Chris Fortier

Chris Fortier is an American DJ and founder of the Balance Record Pool as well as co-founder and owner of Fade Records. Fortier's DJing covers a range of styles from dark progressive to minimalist techno. He is well known for being a central figure in the development of electronic dance music in the United States as both a DJ and founder of the Balance Record Pool.[1]

Chris Fortier
Background information
Birth nameChris Fortier
Also known asFade
40oz
OriginMelbourne, Florida
GenresHouse
Occupation(s)Disc jockey
Record producer
Years active1990–present
LabelsFade Records
EQ (Grey)
Associated actsFade, 40oz
Websitewww.djchrisfortier.com

Chris Fortier grew up in Melbourne, Florida, moving to Orlando, Florida to attend the University of Central Florida.[2] Until he discovered house music, Fortier's primary hobby was surfing.[3] He began DJing in 1990 in Orlando where he was influenced by other Florida DJs such as Kimball Collins and Dave Cannalte.[4] After performing with DJ Icey, Kimball Collins set Fortier up as resident DJ at the Aahz nightclub.[5] In 1993, Fortier was introduced to Neil Kolo, who had been producing music for 5 years.[6] They found they had chemistry and became the duo Fade, releasing "...For All the People" on their newly founded label Fade Records in 1994.[6] In 1996, Fortier founded the Balance Record Pool, a record pool designed to help North American DJs to spread electronic music.[7] Balance won the International Dance Music Awards for best record pool in 2005 and 2006.[8][9] The Balance Record Pool and Jimmy Van M's DJ booking agency making up Balance Promote Group.[6]

In 1998, when submitting a bootleg remix of Sarah McLachlan's song "Plenty" to her record label, Fortier was offered the chance to remix the Delerium song "Silence" featuring McLachlan.[10] Their remix was released on Nettwerk and sold over one million copies.[5] Fade Records began to expand to productions not exclusively by Fortier and Kolo, including helping launch the career of Steve Porter.[5] Fortier helped Porter develop his production abilities and Porter helped introduce Fortier to the mixing software Pro Tools.[11] In 2000, Fortier began his residency at New York City club Twilo, playing alongside Dave Seaman.[10]

After being in contact with EQ / Stomp regarding distribution of their records in the Balance Record Pool, Fortier was given the opportunity to mix the seventh entry in their Balance series.[5] For Balance 007, Fortier used Ableton Live to mesh songs together, similarly to Sasha.[2]

Discography
  • 1998: Atmospherics: The Breaks (StreetBeat Records)
  • 1999: Trance America (Engine Recordings)
  • 2002: Bedrock 3 (Bedrock Records)
  • 2004: Audio Tour (Fade Records)
  • 2005: Balance 007 (EQ / Stomp)
  • 2007: As Long as the Moment Exists (EQ Recordings)
  • 2007: The Album We Never Released That We Are Now Releasing as Fade (Fade Records)

References
  1. Adderley, Jonty; Angie Ng (2001-10-19). "Chris Fortier: America's Dance Market Is Huge and Growing". Tranzfusion. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  2. Romero, Dennis. "Fresh Construction". Los Angeles CityBeat. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  3. Skrufff, Jonty (2004-07-18). "Chris Fortier's Beach Boy Blues". Tranzfusion. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  4. Seida, Linda. "Chris Fortier > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  5. "Chris Fortier: Much More Than "Progressive"". JIVE Magazine. 2005-07-26. Archived from the original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  6. Blum, Justin (2001-04-01). "365 Interview: Chris Fortier". 365mag. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  7. "Balance Record Pool". Balance Record Pool. Archived from the original on 2005-03-03. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  8. "Winners for the 20th Annual International Dance Music Awards". Archived from the original on 2007-05-24. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  9. "21st Annual International Dance Music Awards". Archived from the original on 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  10. "Chris Fortier Artist Profile". Tranzfusion. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  11. "Chris Fortier Interview". Progressive-Sounds. March 2002. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
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