Where do i start....?
My love affair with music dates back literally to when i was a toddler. I was always fascinated with my parents record player, and was exposed to a vast range of different music from an early age & onwards throughout my life. I have fond memories of taking my older sisters 1990's casette albums & using the phillip's ghetto blaster with 2 tape decks and a dual record function that i won in a joke contest at primary school to make my own versions that had no gaps between the tracks. The fascination with all things musical and electronic continued strongly and still does to this day.
As my older sister grew inot the club scene i began to acquire tapes that she brought back from nightclubs, thats when i was first exposed to house music. From that moment onwards i was hooked on the sound. Down came the nirvana posters, up went the club flyers. Still at the tender age of about 12 or 13, i found it hard to get my hands on as much dance music as i wanted, but searched hard and long to find it wherever i could, one of my main sources was late night radio shows when i should have been in bed. Eventually the time came when i was able to get myself into some proper clubs. Then my affair with clubbing was born. I can remember spending full nights behind the dj's, watching their every move, I knew it was for me. I finally got my first set of decks and began dj-ing @ the start of 2000. I was in my last year of school and it was time to decide what to do next. Naturally it had to be something envolving music, and with my ever growing passion for the electronic side of music i felt compelled to take things further. So I enroled on a music technology course at halton college, it spanned 2 years and earnt me a national diploma, but most of all it gave me my sense of direction and unlimited access to the college studio's(which was nice!) once i finished college i was out of contact from a studio for nearly a year and was forced to use my crappy home pc to make my music(that didn't last long). At the back end of 2002 i became part of a business called "vinyl mayhem", a record shop set up by two freinds, which instantly gave me access to the industry and a place to start building my studio, during my time at the record shop i released tracks on various labels under different aliuses depending on the style(or how cheeky the track was - shhhh!) The shop lasted just under 3 years, every bit of which was an immense learning curve, from basic people skills, to unthinkable knowledge of the companies involved in the record industry. All the while i played at clubs up and down england, mainly up north but sometimes venturing further afield, gathering residencies wherever possible, I still hold residency at 2KINKY(best club nite in the north as voted by mixmag), and have regular guest spots round and about north west england. I've played alongside some of my idols to crowds that make you go weak @ the knees! here's just a few of the clubs ive played @: THE VIEW-FRODSHAM, 51st STATE-WIGAN, THE SYNDICATE-BLACKPOOL, THE TUBE-HALIFAX, EDEN-IBIZA, THE SUGARSHACK-MIDDLESBOROUGH, HEAVEN AND HELL - MANCHESTER, J2-BOLTON, ANGELS-LANCASTER, BREEZE -FALARAKI..... the list goes on!
At the moment my dj style is mainly low tempo jacky house or filthy but groovy electro with plenty of turntablism thrown in to keep things lively. after the closure of the record shop i had to find new premises pretty quickly. that came in the shape of an industrial unit that me and my best mate and business partner Chris renovated for our studio set up and to run our many business ventures from. we had the unit for nearly 2 years & it served a massive purpose. a production workhouse that allowed us to crank the volume totally undisturbed 24/7 due to its location.
Summer 2006 was over and once again it became time to move on..... i felt a drastic change of scenery was in order for many reasons, musically and personally. I was faced with the extremely hard decision of whether or not i should move away from all my freinds and family. This boy has travel in his instincts & was gettin claustrophobic!! So i moved..
I am now based on the island of Anglesey, north wales, sharing a house with Neil Barber of the mighty 'Rhythm Code' & 'Platinum Mules' fame. Ive just about settled in now & things are looking bright. Production wise the strongest of all my tracks @ the moment are the minimal edged & jacky house bits that im working on, although i can safely say that im trying a bit of everything(breaks/techno/full on electro/drum n bass etc etc), even styles i dont normally like, just for the production knowledge. Anyhow, have a listen to my clips and ENJOY!! peace out - RICK
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