# Pascal Kleiman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pascal_Kleiman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pascal_Kleiman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Kleiman > Source revision: 1336858079 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Pascal Kleiman** (born 19 April 1968) is a French DJ based in [Valencia](/source/Valencia), Spain, who also produced music as **DJ RamBam**.[1] ## Career Born in [Toulouse](/source/Toulouse),[2] Kleiman started in the world of music from the explosion of French free radio during the 1980s. With his radio program *Virus*, he showcased independent [underground](/source/Underground_music) [punk](/source/Punk_rock) and [funk](/source/Funk) with the likes of [ESG](/source/ESG_(band)), [Liquid Liquid](/source/Liquid_Liquid), and early electronic beats of [A Split-Second](/source/A_Split-Second) and [Front 242](/source/Front_242). Kleiman studied law in Toulouse, but in 1989, with the revolution of the [acid house](/source/Acid_house) movement, Kleiman found his calling as a DJ and record producer performing and creating music for the first [rave parties](/source/Rave_parties) in France.[3] Under the name D'Scual, in 1992 he took on his first [artist residency](/source/Artist_residency) at a nightclub in [Madrid](/source/Madrid) called club "Attica".[2] He soon moved to [Valencia](/source/Valencia) in 1993 where he has been playing a few times at N.O.D. alongside Kike Jaen.[2][4] In 1996, he created the record label "UV" to produce alternative artists in the electronic music scene in [Valencia](/source/Valencia), Spain.[4] Born without arms or hands due to [Distilbene](/source/Distilbene) he is known by many as "The Amazing Pascal", or "The DJ who spins with his feet",[5] He plays a mixture of [ambient](/source/Ambient_music), [dub](/source/Dub_music), [progressive](/source/Progressive_electronic_music), and [psychedelic](/source/Psychedelic_music) electronic music from European, South African, American and Asian artists.[4] Owning his record shop gives him access in the latest [electronic dance music](/source/Electronic_dance_music). A DJ since 1989, he has played the best clubs and festivals worldwide including Space Ibiza, Barraca, Chocolate, NOD, ACTV in Valencia, Attica, Specka, La Riviera in Madrid, Les Nuits Fauves, Rex Club in Paris, Block in Tel Aviv as well as others in Italia, Portugal, Nederland, Belgium, Germany, Russia, and India. He worked as a DJ between 2000 and 2010 at the festival Apokalypsa (Czech Republic), at the Festival Phonotica in Asturias (Spain), the Sonar festival Barcelona, and at La Notte Bianca Lecce (Italy). He has shared the stage with Jeff Mills, Laurent Garnier, Derrick May, Jerome Sydenham, Maurice Fullton, Jon Cutler, Dj Garth, Christian Varela, and Titonton Duvante among others. As a DJ at Desert Advanture in Israel from 2006 to 2011, he shared the stage with Darwish, Perfect stranger, and U-Recken among others. He has been a DJ for the social integration of persons with disabilities in many events from associations in Spain, Nederland, and Russia as well as UNICEF in Paris. He is a current or former artist on the following labels: Incense Records, Psylove Records, AOA, 2Real, Click On Music, and SoTrincha Recordings. He is also the director of Big Foot Records. Pascal Kleiman was the subject of Angel Loza's 2008 documentary film *Héroes. No hacen falta alas para volar*, which was nominated for a [Goya Award](/source/Goya_Awards) in the Best Short Documentary category.[3][6] ## Discography - 2007 – *Konichiwa* Pascal Kleiman & Jose Caparos – Age of Aquarius - 2007 – *Empty Your Mind* Pascal Kleiman & Psycho Abstract – Psylove[7] - 2007 – *Heroes, Nothing is Impossible* – Short movie about Pascal Kleiman[8] - 2006 – *Psylove* Pascal Kleiman & Psycho Abstract – Psylove - 1997 – *[Double LP](/source/Double_LP)* Amelia, Over the Age – Underground Valencia - 1997 – *Abstrax* [Elements of Art](/source/Elements_of_Art) – Underground Valencia - 1997 – *Electric Reverting* [Elements of Art](/source/Elements_of_Art) – Underground Valencia - 1996 – *Escalator* Age of Aquarious – Prodisk - 1996 – *Tecnicidad* [Club House](/source/Club_House) – Prodisk - 1995 – *Aerial* Age of Aquarious – Prodisk - 1996 – *Rhythm* Sex Prodigy – Prodisk edited by Pirate Records ## Activities ### Clubs in Spain Latex – a one-year [Artist residency](/source/Artist_residency) Also at: La Real, La Florida, Chocolate, ACTV, Puzzle, Barraca, Pachá, Space, Radical, Mogambo, RDC, Repvblica, 69 Monos, El Peach, La Macarena, Tito's, DC 10, Sala 4 and many more... ### Played with - [Laurent Garnier](/source/Laurent_Garnier) in Rex Club, Paris and Barraca, [Valencia](/source/Valencia,_Spain) - [DJ Garth](/source/DJ_Garth) (Grayhound Recordings) in Sala 4, Valencia - Maurice Fullton in 69 Monos, Valencia - John Cutler ([Distant Music](/source/Distant_Music)) in Phonotica, [Asturias](/source/Asturias) - Titonton Duvante (Residual Records) in Latex, Valencia - Ellie Kleiman of Ohio (his sister) (Residual Records, in Cincinnati) - Mekanika, CPU and Alex Tolstey in Barraca - VJ Kyle Lyons (VJ LOOPS), Valencia[9] ### Residencies - Latex Community (Spain) - Tribe of Frogs (UK) - Misa de 8 (Spain) ### Festivals - [Sónar](/source/S%C3%B3nar), Barcelona[4] - Fonótica, Asturias - Musica di Estratti – [Lecce](/source/Lecce), Italy ### Projects and shows [Tienes Talento](/source/Tienes_Talento) TV show on [Cuatro (channel)](/source/Cuatro_(channel)) (Spain) ## Owner - 1997 – Love Sonico/ Love Wear – Local [Valencian](/source/Valencia) underground clothing and record shop - 2006 – Psylove – Carrying underground clothing, records, CDs and [VJ](/source/VJ_(video_performance_artist))/DJ equipment - 2007 – Audio/Visual School – classes for DJs and VJs (Psylove, 3rd floor) ## References 1. Mut, Victor (2013) "[La historia de «Pies de oro», el DJ sin brazos](http://www.abc.es/local-comunidad-valenciana/20130709/abci-historia-pies-brazos-201307091139.html)", abc.es, 9 July 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2015 1. "[Pascal Kleiman, el DJ francés que añora la energía valenciana de los años 90](http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2009/09/04/info/1252080395_941003.html)", soitu.es, 4 September 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2015 1. Téllez, Yolanda (2008) "[Un héroe sin alas](http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/02/14/solidaridad/1202983727.html)", *[El Mundo](/source/El_Mundo_(Spain))*, 18 February 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2015 1. "[Diversamente DJ: quando l'amore per la musica supera ogni barriera](http://www.redattoresociale.it/Notiziario/Articolo/467377/Diversamente-DJ-quando-l-amore-per-la-musica-supera-ogni-barriera)", radattoresociale.it, 6 September 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2015 1. ["DJ Pascal Kleiman – Official page"](http://www.dmtstudios.com/Pascal_Kleiman/). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20101121044720/http://www.dmtstudios.com/Pascal_Kleiman/) 21 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 December 2010.. Retrieved 20 December 2010. 1. "[Al pie de la música](http://www.laopiniondezamora.es/ultima/2015/07/10/pie-musica/856504.html)", *La Opinión de Zamora*, 10 July 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015 1. [*Empty Your Mind*](http://www.pascalkleiman.com/index.php?id=5) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080310014754/http://www.pascalkleiman.com/index.php?id=5) 10 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, pascalkleiman.com 1. ["*Héroes*, Ángel Loza"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080309191315/http://www.angeloza.com/obras_en/heroes_memoria.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.angeloza.com/obras_en/heroes_memoria.html) on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2008. 1. ["VJ Kyle Lyons"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080706140834/http://community.audiovisualizers.com/DmT). Archived from [the original](http://community.audiovisualizers.com/DmT) on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2008. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.pascalkleiman.com) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pascal Kleiman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Kleiman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Kleiman?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.