CURRENT MISSION

my current mission is to travel the world as a dj

ABOUT ME

Chi-Thien Nguyen, a.k.a. chopstick, has been professionally involved in the music industry since 1999. Chopstick has established a solid reputation for quality club music since his early releases on Superfly Rec. & Lost Language/HoojChoons in UK. Chopstick has worked as an A&R Manager for the worlds most famous dance label Ministry Of Sound Recordings in Germany. During this period as an A&R Manager, Chopstick has learned most of the knowledge needed to run a record label. Many contacts to dance- producers, djs & artists were made at that time. Later on he was offered a position at Silly Spider Rec. which he couldnt refuse. Taking on the new challenge, he established new concepts and products which included various Mix-CDs, Artist Development, Labelmanagement and of course his expertise in A&Ring. Based in Germanys capital Berlin, chopstick together with johnjon have founded their very own record label called Criminal Records, which is distributed along with labels such as Poker Flat, Mood Music, Dessous, etc. by WordAndSound in Hamburg. Their first release on Criminal Records is by the artist Fanclub (aka chopstick & johnjon) and has already gained support by DJs like Chloé, Digitalism, Phonique, Moguai, Funk DVoid & Martin Landsky. Chopstick has remixed well known artists such as Deep Dish, who won the Brit Awards for Best Dance Act and who have been also nominated for a grammy. His remix for Deep Dishs Flashdance peaked at ..1 in the German Dance Charts for 6 weeks. Chopstick has also remixed top artists like LL Cool J, XZibit, Britney Spears & Madonna, Young MC and many more with his brother Taan from Jiggy Joint. Chopstick has now released 4 Mix-CDs, which reflect various styles of good electro house music that work very well on the dance floor. The Mix-CDs also feature some of his own work, e.g. She Loves It!, which is signed to Darren Emersons (from Underworlds infamous imprint Underwater Rec.) label and is in Darrens eyes One Of The Biggest Clubtunes in 2005! Chopstick has also been touring Japan as a headlining DJ and has a residency at club Saomai in Osaka, Japan. He played with DJs like Sven Väth, Heiko Laux, Funk DVoid and many more. He started to promote his label with a monthly special clubnight in Hamburg called Criminal&Friends, which later became Criminal Allstars. Their concept is to invite one of their friends to come and play at their venue. The start-off featured Pokerflat artist Martin Landsky, followed by Oliver Koletzki, Dirt Crew, DJ Silversurfer, Booka Shade and many more. Together with longtime friend Martin Eyerer, he started a new collaboration named Eyerer & Chopstick. Their releases on Underwater Rec. and Great Stuff Records created quite a hype within the electronica community. Their releases has been licensed to various territories and were charted..1 in many clubcharts. Their upcoming releases will feature Mute Rec. artists Client, along with a massive remix by Kompakt artist Gui Borrato. Chopstick releases on well known labels such as Underwater Rec., Great Stuff Rec., Ministry Of Sound Rec., Superstition Network and his releases and remixes have been supported by well known DJs such as Deep Dish, Funk DVoid, John Digweed, Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Jimmy Van M, Sasha, Pete Tong, Steve Lawler, Fatboy Slim, Ewan Pearson, Hérnan Cattáneo, James Holden, Danny Howells, Tiefschwarz, Chloé, David Duriez, etc...

PHILOSOPHY

work hard - play harder

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none so far...

Interests

music - films - music

• dancing
• running
• clubbing
• movies
• traveling
• poker
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

too many to list..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

you wouldn't believe what just happend to me...