Mason (musician)


Iason Chronis, better known as Mason, is a Dutch DJ and record producer. He had a number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart in 2007 with his track "Exceeder", which had originally been an instrumental and had received a vinyl-only release in the UK in 2006. The new version of the track, "Perfect (Exceeder)", is a mashup with American rapper Princess Superstar's song "Perfect" and reached number 3 on the national British chart in January 2007. The track was a big hit in many countries worldwide. He also had chart success in 2011 with his song "Runaway"—which is a modern version of "Runaway" by Eruption, and "Boadicea", featuring Róisín Murphy—in 2016 with "Fashion Killa", and with many club releases since. Mason is the owner of the record label Animal Language.
Mason has released music on numerous electronic music labels, such as Island Records, Defected, Skint, Toolroom, Great Stuff Recordings, and Fool's Gold Records, and remixed artists such as Moby, Steve Aoki, Hadouken!, Don Diablo, Mat Zo, 2Unlimited, Mylo, Metronomy, Tommy Trash, Martin Solveig, Robyn and Gabriella Cilmi.
Mason plays live shows as well as DJ sets and has performed at festivals such as Sensation White, Dance Valley, Tomorrowland, Nature One, Creamfields, Global Gathering and clubs such as Fabric, Ministry of Sound, Green Valley, Space Ibiza, Zouk, Octagon, Air and many others with over a thousand shows in more than 50 countries around the world. Mason is the organiser behind several parties throughout the Netherlands, including the Animal Language Kafe Rave and Avondwinkel at Club Nyx in Amsterdam. He is also on the board of Buma Cultuur and BAM! Popauteurs, representing Dutch pop and dance artists.
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Biography

Iason Chronis was born in Amsterdam to Dutch actress Adrienne Kleiweg and Greek sculptor Jorgos Chronis. Both his sisters have been TV actresses too.
Chronis began learning the violin at age 6. In 1987, he sang in the eighth version of the Kinderen voor Kinderen choir and would continue to do so until the twelfth edition in 1991.
In 1995, he started doing DJ performances, initially in and around Amsterdam but later abroad. In 1999, he took a four-year course in Music Composition and Performance, which he graduated with honours and for which he received an award from the Dutch royal family. He used his violin skills during his DJ sets between 1999 and 2005. During his world tour with Tiësto in 2004, he played the violin during a live performance of "Lethal Industry", as well as being Tiesto's warm up DJ. In 2006, Coen Berrier joined Mason in the studio and during live shows, but left Mason in spring 2014. Berrier has had earlier UK chart success with "Husan" by Bhangra Knights.
In 2008, Mason launched his own label Animal Language. In 2011, he released his debut album They Are Among Us, which featured collaborations with Róisín Murphy, DMC, Sam Sparro, Kurtis Blow and Aqualung. In 2014 the second Mason album ZOA was released, featuring Jocelyn Brown, Zoot Woman, Rouge Mary among other featured artists.
In 2015, his single "Papapapa" on Loulou Records reached the number 1 position on the online DJ store Beatport. In the same year, Mason released his Nite Rite series, a collection of numbered Nite Rites, released on each full moon. Nite Rite Ten featured Danielle Moore from the UK indie band Crazy P on vocals. He also collaborated on releases with German house acts Moonbootica and Sharam Jey and remixed fellow Dutch acts Kraak & Smaak, Janne Schra and Arling & Cameron that year.
In 2016, Mason signed to Island Records and began work on material with US hip hop artist Azealia Banks. However, after racial and homophobic comments by her on Twitter, he ceased the collaboration and started to work with UK grime artist Stefflon Don, which led to the "Fashion Killa" single release, that reached a number 4 position on the UK dance chart. This song was also used for television ads for Boohoo.com, Deezer and America's Next Top Model. The song was widely supported on BBC Radio 1 and other UK national radio stations. He also mixed and compiled the Toolroom Miami Poolside album this year, which was released on Toolroom Records.
In 2017, Mason got signed to house label Defected Records, which released his single "Rhino", which got chosen as "hottest record in the world" on BBC Radio 1. He also collaborated with UK tech house producer Betoko and has remixed Sting and James Hype.
Since 2018 Mason released 'Dance Shake Move' via Skint/BMG Rights Management. This record got used for TV ads for brands like Colgate and Vodafone. He has also collaborated with Alex Clare the UK/US top 10 vocalist on Spinnin Records, released his second single for Island records featuring UK grime act The Manor as well as a collaboration with UK vocalist Jem Cooke and Shingai Shoniwa from The Noisettes. In 2019 he released 'Mason Remixed', a collection of his work remixed by artists such as Mike Mago, Junior Sanchez and Rex The Dog. In 2020 Mason released his third artist album 'Frisky Biscuits' on Toolroom Records. In 2021 he worked with The Metropole Orkest and released a collection of NFT's. His single 'Givin Up' together with Mark Knight became the #1 house record on Beatport that year. In 2022 he worked together with NY Hiphop artists Jungle Brothers Afrika Baby Bam and founded his own girl vocal trio 'The Masonettes', that accompany him on certain records and shows. In 2023 he had a radio hit in The Netherlands with the Masonettes called 'Are You Ready'. Later that year he released his 4th album 'Chroma Panorama', on which he collaborated with Sophie Barker, Dragonette, Jack Garratt, Sweetie Irie, Poppy Hankin and many others.
'Perfect Exceeder' got used in the Grammy nominated soundtrack of the movie Saltburn, which made it appear in a variety of national pop charts again throughout 2024. David Guetta, Oliver Heldens and 1991 made new remixes, which were released on Armada Music.

Discography

Albums

'''Track listings for select albums'''

Singles

2004
  • "Helikopter" EP
2005
  • The "Screetch"
2006
  • "Exceeder" / "Follow Me"
  • "Exceeder"
  • "Bigboy Exercises"
  • "The Benedict Files"
2007
2008
  • "Too Clumsy"
  • "When Farmers Attack"
  • "Bermuda Triangle"
  • "The Ridge"
2009
  • "Kippschwinger" / "Amsterdam Tape"
  • "The Amsterdam Tape"
  • "The Ridge"
  • "Front Row Chemistry" / "Capibara"
  • "At The Hippo Bar" / "Affra"
  • "Artex / "Intimate Express"
  • "Ignite" / "Who Killed Trance"
2010
  • "Syncom" / "The Badger"
  • "Corrected"
  • "You Are Not Alone"
  • "Runaway" / "Let's Get Ferretic"
2011
  • "Runaway"
  • "Boadicea"
  • "Little Angel"
2012
  • "Le Big Bob"
  • "Superimposer"
  • "The Kickoff" / "Chihuahua"
  • "Solarium"
  • "Animat"
  • "Doorman" / "Scaramouche"
  • "Get It Together"
  • "Bass Friend"
2013
  • "Wombat" / "Maybe"
  • "Affected"
  • "Solid Gold"
  • "Bubba"
  • "Grotto"
  • "A Girl Like Me"
  • "Peer Pressure"
  • "Roffelo"
2014
  • "Get Back"
  • "Someone I'm Not"
  • "Savantas" / "Herd On The Scene"
  • "San Remo" / "Earmark"
  • "Gotta Have You Back"
  • "Salamander" / "Gotta Have You Back"
  • "Exceeder 2014 remixes"
2015
  • "Calabrese" / "Palmetto"
  • "Nite Rite One"
  • "My Love EP feat. Moonbootica"
  • "Nite Rite Two"
  • "Nite Rite Three"
  • "Papapapa"
  • "Nite Rite Four"
  • "Diatonic / I Knocked For Days"
  • "Nite Rite Five"
  • "Nite Rite Six"
  • "My Name Is"
  • "Nite Rite Seven"
  • "Nite Rite Eight"
  • "Nite Rite Nine"
2016
  • "Bubblebath"
  • "Nite Rite Ten"
  • "Dance Bodies "
  • "Do The Do"
  • "Wurrkit"
  • "My Ritual / Let It Go"
  • "Fashion Killa"
  • "Xylophobia"
  • "Body Rock"
  • "This Ain't No Disco EP"
  • "Jigsaw"
  • "Bubblebath "
  • "I Like It"
  • "Live On Dreams"
2017
  • "Everybody EP"
  • "Toucan"
  • "Rhino"
  • "Freaky Girlsss"
  • "Rumble In The Jungle / Amalia"
  • "Chronology EP"
2018
  • "Take A Chance"
  • "Dance, Shake Move"
  • "Stop Start Slow Fast"
  • "Disruptor"
  • "Reminders Of You"
2019
  • "Banzai"
  • "Bang Bang"
  • "Drowning In Your Love"
  • "Amphibia EP"
  • "Rhythm In My Brain"
  • "Take It Down feat Slang"
  • "Do I Look Ridiculous / Sparta"
2020
  • "Mind Goes Off EP with DJ Glen"
  • "Nightwalker"
  • "Loosen Up"
  • "The Get Down"
  • "Drowning In Your Love "
2021
  • "Further Ado"
  • "Givin Up"
  • "March Of the Lizard"
  • "Hush"
  • "Givin Up" vs Mark Knight
2022
  • "Better On My Own"
  • "The Wicked"
  • "Changes"
2023
  • "Are You Ready"
  • "Panic"
  • "Sirens"
  • "Train Track"
2024
  • "Perfect Exceeder"
  • "Head Lost"
  • "Love On Repeat"
'''Track listings for select maxi singles'''

Remixes

2005
2006
2007
  • Kid Dusty – "Constant Rising"
  • Cygnus X – "The Orange Theme"
  • Don Diablo - "Blow your speakers"
  • "Breathe"
  • Groove Rebels – "Breakpoint"
  • Shocka – "Style Attract Play"
  • Freeform Five – "No More Conversations"
  • Mazi & Duriez – "This Is Not A Follow Up"
  • DJ DLG – "XESS"
2008
2009
2010
  • JCA & TAI – "Yalla Yalla"
  • Evil Nine – "Stay Up"
  • Nelsen Grover - "Awake"
2011
  • Glenn Morrison – "Tokyo Cries"
  • Jesse Rose – "Non Stop"
  • Zoo Brazil – "Tear The Club Up"
  • Disco Of Doom – "Alice Cooper"
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2020
2021
  • Mita & Biscuits - Tribalism
2022
  • Aafke Romeijn - Piepschuim
2024
  • Betoko - Raining Again
  • Nilu