Mochipet

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 ripe 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 worked with artists such as: Ellen Allien (bpitchcontrol), Otto Von Schirach (ipecac), Spank Rock (BigDada), Kid606 (Tigerbeat6), Mikah9 (Freestyle Fellowship), Weasel Walter (Flying Luttenbachers), Paul Costuros (Death Sentence Panda), and Legendary Skateboarder Ray Barbee (Galaxia). His upcoming releases include collaborations with Dopestyle (Kutmaster Kurt & Kool Keith) & Casual & Opio (Hieroglyphics Oakland), Raashan Ahmad (Crown City Rockers), Jahcoozi (Kitty-Yo), Spaceheater (Daly City/Alphapup), Al Haca Soundsystem, 215 Freshest Kids, Geoff White / Aeroc (ghostly). and Daedelus (Ninjatune)

Mochi’s music has been released on record labels such as: Bpitchcontrol (Berlin), Tigerbeat6 and ViolentTurd (Oakland), Component (CT), ExNihilo (Belgium), Detroit Underground, Voxxx (Chemnitz), Deathsucker (UK), Intellectos (Boston), Schematic (Miami), Reconfiguration (China), Creaked (Switzerland) and his own Daly City Records. Mochipet has toured throughout America and Europe in a wide variety of underground and main stage venues such as: WMF (Berlin), Paradiso (Amsterdam), Point Ephemere (Fr), Bangface (UK), Independent (US), Mighty (US), Golden Pudel Klub (Hamburg), Gilman (Berkley), The Smell (Los Angeles), Equalizer Festival (Rotterdam), The Echo (Los Angeles), Club6 (San Francisco), Café Du Nord (SF), The Elbo Room (SF), Rickshaw Stop (San Francisco) 1015 Folsom (SF), 111Minna (SF) Blue Cube (San Francisco), Hemlock (SF), Churchill’s (Miami) Robtospeak Sessions (San Francisco), and Cellspace (SF).

He has shared the stage with artists such as: Coldcut, Felix Da Housecat, Carl Craig, Bucovina Club, Kid Koala, Luke Vibert, Modeselektor, Cargo Natty, Fluokids, Dat Politics, Spank Rock, Cristian Vogal, M.I.A, Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto/Tino Corp.), Matmos, Juan Maclean, Kid606, Ellen Allien, Andrea Parker, Superpitcher, DnTEL, Fabio & MC Rage, Forest Green, Daedelus, Bogdan Racynski, DJ Plasticman, Otto Von Schirach, Mikah 9, Abstract Rude, Tussle, Dino Felipe, Jimmy Edgar, Mia Doi Todd, Ken Ishii, Gold Chains, Jason Forest, Eats Tapes, MachineDrum, UFO!, Doormouse, eDIT, Baseck, Babyland, Mike Boo, 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 experimental music nights 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 CMJ. He has seen great support from stations such as: KFJC, KUSF, KZSU, KXLU, WFMU, 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.

And if all this is not enough his piece “Dessert Search for Techno Baklava” has been performed by a 20 piece orchestra, Alarm Will Sound, around the world, notably at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and Amsterdam’s Holland Festival!