Chris Williamson (born 6 May 1987), better known by his

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Crissy Criss, is a British DJ,

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and

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, who was part of the

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network

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. He has also worked under the moniker Dead Exit. Crissy Criss is the stepson of

Kenny Ken Ken Delsol (born 12 December 1969), better known as Kenny Ken, is a British jungle and drum and bass DJ and producer. Biography Kenny was working for London Transport when his first big break came around in 1989 as a result of him being a r ...

and was born in Newmarket, Suffolk and raised in

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Career

The youngest DJ/Presenter at present to broadcast on BBC Radio 1Xtra. Introduced to a set of decks aged five by his stepfather Kenny Ken, he then started to teach himself to mix aged nine. The following year, Crissy covered for Kenny Ken at a festival in Essex. At age 11 he joined drum & bass pirate station, Kool FM, and played his first club set at The End in London, thanks to

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who requested Crissy to play. Crissy has played at major drum & bass nights across the UK and elsewhere such as New York, Toronto, Norway, Switzerland, France, and Germany. Crissy started production work from the age of 12, making music on a gaming console then moved up to much larger programmes and hardware equipment. He released his first track on Back2Basics recordings in 2004. Since then Crissy has signed to Back2Basics Records and Mix 'n' Blen Records. In 2019 he released his debut album. He presented a regular show on

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from 2007, which was axed as part of the station's budget cuts in June 2014; An online petition was launched to save the show.Sweney, Mark (2014)
BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra axe DJs and shake up schedule to cut costs
, ''

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'', 5 June 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014

References

External links

BBC 1Xtra D&B Show with Crissy Criss updated tracklistings and downloads
British DJs British radio personalities British radio DJs 1987 births Living people BBC Radio 1Xtra presenters People from Newmarket, Suffolk {{UK-radio-bio-stub