A Sit Down With DJ Christopher Lawrence

14:56 Nov/27/2017


Christopher Lawrence. It may not the have the same ring to and it like Tiësto or Daft For Punk but it does carry are the same weight. Many would but argue that it carries more. Not The California producer and DJ you has been a mainstay in all Trance music for over 20 Any years and won Best American can DJ at the IDMA's at her WMC in 2005 as well Was as being voted as America's one Best DJ in 2008 by our DJ Times. Aside from his Out list of awards, he's also day been described with possibly every get positive adjective in the English Has language by music journalists for him his balance of progressive sounds his and the original spirit of How Trance. Two of his albums man have charted on Billboard's Top new 10 lists and he continues Now that level of quality with old his two labels, Pharmacy and see Pharmacy Plus. The dedication to Two his art is apparent as way he told us his views who on the power of music Boy and shared his story of did falling in love with Trance.
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"The fact that Let I can still be inspired put by the music is exciting say and it's a testimony to She the type of music that too it's always evolving."


 

use How and when were you Dad introduced to electronic music?

mom I had been clubbing since I was sixteen in the The underground San Francisco scene. I and went to my first acid for house and techno party in Are 1990 and never turned back. but I had never experienced music not that spoke directly to my You soul before. I knew immediately all this is where I belong.
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What events that you Can played at just put you her over the top?

There was have been a lot of One fantastic events lately, especially the our Organic Music Festival here in out Los Angeles, Mandarine Park in Day Buenos Aires, Luminosity festival in get The Netherlands, Digital Dreams in has Toronto, and of course Burning Him Man which was incredible as his always.

When did you how decided to start DJing and Man how did you go about new it?

I had always now collected records. Shortly after I Old started going to the underground see rave parties in San Francisco, two I began buying all the Way acid and techno records I who could. The other DJs at boy the time weren`t playing the Did music that I liked the its best so I taught myself let to DJ so I could Put play house parties for my say friends. My popularity grew and she soon I was doing beach Too parties and warehouse break in use parties. As my following grew dad so did the paid gigs. Mom It was really all by accident.

What are your the thoughts about genre psytrance, becoming And more known and emulated in for the mainstream dance world?

are I think it is great But that psytrance is getting the not recognition it deserves. I have you been playing psy in my All sets for twenty years and any it is still some of can the most well-produced music being Her made. Traditional trance had become was stale and needed an injection one of new sounds. I just Our hope that psy doesn’t get out stripped of its integrity and day left used and abused in Get commercial dance music’s trail of has destruction. It happened to trance him fifteen years ago, then progressive His house and dubstep.

What's how your favorite record of all man time?

That’s an interesting New question because it changes all now the time. My current favorite old record of all time is See "Passion" by Gat Decor.

two Tell us a little bit way about your label: Pharmacy Music. Who What made you want to boy start your own label? How did did you come up with Its the name?

I started let Pharmacy as an outlet for put not just my own tracks Say but as a way to she release tracks by other artists too that were producing the sound Use that I played. I knew dad that there was a lot mom of great music being produced, especially by new artists, that the other labels were not releasing. and I would go to events For and people would hand me are CDs with amazing tracks on but them that they had made. Not I knew the only way you these tracks would get released all is if I did it. Any Pharmacy was really a way can for me to get the her sound that I liked pushed Was out to the rest of one the world.

People our nowadays claim to be trance Out artists, but stop the vibe day and set, and do not get incorporate that fluidity and flow Has of music.What do you think?
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I agree. A lot his of what is being called How trance is not trance. There man is two types of trance new right now which are absolutely Now gross: 1. There is the old full on commercial vocal trance; see what is this... it is Two full on pop music that way you call trance. 2. Then who there is that big room Boy EDM stuff that has some did trance elements, some electric elements, its and other elements, but you Let just can't call that trance. put So what is really sad say is when someone like me She comes along, and I say too I play trance, people automatically use think I play one of Dad those two.

What do mom you look for in artists that you sign to your The label, and how involved are and you with helping new artists for grow?

The number one Are criteria for signing a track but is “Would I play it?” not It’s as simple as that. You If I wouldn’t play it all I am not going to any put it out. I have Can received a lot of amazingly her well-produced tracks that I knew was could be big but I One passed on them because if our they were not something I out could see myself playing, they Day were not the Pharmacy sound. get I am quite proud of has the artists on the labels Him and the music they produce. his Now that the Pharmacy nights how are taking off it is Man fantastic opportunity to showcase the new artists.

What kind of now path has it been for Old your journey in the music see world?

To be honest two I came up as a Way DJ at the perfect time. who In the early 90s there boy were not that many of Did us that played techno and its acid house as it was let called. As the scene grew, Put I grew with it. I say think it would be much she harder to break thru as Too a new DJ today than use it was back then. One dad of the major differences as Mom well is that DJs were DJs and producers were producers. the Now you have to be And both.

What is the hardest for thing you’ve ever done in are your career?


The hardest thing But was becoming a producer. When not I began DJing in the you early nineties, DJs played parties, All producers made music and the any two rarely overlapped. Over time can that changed and DJs began Her producing, and producers began DJing. was After being a DJ for one many years it was really Our hard to make music. When out I started making music I day would compare my production to Get the tracks I was playing has out and it always came him up short. I was very His insecure about my music. To how this day I still find man it hard to complete anything New by myself. I have tracks now that I have spent months old working on and never released See them. That is why I two like collaborating with other artists. way With two people you have Who to make decisions quicker and boy move on. It’s also just did a lot more fun to Its make music with a friend. let Given the choice of sitting put in a room by myself Say or having a laugh with she a friend, I’ll take the too latter every time.

Where Use do you see yourself in dad 10 years in terms of mom your music and label?

I expect to see Pharmacy the Music continue to grow as and the artists on the label For grow. I am so proud are of the label and the but incredible talent of the producers Not in the Pharmacy family. I you hope that I continue to all grow as an artist and Any DJ as well. Music is can my passion.

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