Worakls

Kevin Rodrigues (born 28 September 1988), known by his stage name Worakls, is a French DJ, electronic musician, and composer.^[2][3][4][5] He is known for his organic and orchestral instrumentation,^[6] blending deep house, techno, and progressive house music in live shows.^[7]

Worakls
Worakls performing in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Kevin Rodrigues
Born	(1988-09-28) 28 September 1988 (age 36) Paris, France
Occupations	DJ record producer musician
Labels	Hungry Music Sonate[1] Decca Records Polydor
Website	worakls.fr

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.^[8] 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".^[9]

Worakls has a daughter, who inspired him to create the single "54".^[10][11]

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."^[12]

Between 2020 and 2022, he released music on his own imprint, Sonate Records.^[13] In September 2023, Worakls signed to Decca Records, owned by Universal Music Group.^[14]

As of 2025, Worakls has released two studio albums, several EPs, one compilation, and numerous singles, some of which were produced with his 20-piece "Worakls Orchestra".^[15] His upcoming album, From One Blink to Another, is set to come out on 10 October 2025 on Polydor.^[16][17] The first single, a collaboration with Carl Cox titled "No Boundaries", came out in July 2025.^[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)^[3]
• "Sparkle" (2022)
• "Verbier" (2023)
• "Furia Electronica" (2024)
• "Furia Classica" (2024)
• "Lueur" (2024)
• "Morning Bliss" (2025)
• "No Boundaries" with Carl Cox (2025)