Chris Neon, Author at SSRadio

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Chris Neon

Registered: 24th Dec 2008

Timezone: Europe/London

Profile: Chris Neon started DJing in 1997 in Kent, under the name of DJ Neon (changed in 2010). Together with school friend T-Ray, they formed TwinBeat in the early 90s, and started playing at parties and pubs in South-East London and Kent. TwinBeat are still going today, and have a dedicated website at www.twinbeat.com. In 1997 Chris became the first DJ to play house music on Mystery FM in London – at the time this was a pirate radio station which solely played garage & underground music, however more people were commenting on the uplifting sounds of funky & disco house. He would continue to produce tapes for the station for the rest of the year. Chris then moved to Brighton while studying at uni, and started playing at a number of bars. He won a DJ competition with a local radio station in 1998, and was invited to play at the launch of a new bar “The Beach”. In 2001 Chris moved to Reading and continued as a bedroom DJ, producing CDs and playing at parties. In January 2006 he helped to set up a local clubbing community in Reading with a friend, called “Back Once Again”, as at the time there was no group for the Reading area. From here DJ Neon started to appear as a regular name in Reading clubs, associated with the Back Once Again (BOA) group. The group started off small, but had risen to over 300 members by the end of 2006. Chris has played alongside DJs such as Jesse James, Mark Masters, Doobie J, TNT, Kingpin, Rudeboy Rupert and Aaron Ross from Soul Heaven. He is a big advocate of local DJs and is always keen to promote nights such as Citrus Sound and Shakedown. Chris can also be found playing at London’s notorious “Connected” events when on tour in Reading at Bar Mango. Chris started playing on SS-Radio in January 2006, with a weekly "Back Once Again" show hosted every Wednesday. This has now moved to run bi-weekly on Mondays, and since January 2007 has been broadcasting under the current name of "Neon Nights". [Venues Played] London : Industry | Meet Club | Pacha Ibiza : Orange Corner Reading : Mango | Fez Club | Po Na Na | Revolution Brighton : The Beach Surrey : Square Bar (Camberley) | Pantiles (Bagshot) | Five & Lime (Guildford) | Vamps (Woking) Kent : Drayman