Students can come to the lower level of the University of Wyoming’s Union on Wednesday night for a jam session with the one and only Chris Lake, booked by 7220 Entertainment for a night of light shows and professional remixes of great artists listened to today.
Lake has been Grammy nominated for best dance album of 2012, created a record label and a platinum record, topped multiple dance charts for Billboard and received a “Midas Touch” award, which is based off of the Greek mythology of a man’s hand that turns items into gold, for his support of the rising musical talent.
Born in the United Kingdom, Lake has been a DJ in the States for the past eight years. As soon as he came overseas he became known as a DJ with a with high-energy club mixes. These funky smashes include “Chest,” “Stranger” and “Piano Hand” with Chris Lorenzo, “Stomper” with Anna Lunoe, “Hold My Hand” with Calvin Harris and Jess Glynne, “How Deep is Your Love” with the Disciples, and his OWSLA release of “I Want You,” which has received more than three million views online.
“The students on the committee wanted to bring an electronic artist because it’s a different genre for UW/Laramie and because of the popularity of the Kristian Nairn show last fall,” said 7220 Associate Director Jennifer Anne Kirk. “We reached out to agents to see what artists were available last spring and landed on Chris Lake. As the advisor, I’m a little older, but after I did a little digging on my own I’ve enjoyed getting to know his catalog. He’s remixed a lot of artists I’ve been a big fan of for a few years and he’s really well known and respected in his genre.”
Lake’s electronic style was picked out of a list by 7220 and officially booked in June of 2018 to come perform at UW with a free entry for students and faculty.
The funds used to put on 7220 sponsored events come from the university fees, which every student is required to pay. This is the reason most of their events are free to UW students. Working with 7220, ASTEC will provide the equipment for Lake by renting the DJ’s instruments, which are fairly cheap compared to other equipment rented in the past.
“I’m hoping we’ll be at or close to capacity,” said Kirk. “The thing about doing these shows for us is taking a really well known performer and having them do a more intimate show that they wouldn’t get in other markets. Chris Lake can’t do that in markets like Denver.
“Chris has performed at major music festivals all over the world and to have him come perform for a few hundred folks in Laramie is pretty darn cool from my perspective. It’s something special for the performer and audience – and it helps us build on a music community here for both students and public. It’s a really unique experience we get to provide our students, and something I’m happy to see we’ve actually grown over the last few years.”
