Karizma (musician)
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| Birth name | Kris Klayton |
| Origin | Maryland, Baltimore, United States |
| Genres | House, hip hop, broken beat |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, record producer |
| Labels | Atjazz Record Company, Back Corner, Basement Boys Records, BBE, Compost Records, Defected Records, GoGo Music, Kohesive, Nervous, Objektivity, Quantized Recordings, Raw Fusion, R2 Records, Sonar Kollectiv, Soul Heaven, Strictly Rhythm, Vega Records, Yoruba Records |
| Website | kaytronik |
Karizma Real Name: Kris Klayton (Born on March 28, 1970, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States) is an American electronic musician and DJ known for his wide variety of music production in deep house, deep techno, hip hop, jazz, and broken beat, and his mastery of Pioneer Corporation's CDJ-2000 and DJM 2000 being sponsored by Pioneer Pro DJ Japan in 2010. In 2014 August, Karizma entered "Hall of Fame" by Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1.
Karizma grew up in Baltimore, United States, and he began to DJ for fashion shows and college parties at age of 13. In early 1980, Karizma landed a radio show with a non-profit National Public Radio station, WEAA, and his early style was a mix of house music and hip hop. Around the same time, Karizma met DJ Spen, and together with him, worked on a radio show at V103,the same station that he held a very popular weekend mix show with unruly records co-founders,Scottie B and Shawn Caesar.. Karizma and DJ Spen worked on a music production project with a record label, Jasper Street Company, and joined the house-music production group the Basement Boys, and worked on remixes for musicians such as Mary J. Blige, Bob Sinclar, and Lenny Kravitz.
In 2006, Karizma distributed his unreleased track, "Twyst this" to a few contacts including Gilles Peterson. Gilles Peterson introduced it on his radio program, Worldwide on BBC Radio 1, and this track got chart in on top 14 in spite of it being on a white label record.
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