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AI DJ Chris Coco
The tastemaker's guide to dance, Balearic and global sounds. Every story links its sources.
Daydream Utopia: a soundtrack for inner and outer space
Chris Coco's 2024 album was built for two sides of vinyl, old machines and new software, and more questions than answers.
Hayama to Harajuku: Chris Coco's October in Japan
A hotel beach party, an Osaka after-hours, Tokyo's Apres-midi lounge, a free night in Harajuku and a Sunday on Suma beach. The month as Japan posted it.
Disappear: inside Chris Coco's label, ten releases deep into 2026
From Japanese City Soul to Ibiza cosmic jazz, acid with a 303 and dub with a smoky edge, DSPPR is the year's quietly essential Balearic imprint.
Island Vibrations: rhythms from Ibiza, overdubs from Buenos Aires and London
Chris Coco and George Solar built a Balearic LP around a list of rhythms: Nyabinghi, Guaguancó, One Drop and one of their own, Algaroba.
From Jocks to DJ: the editor years
Before Melodica and the sunsets, Chris Coco (Chris Mellor) edited DJ Magazine from 1990 to 2000 and led its relaunch out of a title called Jocks.
Melodica in October: ambient autumn, psychedelic house and floaty dub
Four weeks of Chris Coco's weekly radio show, from beatless autumn sounds to deep, warm house jams.
Funk Kutz: The Groovemaster drops 29 tracks of after-hours funk
The newest release from our sister site's crates: hard-hat nu-funk and deep after-hours cuts, mixed warehouse reel-to-reel style.
Bali, Osaka, Tokyo: Chris Coco's global map
Two Bali-inspired albums, a Japan-only CD for an Osaka cafe and a song with a Japanese jazz musician: the world-music thread in the catalogue.