Charles PEREZ

It's always a big and nice surprise to see how things change...
Somehow, i knew that one day we'll come to this point, yet i was really surprised to see that Viaduc finally became Viadeo, to share things and relations with people in a multi-cultural-and-language way. And that's a nice thing ! We have to be international, we have to think worldwidely, if we don't wanna end up alone and shrinked. So here i am, once again - as i did my presentation like 4 or 5 times in french - trying to analyze my own life, desperately looking for elements that could match me, so that you'll be able to say : "ok, i can think him, he looks like this and seems to be like that..." Alas, it's a hard task !

---> Who i am ?
Born in France but raised under the shining sun of Tahiti, French Polynesia, i'm a 24 years old guy (but be careful, it may change every year !) trying to find his place in the world. If you wanna enclose me in one word, you can pick up one of these : creative - crazy - open-minded - artist - lost-guy - citizen-of-the-world.

---> What did i do ?
I used to dedicate a big part of my life studying philosophy. I'm still doin' it, since you can always enter philosophy but never can get out of it. I did a lot of part-time jobs, cos i have to live in a world that needs financial fuel, and i even taught french and philosophy for a few years. Alas, i used to be schizophrenic - but don't worry, now we're all good ! - so i had to keep on being an artist. You can never choose that !

---> What do i do ?
A lot of things, of course... Mainly artistic thing, because i suffer from a high-pressure imagination and an unending creativity that make me create and create and create again... First of all, i'm a writer. I wrote a novel in french, many short-stories and articles for some magazines and reviews. I'm actually working on the translation of some of my works, in order to catch some english-thinking spirits who may be interested in my case.
I'm also a musician. I play Didgeridoo with deejays in night clubs, adding my weird vibrations on house music, trip-hop, minimal electro, drum n' bass and dub music. I'm also a singer-MC, writing songs and singing them with the sound system crew i'm livin' in. I'm the MC of the Uprooted Sunshine, somehow the best Reggae/dub/dancehall music in town...
I'm a T-Shirt designer too, with one of my best friends in France, and i'm looking forward to set up all the things for our brand here in China...for obvious reasons ! ^^
Oooh yes ! I knew i was forgetting something : right now, i'm in Shanghai, China. I'm still writing, making more music than ever, and discovering each and every day, with an always-amazed-look, this huge country and its old culture, facing the western world. You can go check my weblog for some pictures - sorry, actually, it's only in french, but one day... - @: http://didje-in-china.blogspot.com - or my myspace : http://myspace.cn/didjelirium for my artist profile.

---> What could you be interested in ?
I'm a writer, as i told you. Here in Shanghai, I'm writing some articles about the city's preparation for the 2010 Universal Exposition : what are the crazy plans ? what will change ? is this change good ? will Shanghai become one of the biggest cities of the world ? Is China definitely waking up ?
I'm in touch with a lot of musicians and artists, so i do get out a lot and visit many exhibitions. I loooOOOOoooove art, no matter what. So if you ever need a freelance writer to send you some articles about Shanghai, or China, or things happening here, i'll be glad to help you work it out. Don't hesitate to contact me.
If you're in Shanghai and don't know yet about the Uprooted Sunshine or my didgeridoo skills and wanna know more about it, just send me an e-mail and i'll send you more informations about our parties in here.

Big up fi all da good people inna dis ya world !

to read
to write
to talk
to party
to sing
to play music
to travel
to meet people
to learn
to live