DJ CHICH
Fernandes Carlos aka CHICH is a Portuguese DJ and producer from Luxembourg. He started listening to electronic music at a very early age and was deeply influenced by bands like Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, Front 242, U2 and so on. he was also greatly influenced by the Detroit minimal-techno and helped to introduce this style to the Luxembourg ravers.
CHICH was one of the first to start djing and organising events in 1988, making him one of the first creators of the electronic music scene in Luxembourg together with Ionic and Flower... which made them the the pioneers of the techno movement in Luxembourg. In 1993, CHICH got to know some famous international DJs such as Danny Casseau, ZZIno, Marco Bailey, Thomas, Acid Kirk and DJ Ghost, through an event he helped organise in Luxembourg. This was the real start o his international career. Together with Danny Casseau, with whom he has become good friends, he recorded his first record “Argonic vs DJ CHICH” released by Subsounds, which was a huge hit and sold over 4000 times all over the World. It was such a success that it was even released on the famous compilation “Transcore 6.0”. Together, they also released tracks on “Reload”, one of the most famous Techno labels.
Later in his career, CHICH started organising parties for “Tresore Label Nights” in Luxembourg with famous resident DJ's from the “Tresore Club” in Berlin and famous DJs from Detroit and New York such as Deamon Wild, Claude Young, Luke Slater, Dave Clark, Jeff Mills, Adam Beyer, The Advent…
Furthermore, he helped promote the club “Café de la Gare” in Luxembourg, where he was also resident DJ for 6 years. He was also resident DJ at Usine, Nancy in France, and NJOY in Belgium.
Chich has played several renowned clubs and events such as Tresore Berlin, Liquid Room Tokyo, Ruhr-in-Love, Kremlin Lissabon, Pacha Porto, Silo in Liege in Belgium just to name a few. In 2000, together with Danny Casseau, they created their own record label Blackpitchmusic. Just recently CHICH and DJ TUTTLE, also a good DJ Friend from Nancy, have created a new label MODULHERTZ. Their motivation has always been their passion for music, “Music is life, life is music”. The label is a tool to express their visions of life and to keep the underground music movement going.