JOHANNESBURG BASED CLUB DJ & PRODUCER, CHRIS STOCK ENTERED THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC INDUSTRY JUST OVER FIVE YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF INSPIRATIONAL ARTISTS SUCH AS SASHA & JOHN DIGWEED.HIS GENRE OF MUSIC COULD BE DESCRIBED AS NOT IN ONE PARTICULAR SOUND OR DIRECTION DRIFTING BETWEEN BEAT DRIVEN PROGRESSIVE HOUSE, STRETCHED DUB EDITS & ‘CRISP’ BREAKS. WHEN PERFORMING LIVE AUDIENCES CAN EXPECT AN EMOTIONAL ‘ELECTRONICA’ RIDE COMBINED IN MID TEMPO GROOVES, WITH SETS OFTEN LEADING TO SOMETHING UNEXPECTED SUCH AS HIP-HOP OR CLASSIC DANCE.ALIVE & SOAKING PROGRESSIVE RHYTHYMS STARTED HIS DJ CAREER IN UNDERGROUND BROADCASTS ON A JOHANNESBURG BASED RADIO X STATION, 5FM’S VINYL FRONTIER, VARIOUS EVENTS & ALONGSIDE ACCLAIMED PRODUCER/ DJ DEALER FROM THE USA. EXPOSURE IN & AROUND JOZI HEARD & FEATURED HIM AT CLUBS & LOUNGES LIKE 180 DEGREES, DJ LOUNGE, SIMPLY BLUE, CORAL BLUE, VERTIGO, MALABAR, MIAMI, FTV, CORONA & SUBMISSION.IN 2008, CHRIS & PARTNER GLENN TOPPING SAW THE RELEASE OF THE SONG ‘THE PERFECT FIFTH’ AS A SAMPLE OF THE CORRELATION OF PERFORMANCE BASED IDEAS OF ‘THE FIFTH’. WITH TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY, THE COMBINATION OF DJ’ING & MUSIC PRODUCTION ‘IS THE WAY FORWARD’ THROUGH SOFTWARE SUCH AS ABLETON LIVE & HARDWARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH ALLEN & HEATH XONE MIDI INTERFACES. THIS IS A NEW ERA IN OUR MUSIC INDUSTRY, ONE WHICH CELEBRATES THE DIGITAL IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC - WHERE ANY SOUND IS POSSIBLE THROUGH A COMPUTER & THE TOUCH OF A ROTARY.
