Chris Bekker (DE)
(Berlin, Germany)
As Resident of Berlin´s infamous Kitkat Club, DJ & producer Chris Bekker finds himself right in the heart of Berlin´s electronic scene. The agenda of his worlwide gigs and club residencies looks like a list of the industry´s most successful brands, incl. La Démence Brussels, Green Komm Cologne, Cox Milan, Macho Madrid or Matinée Barcelona. Since 2010 he has officially been representing the city of Berlin with its international projects around the globe.
SOUND & PRODUCTIONS
Chris´ productions and live sets stand for energizing electronic journeys, always breaking the barriers between Tech, Trance and Progressive vibes. He is cooperating and producing with and for artists such as Paul van Dyk, Jerome Isma-Ae, Gareth Emery, Paul Thomas, Pagano and many more while his productions are featured by the leaders of the electronic music scene, such as Above & Beyond, Armin van Buuren or Markus Schulz.
In 2013 electronic DJ and producer Paul van Dyk discovered Chris´ potential and signed him to the Paul van Dyk label VANDIT Records. His first VANDIT production ‚TELLING TALES’ charted right away and became a worldwide club anthem. Several VANDIT club smashers, such as ‚HEIMAT B’, ‚LONDON SUNRISE’, ‚CMYK’ ‚NEON’, ‚SOLAR SNAPSHOT’ or ‚TXL’ followed. Besides his VANDIT productions Chris is also releasing on Pagano´s KISM Rec. with his more Tech-oriented sound, such as the TOP 10 releases ‚KLANGSTUNDE’ or the Pagano&Bekker collab ‚HASHTAG BOUNDARIES’.
Chris´ first artist album ‚BERLINITION’ (VANDIT Rec./2016), incl. collabs with international first league artists such as Chris Montana, Sequ3l, Pagano and Paul van Dyk himself include a full Berlin album video which is soundtracked by the ‚BERLINITION’ album nonstop-mix. The Berlinition album movie became part of Lufthansa´s worldwide in-flight video entertainment. The album single releases „WE CAN BE“ with Tricia McTeague and title track „BERLINITION“ with Paul van Dyk were holding worldwide TOP10 chart positions for several weeks.
WHAT ELSE?
Besides his DJ business Chris Bekker is leading the worldwide acting corporate sound agency ‚klang ID berlin’ and is teaching multisensorics and neuromarketing at two Berlin universities.