Based in Hackney, London, Chris Read is a hip hop dj, remixer and producer. He is also the promoter and resident dj at SUBSTANCE (one of the longest running and largest regular hip hop funk and beats nights in the UK). He is perhaps best known for his mixtape "The Diary (World's Greatest Rap Megamix)" which was a chronological mix of rap classics by order of release from 1979-2007, 801 tracks in total! The cd version of the mix included an A5 booklet listing all the tracks used.