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Voted the #14 DJ in the world by DJ
Magazine’s prestigious ‘Top 100’ poll and a winner of the “Best American
DJ” at the IDMA’s in 2005, Christopher Lawrence is recognized worldwide
as one of the World's top DJs and producers. Dubbed "A Superstar DJ" by
the US’s URB and “One Of The Most Popular DJs On The Global Circuit” by
DJ Magazine, Christopher Lawrence is one of the biggest, most respected
and popular names in dance music today.
A winner of the "Best DJ" award at the Dancestar US Awards,
Christopher's production skills, coupled with his ability to take
international dancefloors by storm with his tough techno trance sets,
place him in high demand worldwide. Once an outsider in a world
dominated by European and UK DJs, Lawrence has risen to the top of the
international dance music heap. He is now considered one of the key
global players and one America’s leading dance music exports, playing
main stage at the world’s biggest festivals and superclubs. Christopher
was the only US DJ invited to headline all three of the inaugural
Ministry Of Sound, Cream and Gatecrasher tours of America.
Described as an "All Round International Jetsetting Superstar" by M8,
Christopher clocks up over 250,000 frequent flyer miles a year and a
list of international events too long to mention. Christopher cites
recent favorites as Englands’ Global Gathering, Malaysia’s official
Grand Prix party, Belgium’s Antwerp is Burning, Australia’s ‘Two Tribes’,
Netherland’s Extrema, Hong Kong’s HITEC and Tokyo’s Ageha. No stranger
to jetlag, Christopher has toured Europe, China, United Kingdom, Mexico,
Australia, Peru, Puerto Rico, Japan, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Malaysia,
Colombia, El Salvador, Panama and Canada in the past year alone.
Meanwhile, back in the US, Christopher continues to be one of the
countries most in demand DJs. Voted #9 in BPM Magazine’s influential
‘America's Favorite DJ’ poll for 2005, he headlines high profile events
from Arnold Schwazzeneger’s ‘Terminator III’ party to Sony’s
‘Playstation 2 Tour’, along with clubbing highlights at New York’s
Avalon and Los Angeles Gods Kitchen to California’s famed Coachella
festival to name but a few.
Described as "A Highly Respected Producer" by Mixmag, Christopher won a
preliminary Grammy nomination in 2002. With a discography of
groundbreaking tracks, Christopher’s notable releases ‘Attention’, ‘Scorcher’,
‘Shredder’, 'Navigator', 'Interceptor', 'Renegade', 'Rush Hour', 'Cruise
Control' and ‘October’s Child’ have been played by DJs from Paul
Oakenfold, John Digweed and Paul van Dyk to Tiesto.
This past year has been Christopher’s biggest to date on both the DJ and
production front, following the release of his two artist albums.
Christopher's widely anticipated debut artist album ‘All Or Nothing’ met
with widespread chart and critical acclaim from the worlds toughest
critics including Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Remix, DJ Magazine and
CMJ. Album tracks were licensed by media outlets from Clear Channel and
MTV to Electronic Arts, the worlds largest video game company.
Christopher’s second artist album ‘Un-Hooked’, a retrospective of his
work for Hook Recordings met with similar acclaim, having already topped
the iTunes dance charts. The album has received rave reviews from press
and fans alike. DJ Times describes it as “a collection of seminal artist
tracks, riding the wave between techno and progressive-trance”.
Christopher’s label Pharmacy Electronic Music was officially launched
this year with ‘All or Nothing’ remixes and collaborations with some of
the World’s biggest DJs and producers in the works. A video for Freefall,
shot at California’s Electric Daisy Carnival has also been featured on
television around the world.
Christopher also gained attention with the release of his new website in
2004. Designed by the award winning 2Advanced, Christopher’s website
currently receives more traffic than any other DJ’s in the world, other
than Tiesto. Check it out at
http://www.christopherlawrence.com
In the late nineties, Christopher established himself as one of the US's
biggest selling DJs selling over a quarter of a million mix CDs
following a string of record breaking releases including 'Rise', 'Temptation',
'Christopher Lawrence Presents Hook Recordings’, ‘Empire’ And 'Around
The World'. In 2001, Christopher continued to smash sales records when
his mix 'United States Of Trance' debuted and remained in the Top Ten US
Dance Charts alongside Moby, Chemical Bros And Fatboy Slim.
Christopher's most recent mix ‘Exposure IV' has been described by Remix
as “The U.S. Trance Master’s peak-of-career mix” - reiterating the fact
that Christopher continues to be one of the World's most evolving and
respected DJs.
On the big screen, Christopher has appeared in ‘Midsumernight's Rave',
as well the documentaries ‘Liquid Vinyl’, 'Intellect', ‘Put The Needle
On The Record’, ‘World Party On Tour’ and ‘American Massive’ to name a
few.
In the world of international dance culture, there are DJs who are
leaders and those who are followers. Christopher Lawrence is a true
leader. |