Richy Pitch first made his name back in 1996 as resident DJ at the legendary London Hip Hop club night Scratch .
He has recorded and produced music in the US with many respected MCs including J-Live, El da Sensei, Mr Complex, Asheru and Apani B where he recorded his critically acclaimed Live at Home LP on New York label Sevenheads.
More recently Mr Pitch has been showing his soulfully diverse production skills collaborating with the likes of Red Snappers Karime Kendra, Soulives Reggie Watts and London Soul diva, Marcia Escoffery (who featured on his recent Green Lanes EP).
Richy has been busy remixing for the likes of pop favourites Outkast as well as jazz funk ambassador Roy Ayres.
He has also been ghost producing for TV with tracks produced by Richy being used in both Japan and the US networks ABC and Fox on programs such as The Daily Show, Oprah Winfrey and America’s Most Wanted.
In 2006 he compiled 2 compilations for the Unisex record Label (Demon Music Group). The first was East Coast Hip Hop - The Soulside and was released in February 2006. The LP was inspired by his many DJ sessions at the world famous Jazz cafe, alongside the likes of Talib Kweli, The Pharcyde, The Roots and Slum Village. The LP features a bonus track produced by Richy which is the first track on the player above.
Richy is currently living in Accra (Ghana) working on a new Hip Hop LP a ragga project with friend and MC, Tukka (Pitch ’N Tukka) and a Ghanaian LP with established artists in and around Accra including the very talented Wanlov the Kubolor , Sena Dagadu and Mensa which should all be out on the net and on the street in 2009 !
In his spare time Richy writes record reviews for Knowledge Magazine and designs clothing logos for Mauritian based clothing company Habit.
Check out Richy’s own site at www.richypitch.com and his remix myspace site www.myspace.com/richypitchremixes
