08/28/10
TOP 100 POLL OPENS - CAST YOUR VOTE NOW!
It's that time of year again.. DJ Mag's 'Top 100' poll has opened for 2010.
Love it or hate it, the Top 100 has become a pivotal event on the annual dance music calendar.
If you have enjoyed Christopher's music over the past year, then we would appreciate your vote. Please also support other DJ's whose music you have enjoyed. It is your opportunity, as a dance music fan, to make your voice heard.
In great news, DJ Mag has arranged for all voters to receive a FREE song download from Trackitdown.net, which is one of the World's largest and most respected dance music portals. After voting, you will receive a confirmation email with all the details on how to get your free track.
Please click here to vote. Thank you for your support!
07/22/10
iVIBES GIVES CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE'S NEW MIX COMPILATION BIG THUMBS UP!
iVibes.nu has given Christopher Lawrence's new mix compilation Rush Hour a glowing review saying "it's a sensational mix from start to finish from one of the biggest DJ & producers in the world!".
06/16/10
'RUSH HOUR' CD COMPILATION SERIES LAUNCHED ON JUNE 22ND WORLDWIDE.. GET YOUR COPY ON AMAZON NOW!
Christopher Lawrence launched a new mix compilation series based on his popular radio show Rush Hour on June 22nd. The CD is released on Moist Music in North America and will be available worldwide very soon.
’Rush Hour’ features the best in underground trance, progressive, psytrance and techno from around the globe.
'Rush Hour' brings Christopher Lawrence’s unique sound to tens of thousands of listeners every month. It features the best in underground trance, progressive, psy trance and techno from around the globe. 'Rush Hour' airs on the worlds #1 online radio station Digitally Imported's Trance Station, plus on over 120FM stations in around the globe. It is also available as a monthly podcast on iTunes, where it continues to double its subscribers every month - making it one of the fastest growing dance music shows on the planet.
Click here to order your CD copy of 'Rush Hour' on Amazon!
05/04/10
PHOTOS UP FROM BEYOND WONDERLAND!
Christopher Lawrence played the first annual Beyond Wonderland in March and it was massive. Once again, proving Insomniac Productions are Socal's leading dance festival producers. Check out the amazing photos on Christopher's MySpace and Facebook.Enjoy!
04/30/10
CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE + MATT DAREY LIVE INTERVIEWS + GUEST DJ MIXES LIVE ONLINE ON ITV THIS SATURDAY!
ITV LIVE - DJ Sessions brings to you the best local, national, and world renowned DJ's in their studios for LIVE interviews and DJ guest sets.
This is always an amazing show.
We have two special guest appearances on this show, Christopher Lawrence and Matt Darey will be stopping by before they go over to play at The Cirque Events Center in Seattle with ...this may just be one of our biggest shows yet...
For those in Seattle, we are opening the studio to people to meet Christopher and Matt and hang out with us that are ITV VIP Members. We pick randomly from people that are "attending" the event. You must be an ITV VIP Member to become eligible. Click here to become one www.itvnw.com/vip
Everyone else can watch the show LIVE on the ITV website or through
Ustream and the previous high quality sessions podcasted on iTunes.
Our resident DJ's The ToneSetters (Dark Mark and Alpha Mehl), Alex Xavier, and Rozzville will be on the decks for the show.
Don't miss the chance to catch two of the world's biggest DJs in an exclusive LIVE presentation featuring interviews and guest DJ sets in our studio.
04/19/10
NEW MR & MRS SMITH MIX - LIVE AT WMC - DOWNLOAD NOW!
The Winter Music Conference in Miami is one of the biggest and most decadent events on the international dance music calendar. Every year, DJs, producers, label owners, magazine editors, record distributors, promoters and dance music devotees flock to Miami’s glamorous South Beach for a week of non-stop clubbing and partying.
Set against the lush tropical backdrop of South Beach and its Art Deco hotels, crowds gather in nightclubs, bars and at pool parties to share their mutual love of dance music.
In 2010, Mr & Mrs Smith debuted at WMC with a bang with their dirty, chunky electro house sound, playing a string of high profile events from the Sea2Sun/Loverush Digital mansion party and the Official IDMA’s Afterparty to Judge Jules Radio Sessions at Nikki Beach.
We are proud to present a live recording of the set Mr & Mrs Smith played at South Beach institution, Nikki Beach. As Mrs Smith likes to say “it’s dirty stuff”. So close your eyes, sit back and imagine you’re at Nikki Beach, surrounded by wonderful people getting their groove on as the sun sets over Miami Beach. Click here to download!
04/14/10
WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE 'LIE TO OURSELVES' REMIX COMPETITION
In February 2010, Christopher Lawrence launched a remix competition in conjunction with Audacious Records and national music chain Billy Hyde in Australia.
The competition gave musicians the opportunity to remix Christopher Lawrence's smash hit single 'Lie to Ourselves', which was released on Audacious Records last year. The track was a co-production with this year's Grammy nominee Dave Audé and features vocals by Jen Lasher. It received support from DJs including Matt Darey, Agnelli & Nelson, Judge Jules, Paul Oakenfold, Thrillseekers, M.I.K.E, Ronski Speed, Kuffdam, Dave Pearce, DJ Feel and David & Carr to name a few.
The ‘Lie to Ourselves’ contest received a staggering number of entries and it was a tough job for the judges to sift through the entries, which were delivered in every genre imaginable. After great deliberation by judges at Billy Hyde, along with Christopher Lawrence and Audacious Records label owner Dave Audé, the final decision was made.
The winners will receive fantastic prizes ranging from music equipment and software. But the most exciting prize is winner Mark Maxwell’s remix will receive an official release thru Audacious Records on Beatport and hundreds of other online stores worldwide.
In a brief interview this morning, winner Mark Maxwell said “The whole experience has been a blast. Even as the first sounds of that pristine vocal filled my room, I started to get excited about this song. I never expected to win a national remix competition, so I was ecstatic when I first read the notification email. I am still reeling with excitement.”
“It is even more incredible to have it released on Audacious Records. Those guys put out some seriously good music. I am absolutely honoured.”
To listen to the winning entries, please visit http://billyhydemusic.com.au/remix/
04/09/10
CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE ADDED TO CREAMFIELDS IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
The Totem Onelove Group welcomes Christopher Lawrence to the Melbourne line up of the iconic international music festival: Creamfields to Australia for the first time.
This is the first time Christopher Lawrence has joined Creamfields in Australia, having played the festival numerous times around the globe including the US, Romania, Poland, United Kingdom, Mexico and many more. Unfortunately Christopher could not join the entire Australian tour due to pre-existing tour commitments overseas.
Creamfields has established itself as the worlds greatest electronic music festival. Now in its 12th year it continues to dominate the festival market, spanning 17 countries and attracting a worldwide audience of nearly 3 million people. Beginning life in Winchester (UK) in 1998, Creamfields continues to hold the crown as one of the worlds favorite dance festival brands.
Creamfields Australia will feature both up-and-coming and iconic dance acts over some of Australia’s most popular venues. Get ready as the biggest music circus in the world finally arrives to our fields! It's the merging of two powerhouses once more; Australia’s best known youth entertainment brand onelove and Australian festival stalwarts Hardware Corporation / Totem Industries. Both companies draw on years of experience to provide Australian audiences and international guests a fresh approach to Australian festivals. Both companies already enjoy a great international reputation as being the market leaders in this arena and this union has ensured a high quality output that is world class.
Creamfields will land in Melbourne on Saturday 8th May 2010.
Other artists on the Creamfields lineup include:
The Bloody Beetroots pres. Death Crew 77 (6 piece band), Steve Angello, MSTRKRFT, Ferry Corsten, LMFAO (6 piece band), Dave Clarke, Marco V, Green Velvet, Dirty South, Kid Sister, Joris Voorn, Lifelike, Riva Starr, Tommie Sunshine, Bingo Players, Zoo Brazil, Filo & Peri, Oh Snap and more to be announced.
04/08/10
RUSH HOUR RADIO RETURNS ON TUES APRIL 13TH TO DI.FM WITH A SPECIAL DOUBLE LIVE SET PRESENTATION FROM CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE RUSH HOUR RADIO SPECIAL MIX PRESENTATION:
CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE
‘LIVE AT JUDGEMENT SUNDAY’ (WMC 2010)
‘LIVE AT ANTWERP IS BURNING’ (BELGIUM 2004)
Back from the Winter Music Conference in Miami, where he played a record number of shows for 2010, including Judgement Sundays, AM Only’s ‘One Night Only’, Nikki Beach and the IDMA’s Afterparty, Christopher Lawrence has a massive ‘Rush Hour’ planned for this month.
In the first hour, Christopher features his set live from Judgement Sundays at WMC.
Christopher joined the line up of Judgement Sundays as it celebrated its 10th year of being Ibiza's busiest night with a special Miami WMC party featuring resident Judge Jules, Sean Tyas and Second Sun. Located at at La Folie D'Amour in South Beach, this was a fantastic night with industry A-listers and fans coming together to enjoy one of the best trance line ups of the Conference.
In the second hour of this months Rush Hour, Christopher has dug into the vaults and found a rare live recording from the Belgian festival Antwerp Is Burning.
Antwerp Is Burning was the largest youth event in Antwerp between 2000 and 2004.
In 2004, Christopher Lawrence headlined the event along with Armin Van Buuren, Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth and DJ M.I.K.E.
It was an unforgettable night which Christopher brings to you as a special mix presentation this month.
Rush Hour - Digitally Imported
Digitally Imported - Trance Channel
Tuesday April 13th at 1PM US PST / 4PM US EST / 9PM UK / 22:00 CET
Click here to see your local time zone.
Rush Hour - FM Stations
Broadcasting on 120+ FM stations thru April, click here for station details!
Rush Hour - Website
For Rush Hour guest info, MP3 downloads, tracklists and more - www.rushhourradio.net
03/17/10
CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE ATTENDS 25TH ANNUAL WINTER MUSIC CONFERENCE (COMPLETE LISTINGS)
Winter Music Conference, in its 25th consecutive year, is one of the most publicized annual music gatherings in the world. A pivotal platform for advancement of the industry, WMC 2009 attracted 1,910 artists and DJs, 3,228 industry delegates from 62 countries and over 70,000 event attendees for a concentrated schedule of more than 500 events presented across 5 days. Music, as one of the world's most accessible cultural art forms, gives WMC the unique ability to cross economic, geographic and social boundaries. Over 1.3 million visitors from 183 countries log on to the WMC website each year.
This years Winter Music Conference is shaping up to be Christopher Lawrence's biggest to date. When we took a look at his schedule, we nearly had a heart attack. It's non stop for America's Top Trance DJ.. from touch down.. to take off!
Tuesday March 23rd
Jetting in from Pacha in Buenos Aires, Christopher goes directly to the gorgeous and newly revamped Living Room in South Beach for 'Welcome to Miami.. Bitch'. Line up includes Dj Dan, plus Austin Leeds. For more information, http://www.welcometomiami.eventbrite.com
Wednesday March 24th
At sunset, Christopher Lawrence dons his black suit and joins his wife Sara for the WMC debut of his new DJ side project, Mr & Mrs Smith at the Sea2Sun/Loverush Digital private cocktail party at the mansion of four time Grammy winner Tom Lord-Alge. This A list red carpet event is by invitation only and will be covered by news outlets including NBC news and Getty.
On Wednesday night, Christopher Lawrence joins the line up of Judgement Sundays as it celebrates its 10th year of being Ibiza's busiest night with a special Miami WMC party featuring resident Judge Jules, Sean Tyas and Second Sun. Located at at La Folie D'Amour in South Beach. For more information, http://www.wantickets.com/affiliates/EventDetail.aspx?id=858&e_id=106936
Thursday March 25th
It's official business tonight with the International Dance Music Awards (IDMA's) in South Beach. As one of the most anticipated annual events on the global dance music calendar (and the only longstanding awards event dedicated to our industry) the IDMAs generate over a million votes from music enthusiasts in 183 countries. The awards event is an industry program highlight at the epicenter of the WMC week assembling an audience of over 2000 professionals, artists, DJs and press from 62 countries.
Mr & Mrs Smith are guest presenters at this years IDMA's. Following the awards ceremony, Mr & Mrs Smith will play live at the starstudded Official IDMA Afterparty at Bar 721. For more information, http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/index.php
Friday March 26th
Those who can't make it to WMC this year can still share the excitement via Sirius Satellite's Music Lounge featuring the cream of the DJ crop live from South Beach's hottest new digs, the W Hotel. Catch Christopher Lawrence's interview live on air on Friday at 1.20pm (EST). Tune into Sirius satellite radio, or via their website to listen in. More information, http://www.sirius.com
On Friday night, Christopher heads downtown for the AM Only artist showcase One Night Only at Karu & Y. With over one hundred DJs peforming, many of them on 2x4's, this is always one of the hottest shows at WMC, selling out early and going in the early hours. To read more, see the Miami New Times article. For more information including full line up, http://www.madeevent.com/events/One-Night-Only-AM-Only-2010-madeweb
Saturday March 27th
As the week draws to a close, Christopher Lawrnece again dons his black suit for a Mr & Mrs Smith live set at Mixology's Judge Jules Radio Sessions at the glamorous Nikki Beach. This annual event, which has become a WMC institution, will be taped to Air on Comcast Music on Demand as well as Judge Jules BBC's Radio One show. Line up includes Cedric Gervais, Mark Lewis, Sandra Collins, Serge Devant, Dave Dresden, Tom Novy, Morgan Page, Lee Combs plus much more. Event runs all day. First 1000 people to arrive get free entry. For more information, http://www.mixologywmc.com/nikki-beach-saturday.html
This wraps up what is shaping up to be Christopher Lawrence's biggest and best WMC to date. Stay tuned for live photos, radio broadcasts, video interviews and much more WMC coverage in the coming weeks.
03/16/10
CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE JOINS JUDGEMENT SUNDAYS LINE UP AT WINTER MUSIC CONFERENCE
Ibiza institution Judgement Sundays announces mega pre Ibiza parties with a series of events over Easter and the forthcoming Bank Holidays.
Last summer Judgement Sundays celebrated its 10th year of being San Antonio’s busiest night, with sixteen weeks of high octane festivities at Eden in Ibiza - once again boasting the best atmosphere on the island at the biggest (and longest) birthday party ever!
If the memories of summer in Ibiza are slowly fading (or freezing), never fear - Judgement Sundays is getting ready to remind you of the best nights of your life and get you in training for the incoming Ibiza season with seven especially selected events across the UK plus a one off event at WMC Miami with resident Judge Jules and guests:
Judgement Sundays Miami
Wed 24th March WMC
La Folie D’Amour
South Beach, Miami
Judge Jules
Christopher Lawrence
Sean Tyas
AND
Second Sun LIVE
10pm-5am
$TBC USD Admission
655 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.judgementsundays.co.uk
03/10/10
RED BULL TV BROADCAST CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE LIVE FROM PACHA NYC
Red Bull Television recently invited Christopher Lawrence to be part of the legendary "Night Flight" series, which films and broadcasts live sets from the World's top DJs at the some of the World's top clubs. They recorded Christopher's set at Pacha NYC on Friday November 20th and now we have selected highlight available from their broadcast to share with you.
“Night Flight” has a mission : to bring the world's most legendary clubs & DJ sets right into the homes of TV viewers across the globe. Every Saturday night, the “Night Flight” show broadcasts footage from a different club from the world's hugest clubbing cities – London, Berlin, Paris, Moscow, New York, Miami and Amsterdam to name but a few. The interiors of the most elite clubs, the vibe of the crowd and the amazing tunes dropped by world-class DJs make their way into thousands of homes, via the European satellite channel “Servus TV” and via the online stream on http://www.servustv.com. The club-goers become worldwide TV stars for the night, whilst the viewers are transported right into the midst of an exclusive club night. With high definition quality footage and astounding camera work, viewers really can feel as though they are there too, partying it up!
Christopher Lawrence now joins a list of artists including Deadmau5 in Space Ibiza, Mark Knight in Ministry of Sound London, Timo Maas in Italy, Paul Oakenfold in Gatecrasher and JCA in Pacha Marrakech who have already been part of this historic series. For more information: http://www.servustv.com
03/08/10
MR & MRS SMITH - GUEST PRESENTERS & DJS AT THE 25TH IDMA'S ANNIVERSARY
As one of the most anticipated annual events on the global dance music calendar (and the only longstanding awards event dedicated to our industry) the IDMAs generate over a million votes from music enthusiasts in 183 countries every year to honor exceptional achievements in 57 award categories.
Mr & Mrs Smith will be special guest presenters at this years IDMA’s.
“Being asked to be a presenter at the 25th anniversary of the IDMA's is a huge honor” says Christopher Lawrence (AKA Mr Smith). The IDMA’s is the most important awards ceremony in the international dance music community. It’s always a massive event and Mr & Mrs Smith are very happy to be part of it”.
Mr & Mrs Smith will also perform live at the official IDMA's afterparty at Bar 721 on Lincoln Blvd. Set time is 12:00am to 1:00am in the main room.
The awards event is an industry program highlight at the epicenter of the WMC week assembling an audience of over 2000 professionals, artists, DJs and press from 62 countries. Last year the WMC program generated over 2.7 billion media impressions worldwide between February and April 2009.
Another unique aspect of the IDMAs is the convergence of industry legends and emerging talent alike. As part of its mission statement to serve as a platform for the advancement of the industry, the IDMAs (and the WMC program as a whole) place particular emphasis on innovative artists and industry. Across its 25-year history the IDMA’s has proudly served as an essential proving ground for new music.
For a complete schedule of Mr & Mrs Smith events at WMC, please visit www.djsmrandmrssmith.com
For more information, visit www.wintermusicconference.com
03/05/10
MARCH 2010 RUSH HOUR PODCAST NOW ON ITUNES FEATURING DANNY POWERS!
Gearing up for the Winter Music Conference in Miami, Christopher Lawrence brings you a slamming episode of Rush Hour in March featuring new tracks from Rank 1 & Jochem Miller, Spencer, Nick Rowland, Iron vs. Combinations, Corona, Hyperion & GNome and much more..
This month Christopher features a guest mix from Danny Powers, who is a Gallery regular in London and whom will be playing alongside Christopher at his forthcoming date at the club this March.
In the summer of 2007, Danny Powers started his own label nu-depth recordings with the intention of hopefully one day competing with the big guns. Vandit, Discover, Euphonic, Conspiracy all these labels have been influential to him the last couple of years and their sound is what he’s tried to incorporate onto the label, just with a bit added depth!!! Kicking off his project was Mark Eteson & Jon Prior’s ‘Dynamic Stability’; this was backed with a big euphoric Remix from Aly & Fila and a punchy workout from Frase. This released featured on Armin’s ‘A State OF Trance’ show and most recently on Tiesto’s ‘Club Life’ show. Other supporters of the nu-depth sound include John Askew, Jon O’Bir, John O’Callaghan (my current heroes!!!) Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Markus Schulz, Ronski Speed, Matt Darey, Mark Eteson, Activa, MIKE, Kuffdam & Plant, Marcos, Frase and many more.
In 2008 Danny Powers released his first remix on nu-depth. His remix of Airborne Angel’s ‘The Unit’ was played by Mark Pledger and featured on his Anjuna Beats Worldwide show. Next up was his first ep on nu-depth, ‘Eternal Call’ received support from DJ Tiesto and it received seven plays on Radio One from Judge Jules, John O’Callaghan (his Essential Mix) and Dave Pearce. The other track on the ep ‘Frequency’ got support from John Askew, Aly & Fila, Christopher Lawrence and many more. This led to remixes for Flux Delux (Vicky Devine’s ‘Facing The Truth’, which was played by Paul Van Dyk on VONYC) Perceptive and nu-depth digital. With his next ep on the way the future is looking bright.
For more information:
http://www.myspace.com/djdannypowers
02/08/10
FEBRUARY 2010 RUSH HOUR PODCAST NOW ON ITUNES FEATURING DIRTYLOUD!
In the midst of a mini North American tour including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Portland, Salt Lake City, Dallas.. before heading to Dubai later this month, Christopher takes time out to bring you the episode of his radio show Rush Hour.
In the February podcast, Christopher Lawrence presents new tracks from Paul Trainer, Steve Birch, Liquid Soul, Psysun and much more.. plus a special guest mix from Brazilian production duo Dirtyloud.
Having crashed onto the dance scene with their psytrance infused progressive and electro, their first release in late 2009 reached 3 on beatport's Electro-House downloads with the track "Disco Recordz" (Charted by Dave AudÈ, Gary Caos and PANTyRAID). Right after the huge success, they were requested to work with Atlantic Records and are collaborating with labels like Spintwist Records, Big Fish Recordings and Savage Media.
On this set, Dirtyloud decided to mix the melodic progressive trance with a hard-rockin' electroish touch and a pinch of psychedelia.
For more information:
www.myspace.com/dirtyloudmusic
