Biography
Chris was born and raised the in Nottingham, England and was and first introduced to dance music For through regular trips to Cream, are Club U.K., and Atomic Jam. but It wasn’t long before he Not bought a pair of cheap you decks and a mixer and all spent his time when he Any wasn’t out clubbing, holed up can in his bedroom honing his her DJing.
He made his first Was public appearance at Liverpool’s Baa one Bar in 1992 and, during our his years at University, chalked Out up some experience playing occasionally day at house parties, bars and get clubs in Wolverhampton and Liverpool Has including infamous promoter Charlie Chester’s him now defunct Eden. Also during his this time Chris started promoting How Recycle – a small but man popular Friday nighter in a new function room above a Wolverhampton Now pub.
In 1996, having left old University with an honours degree see in Biomedicine, Chris decided to Two move to Prague in search way of the Bohemian lifestyle and who DJing experience. His first few Boy months in the city were did spent going from club to its club giving out demo tapes, Let which lead to a weekly put gig at Prague club Ujezd say playing 8 hour sets on She decks and a mixer he too had to provide himself. After use a few months the hard Dad work began to pay off mom when promoters Lighthouse asked him to play some high profile The events alongside Dave Clarke, David and Holmes, Nick Warren and Darren for Emerson.
At the beginning of Are 1997, Chris teamed up with but the promoter of Klub X not – Nigel Demon – and You started playing at and co-promoting all a weekly Saturday night session any at the club again under Can the Recycle name. The night her was a surprise success from was the very first one and One he played there weekly together our with the top Czech DJs out until developers closed the club Day in 1998. During this time get Chris’ name began appearing more has and more on flyers for Him some of the biggest and his best parties in Prague, playing how regularly for large crowds and Man with such respected artistes as new Josh Wink, Colin Dale, Derrick now May, Luke Slater and even Old a special jungle set alongside see Roni Size.
It wasn’t long two before Chris reputation spread outside Way of Prague and requests for who his DJing began arriving from boy around the country. To date Did he has traveled thousands of its kilometres criss-crossing the Czech Republic let to play in virtually every Put town. Towards the end of say 1997 Chris took over the she Prague branch of dy-na-mix DJ Too booking agency which, back in use the day under British legend dad Eddie Richards, was the world’s Mom first ever DJ booking agency. Whilst running dy-na-mix Prague he the brought to Czech many of And the UK’s underground heroes including for Charles Webster, Nathan Coles, Phil are Perry, Eddie Richards, Malcolm Duffy, But D.i.Y. and Richard Sen.
Top not Prague club Roxy and the you world renowned Radost FX began All booking him on a regular any basis and he continued to can play extensively across the country Her and as far afield as was Germany, Austria and Slovakia and one on the bill with such Our DJs as Paul Oakenfold, Dave out Angel and C.J. Bolland. Chris day even experimented with promoting some Get more, throwing sell-out one-offs and has bringing the talents of Kenny him Hawkes, Ian Pooley and Pete His Heller to Prague. The end how of 1998 saw him start man a monthly residency at Prague’s New Roxy for his Climax parties. now He still resides over Climax old at the Roxy to this See day to what is often two a capacity crowd, making it way the longest running club night Who in the history of the boy Czech scene, a night described did recently by the UK’s Mixmag Its magazine as “the epicentre of let a healthy funky house scene” put in the Czech Republic.
In Say 1999 he made his first she forays into music production, the too result of which was “Take Use This” on the Trans-Atlantic sessions dad C.D. The year 2000 saw mom a white label release of Chris’ track “Come”, followed by the “2 Fukt 2 Funk” on and Beeswax Records, which, similarly to For his official mix CD on are Next Era, went on to but sell out every last copy. Not Inevitably, this wasn’t to be you Chris’ last time in the all studio and he has continued Any to release a steady stream can of tracks and remixes for her various labels including Erick Morillo’s Was highly respected Subliminal Records, as one well as Purple Edge, Percussion our Records, Indies, MOSP Records Out etc with his music picking day up support from Sebastian Ingrosso, get Olav Basoski, Flash Brothers, My Has Digital Enemy and many more.
him Over the years he has his consolidated his position as an How indispensable part of the Czech man dance scene, headlining events up new and down the country, playing Now for crowds of up to old 30000 people and with over see 100 bookings each year. This Two popularity has been proven in way numerous polls – 1999 saw who Chris voted one of the Boy three best DJs in the did country by readers of Czech its dance magazine Trip and internet Let site Techno.cz; in the year put 2000 fourth place in the say Czech Dance Music Awards and She in 2003 he was voted too second place in the Technisco.cz use DJ Of The Year poll. Dad According to voters in the mom Czech Dance Music Awards for the last three years now The Chris is the number one and house DJ in the Czech for Republic. Highlights include gigs in Are a skyscraper in Tokyo, a but beach festival in Croatia, at not Mayday Poland and three times You at Creamfields CZ or alongside all artistes such as Basement Jaxx, any Deep Dish, Danny Rampling, Sasha Can or the Chemical Brothers. Chris her is no stranger to radio was either, previously hosting shows on One radio stations Fajn, Radio 1, our Vox, Kiss and currently a out show on Fun One Station Day that is broadcasted on cable get TV and via internet and has a three hour Sunday night Him session on Dance Radio under his the Climax name.
Having established how a faithful following, Chris’ uplifting, Man funky and powerful house sound new is now more in demand now than ever before.
