Chris Lake

Chris Lake
Background information
Also known as Cristophe D'Abuc, Echofalls
Born (1982-08-08) 8 August 1982
Aberdeen, Scotland
Genres House, electro house
Occupation(s) Disc jockey, record producer
Instruments Keyboard
Years active 2002-present
Labels Rising Music, Rising Trax, Ultra Records
Website http://www.chris-lake.com/

Chris Lake (born 8 August 1982) is a Scottish house DJ/producer, who lived much of his life in Scotland.

Musical career

Lake first became recognized for his bootleg remixes of The Prodigy's "Climbatize", Leftfield's "Phat Planet", and Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams". which he did under the alias "Cristophe D'Abuc".[1] His 2006 track with vocals from Laura V, "Changes", reached the UK Singles Chart,[2] peaking at #27.[3] "Changes" was first released in 2005 on Alternative Route Recordings and was licensed to Universal Music for a full worldwide release in Summer 2006.[4] It reached #10 on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart.[5] His 2007 single, "Carry Me Away" (featuring Emma Hewitt), topped the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay Chart.[6] He scored his third consecutive top ten hit on the US dance chart with "Only One". "If You Knew" featuring Nastala, became his fourth consecutive top ten single on the US dance chart. A debut album is planned for release in 2009.

Lake has been a guest DJ on many radio shows such as Pete Tong's Radio 1. Tong hailed Lake as the "best thing to come out of Scotland since Mylo."[4][7][8]

Chris Lake runs two labels: Rising Music and Rising Trax. For in-studio mixing, Lake uses Logic Pro and Ableton. He is managed by Brett Fischer.

Selected discography

Album
Singles

References

  1. ↑ Y, Robbie (2002-08-19). "RA: Chris Lake Interview". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  2. ↑ Coultas, Jimmy. "Chris Lake Interview". Plastic Soup. Archived from the original on March 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  3. ↑ "Chris Lake Ft Laura V: Chart Stats". ChartStats.com. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  4. 1 2 Bordash, Michael (2006-09-25). "Chris Lake Interview". internetdj. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  5. ↑ "Hot Dance Airplay: Changes". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  6. ↑ "Hot Dance Airplay: Carry Me Away". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  7. ↑ G, Elliot (2007-02-20). "Chris Lake: Here to make people dance". inthemix. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  8. ↑ Slomowicz, Ron (2007-09-26). "Chris Lake Interview". Retrieved 2008-08-31.

External links

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