Biography

Woody Braun is the original saxophonist of Malka Family, the French funk band he also sings and writes for. With the band he toured widely and shared stages with George Clinton, Daft Punk, INXS, Roy Ayers, Beck, NTM, MC Solaar and Vanessa Paradis. Malka Family came back in 2018 with a new LP.

As a session saxophonist he has recorded with DJ Dee Nasty, NTM, Les Rita Mitsouko, Sidney and Bob Sinclar. As a DJ he plays disco, funk, hip-hop and afro-latin records, and has played most Paris clubs, among them Rex Club, Bataclan, Nuits Fauves, Favela Chic, Wanderlust and Bus Palladium, as well as Tel Aviv, Malmö, Mancora and Formentera.

Since 2018 he has been a member of Funky French League, the Paris collective of DJs, producers and musicians. He has remixed Françoise Hardy, Sheila and Véronique Sanson, and releases his own records and dancefloor edits on Bandcamp.