10 Things You Didn't Know About Chris Lake

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"The first instrument I learned how to play was the organ (a two tiered keyboard with bass pedals) when I was 10 years old, at a Yamaha organ lesson school. I hated it, then started one on one lessons somewhere else and caught the bug."

"That voice on a lot of his records is his wife, Gita Lake, who is also an accomplished singer, songwriter and producer."

"My first ever foreign gig was around 2002 when I played on top of an arts and culture building in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden, and stayed at Sebastian Ingrosso's flat. He told me the night after that he didn't live there because it was haunted. Spooky!"

"The guy that first got me into music production is the trance artist, Andy Duguid, because when I moved to Scotland, we were in the same music class and he was the one playing around on keyboards making new sounds and his own music.  I was fascinated.  We're still friends."

"I've not drunk alcohol for four years, since I got embarrassingly drunk at an Eric Prydz & Sebastien Leger show that left me with a four-day hangover.  I don't miss it."

"I love trip-hop! It's one of my favourite genres, and probably the one I Iisten to the most in my spare time."

"I LOVE new technology. I spend hours just researching new tech for medicine, transport, energy, computing, etc. It's really boring for most people, but I love it because I get to find things early that will change the world for the better."

"If I wasn't a DJ and producer, my friends say I'd be great as a travel agent.  I know all the tricks for travel, and how to get the most out of air miles, and I usually help my friends save money traveling when I can."

"I don't like getting on the microphone at gigs.  If you see me on the microphone at a gig, savour it, because it's as rare as rocking horse shit."

"I got some small funding years ago to set up a record label called Phat Cat Recordings (yes, with a PH, because I was an idiot), got the money, bought a Playstation, and played computer games for two years, while occasionally making music.  Not my brightest hour."