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Karizma (born Christopher Clayton on March 28, 1970, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American electronic musician, DJ and record producer, known for his wide variety of music production in deep house, deep techno, hip hop, jazz, and broken beat.




Early career


Karizma grew up in Baltimore, United States, and he began to DJ for fashion shows and college parties at age of 13.
Karizma and DJ Spen worked on a music production project with a record label, Jasper Street Company, and joined the house music production group the Basement Boys, and worked on remixes for musicians such as Mary J. Blige, Bob Sinclar, and Lenny Kravitz.
In October 1999, Karizma released his first solo work, "The Power E.P." from Black Vinyl Records, while he belong to the Basement Boys.
In 2006, Karizma distributed his unreleased track, "Twyst this" to a few contacts including Gilles Peterson. Gilles Peterson introduced it on his radio program, Worldwide on BBC Radio 1, and this track got chart in on top 14 in spite of it being on a white label record.




Albums and solo career


In 2007, Karizma released a solo album, "A Mind of Its Own" on R2 Records, and made his official debut.
Karizma was voted as Best DJ's of 2007 in the XLR8R magazine.
In 2010, Karizma was nominated as the "Best Hometown Hero" on his home town, Baltimore city newspaper for his solo career progression traveling around the globe.
In 2011, he produced a mix for FACT magazine, which lauded him as "one of the world's premiere house producers for well over a decade now".
In 2012, Karizma released a triple pack LP, "Karizma Collection 1999–2012", 500 copy limited editions including his classic songs, "Twysted" and "Power", individually hand sprayed each of the album sleeves.
In 2013, Karizma's third solo album, a double pack LP/ CD (digital), "Karizma Wall of Sound" was released from R2 Records on September 2, 2013, worldwide, featuring collaborations with Osunlade (Yoruba Records), Rokaz (Neil Pierce & Ziggy Funk), and a UK star, Sean McCabe.
In 2014, Karizma has spent a few good months working on his collaboration projects with Osunlade, Atjazz and Deetron to name a few.
Karizma's DJ performance as a former Basement Boys during Jasper St. Co. reunion live show during the Southport Weekender 50 and Camelot has also made fresh news in the industry.
In August 2014, Karizma entered "Hall of Fame" by Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1.




Monikers


Kohesive
Kris Klayton
DJ Karizma
KaytroniK
K2
K-man
Kayorcan
Krystopher
Karizma Ltd.
Collaboration units:

Deepah Ones (DJ Spen)
Izmabad (Simbad)
Exist (Atjazz)




Selected discography






= Albums

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A Mind of Its Own, 2007
A Mind of Its Own V2.0 – The Upgrade, 2009
Wall of Sound, 2013
Kaytronik Thee Album, 2016




= Singles & EPs

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Scottie B & Karizma – Feel The Power, 1995
Karizma – Kristical, 1996
Sticky People / Karizma – Kong / Mamakossa, 1998
Karizma – The Power EP, 1999
Karizma – Shades Of "K" EP, 2000
Karizma – Strings Emotional EP, 2004
Karizma – Ride E.P., 2004
Tedd Patterson Presents Blackbone / Karizma / Groove Assassins & DJ Raw –Re:Cuts Volume 4 Black Vinyl Deep, 2004
Karizma – The Return Of The K-Man EP, 2005
Karizma – In Tha D.ee.p, 2005
Karizma / David Harness – Music / Say Yes, 2005
Ferrer & Karizma Ltd. – The Cube, 2006
Karizma – Kaytonik EP, 2006
Karizma – The Damn Thing / Tech This Out Pt. 2, 2007
Karizma – Groove A 'K' Ordingly, 2008
Karizma – Necessary Maddness / Drumz Nightmare, 2009
Karizma featuring Monique Bingham – Good Morning, 2010
Karizma – The Power Remixes EP, 2012
Karizma – Collection 1999–2011, 2012
Karizma – Komplements EP, 2014
Karizma featuring Osunlade - Hear And Now, 2014
Karizma – Beats & Bobs vol 1 & 2, 2014
Karizma – Beats & Bobs Vol. FR33, 2015
Beats & Bobs Record Store Day Edition 10, 2015
Beats & Bobs vol 5, 2015
Beats & Bobs vol 6, 2016
Karizma – The Power EP re-issue, 2017
Karizma -Beats & Bobs Vol 7
Karizma - Tech this out Re Release




= DJ mix compilations

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Karizma – Coast 2 Coast, 2007
Kenny Dope* & Karizma – Soul Heaven Presents Kenny Dope & Karizma, 2007
Karizma / Eddie Thoneick – Strictly Miami, 2010




Related artists/Group


The Basement Boys
Exist




References

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