Chris' Bio

Although Chris started DJing back in 1999, it wasn't until late in 2004 until Chris found his sound and his taste in music matured. Around the same time he started his first residency exclusively playing house music, mostly funky and soulful. Since then he hasn't looked back.

2006 was the year he and fellow DJ Barry Swanston joined forces and started producing music under the alias of 'Masatoshi & Swanston'. Their first single had its Ibiza debut during the summer of 2006 and was released on Soldier Without Fortune Recordings. This in turn led to Chris being asked to remix for Salford Central Records at the beginning of 2007. In the same year Chris had two solo releases and one Masatoshi & Swanston release on Soldier Without Fortune Recordings, the Newtownards Chronicle dubbed Masatoshi & Swanston as Northern Irelands top house duo and the pair were also featured in The Belfast Telegraph. On top of that, Chris was interviewed live on Citybeat (96.7FM) as part of their Friday night 'Whats in you box' feature. He ended the year off well by entering a DJ competition in Mint in his hometown (MintBangor.com) and winning.

2008 proved to be a good year with another two solo releases on Soldier Without Fortune Recordings and one Masatoshi & Swanston release on Teknoloji Records. Chris was invited back to Citybeat in May for another live interview regarding an unofficial remix of his that they had been playing. He closed the year by coming 2nd in the Northern Ireland final of the Movida Corona World DJ Competition by a handful of points.

During 2009 Chris played at Ministry of Sound in London for Innuendo supporting Sander Kleinenberg. He was also a finalist in the Northern Ireland final of the Movida Corona World DJ Competition for the 2nd year in a row.

So far 2010 has seen Chris return to Mono twice, produce his second remix for Belfast based rapper Deablo and start a new residency at Cafe Ceol, Bangor and Eivissa, Belfast.

Appearances include:

Ministry of Sound, London - Lush!, Portrush - Eivissa, Belfast - Thompsons, Belfast - Club Mono, Belfast - Switch, Castleblayney - Mint/Sumo Lounge, Bangor - Betty Blacks, Bangor - The Potthouse, Belfast - Distil, Lisburn - Tatu, Belfast - The Warehouse, Belfast - Precious, Belfast - The Harbour Point, Carrickfergus - Bar 15/Club Tao, Bangor - Cool FM - Citybeat - Feile FM - DJ Magazine - Belfast Telegraph - County Down Spectator - Newtownards Chronicle