DJ EDDIE RICHARDS Biography

It has been a very busy time for Eddie Richards, dance music's quintessential pioneer and Britain's godfather of house and techno Mixmag. One of the first DJs to champion house back in the mid 8O's one of the UK's original mix DJs residing at London's Camden Palace, voted 'best club in the world', (R.M.) Eddie became a key figure in a new music and cultural movement soon to explode worldwide. After playing at such influential and original underground clubs as Clink St. Heaven in London and Manchester's Hacienda, he went one to headline legendary 'pay parties' Sunrise. Energy. and Helter Skelter among countless others. Remix and production work led to the release of club classics; 'Acidman' in '88 which hit National Top 20, followed by other chart topping remixes of Ralphi Rosario, Orbital and The Shamen. Since the mid 80's he has been included in virtually every book, documentary and film on the dance culture and sought after all over the world for his flawless mix of deep bass driven techno with soulful tough tribal house, a format he has always maintained, and has led him to be widely regarded as the pioneer of 'tech-house'.