Chris Coco

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Christopher Mellor, known by the stage name Chris Coco, is a British chill-out and Balearic DJ and producer.

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He had a Saturday night residency at The Zap nightclub in Brighton, from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. [1] He was a member of Coco Steel & Lovebomb in the 1990s, with Lene Stokes and Craig Woodrow. [2] Chris Coco was editor of DJ Mag from 1990 to 2000. [3] From 2002 to 2006, [4] [5] he and Rob da Bank presented The Blue Room weekend music show on BBC Radio 1. [2] [6] He has released solo records on Distinctive Records as well as on his own label DSPPR.

Discography

Albums

As Coco Steel & Lovebomb

  • It! (Warp, 1994)
  • New World (Other, 1997)
  • Sun Set (Other, 1998)
  • Remixed (Other, 1999)
  • The Chillout Album (Melodica, 2014)

As Chris Coco

As City Reverb

  • Lost City Folk [And The Grace Reunion] (Dumb Angel, 2008) – with Micky Buccheri, Ben Burns, Nick Cornu and Sacha Puttnam [13]

References

  1. ↑ "What ever happened to the chillout room?". DJ Mag . 17 August 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Album: Chris Coco". The Independent. 29 August 2002. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "20 Years of DJ Mag - A Retrospective". DJ Mag . 9 October 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Raphael, Amy (30 January 2005). "Three into one will go". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Deans, Jason (30 June 2006). "Murray and Bowman split". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "one music : dj's content page". BBC. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  7. ↑ Wyse, Pascal (29 August 2002). "Chris Coco: Next Wave". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  8. ↑ "Album: Chris Coco". The Independent. 29 August 2002. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "Chris Coco - Next Wave". Entertainment.ie . 13 September 2002. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "Chris Coco - Acoustic Chill 2 · Album Review". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "Chris Coco - Heavy Mellow · Album Review". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  12. ↑ Oliver, Matt (8 March 2016). "Chris Coco - How To Disappear Completely". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  13. ↑ "City Reverb - Lost City Folk". The Skinny (magazine) . Retrieved 3 November 2025.
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