Since 1999 Toronto based DJ & Producer Christopher Lawrence Johnston a.k.a Lairdriver has been hard at work hitting dance floors with his diverse approach to DJ’ing.  Focusing on quality of the Sound rather then the genre, blending unique sounds is one of his specialties.  His immersion in the World of all things Music began at 4 years of age as Piano being his instrument of choice.  From there he has developed musical compositions as diverse as his tastes.  His DJ and Production style is an amalgam of House, Electro and Techno where he uses appealing elements of various genres in one track.  In the 10 years he has been Djing Live, he has played nearly the full range of genres live.  In his earlier years starting with Hardhouse, Trance and Techno, and later moving on to House, Electro and Tech-House keeping inspired by changing with the times and recognizing when to do so.  Defining his skills on the classic Technics 1200’s, it is important to note that he has the bedrock skills of a traditional DJ.  

During the past 8 years Lair Driver has played for a long list of some of Toronto's most popular Rave/Warehouse production companies, including 2 appearances at the World Electronic Music Festival hosted by Destiny Productions. In 2001 he played for Phlux Productions for their Hardhouse Themed stage, where headliners Alex Peace and Bam Bam played. In 2005 he played for the Hardsounds stage Hosted at the official Hardsounds stage where the likes of Sam Punk and Thomas Krome headlined.

He built his reputation on not just being a local area DJ; he began to establish followings in the various City scenes here and not just Toronto... He has played in London, Kitchener, St Catharines, Niagara Falls, Pickering, Ajax, Oshawa, Sudbury and North Bay – feeding off the differing energies in the crowds abroad... He has made appearances in the US. Playing in Rochester, New York, Buffalo New York, Chicago, Minnesota and Pittsburgh.  He has had the honor of being on the same bill with some of Canada’s best and well-respected DJ’s such as Czech, Jelo, Dekoze, Dr Trance, Kamikaze, and the Beatfreakers and U.K Techno Titans Producer/DJ’s such as D.A.V.E the Drummer, Chris Liberator, NRG Queen Madam Zu, and Hardstyle pioneers The Uberdruck Boys.  In Toronto he has played at events hosted in many of the most popular clubs like System Sound Bar, Comfort Zone, Limelight, Jet, Xit Nightclub, Funhaus, The Drake and El Macambo.

In 2005 he started writing his own Music and at the time he began composing House and Techno tracks.  One day he ‘accidentally’ fell upon the popular Downtempo and Chillout sound after a computer glitch caused his resident DAW sequencer to play his tracks at half speed.  He was hooked and since then he has taken a unique multi-genre approach that although poses greater challengers, it also serves as a cornerstone of inspiration as he is never stuck to one sound.  A more popular and phenomenal example of this approach would be of Canadian DJ/Producer Deadmau5 who built his well deserved reputation on his extremely diverse approach genre wise, creating everything from slamming House and Electro to Hip Hop and Chillout Beats.  For Lairdriver diversity is everything and is essential to his approach.

His Production approach is a combination of MIDI Keyboards and DAW Sequencers Ableton Live 8, Fruity Loops Producer 8 and Reason 4 Rewired together.  His Live show is combination of traditional Technics 1200 turntables and digital vinyl software Serato.  A major element of his planned Live performance will be live Keyboarding and reworking of his material via Ableton Live.  Preferring to break the mould and add his own influence. He has committed himself to a multi genre approach of Techno, House and Trance. Focusing on fusing popular sounds with his own vision. 

Like many Producers, he has plans and aspirations to take his Performance world-wide and concentrate on the bigger picture.  He has been actively giving his Music away for over 3 years and is eager to continue to provide his promotional work to other DJ’s and Producers with the plans to start his own label entitled Project-Hookfarm.  Concentrating on promoting Local area talent and focusing on Producers who are actively engaged in more the one major genre and next generation talent. Until then he will continue his focus on free Music until he fulfils his goal of being picked up by a Record Label. 

His yet to be titled Fall 2009 album is a blend of House, Electro, Techno and Trance reflecting his signature sound of hard driving beats that can bridge any atmosphere.