Producer

He has sold over 100,000 vinyl units and had well over 100 commercial releases. He is one of only a small group of producers with genuine cross genre appeal with successful projects in house, progressive, techno, hard dance and trance. Many of these were produced in his own studio including the 1996 release “Breathless” which, helped by a classic remix by Tony De Vit, went on to sell over 40,000 vinyl units. As an artist he has an impressive discography including remixes by and for Tiesto, Sinead O’Conner, Satoshi Tomiie and Tony De Vit. He has also released and licensed original tracks on some of the world’s biggest independent dance imprints including Tommy Boy, Blackhole and Armada Music

Label Owner

Interflow Sounds, his first label, went from being a small imprint set up as primarily a vehicle for his own productions, to one of the UK’s leading independent hard dance/trance labels. In 2002 he closed that chapter with the critically acclaimed mix album ‘Harder, Faster, Deeper’. Having signed to Eve Records in 2001, Chris formed a relationship which would ultimately see him acquire the company in 2004. He now presides over a suite of labels under the Recoverworld banner that has helped launch the careers of John O’Callaghan, John Askew, Sean Tyas, Thomas Datt, Manuel le Saux and many more.

Label Management

Based on the success of his own labels and encyclopedic knowledge of the industry, RecoverWorld offer an end to end label management solution including royalty accounting, manufacturing and sales and distribution.

Business Solutions

With the rise of digital media, he was one of the original directors of Ampsuite, the label management and distribution system which powers many of the world’s largest independent labels. He sold his share in 2018 but still uses it as the backbone for his guest lectures and his thriving label management business. More recently, Chris founded The Record Republic, an innovative vinyl manufacturing platform that introduced new approaches to vinyl record production and distribution. While the platform is no longer active, he continues to provide consultancy for clients seeking the highest quality vinyl manufacturing solutions.

Academia

In recent years, Chris has chosen to formalise a lifetime of experience by pursuing higher education at BIMM University. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) in 2024, followed by a Master of Arts (MA) with Distinction in 2025. He is now undertaking doctoral research at the University of Sussex, where his PhD focuses on media archaeology and vintage production techniques.

Gatekeepers? Pah! This one's for the artists building it themselves.

No labels. No middlemen. No waiting for someone else to say yes. Self-releasing is how a generation of artists are taking back control and this panel pulls together the people doing it, and the people powering it.

Our moderator has spent two decades releasing his own music on his own terms, running his own imprint and carving his own lane in house music. He's joined by a London producer who's just torn up the rulebook to launch his own label and run a hugely successful kickstarter campaign to release his latest album. Plus we have a Brighton techno and breakbeat original who's been running labels, throwing parties and shaping his own scene since the 90s.

Backing them up: two of the sharpest minds in independent distribution. On one side from LabelWorx (the engine behind 4,000+ electronic labels worldwide) whose own path runs deep through D&B. On the other, a senior marketing lead from Redeye Worldwide whose CV spans label management and marketing at Rough Trade, event work with Coachella, and years running campaigns for independent artists across every genre 🎧

Distribution. Strategy. Getting heard. Getting paid. Building something that's actually yours.