Christopher Robinson AKA DJ PARALLEL -

I started DJ'ing approximately 20 years ago. I used to listen to DJ Chuck Chillout on Friday nights and DJ Red Alert on Saturday nights on 98.7 Kiss FM New York. Totally enthralled with DJ'ing, I decided to put my foot in the game. I learned how to scratch on one of those classic shelf system all-in-one stereos that had the dual tape decks on the bottom, the EQ in the middle, the tuner on top of that, and a cheesy belt driven plastic platter turntable on top. My volume knob was the "cross fader" as I destroyed many records on that platter!

It wasn't too long before I was able to save enough money to get my first set of turntables - some crappy Gemini belt driven jammies. I am a totally self taught DJ. No one showed me the game, how to mix, scratch, or what to buy so my first equipment bascially stunk. Once I understood the difference between belt driven turntables and direct drive's, I stepped up and got some Gemini 1800XL's. They were direct drive but didn't have the torque that was (at that time) patented by Technics. After a whole bunch of trial and error, and some wasted money I might add, I was finally able to get me some Technics 1210 MK2's. From that point, my system grew strong as my partner (DaManDL) and I were hired for a multitude of parties stretching from our home base of St. John's University to NYU, John Jay - and the list goes on!

As music began to change in the late 90's, I felt that hip-hop was going in the wrong direction. It was this time I decided to take a haitus from spinning. Simply stated...it wasn't fun anymore.

In 2007, I decided to try out the new wave of DJ'ing - Serato Scratch Live. Though I was skeptical at first, once I got my hands on it, the magic and desire to spin came bursting through like gangbusters! Though I have now followed the footsteps of many DJ's by going digital, my roots are old skool and I consider myself a vintage REAL old skool DJ. I don't use CDJ's or CD decks when I mix. I am straight vinyl (Serato vinyl now). Some DJ's are outstanding blenders/mixers. Others are outstanding scratchers. I like to think I'm a good blender with much better than average scratching ability.

FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC!
DJ PARALLEL
~ NONE EQUAL ~

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