Chris Lake is coming to town

This month DJ Chris Lake is bringing his brand of dance to play all the major clubs on the eastern seaboard.

In a three part interview series D.M.M. caught up with him on the eve of his Australian winter tour.

Check out part one:

Living the healthy life is not something that immediately springs to mind when imagining what a DJ gets up to, but Chris Lake is one who walks to the beat of a different drum machine.

“I’ve been trying to keep healthy, eat well, plus have a half decent routine and it’s making a big difference when I’m in the studio,” he said.

This might all sound ho-hum, but it’s exactly the regime required for any serious DJ who is jetsetting across the globe and consistently pumping out quality productions.

A veritable music machine, and on his third visit to Australia shortly to play a host of gigs, it seems we’re due to benefit from this newfound lease on life.

“I’ve just finished eight tracks in the past month and I’ve some choice numbers to play on this tour,” he told D.M.M.

With his touring schedule, playlists and our listening pleasure nicely sorted, Chris filled us in on the latest happenings with his label Rising Music.

“We’re just about to kick off the Rising Summer series.”

“It's a collaboration of releases in which we let loose a new track every fortnight involving some cool up and coming artists.”

The first slated release is a tune called Violins, co-produced with friend Marco Lys and remixed by Swedish duo Sour Grapes. It’s a sublime opener, sweeping in as a funky, techno summer breeze.



Chris loves his fans, and in an effort to closely interact with them he’s become the epitome of Web 2.0.

Knowing that a simple static page just doesn’t cut it anymore, and admitting to constantly 'working the rooms' of the social media scene, he added he’s in the midst of a mammoth website upgrade.

“I really wanted a site that incorporated all of the things that are currently happening on the web. I like to talk with my fans as much as possible, and we’ve got all the usual suspects of social media sorted, but I wanted to incorporate something more,” he said.

“The redesign will also offer free track downloads, and in addition to having the standard information it will allow for some good intermingling.”

Asked on when it will be ready he laughed, “Unfortunately these things don’t design themselves and even as we speak I’ve got someone working on them. They’ll be up real soon.”

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Keep groovin',

DC