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Mike Relm performing
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Birth name | Michael Wong |
Also known as | Mike Relm, DJ Relm, DJ Floor Sweeper |
Born | March 12, 1978 (Aged 38) San Francisco California |
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San Francisco California |
Genres | Turntablism Hip hop Dance Electronic |
Occupation(s) | DJ/VJ, Director, Editor |
Instruments | turntables, Serato Scratch Live, Rane Sixty Eight, Maschine |
Website | mikerelm.com |
Michael Wong (born 1978), better known by his stage name Mike Relm, is an American disc jockey, turntablist, and VJ from San Francisco, California.
He has performed with notable hip-hop artists Lyrics Born, Money Mark, Gift of Gab, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, and D-Sharp. In 1999 he won the International Turntablist Federation's USA competition. More recently he toured as part of Mike Patton's Peeping Tom 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 Serato Scratch Live and has helped Smosh to make the remakes of 2008-2012.
Mike Relm toured with Blue Man Group from 2007-2008. He performed at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Bonnaroo, 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 Live at the House of Blues in San Diego, California.