Chris Coco

Active as a DJ, producer, and journalist across four decades, Chris Coco left an imprint in dance music as early as the late ‘80s, as one-third of Coco Steel and Lovebomb. It was around the same time that he spun acid house at Brighton’s Zap Club. From 2002 through 2006, he co-hosted the Blue Room program on the BBC. Coco released the occasional solo production, including the full-lengths Next Wave (2002) and Heavy Mellow (2005). DJ mixes like Real Ibiza: Chilling You Softly (2000) and Chillin’ at the Playboy Mansion (2003), as well as remix duties, kept his name in record shop bins. Coco also formed the trio City Reverb and recorded with Steve Miller (aka Afterlife) as the Normalites. ~ Andy Kellman