"whatever you can play at a house party is what should be considered House music."
sound.
Born, raised and fed on the Chicago deep house, Chris Quinn counts the revolutionary sound of iconic contemporaries Mark Farina, Derrick Carter and Pepe Bradock as his style's inspiration and bedrock. Chris' own spin on house seamlessly weaves elements of soul, acid house, retro-disco, tribal funk and Detroit techno to produce an energetic, hypnotic and intimate hybrid.
background.
Chris grew up in Chicago, the birthplace of house. He developed an interest in the genre in the early '90s, when Midwest was trying to figure out how to musically digest and interpret the Kraftwerk, post-New Wave era. He began DJ’ing during his teens, after hearing soul and disco on local radio stations WBMX and WNUR. It wasn’t until he attended the legendary 321 Jefferson parties that Chris really got involved with new house sound – an interest that propelled him to DJ alongside Farina, Carter and Miles Maeda in the loft-party scene that would eventually become local nocturnal lore. Before hitting the decks as a full-time gig, Chris also worked at respected Chicago music institutions like Gramaphone Records, Dusty Groove and Cargo Records.
cred.
Chris has worked with a Who's Who list of locally and nationally renowned DJs, including Cajmere, Mark Farina, Diz, Derrick Carter, Jesse de la Pena, Kerry Chandler, Ron Trent, Roy Davis, Traxx, Terry Hunter, Tony Senghore, Paul Johnson and DJ Heather. The venues he's played are equally impressive – in Chicago, the infamous Shelter (prior to its closing), The Note, Smartbar, Double Door, Lava Lounge, not to mention weekly residencies at both Superlounge and Slick's Lounge. Internationally, Chris has played in Oslo, and Bangkok
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