Tomáš Pechlák (born June 9, 1978 in

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), professionally known as DJ Wich, is a Czech

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, who works on the

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and Slovak hip hop scenes. He is a former member of Czech hip hop duo Indy & Wich together with Andreas "Indy" Christodoulou. He started DJing in 1998.

Career

DJ Wich released his first solo album, ''Time Is Now'', in 2004, the first producer album in Czech. In 2008, DJ Wich released his second solo album, ''The Golden Touch''Honza Vedral
"Hiphopové sny DJ Wiche je radost poslouchat"
''iDNES.cz'', 12 January 2010, . with international stars including

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, and

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. His 2010 album ''Human Writes'' was a collaboration with Hi-Def. In 2017 he released ''Veni, Vidi, Wich''. He has collaborated with Czech artists including

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, Hugo Toxxx, Vladimir 518, LA4 and from the international

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, Rytmus, H16,

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, and Nironic. Wich streams live shows on ''DJ Wich Live TV'' with other rappers, live recording, interviews and chat. DJ Wich created the soundtrack for the 2008 Czech movie ''Ulovit miliardáře''. In 2022, he was nominated for an Anděl Award for his rap music project together with Rest titled ''Tlak'', but lost to 58G's ''City Park''.

Awards

* 2001 –

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– DJ of the yearAntonín Kocábek
"Anděl 2001 - blýskání na lepší časy?"

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, 8 March 2002, . * 2002 –

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– ''My3'' – Best album of the year * 2004 – Music awards of

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– ''Time Is Now'' – Best Hip Hop/RnB album of the year * 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 – Ladder Music Awards – DJ of the year

Discography

* 2001 - Indy & Wich – ''Cesta Štrýtu'' * 2002 - Indy & Wich – ''My3'' * 2003 - Indy & Wich - ''Ještě pořád'' * 2004 - DJ Wich – ''Time Is Now'' * 2004 - DJ Wich – ''Work Affair Mixtape'' * 2006 - Indy & Wich – ''Hádej Kdo…'' * 2007 - DJ Wich presents ''Nironic: The Chronicles of a Nomad'' * 2008 - DJ Wich – ''The Yearbook Mixtape'' * 2008 - DJ Wich – ''The Golden Touch'' * 2009 - Hi-Def & DJ Wich – ''Human Writes'' * 2010 - DJ Wich &

- ''The Untouchables: Al Capone's Vault'' * 2011 - DJ Wich & Nironic - ''Nomad 2: The Long Way Home'' * 2012 - DJ Wich & Ektor - Tetris * 2014 - LA4 & DJ Wich - Panorama * 2017 - DJ Wich - ''Veni, Vidi, Wich'' * 2018 - Lvcas Dope & Dj Wich - Diamant * 2020 - Paulie Garand & Dj Wich - Mezi prsty * 2021 - Maniak & DJ Wich – Černej Kůň * 2022 - Rest & DJ Wich - ''Tlak''

References

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