INTRO... Kristian is originally from Gibraltar, Spain. In 1997 he moved to London, after finishing his degree at Cardiff Uni. He started dj'ing in 1999/2000 as a resident of Chichime, and soon began to play all over London and the UK. Late 2002 he signed with legendary UK Psytrance label Transient Records. Over the years he has now compiled 5 VA's for them, becoming an internationally renowed dj along the way.
He is also resident with massive UK organisation Antiworld who have held events in prestigious venues like Alexandra Palace and Brixton Academy and have gone on to become one of the world's largest trance promoters.This enabled him to mix the first Psygate / Antiworld (Psychedelic Academy 1) Cd in collaboration with HOMmega, the release was for the UK only and sold out in no time. Since then this has been followed by Psy Academy 2 mixed by Astrix. Kristian also djs electro/breaks and progressive house as Dj K.V.and has represented Transient's sister label Automatic in the past. He also has connections to Greek electro/breaks label Erase Records.
GIGS... He has played in over 20 countries in the last three years: Brazil, Japan, Israel, Turkey, Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium (Where he has a residency with Dacru Records), The Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Slovakia, Poland, Denmark, Ireland, Portugal, Morocco, Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy. International festivals like Glade.Uk, Full Moon.Ger, 7/07/07.UK, Tshitraka.Ger, Sonica.It, Electromind.Fr, Freedom.Port, Middle Earth.Dk, Heron.Bel, Rhakti Dei.Bel, Rhythms of Peace.Mor, Utopia (Quest 4 Goa).Port, Sonnenklang.Aus, Summer Celebration.Italy, Life Festival.Ire, Underwater Overground.Cro, Butterfly.Gr, and Ommni.Sp. And all over Uk in Portsmouth, Brighton, Plymouth, Bournemouth, Oxford, Bristol, Ipswich, Reading, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford, Newcastle and Sheffield.
RESIDENCIES...
Antiworld (London Uk) www.antiworld.net
Illuminaughty (Manchester Uk) www.illuminaughty.co.uk
Dacru (Belgium) www.dacru.be
Psy-Co (Portsmouth Uk)
PRESS AND RADIO... UK dance music magazine IDJ (www.i-dj.co.uk), one of the world's most prestigious music magazines had an article on how Psy Trance was fast becoming one of the most popular dance music styles of the moment.The article was called The Rising Stars and contained interviews with Infected Mushroom, Astrix, Sub6, Eskimo, Altom, Xerox & Illumination, Sirius Isness, Mick Chaos (Of Distributors Chaos Unlimited) and also Kristian, a rewarding achievement for being one of the most consistent djs in the scene.
He also became the first psytrance dj to play a mixed session at Kiss 100 fm (The John Askew Show) and was also interviewed. He has also played on Ministry of Sounds radio show, New wave Radio, and Vonyc (Paul Van Dyks Radio show). Interviews on Chaishop, Harder Faster (The UK biggest Dance music forum), X vibes (Brasil) and Bristol based magazine Upfront, plus reviews in international psytrance magazines Shangri La and Revolve also form part of this Dj's extensive press.
PRODUCTION... Since 2005 Kristian has teamed up with Dj Kalimamboh aka Plastic Vibe to form the Dejavoo project. They have been gaining succes with various releases, a first full album 'Future Shock' in Transient Records and performances all over Europe. A second full album, in which Dejavoo is remixing some of the most popular artists names out there, is coming up next. Stay tuned!
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