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Chris Robertson is best known as an actor and electronic music festival promoter.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Beverly Hills in 1977, he graduated from Agoura High School in 1995. He graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science.
An advocate of drug awareness and drug-free electronica events, Chris spearheaded the first worldwide Electronica Music Festival, Release2000 -The Fight For Freedom in 2000. The event featured live Electronica DJ's from around the world in 300 different locations. Using live-sat video feeds in multiple locations projected on screens at the events, live DJ sets were broadcast online and on stage. The audience, collectively totaled over 625,000. A large portion of the proceeds were donated to charities including political prisioners.
He founded, C-Note Productions, and partnered with Good-e-Records (owned by Larry Harris, Jr.) to organize over 100 electronica music festivals and permitted "raves" in Southern California and on the Central Coast, California. Most notably were Chomp-e-Stomp, House of Love, Alucent and Nature. Between 1998 and 2001, Chris and Larry teamed up to produce albums for several DJ's, including Drum and Bass artists Kid Red, Case, Direct, JunGLe and Los Angeles House artist DJ Sparkx aka Freddy Anderson. C-Note and Good-e-Recs also have collaborated with notables such as B3Cande, Coolworld and Go-Ventures on events such as Cyberfest, Planet New Year, How Sweet It Is, and Ju-Ju Beats.
Chris starred in Groove (film), a film 2000 about underground rave culture. He has also produced several documentaries about electronic music festivals and the underground rave culture.
In 2000 and 2001, URB Magazine dubbed C-Note Productions one of the "Top Promoters" in California.
Chris is currently lives in Orange County, Ca. and has retired from music festival promotion. He is an avid sports car collector and is in Mortgage Finance.
[edit] Filmgraphy
- Groove (film)- 2000
- Raveworld (documentary)- 1999
- Motorola (commercial)- 1998
- Finneaus, LLC (commercial)- 1998
[edit] References
- Collin, Matthew Altered States: The Story of Ecstasy and Acid House London: 1997 : Serpent's Tail -- How rave dances began in Manchester, England in the Summer of 1988 (the "Summer of Love") and the aftermath
- Gooding, Kent Drum and Bass in North America United States: 2001 : BassAddicts -- How Drum and Bass (DnB) is becoming a widely recognized electronic music genre.
- Valdez, David The Undaground United States: 2000 : A Rave New World -- A glimpse into underground music festivals and rave subculture.
