Chris Hale
Label: Aardvark Records Ltd
Artists Genre: Dance
In order to break rules, you have to understand them.
And if you’re going to break the rules of music, you’d
best know about form and function. You’d best know
about the nature of the rhythm and the beat. Knowledge
is the key to innovation: and Chris Hale is one hell
of an innovative producer indeed.
Chris Hale was born and raised in L.A. California, and
is currently based in Tokyo, Japan where he is an
active DJ and producer. His tracks have dominated such
global charts as Acid Planet, Broad Jam, and Sound
Click. Chris' tracks regularly top the house, tribal
house, progressive house and Detroit charts. His music
also gets regular play by club and radio DJ's around
the world as well as on underground radio. Chris DJ's
at clubs throughout Tokyo, and is the resident DJ at
the monthly "Worship" party. He is a veteran re-mixer,
most recently mixing tracks for Bitstream Dream (Om,
Bedrock).
Since moving to Tokyo 6 years ago, and delving deep
into the scene there, his sound has definitely
expanded and grown, both as a producer and DJ. Tokyo
has an amazingly vibrant underground scene that easily
rivals any in the world. People go to clubs to lose
themselves in the sound and to connect with people in
ways that are socially forbidden in the light of day.
It is in the sanctuary of darkness and deafening sound
where people are free. When producing his EP "Dancers
in the Womb," Chris tried to re-create this energy he
felt on the floor (while at a Tokyo club, not
coincidentally called, "Womb"). It is this incredible
scene that has most influenced his "sound".
Chris' "sound" is actually difficult to describe, but
some have called it "dark soul" music - dark
atmospheres fused with soulful rhythms. His music
pushes simplified genre labels in order to avoid the
constraints associated with pre-conceived definitions.
When his music is smooth, it’s oh so very smooth. It
slides against the skin like silk until it settles,
blending in and becoming a soothing second skin. It’s
hypnotic and seductive. And classing it as chill-out
or come-down music is selling it well short. And when
he wants to play rough…the beats get downright nasty
without ever being heavy handed or in your face.
You never quite know what to expect when a Chris Hale
track starts. The instrumentation he deploys gives
each track its own unique texture, flavour and mood.
Add a mix of beats and FX and the effect can be lush,
as skilful as a Geisha, as sharp as a Kissaki, as
precise as Kanji or as hard and swift as a Kendo kick.
The end result is one of aural perfection.
An admirable trait with the Japanese dance scene is
the secret of knowing exactly what sounds are out
there on the wider scene without ever being controlled
or dominated by them. The Japanese have always been
happy to go their own way while being plugged into
global scenes. So perhaps it’s no accident that Chris
chose to live there, expanding his horizons all the
while. His tracks have discipline without rigidity
with a natural form and function. It’s a very Japanese
thing. And what sounds so simple and effortless hides
a master of the craft.
He is just as comfortable throwing acid jazz, breaks,
or banging techno into the mix. If you ask him, Chris
simply makes the type of music he likes to dance to in
dark, smoke and sweat-filled subterranean clubs.
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