WRIGHT, SHAUN J/ CHRISSY - NOUVEAU CHICAGO

Chrissy (formerly Chrissy Murderbot) is a genre-bending DJ/producer with releases on Super Rhythm Trax, Chiwax, Classic, Freerange, Razor N Tape, Nervous, and Hypercolour. He specializes in Chicago house, disco, and rave-influenced sounds, but his 20-year career has ranged from jungle to footwork to freestyle, with gigs at clubs like Panorama Bar, Smartbar (where he held a residency from 2015-2018), and his current residency at San Francisco’s oldest and most storied queer venue, The Stud. Chrissy is also a well-regarded voice on dance music history—he ran the popular “My Year of Mixtapes” and “My Year of Edits” blogs, posting original genre-focused DJ mixes and disco edits every week for a year. He wrote the liner notes for Hardcore Traxx: Dance Mania Records 1986-1997, and has written about dance music history for RBMA, XLR8R, and Electronic Beats. He also runs two house music record labels: The Nite Owl Diner and Cool Ranch. “Chrissy is one of my fave people in music. He's not only extremely talented and a walking talking dance encyclopedia, he is also someone whose stance I really respect…he actively tries to debunk the gatekeeper mentality that dance music is sadly still haunted by, all with a really constructive approach and positive attitude, truly opening doors for newer blood.” — Violet “Chrissy is one of the best DJs to ever walk the earth and I am just going to keep saying it until everyone agrees with me.” — The Black Madonna “One of the most versatile and knowledgeable DJ/producers on the planet” — Jerome Hill “The living embodiment of a ‘DJ’s DJ’” — Mixmag “A virtual walking encyclopedia of the last 30 years of dance music” – XLR8R “An underground master” —FACT Magazine or Chrissy (Tone Senstad) was one off the first punks in Oslo, Norway. Soon to become a popstar when she in November 1980 won the radio competition European Radio Pop Jury. The single «Mark My Words» was released in several countrys and sold at least 500.000 copys in Europe. That made it one off the biggest hits to come from Norway ever. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.