Worakls

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Worakls
Kevin Rodrigues (Worakls) wearing a black print t-shirt, with a set of large headphones, playing a keyboard onstage and looking out past the camera as if toward an audience
Worakls performing in 2018
Background information
Born
Kevin Rodrigues

(1988-09-28) 28 September 1988 (age 37)
Paris, France
Occupations
  • composer
  • musician
  • record producer
Labels
Websiteworakls.fr

Kevin Rodrigues (born 28 September 1988),[2] known by his stage name Worakls, is a French electronic musician and composer.[3][4][5] He is known for blending orchestral and electronic instrumentation with rock and pop influences.[6] On tour he performs solo, with a small group of solo instrumentalists or with a much larger orchestra.

Early & personal life

Worakls comes from a musical family and started learning the piano at age three. After studying at a conservatory, he dedicated his time to electronic music and composition. At the age of 18, he began to create electronic music.[7] He has found success with his remixes as well as his solo material and has shared that his influences are "mostly classical music, film music, and techno".[8]

Worakls has a daughter, who inspired him to create the single "54".[9][10]

Career

In November 2014, he founded the label Hungry Music with his friends N'to and Joachim Pastor. A 2015 review in Billboard magazine referred to Worakls as a "rising French DJ" and described his tracks as "serious techno with a light touch", "full of focused, nervous energy."[11]

Between 2020 and 2022, he released music on his own imprint, Sonate Records.[12] In September 2023, Worakls signed to Decca Records, owned by Universal Music Group.[13]

As of 2025, Worakls has released three studio albums, several EPs, one compilation, and numerous singles, some of which were produced with his 20-piece "Worakls Orchestra".[14] His latest album, From One Blink to Another, was released on 10 October 2025 on Polydor.[15][16] The first single, a collaboration with Carl Cox titled "No Boundaries", came out in July 2025.[17] In December 2025, Worakls collaborated with Sting and Ekaterina Shelehova on a cover of the Beach Boys song "God Only Knows" and performed it live on the French television show Taratata alongside his touring orchestra.[18]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Orchestra (2019)[19]
  • Sur Le Front Des Animaux Menacés (2020)[20]
  • From One Blink to Another (2025)

EPs

  • Unity EP (2008)
  • Deeply Infected EP (2009)
  • All Night Long (2009)
  • Shazam (2009)
  • Deeply Infected (2009)
  • Folie (2010)
  • Roadtrip EP (2010)
  • Street EP (2011)
  • Chroniques Variees EP (2012)
  • Rapafromage with Nicolas Cuer (2012)
  • Et La Plue Tomba EP (2013)
  • Good Night My Love (2013)
  • Et la pluie tomba (2013)
  • Question réponse (2015)
  • Les forêts (From "Sur le Front des Forêts Françaises") (2021)
  • By the Brook (Piano Remixes) (2021)

Compilations

  • Hungry 5 (The Best of 5 Years) (2018 – compilation of Hungry Music artists)
  • Orchestra (Remixes) (2022)

Live DVDs

  • Worakls Orchestra – Baloise Session 2023 (2023)[21]

Singles

  • "When the Birds Go in the Wrong Way" (2010)
  • "Future" (2010)
  • "Tension" (2010)
  • "Mirage" (2011)
  • "Siehst Du Nicht (feat. Coni)" (2012)
  • "Utopia/Porto" with N'to (2014)
  • "Salzburg" (2014)
  • "Flocon de neige" (2014)
  • "Toi/Cerisier blanc" (2015)
  • "Adagio for Square" (2015)
  • "Mellotron" (2016)
  • "Nocturne" (2017)
  • "Sanctis" (2017)
  • "Cloches" (2019)
  • "Storm" with Rusanda Panfili (2020)
  • "Hortari & Detached Motion Remixes" (2021)
  • "Nikki & Entrudo Remixes" (2021)
  • "Inked" (2021)
  • "Hiba" with Sophie Ponjiclis (2022)
  • "Pipeline" (2022)
  • "54" (2022)[4]
  • "Sparkle" (2022)
  • "Verbier" (2023)
  • "Furia Electronica" (2024)
  • "Furia Classica" (2024)
  • "Lueur" (2024)
  • "Morning Bliss" (2025)
  • "No Boundaries" with Carl Cox (2025)
  • "L'Amour, L'Amer, Le Chaos" with Lili Poe (2025)
  • "Rome Is Burning" (2025)

References

  1. ↑ Cartel, Groove (18 December 2020). "Worakls & Rusanda Panfili join forces on new single 'Storm'". The Groove Cartel. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Worakls". universalmusic.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Parable presents: Worakls Band & Guests at Electric Brixton, London".
  4. 1 2 Astronaut, Dancing (2 September 2022). "French orchestral techno producer Worakls teases studio album with new single '54'". Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Cartel, Groove (9 April 2019). "Cercle invites Worakls Orchestra at Château La Coste". The Groove Cartel. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Worakls Enlists Rodriguez Jr. & Booka Shade for House Remixes of Tracks from 'Orchestra' Album". This Song Is Sick. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Let's Talk About: Worakls". The Groove Cartel. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Let's Talk About: Worakls". The Groove Cartel. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Astronaut, Dancing (2 September 2022). "French orchestral techno producer Worakls teases studio album with new single '54'". Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Worakls Drops New Single Ahead of Fall Orchestra Tour". EDM Identity. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Megan Buerger (2 February 2015): Rising French DJ Worakls Offers a Deep Dive Into Melodic Techno, Billboard
  12. ↑ "Sonate records". sonaterecords (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "Instagram". instagram.com. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "Worakls Orchestra". Montreux Jazz Festival. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  15. ↑ "CD – From one blink to another – Signed [limited edition]". Store Worakls. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "From One Blink to Another". Bravado (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  17. ↑ "Carl Cox teams up with Worakls for spoken-word feature on new single". thedjsessions.com. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  18. ↑ Taratata (12 December 2025). Sting / Worakls / Ekaterina Shelehova "God Only Knows" (The Beach Boys) (2025). Retrieved 17 December 2025 – via YouTube.
  19. ↑ Twitter (13 March 2019): Worakls Twitter Account
  20. ↑ Amazon (31 July 2020): Amazon Music
  21. ↑ "Worakls Orchestra – Baloise Session 2023 DVD". madmusickid.com. Retrieved 10 July 2025.