Chris Coco - 2009 Q4 Chris Coco is a tastemaker, DJ, broadcaster, producer, musician and journalist. Current projects and recent successes: Melodica: Weekly radio show broadcast on Ibiza Sonica (Monday 17:00 CET), Chilizet, Poland and online. Play the latest show now at www.chriscoco.com or www.mixcloud.com. Central Heating: monthly club night at cool London venue Sosho, last Saturday of the month. Acoustic Chill: Acoustic Chill compilation for i-Label out now. Feel Free Live Good: forthcoming Chris Coco album project to be released on ONe World Music in Australia in December 09 and Big Chill Recordings in the UK in January 10. Normalites: collaboration with chillout don Steve Miller aka Afterlife. Lead tune Pink Skyscraper is on the new Hotel Costes, the biggest selling chillout compilation in the world. City Reverb: released Lost City Folk album in February, followed by single Central Heating and Time Side On. Remix collection to come in 10. Currently writing second album. Key career moments: 2008 - started new band City Reverb, cult single releases Time Side On, Central Heating and City Of Lights and live appearances at festivals including Glastonbury and Green Man and a special show at Tate Britain preceded an album called Lost City Folk. 2008 - presented Live Work Music for Ministry of Sound Radio. 2005-2008 - presented Bank Holiday Chillout and music documentaries for BBC Radio 2. 2006 - DJ element on Robbie Williams world tour playing in the band at all 64 shows and DJ warm up sets at many dates including San Siro, Milan; Parc Des Princes, Paris and The Bowl, Milton Keynes. 2002-2006 - presented Blue Room on BBC Radio 1 legendary, much loved late night weekend show with Rob Da Bank. 1999 - the present: freelance DJ and producer DJing on every continent except Antarctica, all the major clubs in Ibiza; many major festivals including Glastonbury, Roskilde, Big Chill, Bestival; tours of Australia, Far East, USA etc. Making compilations including Real Ibiza series, Solar Spectrums series, Blue Balearic, Dub Club, Chillin’ at the Playboy Mansion, Ministry of Sound Sessions and The Big Freeze. 1990s - Editor of DJ Magazine pioneering dance music bible covering the club scene in its heyday. 1980s - DJ in Brighton, England pioneering early acid house scene, resident at Coco Club at Zap Club. Key releases: 2008 - City Reverb - Lost City Folk LP with band and several singles including successful Central Heating (Drumsound & Simon Bassline Smith Remix) 2008 - Normalites - EP Including Pink Skyscraper, featuring on next Hotel Costes compilation. 2005 - Chris Coco - Heavy Mellow LP including Drifting featured in Toyota Prius European campaign. 2002 - Chris Coco - Next Wave LP including favourite Falling, featured on many TV shows including Nip Tuck, a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Albatross feat Peter Green and a cover of Velvet Underground's’ Sunday Morning feat Nick Cave. 2001 - CocoDaSilva - Saudade One of a series of 12” singles on Kismet records, an ongoing collaboration with dance producer Rui DaSilva. 2000 - Coco & Stonebridge - The Beach Big room club tune collaboration with dance producer Stonebridge. 1999 - Coco, Steel & Lovebomb - Yachts lounge favourite, featured on many TV shows and ads incl Sex & The City and Frexinet, Spain. 1994 - Coco, Steel & Lovebomb - It LP for Warp Records including club classic Feel It. www.chriscoco.com www.myspace.com/chriscocomusic City Reverb: City Reverb is a band featuring Micky Buccheri, Nick Cornu and Chris Coco. Their debut album is Lost City Folk. “It is a wide ranging and eclectic album which deserves to be listened to as a whole to fully take in the range of atmospheres and to let the stories unfold. Musically the album is as rich and diverse as the city that inspired it” Music Week "Lost City Folk is a little bit chill (though a lot less than you might have expected), a lotta bit soul, a surprising amount of rock, and a hell of a lot of song. These are not dance tracks, but rather, concrete (ha!) pieces of music, most with verses and choruses, and even, perhaps, the odd middle eight. It will fit perfectly in your collection alongside those albums you surely must own by Lemon Jelly, Groove Armada and co." I-Jamming “There’s something very warm about the album… It transports you to a place where gorgeous vocals meet with clever sample work and real live music”. Subba Culture “I’ve listened to this album several times and I really like it, something about it just weaves into the fabric of your soul, I don’t know how, I don’t know why and I also don’t know how to put it into words” Beat Surrender www.myspace.com/cityreverb The Normalites: The Normalites is a collaboration between Chris Coco and Chillout don Steve Miller from Afterlife. The music reflects the pairs’ background in making mellow music but also the slightly awkward nature of both their personalities. Their desire to push the boundaries of a genre they have made their own, their desire to come up with new sounds and ideas, their love of politics, poetry, dub and bass. www.myspace.com/thenormalites