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Chris ‘TEK’ O’Ryan (born July 6, 1980) is a Grammy award winning sound engineer, music producer and co-owner of the record label NewFaze Entertainment based in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for producing Young Steff's 'Slow Jukin' his guitar solo on Usher's 'Trading Places' and his engineering work on mainstream RnB artists such as Mary J Blige, The Dream and Beyonce.

Early Years
Chris O’Ryan’s love of music was sparked at the early age of 8, when he joined the Victorian Childrens Choir. At age 9, he started learning the piano and soon after, picked up the guitar. Music composition also started at an early age when he started to write songs at age 12. At age 13, he performed for a season in the Australian Opera and throughout high school played a variety of instruments in many bands, from electric bass in the jazz quartet, to trumpet in the school big bands and orchestras.