Straight to the Point: Crissy Criss
D&B DJ & producer gets Straight to the Point...
The youngest DJ/Presenter at present to broadcast nationally on BBC Radio One. Introduced to a set of decks aged 5 by his step-dad Kenny Ken, he then started to teach himself to mix aged 9. The following year, Crissy covered for Kenny Ken at a festival in Essex to play after Mickey Finn. At age 11 he joined drum & bass pirate station Kool FM and played his first club set at The End in London thanks to DJ Zinc who requested Crissy to play. Crissy has played at major drum & bass nights across the UK and elsewhere such as New York, Toronto, Norway, Switzerland, France, Germany and more. Crissy started production work from the age of 12 making music on a gaming console then moved up to much larger programmes and hardware equipment. He released his first track on Back2Basics recordings in 2004. Since then Crissy has signed to Back2Basics Records and Mix n Blen Records and also have forthcoming releases for Twisted Individuals labels Grid and Zombie and also Kenny Ken & Maces PlanetFunk label.
'Crissy Criss 'More Than A Lot EP' is out now on Technique Recordings. Pick it up here
First record bought...
Hard one, I was lucky enough to get given all the doubles and unwanted records from Kenny Ken and DJ Rap!
Last record I listened to was ...
Drake - Look what you've done
The record I pretend I don't love is ...
Spandau Ballet - True
The record I always go back to…
Stardust - Music Sounds Better with You
My biggest musical inspiration is...
Micheal Jackson / Kenny Ken.
My first gigging experience was…
At a failed empty festival in Essex in the mid 90's.
My worst gigging experience was…
I won't say just in case the promoter is reading this! But it was in the middle of nowhere across the pond... a very stressful time!
My best gigging experience was…
Pirate Station Ukraine or NASS Festival - Vibes!
The person I would least like to share a stage with would be…
Anyone from the 'Only Way is Essex'
If I wasn’t a musician I would be a…
Trying to be one
Your favourite Youtube…?
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