CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE
Biography
Winner of ‘DJ Times America’s Best DJ’ award and “Best American DJ” at the IDMA’s, 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. Christopher Lawrence is considered a key player in the global dance scene, playing his tough techno trance sets main stage at the world’s biggest festivals and superclubs.
Over the past few years, Christopher has received numerous awards and accolades. Currently ranked one of the World’s Top 100 DJs on the DJ List and previously reaching #4 on DJ Mag’s Top 100, Christopher is a winner of "Best DJ" at both the Dancestar US Awards and Los Angeles Music Awards, Christopher has additionally been nominated in Dancestar UK Awards, DJ Awards, International Trance Awards and the Global DJ Mix Awards. Christopher has also topped dance music polls worldwide. He has graced the covers of countless magazines, newspapers and publications worldwide, and is the only DJ to make the cover of America’s DJ Times magazine twice in one year.
Described as the "Biggest DJ in the USA” by the BBC’s Radio 1, Christopher clocks up over 400,000 frequent flyer miles a year and a list of international events too long to mention. One need look no further than the top international clubs and dance festivals from Creamfields to Global Gathering to find Christopher’s name. Meanwhile, back in North America, Christopher continues to be one of the country’s most sought after DJs, breaking attendance records in cities across the country. A festival favorite, Christopher has played the famed Coachella and Nocturnal festivals more than any other DJ, and was also the only US DJ invited to headline all three of the inaugural Ministry Of Sound, Cream and Gatecrasher tours of America.
Described as "A Highly Respected Producer" by Mixmag, Christopher won a preliminary Grammy nomination in 2002. A trance pioneer since the nineties when he signed with Hook Recordings, Christopher’s tracks have been hammered by DJs from Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Paul van Dyk and Tiesto to Paul Oakenfold. Christopher’s reputation as a producer is superlative with a discography of groundbreaking tracks such as ‘A Little Rush’, ‘Lie to Ourselves’, ‘Freefall’, ‘Continuation’, ‘Beyond the Limit’, ‘Scorcher’, ‘Shredder’, 'Rush Hour, plus remixes for artists from LMFAO and U2 to Enrique Iglesias. Beyond the dance world, Christopher’s music has appeared on TV shows from MTV’s ‘Real World’ to ‘Hotwheelz’, as well as computer games including ‘Need for Speed 2’. Christopher also recently signed an exclusive remix deal with Motorola for their forthcoming series of international mobile phones.
Christopher’s debut artist album ‘All Or Nothing’ and the follow up, ‘Un-Hooked’ both topped the iTunes dance charts and met with widespread chart and critical acclaim from the world’s toughest critics from Rolling Stone to the Washington Post. Christopher is currently working on his third artist album, due in Fall 2011.
On the label front, Christopher launched Pharmacy Music mid decade with successive hits from artists including John “00” Fleming, Jonathan Allyn, Sean J. Morris and more. The label has become one of the most respected underground dance music labels in the world with support by leading DJs.
On the airwaves, Christopher recently celebrated the three year anniversary of his radio show ‘Rush Hour’ which has become one of the fastest growing and most popular dance music shows on the planet with syndication on Digitally Imported and 120+ FM stations around the world. ‘Rush Hour’ is one of the most downloaded and popular dance music podcasts on iTunes.
Other new Christopher Lawrence projects include the launch of two DJ side projects. The first is Fleming & Lawrence, which is the moniker under which long time friend John ‘00’ Fleming and Christopher currently record and tour. Christopher has also launched ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’, a DJ side project with his wife Sara. The sound is tough electro, a far cry from the main room trance sound that has made Christopher famous and promises to be a new and exciting creative chapter.
Over the past decade, Christopher has also established himself as one of the US's biggest selling DJs. He released a string of record breaking mix compilations including ‘Rush Hour’, ‘United States of Trance’, ‘Gatecrasher: Live in Moscow’ (MOS), ‘Unfold’ and ‘Global Trance Grooves Presents Two Tribes’ with whom he joined forces with UK trance superstar John “00” Fleming.
On the big screen, Christopher has appeared in ‘Full or Ferry – Masquerade”, ‘Midsummernight'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.
CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE
Press Quotes
“America’s answer to Tiësto”
- Harder Faster (UK)
"One of America's most influential DJs".
- DJ Magazine (UK)
"A Superstar DJ".
- URB (USA)
"America's top trance DJ".
- MUZIK (UK)
“America’s top ranking progressive trance DJ has reached staggering heights”.
- BPM (USA)
"America’s most popular trance dj and all round international jetsetting superstar"
- M8 (UK)
"An American progressive house pioneer".
- Mixmag (UK)
"Lawrence is up there with the major players like Oakenfold and van Dyk; he really is that good. If anyone can take it to the next level in this country, it's Christopher Lawrence".
- URB (USA)
“Christopher Lawrence is a techno head's trance DJ”
- Remix (USA)
"One of the world's top DJs".
- Tekno Renegade (AUSTRALIA)
"One of the best American DJs".
- URB (USA)
"A highly respected producer and DJ".
- Mixmag (UK)
“The US trance master”
- REMIX
“One of the most popular DJs on the global circuit”.
- DJ Magazine
"A Trailblazer".
- SPIN (USA)
“A Sleek Trance DJ”
- MTV (USA)
"One of America's and the world's top DJs".
- XLR8R (USA)
“America’s talisman of trance”
- URB (USA)
"Lawrence taps into the same darkly, spiritual vibe as international DJ superstars like Sasha and John Digweed. His mix, however, is sleeker and slicker than those of his non-Yankee contemporaries, though still more adventurous and urban than the glowstick anthems offered up by too many US DJs".
- Editor: Amazon.com
"Outrageously popular"
- URB (USA)
"One of America's premier DJs".
- Hits (USA)
"In the world of dance, Christopher Lawrence is to the States what Paul Oakenfold is to the UK. In more direct terms, the cat is way big".
- LA Weekly (USA)
"Renowned globally for his finesse in fusing subtle sonic shifts to irresistible basslines, Lawrence is among a group of far flung DJs who is becoming a focal point of a culture".
- Los Angeles Times (USA)
"Christopher Lawrence kicks ass".
- Tribe (CANADA)
"In the United States... he's the man".
- DJ Magazine (UK)
"A stalwart of the American dance crusade".
- WAX (UK)
"An innovator".
- ZEBRA Magazine (AUSTRALIA)
"One of the leading pioneers of America's sound for almost a decade".
- D'Vox (USA)
"Outrageously popular ".
- URB (USA)
"With Christopher Lawrence leading the way, the sky's the limit".
- WAX (UK)
"Christopher Lawrence has single-handedly redefined the West Coast sound".
- TRM (AUSTRALIA)
"The US trance king"
- CMJ (USA)
"The number one trance DJ in America"
- The Scene (USA)
“Trance Prodigy”
-The Nation (Bangkok, Thailand)
CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE
Discography
| Singles | |||
| Beyond the Limit (2013 Remixes) | view | ||
| OK to GO | view | ||
| Faith In The Future | view | ||
| Tremor | view | ||
| Rock It | view | ||
| A Little Rush feat. Suzie del Vecchio | view | ||
| Lie to Ourselves feat. Jen Lasher | view | ||
| Continuation | view | ||
| Gotham | view | ||
| Beyond the Limit | view | ||
| Scorcher | view | ||
| Attention | view | ||
| Warp / Acid People | view | ||
| Mind Eraser | view | ||
| Nitro | view | ||
| October's Child | view | ||
| Cruise Control | view | ||
| Rush Hour | view | ||
| Renegade | view | ||
| Defiant | view | ||
| Shredder | view | ||
| Interceptor | view | ||
| Navigator | view | ||
| Remixes | |||
| Reaky - Magnum Orca (Christopher Lawrence Remix) | view | ||
| Little Mighty Rabbit (Christopher Lawrence Remix) | view | ||
| Party Rock Anthem (Christopher Lawrence Remix) | view | ||
| Dynamo (Christopher Lawrence Remix) | view | ||
| I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Christopher Lawrence Bootleg Remixes) | view | ||
| Hero (Christopher Lawrence Remix) | view | ||
| Nightfever (Christopher Lawrence Remix) | view | ||
| Radio Shows | |||
| Fleming & Lawrence @ Avalon Hollywood (June 2012) | view | ||
| UMF Radio (pres. by Ultra Music Festival & SiriusXM) | view | ||
| Christopher Lawrence Live @ Creamfields Buenos Aires 2011 - [IFSS] | view | ||
| Christopher Lawrence - Live at Beyond Wonderland (2011) | view | ||
| Christopher Lawrence - Live at Pacha in Buenos Aires (2010) | view | ||
| Christopher Lawrence - Live at Judgement Sundays WMC (2010) | view | ||
| Essential Mix - Paul Van Dyk & Christopher Lawrence - Live at Planet Love (2006) | view | ||
| Christopher Lawrence - Live at Dance Valley (2005) | view | ||
| Christopher Lawrence - Live in Macedonia (2004) | view | ||
| Live Mixes | |||
| Rush Hour | view | ||
| Mix CDs | |||
| Pharmacy: Phase 1 | view | ||
| Rush Hour | view | ||
| Unfold 2 | view | ||
| Global Trance Grooves: Two Tribes | view | ||
| Gatecrasher: Live in Moscow | view | ||
| Subculture | view | ||
| Around the World | view | ||
| Exposure IV | view | ||
| United States of Trance | view | ||
| Empire | view | ||
| Christopher Lawrence Presents Hook Recordings | view | ||
| Temptation | view | ||
| Rise | view | ||
CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE
Accolades
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Nominated "Best Breakthrough DJ" at DJ Awards, Ibiza (2005) |
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Christopher is the #5 DJ in the World based on website traffic, according to "The Top 100 DJs", (2005) |
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Christopher's website is nominated in the "Best Music" category at the SXSW Awards, which is considered the Academy Awards of web design (2005) |
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Christopher's website is nominated for a Webby Award (2005) |
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Winner “Best American DJ” at the International Dance Music Awards held at the Winter Music Conference, Miami (2005) |
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Christopher Lawrence is named the #7 DJ in the World in DJ magazine's 'Top 100' DJ poll. Christopher leaped an impressive 28 spots to become the highest ranking American DJ (2004). |
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Christopher DJ's at the Sepang International Circuit on the closing night of the Malaysian Grand Prix (2004). |
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Christopher releases two artist albums in one year ‘All or Nothing’ and ‘Un:Hooked’ to critical acclaim (2004). |
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Christopher simultaneously appears on the covers of Mixer magazine (US) and Wax magazine in the (UK). He also becomes the only US trance artist to ever grace the cover of a major British dance magazine (2002). |
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Christopher headlines Skol Beats in Sao Paulo, Brazil which becomes the largest electronic music event in the history of South America, attracting a crowd of 35,000 partygoers. The event is covered by MTV. (2002) |
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Winner – “Best DJ” – Dancestar US Awards (2002) |
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Nominated – “Best DJ” – Dancestar US Awards (2003) |
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Nominated - “Best Breakthrough DJ” – Dancestar UK Awards (2002) |
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Preliminary Grammy Nomination for “Renegade” (2002) |
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Winner – “DJ of the Year” – Los Angeles Music Awards (2000) |
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Nominated - “Best Trance DJ” - Global DJ Mix Awards (1998) |
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Christopher’s ‘Essential Mix’ for the BBC receives widespread acclaim and is voted the “best mix of the year to date” by many listeners on the Radio One website (2004) |
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Christopher is voted #5 in BPM Magazine’s influential America's Favorite DJ poll (2004) |
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Christopher opens first annual ‘Dancestar US’ Awards at the Miami WMC with a live DJ set. The event is broadcast on MTV, becoming the first U.S. dance music awards ceremony to be recognized by mainstream media and music industry. Christopher also wins “Best DJ” award (2002). |
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Christopher is featured in CNN’s coverage of the annual WMC in Miami, where they describe him as “One of the biggest names in the international dance scene” (2002) |
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Christopher appears on the cover of Money magazine (2002) |
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Christopher plays to 60,000 people at the Los Angeles Colliseum on New Years Eve (2001). |
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Mon May 20 - 06:31am
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