Chris Penny
Biography
A multi-national multi-instrumentalist, Chris Penny aka CPEN has carved out his own uniquely contemporary musical language over the course of the last two decades.
Originally from Los Angeles but spending his formative years in London, Chris’s early work would become a catalyst to help to define the West Coast House Music sound of the late-90s and early-00s.
A mainstay in the lush catalogs of emotive electronic labels such as Seasons Recordings, Naked Music, Icon Recordings, Transfusion, and many more, CPEN dove deeper than just the dance floor to fuse the all-too-common forgotten link between the great American Music of the preceding decades into modern iterations of funk, electric R&B, and hip-hop to sublime effect.
After some time away, Chris is now back in the place that sparked his initial interest in music as a teenager, London. His “No Rules” approach to music found him right in the middle of the Grime scene in 2017 , producing and collaborating with Ghetts on his latest album as well as other big names in the genre.
In 2019 Chris has released records on Kerri Chandler’s Madhouse & Low Steppa’s Simma Black to name a few. His writing and production skills have also been tapped for the next Honey Dijon LP on Classic as well as Horse Meat Disco’s forthcoming LP on Glitterbox, where amongst other things he co wrote and sang with the legendary Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge on one of the upcoming singles.
Biography
A multi-national multi-instrumentalist, Chris Penny aka CPEN has carved out his own uniquely contemporary musical language over the course of the last two decades.
Originally from Los Angeles but spending his formative years in London, Chris’s early work would become a catalyst to help to define the West Coast House Music sound of the late-90s and early-00s.
A mainstay in the lush catalogs of emotive electronic labels such as Seasons Recordings, Naked Music, Icon Recordings, Transfusion, and many more, CPEN dove deeper than just the dance floor to fuse the all-too-common forgotten link between the great American Music of the preceding decades into modern iterations of funk, electric R&B, and hip-hop to sublime effect.
After some time away, Chris is now back in the place that sparked his initial interest in music as a teenager, London. His “No Rules” approach to music found him right in the middle of the Grime scene in 2017 , producing and collaborating with Ghetts on his latest album as well as other big names in the genre.
In 2019 Chris has released records on Kerri Chandler’s Madhouse & Low Steppa’s Simma Black to name a few. His writing and production skills have also been tapped for the next Honey Dijon LP on Classic as well as Horse Meat Disco’s forthcoming LP on Glitterbox, where amongst other things he co wrote and sang with the legendary Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge on one of the upcoming singles.