CHRIS & KAI

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RANK	SCORE ?	GENRE	LOCATION
51201	0	House	New York, US

Two fresh faces on the dance scene, Chris & Kai, aka Christopher Ruskis and Wen-Kai Ying have recently taken New Yorkers and connoisseurs of house music by surprise with their infectious and stylistically bangin' DJ sets as well as their musically inspiring productions. With their original debut release on Yoshitoshi Recordings and several critically acclaimed remixes on Hooj Choons, and Yo!, Chris & Kai have and will continue to establish themselves as cutting edge producers. As testament to their skills, Sharam of Grammy winning duo Deep Dish and co-owner of Yoshitoshi recordings has said, "Chris and Kai's new cut 'Suffocation' is simply amazing." In addition, Chris & Kai's productions have recently been making waves on the BBC Radio One airwaves with Pete Tong playing "Gone to Heaven" twice on his Essential Selection show (having millions of listeners world wide) as well as having Sasha & Digweed feature the same track on their first Essential mix in over 10 years.

After heading to Winter Music Conference with demos in tow, the duo made the rounds and one CDR landed in the right hands. Chris & Kai handed a copy to DJ/production duo Deep Dish, who own the internationally renowned, US house label Yoshitoshi. They were immediately signed to the house imprint and are on the eve of their original debut release - a double 12" vinyl pack 'Catch Me' / 'Suffocation.'

In the studio, they specialize in beats & groove that utilize the essential ingredients and production techniques to create quality club music. Their first remixes on Hooj were for the Aphasia 'Acapulco' track under their Chris & Kai moniker as well as an alias Naboombu. Not only limited to the house music genre, Chris & Kai have been working on the hip-hop end of the business. They're currently working on an EP project with Walt Anderson AKA Bless from P. Diddy's MTV Making of the Band for release in early 2004. More details to follow on this explosive project coming soon.

On the dancefloor, Chris & Kai have exploded onto the NYC underground scene, pushing a sound based more on variety and range, blurring the lines between the many genres of house and techno music; from deep house to progressive, tribal house to techno, Chris & Kai constantly strive to create an evolution of future sounds.

As equal parts producers & DJs, there's no telling how far this dynamic duo will go. Looking ahead with the support of Dubfire & Sharam of Deep Dish at Yoshitoshi, and with DJs like John Digweed, Danny Howells, Sander Kleinenberg caning their tracks, the future is at their grasp. Catch them on their rise up…