Funk Union - August 2011

Mark Masters & Chris Neon Feat. Inaya Day - Hold Your Head Up High 2011

Chris Neon feat. Kaysee - Ordinary Life (Sample)

I started started DJing in 1997 while living in Kent. Together with school friend T-Ray, we formed TwinBeat in the early 90's, 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 I 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. I continues to produce tapes for the station for the rest of the year.

I then moved to Brighton while studying at uni, and started playing at a number of bars. I 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 I moved to Reading and continued as a bedroom DJ, producing CDs and playing at parties. In October 2005 I attended a night co-hosted by SS-Radio, an Internet based radio station specialising in house music, and uploaded a demo CD to the station. From January 2006 and until the present day, I have been a regular DJ on the station, currently hosting "Neon Nights" every other Monday.

In January 2006 I 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 (as I was known back then) 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.

I have played alongside DJs such as Jesse James, Mark Masters, Doobie J, TNT, Kingpin, Rudeboy Rupert and Aaron Ross from Soul Heaven. I'm a big advocate of local DJs and am always keen to promote their nights.

I used to be resident at Reading's Fez Club (now Sakura) and played regularly at Bar Mango, as well as clubs and bars across the South East of England, including London and Ibiza. I now live in Seattle WA (USA) and have continued to record podcasts on my MixCloud page, which are also available on my OneDrive as well. Visit my Facebook page for more info.

In October 2014 I released my debut single "Ordinary Life" featuring Kaysee on Pink Fish Records, and it has featured on a few compilations already. Have a look on Beatport, Traxsource and iTunes for your copy!

ChrisNeon