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Grant Richards

About Me

Grant Richards has been DJing since 1997 and has been collecting vinyl since he can remember, growing up on big slices of original Motown funk and soul. 1999 became a pivotal year for Grant, with many small doors being opened up for the journey up the metaphorical DJ ladder. As one thing led to the next GR soon found himself ensconced in the world of DJing, Promoting and Producing and Presenting and to this day manages to juggle all of that in one way or another..Grant Richards has unfathomable enthusiasm and professionalism and when not DJing will be found shaking one pair or another of his many coveted pairs of Nike sneakers on the dancefloors of London and further afield and will always be a DJ who will try to break boundaries in creating his own inimitable style whether it be in person or behind the decks and whether that would be in the club or riding the airwaves on London's leading house music station House FM.Fully realising that the journey of a good quality DJ is a long one Grant Richards will not only wait patiently for the right moments he will actively seek out the danceries that call out for a DJ that oozes that something special and will continue to capitalise on the chances that are given his way.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 03/05/2006
Band Website: www.grantrichards.com
Band Members: Er Me and my production partners Elmo who I produce under Elmo & Richards and also Brad Verlander who we go under the Long Lost Bruvaz moniker and vocalist's thus far are Lexy and Lucy Clarke
Influences: My Old Dear, Stevie Wonder, MAW, Basement Jaxx, Bugz in the Attic, The whole Salsoul sound, De La Soul, loads of Motown, EWF, Grant Nelson, 2 Bad Mice, Alexander O'Neil, Neptunes, Soul II Soul, Roy Ayers, Joey Negro, Blaze, Athlete, Frankie Knuckles, Incognito, loads of old school Electro, red Hot Chilli Peppers, Fat Freddy's Drop, Wu Tang Clan and load more I can't remember whilst writing this!!!
Sounds Like: House Music....well to my ears it does!!
Record Label: Broken Wax (www.brokenwax.com), U Phonic Records

My Blog

See You Next Tuesday

Something different to kick start my latest instalment. It is DJ related though, so prepare yourself for a rant and maybe a swear word or two. You have been warned!!Just last week I was off to Read...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:49:00 GMT

100 Not Out

Ive been on Gardening Leave recently after being made redundant from my normal job twice in about eight months so Ive tried to use the time wisely and get things done, er like get another job, wat...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:53:00 GMT

Does it matter ?

In time honoured tradition I will start with my usual apology for not updating sooner. This time I've set a personal best as I haven't written since the drama of Kinky Malinki's 10th Birthday Party at...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:22:00 GMT

All Change

I knew it would take something pretty amazing to kick start my updates again. It's not that I haven't had anything to write about of late, in fact enough has happened to write a short story about, but...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:20:00 GMT

A Tale of Two Coats

You know that aching feeling you really get from having such a lot of laughter? Well I have that feeling, it is also coupled with aches and pains round the rest of my body and mainly in my hands and m...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:10:00 GMT

April Foooooooooooooool

Well I’m writing this on April Fools day so I obviously have to tell you about me being asked to be the first DJ on the moon, yep that’s right I’ve been asked to DJ on the moon and I...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:44:00 GMT

January Blues???

Whoever said that January was a quiet month for clubbing was a total fibber, well from my POV that's for sure. I genuinely have never had such a busy January both at my desk and on the road DJing too ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:41:00 GMT

I Got The Keys I Got The Secret

I'll start with my normal disclaimer than shall I? I can't even remember when the last one of these was but rest assured plenty has happened in between including a drama that really couldn't be made u...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:46:00 GMT

Move On, Coz Its Time To Groove On

Well I'm writing this little number with my brain so full of info it's unreal. It's all systems go in both my personal life and my musical life, well they are actually the same thing but I often diffe...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:10:00 GMT

My Name Is, My Name Is, Richy, Richy, Richard Grant.

I'm sitting typing this after finally sorting out my arrangements to get home from ..:namespace prefix Jakarta after having done a mini club tour for Kinky Malinki that saw me take in Dubai, Shanghai,...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:07:00 GMT