- Mason (DJ)
Mason (born 1981,
Amsterdam ) is the stage name for Dutch producer Iason Chronis. He had a number one on theUK Dance Chart in 2007 with a reworking of his track Exceeder. Exceeder had originally been an instrumental and had received a vinyl only release in the UK in 2006. The new version of the track,Perfect (Exceeder) featured vocals fromPrincess Superstar and reached number 3 on the national British chart in January. The number was a big hit in The Netherlands as well.Other bootlegs of Exceeder, such as Hollaback Exceeder - a mash-up with
Gwen Stefani 'sHollaback Girl , are in existence.Biography
Chronis was born in
Amsterdam to a Dutch actress and Greek sculptor. He learned theviolin from age 6 and practiced DJing using his grandmother's turntables in his teens. He did a four-year course in Music Composition and Performance, for which he received an award from theDutch Royal Family . He uses his violin skills during his DJ-sets. During his Tour with DJTiësto in 2004 he used the violin with the live performance of Lethal Industry.Discography
*Helikopter EP (2004)
*The Screetch (2005)
*Bermuda Triangle / Nightronics (2006)
*Bigboy Exercises (2006)
*Exceeder (2006)
*Perfect (Exceeder) (2007)
*You Make Me Wanna Dance/ BigBoy Exercises (2007)
*Quarter (2007)
*The Ridge (2008)External links
*http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mason
*http://www.dj-mason.com/
* [http://www.elitemm.co.uk Mason's booking agents - Elite Music Management]
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