ABOUT

MOTEL77 is the duo revealed by the infamous French label La Dame Noir. Behind that name, Thoma Cher & Charp, 2 Djs who have been key players in Shanghai underground scene for the last decade. While Charp did tour all over asian clubs, Thoma Cher released vinyls on nu disco US labels and his first EP was charted in the best of 2017 of juno records. In 2018, They came together to create MOTEL77, a dark disco act "for those who like to keep their leather jacket on the dance floor" (Trax Magazine). Dark, deep, physical but focus on groove. "A standout package of machine made disco with a space edge”.

Their first EP on La dame Noir Records, including remix from Damon Jee (Nozz) and Thomass Jackson, has received widespread acclaim from Media (BBC 6 music, Dj mag UK, The Ransom note, Trax magazine…). Their following EPs and remixes (Duro, Play Pal, Nein records, Side Up Works, Karakter records) confirmed the growing imprint of the duo in the European electronic music scene. Their music has been played around the world by artists like Curses, Local suicide, Chloe, Zimmer or Marvin & Guy. In the last years, Motel77 has performed both in Europe and Asia bringing their dark groove, techno-ish disco, and saturated guitar in Paris, Madrid, Lyon, Marseille, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai or Beijing.