Sir Real (Neil Spragg) has been involved in the music scene in Birmingham for more than 20 years as a drummer, producer and label-owner, and for the last fourteen years, following an eye-opening visit to Holland, he has been an integral part of the Midlands club scene and is one of the three original resident DJs (alongside Surgeon & Paul 'Damage' Bailey) from notorious Birmingham club House of God, one of the longest running techno clubs in the UK (it recently celebrated its 14th birthday!). This residency has allowed him to play alongside many of the biggest names in techno, including:
Dave Clarke, Andy Weatherall, Dave Tarrida, Christian Vogel, Space
Djz, Fumiya Tanaka, Daz Saund, Female, Regis, James Ruskin, Ben Sims, Colin
Dale, Trevor Rockcliffe, Ege Bam Yasi, Orlando Voorn, Subhead, Dj Shufflemaster,
Charlie Hall, Bandulu, Dj Lewis Keogh, Tubejerk, Neil Landstrumm, Joey Beltram,
Blu Peter, Tony De Vit, Jay Denham, Ibrahim Alfa, Dj Rolando (UR), Mark Broom,
Baby Ford, Tim Taylor, Pete Hardwax, Claude Young, Dj Skull, Mike Paradinas,
Bentley Rythmn Ace, Billy Nasty, Dj Hell...and many, many others...
Sir Real has DJ'd and played live extensively around the UK, as well as in clubs
across Europe, and in Japan. As an outlet for his funkier side he helps run
Contact, where he is one of four resident DJs (alongside 8-Bit
Apocalypse, Madjack and Deadbeat),
each playing a supreme selection of electro, breaks and bass music. For the
first four years of his DJing career, he was also resident (with Surgeon) for
the Third Eye Soundsystem, another much-loved Brummy club.
Sir Real is a prolific producer, and released several well-received EPs on the
now-defunct Round Records (which he helped set up in 1997).
He also has his own label Snafu Recordings, and helps run Covert
Records with DJ Bigfoot.
Most recently energy has been directed towards [k]racktroni[k],
which focuses on broken elektro funk. He has also recorded tracks for Satamile,
Ant-Zen/Hymen, Psy-Harmonics, Domino, Embryo Records, Magic Trax, and
Melt Recordings and has had several tracks licensed to high
profile compilations (including Dave Clarke's hugely successful
World Service electro-techno mashup and Bentley Rhythm
Ace's FSUK mix).
On top of all this he also manages to hold down a full-time job as head of UK
sales at VMW, a distribution company based in the Midlands,
and still finds time to fit in the odd sound-design contract for various gaming
companies in the UK...
UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS...
Never Whistle While You're Pissing (remixes) - Snafu - May 2007
Ikeaboy - Caveman Dub (Sir Real remix) - Invisible Agent - April 2007
Vanity Project - Hit The Weekend Like A Freak (Sir Real remix) - Thirteen[rec]
- April 2007
Untitled EP - [k]racktroni[k] - March 2007
Apocalyptica EP - Satamile - February 2007
Sir Real Discography -
On [k]racktroni[k]:
[k]racktroni[k] Theme remix (KRAK01)
Breathing EP (KRAK02)
Bass Dimension remix (KRAK03)
Boingers (KRAK04)
Real Estate Man remix (KRAK006)
I Am Not Machine remix (KRAK007)
Snog - 'Crash Crash' (Sir Real remix) (KRAK010)
SFX (KRAKLTD001)
Everything Fucks Up (feat. Zoran Vitkovic) (KRAKLTD002)
On Snafu Recordings:
Never Whistle While You're Pissing EP (SNAFU009)
Wronger Than The Rest EP (SNAFU023)
On Round Records:
Ripe / Sphroing - on Round Sampler 1 (SARR001)
Ways & Means EP (SRRR002)
This Is...EP (SRRR004)
Gene Genie - on Round Sampler 2 (SARR005)
Gene Genie / Darmax - on Round Squared: Weirdbag Vol. 1 (CDRR006)
Colab EP (with Nicky B.) (CLRR007)
L.C.D. EP (SRRR009)
Various:
Neighbour of the beast - Ant-Zen (Co-production with Snog/David Thrussell)
Destroyer - Ant-Zen (Co-production with Snog/David Thrussell)
Apocalyptica EP - Satamile Records
Mentalism - Embryo Records
Remixes etc.:
Snog - 'Turn on your planet baby' - Psy-Harmonics
Black Lung - 'Concrete Octopus' (Sir Real's Rancid Rebuild) - Ant-Zen
Darkroom vs. Sir Real - 21st Century Schizoid Remix - Burning Shed
Daisy Cutter (Sir Real remixes) - Dangerous Drums
Pram - A Million Bubbles Burst - Domino Recordings
Kicks remix - Magic Trax
Moondog - Orgy remix - Melt Recordings
Gene Pool - Work It (Sher-real remix, with DJ Sherwen) - Funky Diablo Records
Compilation appearances:
Distant Sun - World Service (Dave Clarke) - React Records
Wakey Wakey - Future Sound of United Kingdom 3 (Bentley Rhythm Ace) - Ministry
of Sound
Orgy (Sir Real remix) - Red Light 2 - Tunnel Records
This Is... - Transcore - Fairway Records
Backwash - Techno Nations 2 - Kickin' Records
WEBSITES -
http://www.sirreal.biz (under construction)
http://www.kracktronik.co.uk
http://www.futuresounddesign.co.uk