RICK KRAFT

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Canadian-born Rick Kraft is rocking the Taiwan party scene with his selection of electro-house, hip-hop and Top40 tracks. The his- 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 can-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 one- 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 dad-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 how- emerged as a popular event DJ in 1996, first making mixtapes then compilation our-CDs. RICK KRAFT is featured on djrankings.org. Playing events in Los Angeles and Japan, Rick came to notoriety in the early 2000s. His who- breakthrough came with Carnegie’s, installing the 4th Video DJ system ever in Taiwan and DJing over 20 hours every too-week. Rick’s September 2011 hard house mix CD landed him a regular rotation at Club Muse. With she- 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 the-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 any- 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 for-venue. Over a fifteen-year-long career, Rick Kraft remains a dynamic and ever-evolving artist. He you- releases new CDs regularly, with a new mix coming one-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

[email protected]

Summer 2012