Wade Randolph Hampton

In 1987, Hampton and mentor Kerry Jaggers opened the nightclub, Westend, in Austin. He moved to Chicago a year later, before relocating to Los Angeles.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/11/06/the-rave-its-drop-dead-dancing-and-dancing-till-you-drop/ Chicago Tribune], November 6, 1991

While in Los Angeles and later in San Francisco, Hampton became involved in the West Coast rave scene. Along with then-partner Stephanie Smiley, he founded Faster Bamboo, a shop "designed to provide hard-to-find cutting-edge music and underground club info".[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uAkEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=true Billboard Magazine], Dec 7, 1996, Page 27

In 1995, Hampton signed a record label distribution deal with Moonshine Music to launch Domestic Recordings,{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6N0JSkTI3j4C |magazine=Spin |title=Breaking and Entering |date=June 2000 |language=en}} through which he released music under the names ‘W’ and ‘Wish FM’.XLR8R issue no 21DMA (magazine) Vol. 4, issue 7. July 1996 He also released albums from acts such as Mark Farina, Symbiosis, and Westside Chemical.The Voice newspaper, August 6, 1996 After moving to San Francisco, he found success with his weekly night ‘La Belle Epoque’ at 'The Top' nightclub.XLR8R issue no 34

From 2006–2012, Hampton was Director of Dallas’ 'Ghostbar' nightclub, located on top of the W Hotel.{{cite web |date=2012-07-13 |title=Wade Hampton Dishes The ISH |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2012/07/we_received_word_on_tuesday.php |accessdate=2020-04-25 |publisher=Blogs.dallasobserver.com}}{{cite web|url=http://cravedfw.com/2013/10/01/craveradio-meet-wade-hampton-jason-harper-and-keith-grober/ |title=craveRADIO: Meet Wade Hampton, Jason Harper and Keith Grober |publisher=cravedfw |date=2013-10-01 |accessdate=2020-04-25}}

Hampton made his acting debut in the independent film Groove (2000), for which he also served as music producer.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9504E6DD103FF93AA35755C0A9669C8B63 |title=Movie Reviews - The New York Times |work=The New York Times |date= |accessdate=2020-04-25}}Billboard magazine, May 13th, 2000, page 34 Groove was nominated for ‘Best Film Under $500,000’ at the 17th Independent Spirit Awards.

Hampton was also the Music Supervisor for the 2006 film TV Junkie,[https://archive.today/20141002233636/http://wwwdb.oscars.org:8100/servlet/impc.NameCredits?vetted=T&name_in=HAMPTON,~WADE] which won the ‘Special Grand Jury Prize for a Documentary’ at the Sundance Film Festival.

Hampton grew up in Dallas, Texas. He currently resides in Los Angeles and has a son from his relationship with Stephanie Smiley.

In the 1990s, Hampton befriended psychologist Timothy Leary and later DJ'ed at Leary's funeral memorial.{{cite web |title=Wade Hampton aka WishFM | samurai.fm |url=http://samurai.fm/features/wade-hampton-aka-wishfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072858/http://samurai.fm/features/wade-hampton-aka-wishfm |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=17 January 2022 |website=samurai.fm}}

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• http://thewishfm.com
• http://www.discogs.com/artist/96404-Wade-Randolph-Hampton
• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0359069/

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