CHRIS CARTER [TCR / BOTCHIT & SCARPER / FORGED / London, UK]

Making his first San Francisco appearance, Chris Carter is generally regarded as one of breakbeat's most creative and talented artists. From his early work on Botchit with partner BLIM, to his latest releases on labels like Forged and TCR, Chris brings a distinct sound, which incorporates his diverse musical influences and cutting edge production.

Equally skilled behind the decks or the mixing board, Chris has a slew of records set for release this year on labels like En:Vision, Bedrock Breaks, and of course TCR, as well as a downtempo side project under his Secret Agent guise. Armed with a bag full of his latest offerings, as well as loads of upfront material, Chris Carter is set to further his reputation as one of the most promising talents seen in dance music to date.Musician Producer and DJ, Chris Carter learnt his engineering skills whilst at the legendary ON U SOUND working with the likes of ADRIAN SHERWOOD, LITTLE AXE, ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION, AUDIO ACTIVE and BIM SHERMAN.

Since branching out to produce his own music in 1997, beginning with a release on a Guy Called Gerald’s Juice Box imprint, he has released a steady stream of tough but musical breaks on the UK breaks scene. Chris Carter was responsible (with BLIM) for one of the break scenes biggest vocal tracks featuring the vocal talents of Shara Nelson as Kasha on ’U’. Since then he’s had tunes on TCR, Botchit Scarper , Forged and BLIMs Track Records, earning him a reputation as the master of well-crafted dancefloor tunes.

DJ fans of Carter include Rennie Pilgrem, BLIM, Laurent Garnier, Adam Freeland, Terminalhead, Hybrid, Hyper and Koma Bones to name but a few. Carter is often to be found in Rennie Pilgrems studio where his drumming and beat programming skills are called upon to augment Pilgrems remixes. His tracks have been included on the ‘Botchit Breaks’ albums, ’Modernizm’ mixed by BLIM, ‘Nu Breed’ mixed by Lee Burridge, Y4K mixed by Koma&Bones and TCR50. Chris Carter has collaborated with BLIM on a track for his debut album and is working on material with Vlad from Breakneck aswell as new solo material for release on TCR. He has also just completed a remix for the Cup of Chi label, a new track called ‘BottyFunk’ for En:Vision and is in the process of making more tunes for Secret Agent – on a down tempo tip.

Chris has now established himself as a popular DJ and has toured all over Europe aswell as the USA and Australia. His mixes have been heard on radio stations such as Radio1, Kiss, Galaxy, Ministry, Groovetech and stations all over the world.

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