Chris Air bought his first turntables in the late 80's and started deejaying in 1990 as 'Sir Djance' with ambient and subtle electronic music. In the same year, the producer duo "Unrealistic 3rd Truth" U3T was founded and the journey thru the landscapes of ambient spheres and smooth beats and basslines began. The mixtapes soon became well known and multiple copies found their way into different countries. After two years of experience and experiments in studio electronics, Chris was ready for the crowd and played his first gigs with dj sets and live acts at Planet-E and Heavenunderground Basle. He brought warm feelings into cold, sterile rooms - his aim was always to fill the air with harmonic vibes. He moved on with some musical pit stops at spherical british breakbeats, early hardtrance tunes and experimental electronic clicks and cuts. Playing with different styles in different rooms, such as main dancefloors, secret rooms or chill out areas was always in his mind, whether playing records or live acts with U3T. Thru the years, he discovered his love to minimal music and until today he likes to push the audience with minimal rhythms and essential basic grooves combined with warm, harmonic elements. In the year 2000, after a couple of selfmade events, the "Glücksscherben" collective was formed and several party series in different clubs all over Basle are still running today. Since 2004, Chris rediscovered the enjoyment of playing live gigs and started again to produce his own music with charming grooves and fluffy basslines. After some live gigs with 'Die Bademeister' and 'Pumpernickel', his solo work 'Glücksscherben EP' on the Berlin based label Eintakt brings all together in summer 2006. After a busy year in 2007 with a new studio location, a lot of live gigs and new collaborations with 'MonAir' and 'AiRaise', the 'Breat Gritten EP' on Eintakt was released with catalogue number 19 on beginning of 2008. As well as the 'Gluecksscherben EP' was repressed due to great demand. The following EP 'Somewhere with Air' contained 4 Remixes of the Band 'Debonair' from Basle, originally taken from the fantastic Album ' Somewhere Midair'. This EP was released on the Berlin based Label RARE and had a great response on music reviews from within or outside the techno scene. Get a small sample of his sound to get to know his groove.
Live formations: Monolux / Norger Eidwand aka Chris Air, Roter Fnord (with B.Free), AiRaise (with Dj Raise), Die Bademeister (with A.D.), MonAir (with Dj Thomonn), Pumpernickel (with Olga), U3T (history)
A few stops @: Planet-E (Basle), Presswerk (Basle), Couleur3 (Lausanne), Radio-X (Basle), Deepmix (Moscow), Grubenstrasse (Zurich), Captains Rave 5 (MS Zuerich), Zukunft (Zuerich), Walcheturm (Zuerich), Hive (Zuerich), Spider (Zuerich), Roggwil (Berne), Casino de Montreux, Schatzalp (abundzu/Davos), JK Festival (Basle), Casino de la Rotonde (Neuchatel), Streetparade (Zurich), Kaserne (Basle), Theater (Basle), La Laiterie (Strassbourg), Douala (Ravensburg), Audiopixel Club (Konstanz), Bar23 (Berlin), Bar25 (Berlin), Hangar (Berlin), Ballhaus Ost (Berlin), Rote Fabrik (Zurich), NT/Areal (Basle), Art (Basle), Reithalle (Berne)
Releases:
U3T 01 - 07, neuronal networks Mond auf Plastik EP, mo records003 Glücksscherben EP, eintakt Valle Verzasca EP, dreiton 4 seasons, nmf01 nmf Gelbes Billett Musik 01, gelbes billett
Ayahuasca Compilation, eintakt Panorama Compilation, dreiton Attack Compilation, dreiton Berlin Liveset, dreiton Breat Gritten EP, eintakt Somewhere with Air EP, rare
Tracks appear on:
Deep Emotions, mixotic.net Klänge der Nacht, mixotic.net
Gekko Mix, seth-gekko.de MicroMix, micromix 70/94
Presswerk 11pm-05am, gelbesbillett.ch
Emerson Mix, kiddaz.fm Winterdisco Compilation, interdiso.net
Circle Muzic Compilation, circlemuzic.com
Compilation B Flash Recordings
Remixes for: b.free, mp3.de dfh, don't forget your history fan erhalder, erhalder.com raise, myspace.com/daraise la place au soleil, la place au soleil debonair, debonair.ch chris air at discogs
Eintakt 19 - Chris Air - Breat Gritten EP available on beatport or whatpeopleplay and your local record dealer! Rare 02 - Chris Air - Somewhere with Air EP available on beatport and your local record dealer! remix projects
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