Biography

B-wicked, a.k.a Bertin Katz (36) joined BNE at the end of the year 2003, which brought a unique and fresh addition to our happy family.

Bertin is here to spice up our musical agenda, bringing his huge musical background and personal addictions to Rock, Funk, Soul, Trip Hop and alternative electronica to a place where he had to explode from the inside.

B-wicked's music can be described as a unique fusion of electronic music compositions, combining all of Bertin's beloved influences, a rare musical trip that blends funk alongside dub and with a strong middle eastern atmosphere.

B-wicked made his debut appearance with his chilling tribute to the crash of the Columbia space shuttle titled "Missing the Astronauts", featured on the “Life Is...Creation” compilation released back in early 2004.

B-wicked's debut album “Chill The Funk Out” was released on October 2005, melting all groovy and funky genres into one electronic amazing fusion of floating sensation. This album has received praises and great feedbacks worldwide, astonished by such a multi-talented Israeli Chill-Out artist.

Moreover, B- Wicked was announced by the British music magazine, DJ Mag as one of ten Electronic artists who’ll skyrocket in 2006.

In 2007, A 10 year friendship that spawned the captivating hit ‘Return of the Machines’, is about to go to the next level. The legendary Oforia & multi talented B-Wicked are now re-joining forces in a new project & live show!

The set goal for 2007 is the release of 5 new studio tracks to follow with a new live show & world tour combining multi-media, new assessments to Oforia’s classic tracks, spanning from a 15 year carrier, aside original music & added new live show elements by B-Wicked.

This is definitely THE one to look forward to in 2008