If you like to get crunk then head over to the bass tent at Club Cirque in Tampa on Saturday, October 19th to witness Crizzly perform live. Have you bought your tickets yet?
Growing up in a small town outside of San Antonio, Christopher Marshall never had much of a dance scene to speak of. He could never burrow through record stores all day discovering music. So a young Christopher found most of his musical inspiration from videos on the internet, “I was an only child ’til I was 11 and still never lived with my other siblings. I had a lot of time to myself in my room and I’d either play video games all day or just surf the web. One day I was digging through myspace music and came across Justice. Their sound really got me wanting to make dancey stuff. But before I knew who they were I played guitar and wanted to at least be in my school’s talent show.”
By the age of 15, he started dabbling in production, calling his early bedroom-made creations “weird stuff.” Finally stumbling onto dance music production when he was 19, Crizzly acquired a set of turntables shortly thereafter. the first gigs he scored were usually birthday parties. Though the dance music scene was near non-existent, Crizzly surrounded himself with music as much as he could, “…before I started making music, I was a promoter. And not even a promoter for a club, just promoting music in general. Like just trying to get people to come to some random shows.”
Crizzly started making a name for himself making bootlegs of hip hop songs that he heard on YouTube, releasing his own versions of “Hard in Da Paint” by Club Cirque talent Waka Flocka and also doing some edits on “Snap Back Swag” from AJ Hernz. The worldwide blogosphere loved the the tracks and soon after websites began sharing his cuts, Crizzly began to develop a strong following.
After scoring a gig at the 2011 Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, Crizzly used some impressive guerrilla tactics to get his music heard. Armed with 20 USB drives loaded with his music, Crizzly passed the sticks around to some of the industry’s heaviest hitters. “I made it a mission to pass them out to my favorite producers. I was nervous, but I gave it to Diplo. He listened, and now he plays ‘Hard in Da Paint’ in his set.” His track “Snap Back Swag” was also added to a few Skrillex live sets as well.
Blending dubstep and hip hop to create his signature “crunkstep,” Crizzly describes his sound as “…definitely a mixture of two different worlds, dance music and hip-hop. People can connect because there’s a lot going on, and there’s more than one dimension. The audience responds immediately too. Since there’s a half-time feel, the blend just makes sense. It feels right to me.” Currently reading for the All Black Everything tour with Figure, you can get a peek of the action when Crizzly performs at Club Cirque on October 21st. What can you expect? “I play a lot of hard stuff. I expend a ton of energy. I want the fans to get buck wild, crazy, and crunk. I want them to make some bad decisions and have fun. Expect a mirage of crunk. If things go right, everyone should be naked 30 minutes in,” said Marshall. “I bring a bottle of crunk to every show. It’s not easy to bring on a plane, but I get away with it.”
Come get crunk (naked not required) at the inaugural Club Cirque when Crizzly takes over the bass tent. Buy your tickets today!
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