About Me
Richard Campbell & Declan Kelly have been working together for the best part of ten years. Separately, they have both worked as DJ'S in their home town of Melbourne, Australia, forging strong individual reputations for themselves as well as for Research & Development, a nom de guerre assumed when they DJ together. Through dj'ing, broadcasting, artist tours, sound design, production, music journalism and the staging of their Moon Patrol parties, they've become a small but important cog in the eclectic and exciting wheel of Melbourne's music community.R&D was first chosen for its convenience as an acronym for their first names and to follow the space-science-computer-game theme from the Moon Patrol arcade game, but since then it has come to represent their persistent endeavour to juxtapose old against new, style against style in their adventurous DJ sets.In 2003 R&D collaborated with James Cecil, drummer and producer from Melbourne band Architecture In Helsinki "Theme From Juan" was the result, a kooky piece of 6/8 Latin with an operatic middle section sung by Sian Prior. It hit the streets via Soul Jazz in June 2005 as one of 12 songs on a Yoruba Records compilation entitled "Ibara: River Crossing" compiled by label boss Osunlade.In 2004, the duo was cast adrift between travel and study, Declan was selected to participate in the 2003 Red Bull Music Academy in Capetown, South Africa while Richard travelled to Hungary on exchange for six months where he completed a semester of his Mathematics degree at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics on the beautiful Danube River.2006 saw both return to study, Richard in his honors year of Mathematics and Declan in the Production school at the VCA where he completed a postgraduate diploma in sound design with first class honors. Richard completed honors in 2006, somehow maintaining a hectic DJ schedule throughout the year, beginning No Standing at Revolver on Friday nights and Dj'ing regularly at First Floor, and blah blah blah. Declan worked with sound designer Dave Franzke on numerous occasions throughout 2006. Listen to the delicacy of Dave's work on the “Get A Room†mix he did with Mr. Geoffrey which you can find in the Mixes archive.2007 sees Richard working on his thesis to become a full blown mathematician, DJ'ing like a crazy man and workin' on beats in his spare time. Declan will be working on some theatre projects with Sam Routledge of Blood Policy and Halcyon Macleod of My Darling Patricia and trying to corral the fruits of a 3 month seachange down the Mornington Peninsula into some kind of cohesive form for an independent EP sometime later in the year.Between them the pair have DJ'ed with Theo Parrish, Benji B, Prefuse 73, Manitoba, Herbert, Kevin Saunderson, Recloose, Quantic, Stacey Pullen, Brennan Green, Tom Middleton and played at festivals such as The Big Day Out and Meredith. The pair have played in Perth, Adelaide and Sydney and are often in demand for opening and closing night soirees for Melbourne's internationally renowned Comedy and Film Festivals amongst others. They regularly play at all the street festivals (High Street, Brunswick Street, Chapel Street and St. Kilda) to rapturous dancefloor response.check the latest issue : r-n-d.net
