vARTIST PROFILE
Written by Stephanie Hernandez
CRIZZLY As the electronic music scene progresses further into the future, it seems as though a new style of the genre pops up each day and each day it gets more difficult to categorize the artist that you listen to. “ They play more of a Euro-electro-disco style, but not really”, is a common phrase electro goers use these days. The style of music for this artist on the rise is no different. This DJ calls himself the “King of Crunkstep”, mixing the always bumpin’ hip hop beats with electro-womps; Christopher Lee Marshall, otherwise known as Crizzly, has cultivated the two, putting his own spin on the genre. Word around town is that anytime you hear “Crizzly on tha BEAT”, you know that you are going to be losing all control and dancing along to his perfectly timed drops. Crizzly, hails from the music capitol of the world, Austin, where he concauts remixes and hits to share with the world on his many tours such as his current Low Dough Pizza Show Tour, where he drops the beat in over 20 different cities. This Texas guy has mastered his spin on the crunkstyle, dubstep, electro house sound, using his incredibly skilled ear for what works, creating a large library of party anthems. Having been to one of Crizzly’s performances, I was able to experience first hand how intoxicating his music is. The entire crowd lost all chill in a set that can best be described as an hypnotic twerk fest (the good kind). Although he has only been on the scene for a few years, he already has quite an impressive resume of hard to land gigs such as, the always coveted Electric Daisy Carnival, (Las Vegas, Orlando and Brazil), Lollapalooza, Escape From Wonderland and Warped Tour. With his growing accomplishments, we
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