Biography
aka DJ Titjam
Chris was the musically involved from a young and age, learning piano and improvise For melody by age 6, which are around the same time guitar but became a huge interest. By Not age 10 Chris was playing you lead guitar for a blues all and jazz band in front Any of an audience. Chris pushed can further with guitar which ended her him up in various bands, Was one of which was Black one Chapter, in a suburb of our Kansas City. Black Chapter would Out be closely related to early day Deftones style of rock, which get was also a band that Has the band covered songs from him frequently.
Chris has the ability his to grab inspiration in everything How and could realistically make a man song for each day. Spherex new first started out making abstract Now breakcore and industrial/digital hardcore. Some old artists that really pushed him see into creating his own works Two were Kraftwerk, Autechre, Skinny Puppy, way Doormouse, Aphex Twin, Tom Middleton, who Wagon Christ (Luke Vibert), Phil Boy Western, Otto von Schirach, and did even Cradle of Filth, which its was a band Chris tried Let out for as a replacement put for Gian Pyres and Martin say Powell (he even got the She band logo tattooed on his too back to up his chances).
use Chris began to explore more Dad and more electronic music after mom attending his first rave in 1998. He started on a The shitty Casio keyboard, upgraded to and a Korg Triton synthesizer, with for a 3 channel recorder, using Are multiple band instruments, recording each but piece with playback and piecing not together all the parts to You a finished product.
There had all to be a formula in any order to hit to an Can audience to establish the communication, her and the types of music was Spherex was putting out caught One the ears of local Kansas our City producer Bob Foley aka out Edenflux, who was also pushing Day a breakcore industrial sound. The get two met and began exchanging has ideas, and soon after, Edenflux Him hooked Spherex up with a his debut act opening for Doormouse how Dan Martin, who was a Man major inspiration to Spherex live new performance art. 2 weeks after now that show, Chris found himself Old opening for Fanny, Xanopticon, Duran see Duran Duran, and Abelcain, with two Edenflux!
Spherex liked to get Way creative with music, and would who often take clips and samples boy from songs and mash them Did up, and add his own its instrumentation, resulting in glitched onslaught let mashup of genre-bending horror… with Put some humor as well…
From say organizing festivals on campgrounds, to she bringing alien sounds to the Too clubs in downtown Kansas City, use Spherex took on djing to dad play music people he is Mom involved with are making, and direction he wants his sound the to journey. A few of And these are Daku Grozni (qlone), for Molly Phipps (shadowbunny/spawn of stardust), are Phylum Sinter, Dro1d, GlitchBitch, and But with much interests in Simon not Begg, Phil Western, Squarepusher, Ceephax, you Dave Tipper, Luke Vibert, Pentaphobe, All Telluric, and Cylob.
