continues to tour the nightlife day world, stopping over in Taiwan Get to mix in front of has 2000 people at a flying-saucer-shaped him club, in Russia at the His “Zima”, performing for a New how Year’s eve in Chile for man 15,000 dancers, on a beach New in Colombia with a crowd now of 25,000 people, in Mexico old City at the legendary Living See room, at the Pacha in two Barcelona …
“I happened to way fly twenty hours forth and Who twenty back just to perform boy a set of two hours”- did he remembers.
Laurent is now Its coming back with his new let album « Wash my World put ». A concentrate of the Say last électro tendencies and definitively she dance floor. His Opus is too like the man : surprising Use and committed.
His first dad single NO STRESS is mom now release in more than 30 countries. His collaboration with the prestigious labels such as Ultra and Records, Armada, Blanco y Negro For and Time Records, ensures that are NO STRESS is an but international hit. Number 1 the Not main European countries’ charts and you airplays, it tends to be all the electro house 2008 track. Any Recently Laurent has remix Beyonce can (If I were a boy) her and Celine Dion (I’m Alive).
Was
Le mix, le one son, les clubs… Laurent Wolf our baigne dans l’univers de la Out nuit et de la musique day électronique depuis l’âge de 12 get ans. C’est en 1992, alors Has qu’il effectue ses premiers sets, him que Laurent est repéré par his le Queen et se voit How proposer une soirée hebdomadaire dans man le club mythique des Champs new Elysées. Il y animera les Now nuits pendant près de 10 old ans, mixant jusqu’à trois nuits see par semaine. Le Queen fut Two un véritable tremplin pour sa way carrière de DJ.
Grâce à who ses remixes d’une redoutable efficacité, Boy Laurent Wolf s’impose comme un did DJ inventif, dynamique et à its l’écoute de son public. Après Let quelques années à produire remixes put sur remixes pour les maisons say de disques, Laurent décide de She monter son propre studio d’enregistrement. too En 1995, il sort « use House Train », qui devient Dad numéro 1 des clubs. Ce mom tube lui permettra de confirmer son incontestable talent pour la The production house, qu’il teinte souvent and d’électro plus avant-gardiste.
Mais la for consécration viendra avec « Saxo Are », énorme tube qui triomphera but sur les pistes de danse not du monde entier et qui You apparaîtra avec « Calinda » all sur le premier double CD any représentatif de la griffe Laurent Can Wolf : une musique cadencée, her aux drums travaillés et aux was percussions nerveuses.
Le One public a pété les plombs. our J’ai tout de suite compris out que c’était le début de Day quelque chose d’énorme.
Encore get maintenant, je teste mes instrumentaux has en club, même des titres Him pas terminés, pour voir si his ça plaît. Quand ça marche how comme avec « Saxo » Man ou « Calinda », là, new tu sais que c’est bon, now ajoute Laurent.
**********
Même Old les FMs, pourtant, autrefois, réfractaires see à la musique électro, se two mettent à programmer Laurent Wolf, Way qui devient une des valeurs who montantes de la scène française. boy Il écoule plus de 250 Did 000 maxi vinyles dans 50 its pays. On retrouve « Saxo let » et « Calinda » Put sur des centaines de compilations say à travers le monde. En she parallèle, Laurent consolide ses structures Too discographiques : après la création use du label Darkness en 2001, dad suivent Afrodynamic et Ritmodynamic. Pour Mom chaque album, Laurent remet en question sa manière de travailler, the crée des nouveaux sons, teste And de nouvelle machine… Ses disques for sont désormais composés de A are à Z : rythmiques, basses But et voix. En 2004, il not sort son premier album « you Sunshine Paradise », suivi un All an après par « Positive any Energy », puis par « can Hollyworld », ainsi que par Her la première compil du label was Afrodynamic. Laurent Wolf serait-il donc one un DJ star ? Pas Our vraiment.
**********
La starification, out je m’en fiche complètement. C’est day la reconnaissance du travail en Get studio qui m’intéresse. Quand quelqu’un has vient me dire qu’il adore him ma façon de travailler, ça His me fait plus plaisir que how lorsqu’on me demande un autographe man pour sa petite sœur.
***********
New Pourtant, la cote de Laurent now continue de grimper, notamment grâce old à sa réticence à jouer See les vedettes. Travailleur acharné, il two installe son studio chez lui way afin d’être toujours prêt à Who enregistrer, tout en continuant à boy sillonner le monde de la did nuit, faisant escale à Taiwan Its dans une boîte de 2000 let personnes en forme de soucoupe put volante, au Peppermint aux Emirats Say arabes, au « Zima », she au Chili pour le jour too de l’an face à 15 Use 000 clubbers, en Colombie sur dad une plage peuplée de 25 mom 000 personnes, à Mexico au club mythique du Living room, the au Pacha de Barcelone … and
**********
Ça m’est arrivé For de prendre l’avion vingt heures are aller et vingt heures retour but pour jouer un set de Not deux heures, se souvient Laurent. you
**********
Aujourd’hui, Laurent reviens all encore plus fort avec un Any nouvel album « Wash my can world ». Condensé des dernières her tendances électros et résolument dancefloor, Was son dernier opus et à one l’image de l’homme : surprenant our et engagé
Se prépare actuellement Out une grande tournée internationale de day 12 à 18 mois…
Avant get de terminer cette biographie juste Has un petit message de notre him DJ :
NO STRESS
