WTCHCRFT

WTCHCRFT has the best part of a decade’s production under his belt, shifting genres and styles making him hard to pin down & define - but with the constant thread of techno throughout. Not surprising, considering his background “my mom is from the Dominican Republic and my dad is Jamaican so I grew up listening to a lot of island music, bachata, reggae, reggaeton, merengue etc. But in my own musical excursion I found a lot of comfort in metal music, progressive rock, math rock, stuff I still listen to to this day”. Despite these influences, he doesn’t have any heroes “though I try to refrain from idolizing anyone because I feel like that’s how you set yourself up for disappointment. No one is perfect” but he still namechecks quite a diverse array of artists to take inspirations from “Snoop Dogg and his incredibly unique vocal delivery, Jerome hill, … mike Dunn, Cocteau Twins, Paranoid London, Gangsta Boo, Mobb Deep, DJ Assault, Björk, SPFDJ. VTSS, DJ Stingray. WTCHCRFT came to a lot of people’s attention with a series of three acid-themed EPs released on Bandcamp during the pandemic. “EP 1 was really just me experimenting with the genre and how I could interpret It while trying to find my own sound, EP 2 is a lot more intentional in its themes and features more of my vocals. The theme mostly being police violence and killings of black men in the USA...ACAB Acid I made as a reaction to the history of racism that is ingrained in America and the police force, I decided to donate all of the proceeds from that song as well.”He made his vinyl debut on I Love Acid In june of 2021, with four tracks of 303 funk – fusing UK rave breakbeats and Drexciyan electro beats against tight acid lines & snappy vocal parts. Sardinian producer Elisa Bee comes in with a four-to-the-floor remix to finish off the EP. He says “once I started making this music and learning about its roots and history, it felt like I was coming home. Like I was getting a lesson in my own history - and that just makes me that much more proud to be making the music that I’m making.”

WTCHCRFT recently released a follow up record, this time with I Love Acid’s sister label Balkan Vinyl, appropriately titled “DRUGS HERE”. Back again with 4 high octane, intense, and vocal heavy tracks. 

WTCHCRFT is also one half of the DJ duo “MADNESS OF” along with longtime friend and collaborator KYRUH.

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