Photo courtesy Christopher Santoso
Christopher Santoso, 32, is a graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design who moved to Chicago in 2014 to get closer to its footwork scene. He produces dance tracks under the name Please, runs the label Issa Party, and cofounded the Smart Bar series Relate.
As told to Leor Galil
My parents really encouraged music making and the act of playing an instrument. I started pretty early with piano, viola, and guitar. That got me into production around 14 I had my first DAW, which was Cool Edit Pro.
My mom wanted me to start out on piano, and I gradually got into string instruments. The viola was a random pick I just thought the name was cool. It s got a bit of that midrange tone that most string instruments don t have, so that s something that really stood out to me. I gradually got into guitar because of punk-rock music.