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Profile: DJ KoFlow
Wayne Liu a.k.a DJ KoFlow, who first took to the decks in 2001, has quickly risen to become one of South East Asia’s premiere talents.
In 2002 DJ KoFlow was awarded the 1st Runner Up position at the DMC Technics World DJ Championships. The following year he went on to win the coveted title of 2003 DMC Singapore Champion. This title gave him the opportunity to battle at the infamous Brixton Academy, London, alongside over 40 of the World’s Champions.
Returning to Singapore DJ KoFlow quickly established himself as one of the influential forces in DJing and Turntablism. His uniquely versatile and dynamic performance style set him apart in the local scene.
His aggressive technical and creative style caught the attention of industrial leaders and gained him endorsements and public recognition through major events and public appearances. Playing opening acts for international artists such as Missy Elliot, Jazzy Jeff, Roonie G., DJ ShortKut, DJ Jred, The Herbaliser, Dynamo Production, The Black Eyed Peas and MC Jin.
DJ KoFlow maintained his hard work and dedication to DJing and continued to win numerous awards. He was given the “honorable mention” for Juice Magazine Best New DJ 2003, named Best Musician at the Nike StreetStyle Awards in 2004, Honorable Mention for Juice Magazine Best Independent DJ 2004 and won the Heineken Thirst Singapore 2005.
He was also featured in numerous festivals such as, MTV Pattaya Music Festival, Pop Village, Liberation, Get the Funk Out, Floorskillz, and also our national street parade, Chingay.
On his nights called Ghetto Blasta, at the now defunct club-Liquid Room, is now deemed legendary, as he never failed to rock the crowd week after week. Recognized for his distinctive technicality, local radio station 98.7FM invited DJ KoFlow to do a 15-week, one-hour show on the prime time slot for the Moto Music show.
Cutting across to other genres, DJ KoFlow also collaborated with world-renowned classical pianist, Maksim for a gig on MTV Asia. Later, he was also featured in a short film advertisement for Club 21, by award winning director, Royston Tan, together with other local actors. MTV Asia’s Urban Beats also commissioned him for a 15 Episode Feature ‘Turntable Trickery by DJ KoFlow’.
Recently, KoFlow was also featured on Channel U for the Renci charity show 2007. It showed him producing and Scratching his own track.
As the years have gone by, DJ KoFlow has built a branding that is in a league of it’s own in Singapore and in the Asia region. This “party rocker” is constantly in high demand in South East Asia. He has been invited to play at several prestigious clubs and events in countries that include Myanmar, Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA (San Francisco), Australia, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), UK (London), Indonesia and Thailand (Bangkok). While DJ KoFlow consistently continues to contribute to the local scene, he still considers himself as a student of Beat making…
“Technically, DJ KoFlow and his guys were brilliant. I, along with the three other judges, were scoring them top marks in virtually every category.”
— Steve Lawler, Thirst Resident DJ & Judge
(Heineken Thirst Singapore 2005)
Professional Experience
DJ instructor
Teaching instructor | 2003 to the present day
E-TracX DJ Skool
Offsite Courses & Workshops | 2003 to 2009
Schools and Organisations such as:
NUS, NTU, Republic Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic, Marsiling Secondary School, Deyi Secondary School, East View Secondary School, ITE Central, Anderson JC, Marc Ecko Street Festival, Singapore Tourism Board…
Sound-Recording Artist and Production Artist
Nike Plus |2007
- Produced tracks for Nike Plus campaign
Nike Tribe | 2008
- Produced 2 songs for the Tribe campaign, including an exclusive interview
Nike Manga | 2008
- Produced soundtracks for Nike Manga strip
Ren Ci Charity show | 2007
- Produced soundtrack for All-stars dance segment
Football Association Singapore | 2008
- Produced rap track for Speak Mandarin campaign 2008
SOT online magazine | 2007
- Produced soundtrack for website
Arty Party show | 2007
- Exclusive mix and performance
Heineken – Young Innovator’s campaign | 2004
- Produced tracks for campaign
Resident Club DJ, Turntablist
Club DJ in PLUSH 2007
Club DJ in Attica 2007
Club DJ in Liquid-Room 2005-2007
Freelance DJ
- Pattaya MTV Music Festival, Bangkok. (TaTa Young, Joey Boy, Too Phat, F4)
- Pop Village at Fort Canning Park. (Chou Pi Jiang)
- Liberation at Sentosa
- Mediacorp NYE at Sentosa
- Get the Funk Out NYE countdown at Takashimaya
- Chingay at Orchard Road 2006 and 2007
- Asahi NYE at The Cathay
- Cathay’s NYE at Orchard Cineplex
- EFFIE award’s Gala
- K-swiss Graffiti Tour in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.(MC Hot Dog)
- GAP store opening in Wisma
- National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. (DJ Jred)
- National Museum Singapore. solo and collaboration with Wicked Aura
- Singapore National Indoor Stadium. Opening show for Black Eye Peas
- Asian Civilization Museum. Opening show for Dynamo Production
- D’Marquee Singapore. Opening show for AKON
- China Black. Opening show for MC JIN
- Esplanade Singapore – Opening shows for Marty Kudelka and Si Se, Mosaic Festival, Over drive and Shows on the waterfront.
- Zouk Singapore. – Opening shows for Missy Elliot and Jazzy Jeff, Levi’s, Flava, Fresh, Gatsby, Streetstyle Awards, Juice Anniversary, Heineken Thirst, DMC, Motorola, In Da Mix, Illest on da Mic and PAYM
- Ministry of Sound Singapore for Sho’Down and Flow events
Guest DJ
- Jewel in Hong Kong, F4 in Melbourne, First Floor in Melbourne, 26 mix in San Francisco, Embassy in Indonesia, PlayGround Music Festival in Indonesia, Crown Prince in Myanmar, Room 18 in Taiwan, Centro, Phuture, Homeclub, Liberte, Butter Factory, in Singapore, Nouvo in Malaysia. MTV Awards.
Competing/Battle DJ
- Zouk in Malaysia, Brixton Academy in London, Battle of the year Malaysia, Floorskilz Asia.
Competition Titles and Awards
DMC Champion | 2003
DMC 1st Runner up | 2002, 2004-2007
Heineken Thirst Champion | 2004
Juice Magazine Best Independent DJ – Honorable Mention | 2004
Nike Streetstyle Awards – Best Music | 2004
Vestax Extravaganza – 2nd runner up | 2004
Juice Magazine Best new DJ – Honorable Mention | 2003
Endorsement and Commissioned Artist
Present
Vestax, Pro-X, Beyer Dynamics, Nike, Oakley, Black Chamber, False clothing
Lapsed
Rane, Flesh Imp, Testament Clothing, LRG, Motorola, Da Bomb skate shop, Groove Design skate shop
Media, Performance and Production Experience
Film
Royston Tan’s D.I.Y Short film.
-Featured together with Allen Wu, Lum May Ee, Samantha Tan
Television
TurnTable Tricky on MTV Urban Beats
-15 episode of exposing turntable techniques
Vesak Day special on Channel 8.
- Collaborative performances with Ben Yeo, Chou Pi Jiang
Renci Charity show
- Performed with Gurmit Singh, Michelle Chia, Ezann lee.
Arts Central
- Documentary on different Singaporean’s lifestyle
Live One MTV
- Collaboration with Maksim live
Television interviews
- Heineken Thirst Interview on MTV, Heineken Thirst Asia finals on MTV, OverDrive interview on MTV, Pattaya MTV Music Festival, News report on DMC 2003
Radio
Motorola Moto Music show on 98.7fm.
- 15 weeks of live mixes
Live Show
- Drums FM in San Francisco
Live Interviews
- Kiss FM, Melbourne, Australia
- Hip Hop FM Melbourne, Australia
- Radio Heat Wave
Print Media
Interviews
- Lian He Zhao Bao, Lian He Wan Bao, Today, Straits Times, Cleo – DJ of the month, Teens Magazine, 8days Magazine, Juice Magazine( Singapore, KL, Indonesia), Back2basics ( New Zealand ), Ruckus ( USA ), SOT.com.sg, Frontallabs.com, Stomp.com, I-S Magazine, Culture Universal ( Japan )
Editorial shoots
Nike, Oakley, Levi’s, Motorola, National Museum Singapore, Speak Mandarin campaign, Sony Ericsson, Heineken – Young Innovator’s Campaign, Marc ecko, XLarge, Obey, False
