Chris Holmes (DJ and musician)

This article is about the musician and DJ. For the W.A.S.P. heavy metal guitarist, see Chris Holmes (musician). For other people, see Chris Holmes (disambiguation).
Chris Holmes
Holmes at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival
Holmes at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival
Background information
Genres
Occupations
  • DJ
  • musician
  • record producer
  • engineer
  • film producer
Instruments
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboards
  • tambora
  • theremin
  • drum programming
Years active1992-present
Labels
Formerly of

Chris Holmes is a DJ and musician. He is best known as Paul McCartney's DJ - warming up audiences for more than 10 years,[1][2] but his contributions are much broader. He has collaborated with The Smashing Pumpkins, Felix da Housecat, Daft Punk, Rachael Yamagata, Soulwax, LCD Soundsystem, Prince, Bloc Party, Mandy Moore, Interpol, Bauhaus, Justice, Joshua Radin, Spank Rock, Fischerspooner, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Hanson, Peaches, Sean "Diddy" Combs, The Chemical Brothers, MSTRKRFT, Beck, Hot Chip, and Mark Ronson.[3]

  1. ^ Woods, Wes (April 17, 2009). "DJ Chris Holmes will be Paul McCartney's opening act on Friday". Indie Socal: Music Now. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  2. ^ "Freeform Fridays: Paul McCartney's touring DJ Chris Holmes spins one-of-a-kind remixed Beatles set". KCRW. July 3, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  3. ^ "NOWNESS iMix: Chris Holmes - The Alchemist". Nowness. September 25, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2024.