over 2 hours of house music from funky vocal and oldskool remixes on to uptempo tech house and just general party vibes

Chris Ryan -Winter 2024 House & Tech Mix

A professional DJ since the 70’s, Paul has become an international club legend with his RETRO HOUSE nights.

Since those early days in the UK, Paul has built up a reputation as the dj who is passionate about his music - knowing exactly what the people want and getting the dance floor buzzing. 

His philosophy to keep close to his audience has been an unequivocal success. Involved in the creation of the dance outfit Loveland in the early 90’s achieving four top thirty hits in the nationals and dance music record of the year in 1994 with the seminal "Let the music lift you up". Loveland also remixed and reproduced over 60 tracks for other artists from D Ream, Barbara Tucker, D Mob to Lulu.

Recently the newly formed Rox & Taylor received huge critical acclaim for the remix of Red Hot Chilli peppers ‘ Otherside’. 

Having released numerous Retro compilation albums, his residency in Pacha Ibiza sparked the release of the Pacha Classics album; a huge success on a worldwide scale and the biggest selling album in Ibiza. 

Much has been written about this enigma of a man who developed from a teen DJ on the decks in Burnley to an internationally recognised icon.

Retro straplines:
WE CALL IT RETRO
PIONEERS OF THE CLASSIC HOUSE SOUND
THE UK'S LONGEST LIVING DANCE BRAND
THE ONE AND ONLY RETRO


From Middlesbrough- likes house tech house, trance, hard dance, love hearing new music and new talent.. 

Be happy and love the people that love you

Steve Dickson (Soundscape, DC11)
Steve was inspired by early 80's hip hop the likes of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Kraftwerk, Herbie Hancock and Afrika Bambaataa, And also the original electro sound going out on the streetsounds label which was way ahead of its time back then.&#13;
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 Later into the  80s house, techno, acid and rave cultures coming from Chicago, Detroit, New York and especially all that was going on in the UK at that time. &#13;
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The likes of David Morales, Frankie Knuckles Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May &amp; Juan Atkins, Carl Cox, Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin, Slam, Sasha, John Digweed  as some of his biggest inspirations for becoming a dj, His longstanding influences in these genre's spurs him on as he strives to evolve his sound keeping it fresh and up to date not scared of trying new ideas.&#13;
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In the words of Bambaataa .... Looking For The Perfect Beat !!!!&#13;
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He has played alongside some of the biggest dj's and live acts in the world :-&#13;
Ben Sims (Theory), Flug (CLR), Rebekah (CLR)Black Asteroid (CLR), Jon Rundell (Intec Digital) DJ Hyperactive (Figure), Saytek Live (Cubism, Soma),Mark Reeve (Cocoon),Heron (KMS, Soma)
Big Thanks to all listeners and followers for the great feedback and support over the years !!!!

Chris has been DJ’ing for over 25 years, playing in bars and clubs around the country.
He specialises in house music of all genres, ranging from House Classics, Deep House, Funky House, Disco and Tech House. His vast experience see’s Chris playing at many different venues and nights and adapts to the crowd with ease. He’s booked as a warm up DJ or main slot DJ which proves his versatility in the DJ’ing world.
After winning the Evolve DJ competition at Digital in 2008, Chris won a slot to warm up in the main room at Digital, Newcastle, beating 8 other DJ’s in the final, playing his unique style of house music.
Chris’ vast experience has seen him play in various bars and clubs across the North East, including Tall Trees (Yarm) The Empire (Middlesbrough) Digital (Newcastle) and Gatecrasher (Leeds). Chris has also played in clubs in London and in Europe.
Chris held a residency for Retro, warming up for Paul Taylor and has also worked with Hed Kandi, KissDafunk and GoodGreef. 
He also co runs a night in Darlington at Avalon, called Terrace Sessions which has seen the likes of Darius Syrossian, Wade, Detlef, Flasmob, Denney, Danny Rampling, Raffa FL, Jacky and many more to grace the open air Terrace. Chris has also co-run a night called ‘Back in the Day’ oldskool events at Avalon too, with guests DJ Spen, Grant Nelson, Marshall Jefferson Jeremy Healy, Allister Whitehead and Graeme Park and lots more. The last few years has seen Chris play at a few festivals in the area and has been involved in organising a couple of events too
Chris also co-run conCept house events at Seen in Darlington, with stella guests such as Denney, Patrick Topping,  A Lister , Flashmob, Waze & Odyssey and Sonny Fodera
Chris has remixed and produced a couple of tracks a few years ago and they were played on radio stations U.K wide including tracks played out on the Hed Kandi Radio show.
You can catch Chris playing at Avalon most weeks where he's been a resident for 11 years now and their weekly Terrace parties bring people in from around the area and together with co-resident Paul Stoker the two have given many a new DJ a platform for them to start out in the DJ world

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Chris Ryan -Winter 2024 House & Tech Mix

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