Chris & James Interview
Chris & James are up there with the most prolific DJ's/remixers in the UK. With hundreds of pieces of work under their belt. We catch up with Chris to ask what when and how. And why the hell did they stop!
Hi Chris - let's chat about Chris and James, how did the tag team come about?
I knew James's twin brother, Ian, really well and he mentioned James was a budding dj as well, although neither of us could actually mix properly at this point! We all used to hang out at The Gardening Club in Covent Garden (next to the rock garden) around 1991 at Yellow Book and then Ophelia, plus we'd go to Sign of the Times, Flying and Puscha parties.
The guy in James's local pub in Romford offered us a Monday night slot, hoping we'd bring all our clubbing mates with us - no pay but a chance at some real, rather than bedroom djing! Ian printed up some flyers and put dj's CHRIS + JAMES, and the name stuck from then on.
We did this Monday night thing for about 3 months at which point we'd learnt the basics of djing and decided to put a tape together. We knew Shelley Boswell who ran The Gardening Club and also Glenn Gunner (one of the Flying dj's) and gave them a tape...