Chris Gallagher dj

A veteran DJ for nearly 30 years, Chris Gallagher got his start at the legendary SIMONS nightclub in Gainesville, Florida, a venue that at one time was always highly ranked by international and touring DJs alike as one of their favorite Top 5 places to play. Considering “the vibe”, crowd response, and the open mindedness of the patrons towards new music, it is easy to see why DJs like Carl Cox, Danny Tenaglia, Sasha, John Digweed, and Superstar DJ Keoki, all loved this place. SIMONS opened its doors in the Fall of 1990, and in the very beginnings of the club, Chris warmed up the crowd for Troy Davis, who also had a very successful Saturday night residency at another downtown club, almost directly across the street, called REV. This was not to last, however. The demands of being a full-time student attending sound recording school two hours away in Orlando, compounded with his Saturday night gig at REV, proved to be rather demanding and thusly, did not figure into the equation any longer regarding the Friday night lineup. Back then, there really wasn’t a true lineup in today’s sense of the word. You had one DJ for the whole night, maybe two. So there was a big hole to fill after Troy Davis left. Simon Semrani, the local DJ who owned a small, avant-garde clothing and records store, and now this new space which would become an internationally known venue in a few short years, asked Chris if he could play the entire night; open to close, midnight until whenever. Of course Chris agreed, stepped up his game, and then began a torrid residency, playing 7-8 hour sets every Friday night for two and a half years, until February of 1993, when he moved to Atlanta. These critical years played a huge role in putting SIMONS on the map and bringing the club to the forefront of the Florida underground music scene. Back then Chris ran the gamut of new sounds, taking people on serious journeys while still incorporating multiple genres of music, some electronic and some not. But whatever style Chris played, the dancefloor was always the place to be. The legend of Chris Gallagher being the first, long-standing main resident DJ of SIMONS, helped to give SIMONS the reputation it has today as one of the best underground clubs of the 1990s.

In addition to maintaining a quarterly residency at SIMONS for over ten years, Chris was consistently a major figure in the Southeastern rave circuit, with performances too numerous to list here. However, he has had the pleasure of opening for such notables as: Paul Van Dyk, DJ Dan, Frankie Bones, John Debo, Doc Martin, Kimball Collins, Simply Jeff, DJ Icey, DJ Feelgood, Terry Mullan, Aphrodite, AK1200, Keoki, and Lady Miss Kier to name a few, as well as sharing the bill with Kimball for Sasha's first gig ever in the United States, at SIMONS in 92. Due to countless gigs over the years, Chris has been mentioned in magazines such as URB, Mixer, Streetsounds, Details, and other various publications.

Currently Chris is focusing on the new techno sound, from both a DJing perspective and also from a Producer perspective, for he is in the process of learning Ableton Live. In addition to learning music production techniques, there is also the endless process of digitizing his old cassette recordings. He is also fine tuning his official DJ website, hoping to one day have those treasured mixtapes available for free download. Stay tuned. 😉