Michael Wong (born 1978), better known by his

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Mike Relm, is an American

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turntablist Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating new music, sound effects, mixes and other creative sounds and beats, typically by using two or more turntables and a cross fader-equipped DJ mixer. The mixer is plugged into a PA syste ...

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, and VJ from

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Biography

He has performed with notable hip-hop artists

The Pharcyde The Pharcyde is an American hip hop group, formed in South Los Angeles, South Central Los Angeles in 1989. The original four members of the group are Imani (rapper), Imani (Emandu Wilcox), Slimkid3 (Trevant Hardson), Bootie Brown (Romye Robinson ...

Lyrics Born Tsutomu William "Tom" Shimura (born September 2, 1972), better known by his stage name Lyrics Born (formerly Asia Born), is a Japanese-American rapper, singer, and producer. He is one half of the duo Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker. Early ...

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, Gift of Gab,

Del tha Funkee Homosapien Teren Delvon Jones (born August 12, 1972), better known by his stage name Del the Funky Homosapien (sometimes stylized as Del tha Funkee Homosapien) or Sir DZL, is an American rapper. Music career 1988–1997: Early life and beginnings Born in O ...

Mike Patton Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and voice actor, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock bands Faith No More and Mr. Bungle. He has also fronted and/or played with Tomahawk, The ...

, and D-Sharp. In 1999 he won the International Turntablist Federation's USA competition. More recently he toured as part of

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project. As a solo artist, Relm is known for live performances which feature a series of audio mashups paired with video images, manipulated in real-time with turntables and

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DJ Pro. Mike Relm toured with

Blue Man Group Blue Man Group is an American performance art company formed in New York City in 1987. It is known for its stage productions that incorporate many kinds of music and art, both popular and obscure. Its performers, known as Blue Men, have their ...

from 2007 to 2008 and

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in 2008. He performed at the 2007

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Coachella (officially called the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and sometimes known as Coachella Festival) is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley in the Colora ...

and

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, as well as the Audiotistic-Future Sound Festival which featured Outkast and Mos Def. In 2005 he released a DVD called ''Suit Yourself'', which documents his time on the "Fourth Dimensional Rocketships" tour with Gift of Gab. He most recently opened for

Diggnation ''Diggnation'' is a tech-focused humor video podcast hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht. Originally broadcast on Revision3, the first episode aired on July 1, 2005 and the last episode on December 30, 2011. This run of video podcasts was one ...

Live at the

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in San Diego, California. In 2008, he released "Everytime" featuring

Del the Funky Homosapien Teren Delvon Jones (born August 12, 1972), better known by his stage name Del the Funky Homosapien (sometimes stylized as Del tha Funkee Homosapien) or Sir DZL, is an American rapper. Music career 1988–1997: Early life and beginnings Born in O ...

; producing the song as well as directing the music video. In addition to producing music, he has been hired to direct music videos, commercials, and short films. He directed the

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in their first music video "Devastating Stereo", as well as

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in "New York City Moves to the Sound of LA" and "Just Because". In 2010 he launched his Relmvision channel on

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where he features remixes of films, commercials, viral videos, and television shows in which he re-edits visual elements over music he composes. His unique style helped him gain over 120,000 subscribers in under 12 months, and his videos views are in the millions. Notable remixes include

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, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World,

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

, and

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. His Punisher/Spirit/Transporter remix won the 2009

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for Best Mashup/Remix. In 2014, Relm was listed on

New Media Rockstars ''NewMediaRockstars'' ''(NMR)'' was an American online magazine which was launched in December 2011 and primarily covered YouTube performers, entrepreneurs, and artists with videos and interviews. In 2013, ''NewMediaRockstars'' closed due to lack ...

Top 100 Channels, ranked at #79. In 2015, he became

's tour DJ/VJ. In 2019, Relm produced and performed the opening for the

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World Cup at the

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in New York.

Remix discography

* Iron Man 2 (TV Spot) * Back to the Future (TV Spot) * The Cornetto Trilogy * Baby Driver * Amy Schumer * Child's Play * Parasite * Avengers Endgame * Shazam! * Swoozie's 99 Princess Problems * Joker * It * Home Alone * Wonder Woman * Deadpool * The Jungle Book * Star Wars * The Walking Dead * Vsauce * Everly * Godzilla * Get Out * MIB International * Cowboys & Aliens * Harry Potter * Scott Pilgrim vs. the World * The Devil's Double * 0000 * Happy Endings * Philip DeFranco * Aziz Ansari * Burlesque * S'leb Suit * Key of Awesome * Smosh 2010 * MysteryGuitarMan * Limitless * Smosh 2011 * Texas Chainsaw 3D * ShaneDawsonTV * Smosh 2012 * Smosh 2013 * Smosh 2014 * Smosh 2015 * Smosh 2016

Discography

* ''Radio Fryer'' (self-released, 2005) * ''Spectacle'' (Radiofried Records, 2008)

Battle records

* ''Leave it to Beaver'' (BEAVER001-VINYL, STA Records, 1999) * ''Jugglin' Jaws'' (JAWZ001-VINYL, Thud Rumble, 2001) * ''Aaahs: Session 1'' (WIZ-002, Wizard Records, 2003) * ''The Zodyax Scop System''

Videography

* ''Scratch'' (Palm, 2000) * ''

Along Came Polly ''Along Came Polly'' is a 2004 American romantic comedy film written and directed by John Hamburg and starring Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston, alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman, Debra Messing, Hank Azaria, Bryan Brown and Alec Baldwin. The sto ...

'' (Universal, 2004) * ''Suit Yourself'' (self-released, 2006) * '' Clown Alley'': Relm's first film experience. * ''

How to Be a Megastar Live! Blue Man Group is an American performance art company formed in New York City in 1987. It is known for its stage productions that incorporate many kinds of music and art, both popular and obscure. Its performers, known as Blue Men, have their ...

'' (

/Rhino, 2008)

Album features

* ''Awaken'' (Electromatrix, 2000)

Other credits

* ''Skratchcon 2000'' (documentary film, Director, Co-Editor; 2000)

References

External links

Official SiteTinyMixTapes review of ''Spectacle''
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