Born in Paris but raised in London, CJs DJ career began at the age of 15 when he and his 17-year-old brother set up their own sound system and began playing house parties in South London. In 1987 he won the DMC Mix Championship and after hooking up with Dave Dorrell in the band M|A|R|R|S he recorded what would become one of the biggest selling dance hits of all time – “Pump Up The Volume”.

Since then, CJ has continued his prolific mix career, working on tracks by C&C Music Factory, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, De La Soul, Inner City, PiL, Coldcut and countless others. He has released several mix albums, and his Love Happy project charted in 1995 with Message of Love. He has traveled extensively as a DJ, and this experience and his ability to span musical genres made him an obvious choice as a resident DJ at the Ministry of Sound in the mid-90s.