Wally Lopez

Wally Lopez

Artist Biography

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Born in Madrid in 1976, Ángel David López began his career as radio DJ and presenter at the early age of thirteen. With an innovative programme, specialising in dance music, he broadcasted his sessions in the small hours of the weekends on Top Radio. Following this first experience, he worked for the best spanish radio stations, such as Loca FM, Flaix FM and Maxima Fm.

Pioneer of House music in Spain, he soon began touring the major clubs in the world, sharing the decks with celebrities such as Paul Van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, Sébastien Leger and Mark Knight.

His curiosity and interest in music led him to begin his career as a producer. In 2000 he launched the label Weekend Records, remixing artists such as Tiësto, Marco V, Valentino Kanzyani, Dirty Vegas, Bob Sinclar and Robbie Rivera. Many of his launches have been successfully published on leading labels such as Defected, Underwater, Yoshitoshi and Subliminal.

In 2000 he produced what would be his first international hit “Amman”, followed by “Patricia Never leaves the House” and “Disco Night”, enthusiastically played by artists such as Pete Tong, Hernan Cattaneo and Steve Lawler, which led to him being named “Man of the moment”.

TheFactoria currently has over thirty references with huge international impact such as “Love time” (number 1 on specialised programmes and different international radio stations), “Burning Inside”, “Close to me”, “Patricia Never Left the House” or “Strike me down”, an essential track in the set of artists such as Eric Prydz and Carl Coz, and included on more than forty compilations including one put together by Steve Angello for MixMag magazine.

However, 2004 was when Wally López’s musical career reached its current dimension. Fate led him to take a slow commuter train from Madrid to Valencia and, to beat the boredom, he got out his laptop and started working on a remix of “Just a little more love”.  In Wally’s hands it became a worldwide hit and the man from Madrid became the indisputable winner of the 2004 DJ Awards.

Considered to be the most internationally renowned Spanish DJ and producer, he has played on the five continents and taken part in electronic music festivals such as Creamfields Liverpool, Creamfields Buenos Aires, Global Gathering, Exit Festival and Weekend Dance. He has been confirmed recently for Rock In Rio, Creamfields Andalucía and Monegros Desert Festival.

His musical intuition is only comparable to his enormous work capacity. Over the last few years he has made remixes with groups such as Lighthouse Family, Enigma and Santana, and work for Bob Sinclar, Pete Tong, Âme and Soul Seekerz, whose remix “Party for the weekend” was published by POSITIVA, one of the most prestigious labels in the world.

Creator of themes such as Don’t You (number one for several weeks) and his new hit Wally Lopez feat. Hadley and Dani-Vi ‘Burning Inside’… he is a regular broadcaster on Máxima FM, for whom he presents a national electronic music programme tuned into by over 300,000 listeners every Friday. His programme is also broadcast in English on radio stations in Belgium, France, Italy and Russia.

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