LIFE RECORDER is the first electronic music project by the french dj, KRISS KORTZ.
Né en 1980, ce dj/producteur et activiste Annemassien découvre la musique électronique en 1991/92 et débute le djing en 96. Ses influences, il les puise principalement dans une techno/ house/electro, soul, mentale, et groovy venant de Detroit et Chicago. Ses principales réferences : Derrick May, Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier, basic channel...
Depuis 2001 et de premières éxperiences réussies face au dancefloor en jouant nottement pour le magasin de disque "Vintage records" à Annemasse, il n'a cessé de travailler avec passion sa personnalité musicale et sa technique derrière les platines, offrant des mixs remplis de groove et d'éclectisme, ce qui lui à vallu l'honneur de jouer ces dernières années en France et en Suisse voisine aux cotés de pointures telles Aux 88 et Underground Resistance, mais aussi Jack de Marseille, Deetron, Eric Borgo, Fabrice Lig, Vince Watson et dernièrement à Rome aux cotés de l'italien Max Durante.
Boosté en 2005 par sa séléction parmis les gagnants du concours de remix de Laurent Garnier, il co-fonde le label techno "Code 316 recordings", avec qui il à sorti 3 titres sous le pseudo de "Life Recorder" , dont le track "Modular emotion" (présent sur le Code 316 01, disque techno du mois dans le "Trax" magazine en octobre 2006) qu'on peux entendre souvent dans les dj sets de pionniers du Detroit sound tels Orlando Voorn ou Dj bone. Kriss travaille maintenant des morceaux et remixes pour plusieurs labels étrangers (Usa, Suède, Grèce...) et nottemement pour le label allemand "Night drive music".
English :
Born in 1980 and growing as a child of 80/90'ies,Kriss discovered electronic dance music in 1991/92 with radios shows and early techno/rave music compilations. He found naturally his main influences in techno/house from Detroit and Chicago, with music coming from Derrick May, Carl Craig , Juan Atkins and Mr Fingers, but also in europe, touched by the music from Laurent Garnier, Lfo, Manuel Gottshing or Basic Channel.
Firstly as an impassioned dj and music lover, Kriss worked his personality and skills on the decks and since the last 7 years he played in several respected clubs and events in France and especially on the close Switzerland scene with prestigious artists on the international scene like Los Hermanos, Fabrice Lig, Jack de Marseille, Deetron, Paul Mac or Vince Watson. As a versatile dj, he can play from deep house to techno, always with a lot of groove and eclectism.In 2005, he took the opportunity to seriously work his own music and started goodly by being one of the Laurent Garnier's "Controlling the house" remix contest winners.
After that, new things came quickly. Always guided by the Detroit techno passion, he gave birth to the Life Recorder project and to a Detroit influenced label called "Code 316 recordings", in main collaboration with his new musical brother and french veteran , Maxx - t Aka Evolutive System. They released togheter the "First message ep", wich has been techno record of the month in october 2006 in the french "Trax" magazine and mainly supported by the techno scene in Detroit and playlisted by several artists like Fabrice Lig, Jack de Marseille, Dj S2 or Mark Williams.
In 2007, he was invited to close the Plak label party at the Zoo in Geneva, after the legendary Detroit electro duo, AUX88 . He had a track selected by the dutch/us pionner, Orlando Voorn for his last mixed cd "Session from the deep" released on Claude young's label Cynet media. His last track "Escapade" was released on the Code 316 second ep "Soul connexion" which already has obtained the kind support form Laurent Garnier, Dj 3000, Fabrice Lig and more.
Now Kriss, is working his sound and started to work also with several labels like "Night drive music" in Germany and have others releases soon on labels worldwide, like Orlando Voorn's imprint, "Nightvision records".
Life Recorder's music is available via Code 316's distrib, Topplers and several shops like :
TOPPLERSNULOOPJUNODECKSMore shops on : CODE 316 WEBSITE
Also via the DIGITAL WAY :