Chris has been involved in the development of the dance music industry in South Africa over the last 15 years. He’s had a hand in mastering just about every dance compilation released in the country, from Perfecto, Kiss FM and Bump to some of the biggest House Afrika releases. Chris has been producing his own music for the last 14 years, having had a top ten hit on SA’s national radio station, 5FM, with Chromagene - “Atomique”. He was nominated for a South African Music Award for the follow up single, “To the light”. 2005 saw Chris setting up his label, Layered Records, as well as doing remixes for various artists. Two of his chill-out tracks were picked up for release by David Gresham Records for an album called Cafe d' Afrique, and have since been released in South Africa, Canada and the United States. He released his label’s first 2 tracks, Chris Palmer “Depth” and DJ Thubz “Empty”, through Beatport in February 2005. The label is on its 10th release and enjoys sales all over the world.
Chris ran his minTEX evening every Thursday for 2 years and has been playing at the Teknotribe parties (www.teknotribe.co.za). He also tours the clubs in South Africa regularly. He’s played alongside DJ’s like Nick Warren, Lee Burridge, Slacker, Perc, Chris Liberator and Gary D, as well as South African DJ’s like Ivan Turnajanin, Nick Grater and Bruno Morphet. Chris has also toured Germany extensively, playing across the country from Frankfurt to Saarbruecken. Chris won the Pick ‘n Mix in DJ Mag in October 08, with Kiss FM in London broadcasting his winning mix. Listeners can tune in to his weekly show on Dance Web Radio.