Chris Lake

We know what you must be thinking, no podcast in December and now the March edition is missing, how sketchy is Chris Lake? Well, in his defense, when he left London six weeks ago to start his debut album tour of North America, he had the very best intentions. Sound cards were packed, the mic was in the hand-luggage and soundcards safely stowed away... or so we thought. Within twelve hours of arriving in land of peace and bohemian safe-haven San Francisco, his portable studio was gone. So, whilst travelling the territory he's been picking up bits and pieces as he's gone along, and now, with great pleasure we announce the April edition for your listening pleasure.

The second podcast edition of 2009 see's Chris revert back to some of the sounds for which he is best known; straight-up deep house and electro. His Top 5 is made of artists; Pryda, a man called Dr.Kucho, FLG, Patric La Funk, and out on Rising Music we have Alex Fain's 'Aurora Borealis'. The rest of the episode is suitably up-tempo and at times quite dark, finishing off with a true classic from the recently reformed Prodigy. This may not be everybody's bag, but for those who like it a bit grim and very dirty, turn it up!

Happy new year everyone! So we missed an edition in December... we're really very sorry, especially Chris Late. To make up for it he's given us his longest podcast to date; packed with a diverse selection of tunes and his first foray into the world of Drum ‘n' Bass. Then there's the big one... we at Rising Music don't like brag too much, but ‘If You Knew' feat. Nastala has taken the numero uno spot in the Buzz, Cool Cuts and Music Week charts; it entered MTV Dance's Essential New Tracks at #4 with a playlist-add to follow. Last but not least, support has come in strong from the BBC with Tong, the lovely Sarah Cox and Scott Mills all supporting the record. Which indecently Happy days and happy listening!

Podcast 005 swings between techie tinged electro and simple deep grooves… two sounds Chris is well known for, both in and out of the studio. His Top 5 begins with a squelchy number from Mr Oizo, followed by ZZT's 'The Worm'.. if you haven't already, get on YouTube and watch the video, it's like a David Attenborough show in super-speed. Next in comes Crazy P's funked up 'Disc Odyssey' and a Tim Weeks remix of 'Restless', out on Opaque. Sitting at the top of Chris' list is Riva Starr with the appropriately titled 'Squash'… you'll see what we mean….

Before the sound takes a deeper direction, we're treated to the vocals of Nanchang Nancy on Baggi Begovic's 'It's only nothing', the Rene Amesz remix. And then it all goes a little bit dark and twisted...

H.O.S.H's 'The valve' sets things up nicely, ahead of another tune which totally fits it's description; 'Congo man' by George F, the Re Dupre remix. Next up come two tracks filled with heavy bass-lines, one from Oliver Dahl and the other by German based Oliver Huntemann. The up tempo beats continue with Fantastic's 'Le club', a track that's got 'big-room' written all over it, before finally peaking with our friend Deadmau5 - Desynchronized, the John Made Remix.

In-line with the tone of this fifth edition podcast, Chris brings things to an end with an electro-clash b-side from Calvin Harris's album 'The girl's and a twenty-nine year old classic from Giorgio Moroder; a man who's pioneering work with synthesizers in the 70's, continues to influence electronic music across the globe.

Catch us next month for our December issue, which promises to hold a special little treat. Until then, good luck with the Christmas shopping!

Chris delivers Podcast 004; ever so slightly lighter than last month, but suitably moody for the dark winter nights ahead. As expected, the Top 5 sets an early standard with new releases from the likes of Proxy and Deadmau5 to get you going. On Rising Music, we offer up Chris' remix of the hugely talented Sia... an artist he quoted as being: "the greatest live vocalist I've ever seen"; but also the well-anticipated release of 'Reward is MORE cheese'. We get Sebastien Leger on the phone to discuss Irish clubbers, South American culture and a new collaboration with Eric Prydz.

Then moving into the second half off the show, Chris really jacks up the pace climaxing with the Timo Mass dub of Green Velvet's absolutely massive 'Flash'. To bring things down, we're treated to some heavy bass-lines from Amon Tobin and the beautifully trippy 'Berlin' by Caged Baby. For a full track-listing and to get in touch with your thoughts and ideas, please go to www.facebook.com/chrislake.

This month sees Chris take a slightly darker direction in his choices. Starting with his top five, he sets an early groove before moving into the Chris Lake Remixed E.P. This latest release sees Rene Amesz and Adam Shaw give their interpretations of Chris' unreleased track 'Deadline', Rudi Stakker remixing 'Release' and Mastiksoul's tribal reworking of the summer smash 'Only One'. Chris moves into deeper territory with Strimmer's 'The Anger' and a great new release on Subliminal. To wrap things up you'll hear the first track off Trentmoller's 2006 album, which when asked how it couldbe defined, Chris looked up for inspiration and simply said: "it's a journey". Happy listening people.

This second edition see's Chris add a variety of new features to the show as well as his top five tracks for August and a preview of his latest E.P "The One" - featuring tracks "Mission" and "Only one".

Chris introduces his first ever podcast; including a current top five listing and new single "Start Again" feat. Nastala.