DSI Mix Of The Week – Kris Di Angelis

Don’T Stay In Mix Of The Week Volume 066 – Kris Di Angelis (Tech House) by Don't Stay In on Mixcloud

The latest Don’t Stay In Mix Of The Week is a frost-biting underground house and techno work-out from the hottest resident on London’s party scene, Kris Di Angelis…

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Biography
London clubland has been Kris’ playground since the age of 14. While his peers were sitting their GCSE’s, he sneaked into clubs and became a regular face amongst the denizens that populated the capital’s nocturnal landscape.

While he’s garnering attention for his remixes of Lily Allen and Roisin Murphy, which all came from his scurrilously good bootlegs of Kylie, Groove Armada, Madonna, Empire Of The Sun, Ladyhawke, and Daft Punk, Kris’s residencies at Pooldisco, and Jodie Harsh’s club night, Circus, have seen him providing the weekend soundtrack for London’s fashion, media, and club crowd, playing alongside everyone from Kissy Sellout, William Orbit, FrankMuzik, and Roisin Murphy, to Sam Sparro, Larry Tee, and the Loose Cannons.

Kris has recently played Bestival, Manchester’s Warehouse Project, and has rocked the floors of Fabric, Space, Trailer Trash, Bungalow 8, Hoxton Pony, The Egg, Dalston Superstore, and Beach Blanket Babylon.

Continuing the fashion/music axis, he’s produced music for catwalk shows in New York, London, and Milan. But his biggest coup to date was his role as official DJ for London Fashion Week, partnering with Sony Music.

While still in his teens Kris had amassed a cd and vinyl collection numbering over 20,000. His musical tastes? Squarepusher and Masters At Work via Caetano Veloso and everything in between. A healthy interest in music was supported at school (he’s classically trained in most instruments bar the guitar) though when he moved to a local Grammar (John Major’s alma mater) he refused to join the choir and orchestra, and was ostracised by the music teacher – his response was to slash her car tyres (she still gave him straight A’s).

DJing with Traktor has allowed him to rearrange the rulebook into his personal scrapbook. His infamous live remixes/bootlegs feature everything from Herve and The Italo Boyz to Skream, Cut Copy, Bjork and Marlena Shaw, mirroring the way crowds now approach the dancefloor with open minds. There are no sacred cows and everything is up for grabs.

He also has a weekly radio show on Ronnie Scotts’ station, which gives him the opportunity to indulge his love of old soul and funk.

Track Listing
BBC interview – Ben Brown and Jody McIntyre
Trackheadz – Our Music (Joshua’s R Music remix) (Sample)
Supernova – Carnavalesco (original Instereo mix)
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (acapella)
Renaissance Man & Payme & Idiotproof – Moonlighting
Michel Cleis – La Mezcla (feat Toto La Momposina – Paul Kalkbrenner remix)
Nina Kraviz – Moses (Stimming remix)
D-Mob – C’Mon & Get My Love (Sample)
Kevlar – Feeling Are Weapons (KINK’s Psyche Dub Mix)
Pete Tong & Paul Rogers – Headstrong (original club mix)
Stacey Pullen & Nic Fanciulli – Limmo (Played with)
Pan-Pot – Wake up
808 State – Pacific 707 (Sample)
Koen Groeneveld & Addy Van Der Zwan – The Heat
Minilogue – Animals (Luciano remix)
George Carlin – The American Dream (Sample)