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” 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: Ellen Allien's Bpitchcontrol... Read more
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” 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: Ellen Allien's Bpitchcontrol (Berlin), Kid606's Tigerbeat6 and ViolentTurd (Oakland), Component (CT), ExNihilo (Belgium), Detroit Underground, Voxxx (Chemnitz), Deathsucker (UK), Intellectos (Boston), Mattress (Los Angeles), Schematic (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), 1015 Folsom (San Francisco), Blue Cube (San Francisco), Mighty (San Francisco), Churchill's (Miami) Robtospeak Sessions (San Francisco), and Otherworld (Oakland).
He has shared the lineup with artists such as: Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto/Tino Corp.), Matmos, Kid606, Ellen Allien, Andrea Parker, DnTEL, Neotropic, Forest Green, Daedelus, Bogdan Racynski, DJ Plasticman, Otto Von Schirach, Dino Felipe, Jimmy Edgar, Mia Doi Todd, Ken Ishii, Gold Chains, Eats Tapes, Modeselektor, MachineDrum, UFO!, Doormouse, Edit, Coppe, Deceptikon, Baseck, Babyland, 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.
Mochipet's 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: KXLU, WFMU, KUCI, WNRN, WXYC, XFM, KDVS, KCRW, and John Peel's BBC Radio.
David's 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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Birthplace: Taipei Taiwan
Hair: Black and Stiff
Eyes: Slanted
Residence: Middle Earth
Favorite food: Haw Flakes, Botan Rice Candy
Favorite music: Anything not electronic.
Favorite books: The 3D ones with the pop ups.
Favorite TV show: The free ones hacked through DSS.
Favorite movie: Hands on a Hardbody. Show less
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