"Music -- music that moves you -- usually comes because something horrible has happened to you. It's cathartic. I think music does that better than almost any other art form, because most of our lives are about things that don't work out."
- Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips
*DEEP BREATH*
THE GROOVES:
Gilles Peterson, Mr. Scruff, Jazzanova, Micatone, Fila Brazillia, Baby Mammoth, Dublex, Inc., Quantic, Cloud, Hird, Plej, Quant, Swell Session, Ernesto, Diesler, Alice Russell, Dining Rooms, Paolo Fedreghini & Marco Bianchi, Duptribe, Malente, Ben Human, Smoove, Andy Lewis, Corduroy, Trevor Loveys, The EGG, Fragile State, DKD, Aim, Mark Rae, Fdel, Katalyst, Illpickl (RIP), Flow Dynamics, Rephrase, A Skillz, The Fort Knox Five, The All Good Funk Alliance, Beatfanatic, Greg Long, Ursula 1000, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Bugz In The Attic, 4Hero, Masters At Work, Capital A, Slope, J Dilla, Nicolay and the Foreign Exchange, Portishead, Jiva, Bebel Gilberto, Marcus Enochson, Alex Attias, Crazy P, Hot Toddy, Blue States, The Go! Team, Double Beat, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Nu Spirit Helsinki, Atjazz, Nicola Conte, John Arnold, Miguel Migs, Osunlade, Roy Ayers, Bembe Segue, John Beltran, Afronaught, Restless Soul, YamWho?, Prefuse 73, Shur-i-kan, Ty, Spiritual South, Phuturistix, IG Culture, Karl Injex, Phosphorus, DJ Spinna, King Britt, Argo, DJ Mitsu The Beats, Thievery Corporation, Boozoo Bajou, Jazztronik, United Future Organization, Mondo Grosso, Five Corners Quintet, Sleepwalker, Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, Big Bang, Bellcrash, Lisa Shaw, Fertile Ground, SUMO, RSL, Jimpster, Recloose, David Borsu, Jafrosax, Hajime Yoshizawa, Yukihiro Fukutomi, Kentaro Takizawa, Coldfeet, Hundred Strong, Boca 45, Purple Penguin, Kraak and Smaak, Skeewiff, Yonderboi, De Phazz, Audio Lotion, Kaos, Riton, LCD Soundsystem and the DFA, Coldcut, Massive Attack, Mylo, Linus Loves, Koop, Attica Blues, Bakura, Azymuth, Lionrock, Chemical Brothers, Cinematic Orchestra, Da Lata, Nina Miranda, Rosalia De Souza, Kirsty Hawkshaw, As One, Gerd, Flowriders, Flytronix, Peshay, Nu Tone, London Elektricity, High Contrast, Makoto, LTJ Bukem, Big Bud, Baxter and several thousand others I've left out for space purposes.
THE ROCK:
Failure, On, Replicants, Year of the Rabbit (hell, anything Ken Andrews has ever played or produced), The Flaming Lips, Super Furry Animals, Radiohead, Dusty Trails, The Clouds, Jodi Phillis, Darren Hanlon, Stereolab, Starflyer 59, Hum, Radiohead, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Broadcast, Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Self, Pink Floyd, Tristeza, Shiner, South, Beth Orton, Laika, The Notwist, Tied and Tickled Trio, and many more to come...
Movies
Way too many to name, and my top ten changes constantly.
Here are a few of my favorites, in case you just *have* to know:
The Shawshank Redemption, The Iron Giant, Almost Famous, Groundhog Day, Slither (most horror in general!), The Princess Bride, Seven Samurai, Pan's Labyrinth, The Abyss, KissKissBangBang, The Conversation, Man With a Movie Camera, The Mystery of Picasso.
Television
Television is my business.
Books
"Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast
In a field I looked into going past,
And the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
But a few weeds and stubble showing last.
The woods around it have it--it is theirs.
All animals are smothered in their lairs.
I am too absent-spirited to count;
The loneliness includes me unawares.
And lonely as it is that loneliness
Will be more lonely ere it will be less--
A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
With no expression, nothing to express.
They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars--on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places."
About me: Chris Grass is an Atlanta based DJ.
He has shared the stage with a number of musical luminaries...here's the long list: The Egg (full band!), Kraak & Smaak, Jazzanova, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Toshio Matsuura, Jeremy "Ayro" Ellis, John Arnold, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Capital A, Bembe Segue, Motet, Domu, Daz-i-Kue (Bugz in the Attic), Ed Royal, Afronaught, I.G. Culture, SunTzu Sound, Titonton, Aklimatize, Argo, Karl Injex, Recloose, Lars Behrenroth, J. Boogie, Thunderball, Kidgusto, Bastard Jazz, Rodney Hunter, Bossacucanova, Ursula 1000, Turntables on the Hudson (Nickodemus, Mariano, and Nappy G), Boca 45, Beatfanatic/Beatconductor, A-Skillz, Fort Knox Five, Malente, All Good Funk Alliance, Pepe Deluxe, JustOne, Tim "Love" Lee, Deadly Avenger, Blue States, Dublex Inc., Dutch Rhythm Combo, Praful, Boogieburg Soundsystem, DJ Garth, Sabo and Organic Grooves members Zeb and the Cosmic Rocker...
Past residencies/gigs included:
- The Echo Project (2007)
- Halo (2003 - present)
- Opera/Eleven50 (2007)
- Bazzaar
- M!x
- Trinity Lounge
- Crescent Room
- Apres Diem
- Carpe Diem
- Cosmo/Lava
- Lotus Lounge
- Martini Club.
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Hey Chris, We all really enjoyed both your DJ set and the Egg's set on Saturday, and it was really nice to see you guys again. Sorry we didn't make it to the after party, we were completely beat by that point... Thanks again for a great night, and take care.
what's up Chris!! Hope all is well.. the rabbits just finished our 4th album! we need to get up sometime soon and jam. I'd love to get some mixes from ya if you have been recording. AP
sure thing chris, what tune did you have in mind to do? or shall i send a bunch of new ideas? hey we may come to athens (hopefully) in spring but not confirmed yet. would be great to see ya again, and sorry its taken so long
Hi Resident Alien Chris, thanks for the support! glad you love the album, we feel like we're on Neptune too..every day! "ASTRAL WEEKENDS" CD OUT NOW ON BEAR FUNK UK. Ciao
