Born in San Blas in Madrid, 1976, Angel
David López starts his career as a DJ and radio presenter
at the early age of thirteen. With an innovative programme,
specialized in dance music, he broadcasts his sessions at
Top Radio (Spain) in the early mornings of the weekend.
Wally, a pioneer of the house music in Spain, starts his
career as producer in 2000 by launching the label Weekend
Records, and remixing artists such as Tiësto, Marco V,
Valentino Kanzyani, Dirty Vegas, Bob Sinclar and Robbie Riviera.
Many of his records are successfully published with renowned
labels including Defected, Underwater, Yoshitoshi and Subliminal.
In the same year he also produces what it will be his first
international hit ‘Amman’, followed by ‘Patricia
Never Leaves the House’ (both remixes have been relaunched
in TheFactoria recently) and ‘Disco Night’, played
all over the globe by DJs like Pete Tong, Hernan Cattaneo
or Steve Lawler. The later even dubbed him as ‘The Man
of the Moment’…
After working for numerous labels and artists, he decides
to create ‘La Factoria Records’ - now TheFactoria
- in 2001, as well as a more underground sub-label called
Formula Records. Recently Lopez has added a new label called
FatXL that he has launched together with his colleagues Ismael
Rivas and Iván Pica. The three labels together form
part of the Factonomia Group that Wally presides, and it counts
with different areas such as a management agency, management
label or the Tremenda clothes shop in Madrid.
TheFactoria counts with more than thirty references of great
international repercussion such as ‘Love Time’,
‘Strike Me Down’ or the more recent tunes ‘Planet
Earth’, ‘Burning Inside’ or ‘Close
to Me’. The last two were at the number one for many
weeks in a row at the Maxima 51 chart of Maxima FM –
the most important dance chart in Spain. Besides, Wally has
the honour to host a national programme of electronic music
in Maxima FM, which counts with more than 340,000 listeners
each Friday and is also broadcasted in English in Belgium,
France, Italy and Russia. Musically speaking his selected
compilations stand out, particularly the Weekend CD Series
and I’m Coming To… series. After the editions
in London, Paris, Dubai and Ibiza, Wally Lopez is already
preparing a second edition for this summer 2009 that will
repeat destination to the White Island.
However, it is in 2004 when Wally Lopez’ musical career
acquires its current dimension. It happens in an uncomfortable
train trip from Madrid to Valencia where he creates his remix
for David Guetta’s ‘Just A Little More Love’.
In Wally’s hands the tune becomes turns into a world
hit and the Madridian becomes one of the undisputable winners
at the Ibiza DJ Awards 2004. In this good year he starts his
residency at Pacha Ibiza, together with Darren Emerson and
Tim Deluxe, which he combines with other residencies including
The End in London, where he plays next to artists like Fatboy
Slim or XPress2. Later he gains residencies at Discotèque
and Pacha in Barcelona, Red Light and The Mix in Paris and
Ministry of Sound in London and appearances at festivals including
10th Anniversary of Creamfields Liverpool, Creamfields Buenos
Aires, Global Gathering, Exit Festival, Weekend Dance, Rock
in Rio, Monegros Desert Festival and Creamfields Andalusia,
finally achieving his current summer residency who many consider
the best in the world, Space Ibiza for the Be@Space parties.
Besides Wally has the honour to have been the first Spanish
DJ to be invited to play at a Madonna concert (Seville 08).
Apart from the love of an unconditional crowd that has followed
him for the last 18 years, he has been awarded with the recognition
and respect of many professionals in his field and some brands
that currently collaborate and work with their full support
in the creation and promotion of products 100% Wally. Both
Oakley and Vueling Airlines are two of his main partners with
whom he promotes their products or presents events such as
I’m Vueling to Ibiza – which was widely published
in the media in 2008. Wally Lopez collaborates also with dance4life
in their fight against AIDS; lending his image and total support
to the cause as one of the projects he personally considers
the most important and useful.
