Karizma | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Cristopher Clayton |
Also known as | Kaytronik |
Origin | Maryland, Baltimore, United States |
Genres | House, hip hop, broken beat |
Occupations | DJ, record producer |
Labels | Atjazz Record Company, Back Corner, Basement Boys Records, BBE, Compost Records, Defected Records, GoGo Music, Kohesive, Nervous, Objektivity, Quantized Recordings, Raw Fusion, R2 Records, Sonar Kollectiv, Soul Heaven, Strictly Rhythm, Vega Records, Yoruba Records |
Karizma (born Christopher Clayton on March 28, 1970, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American electronic musician, DJ and record producer, known for his wide variety of music production in deep house, deep techno, hip hop, jazz, and broken beat. [1]
Karizma grew up in Baltimore, United States, and he began to DJ for fashion shows and college parties at age of 13. [2]
Karizma and DJ Spen worked on a music production project with a record label, Jasper Street Company, and joined the house music production group the Basement Boys, and worked on remixes for musicians such as Mary J. Blige, Bob Sinclar, and Lenny Kravitz. [3]
In October 1999, Karizma released his first solo work, "The Power E.P." from Black Vinyl Records, while he belong to the Basement Boys. [4]
In 2006, Karizma distributed his unreleased track, "Twyst this" to a few contacts including Gilles Peterson. Gilles Peterson introduced it on his radio program, Worldwide on BBC Radio 1, and this track got chart in on top 14 in spite of it being on a white label record. [5]
In 2007, Karizma released a solo album, "A Mind of Its Own" on R2 Records, and made his official debut. [6]
Karizma was voted as Best DJ's of 2007 in the XLR8R magazine. [7]
In 2010, Karizma was nominated as the "Best Hometown Hero" on his home town, Baltimore city newspaper for his solo career progression traveling around the globe. [8]
In 2011, he produced a mix for FACT magazine, which lauded him as "one of the world's premiere house producers for well over a decade now". [9]
In 2012, Karizma released a triple pack LP, "Karizma Collection 1999–2012", 500 copy limited editions including his classic songs, "Twysted" and "Power", individually hand sprayed each of the album sleeves. [10]
In 2013, Karizma's third solo album, a double pack LP/ CD (digital), "Karizma Wall of Sound" was released from R2 Records on September 2, 2013, worldwide, featuring collaborations with Osunlade (Yoruba Records), Rokaz (Neil Pierce & Ziggy Funk), and a UK star, Sean McCabe. [11]
In 2014, Karizma has spent a few good months working on his collaboration projects with Osunlade, Atjazz and Deetron to name a few. Karizma's DJ performance as a former Basement Boys during Jasper St. Co. reunion live show during the Southport Weekender 50 and Camelot has also made fresh news in the industry. [12]
In August 2014, Karizma entered "Hall of Fame" by Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1. [13]
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