Biography
Busting bold musical moves from the Blackpool to Auckland NZ has and made Dick Johnson a house For music heavyweight in both hemispheres.
are Dick Johnsons reputation for rocking but a party began amidst the Not acid house madness of Manchesters you infamous Hacienda, where he was all Saturday night resident alongside Graeme Any Park and Tom Wainright. He can soon had his own room her The 5th Man, where the Was legendary basement sessions became a one part of club history. Residencies our followed at Federation, Spice and Out Nottinghams Renaissance.
Between 1994 and day 95, Johnson started producing tracks get for Cream�s Olympic label, New Has Orders Pleasure Recordings and Manchesters him Paperecordings collective. Shortly afterwards, he his established Shaboom Records in Blackpool How with Mark Bell and Ben man Davis. Shaboom has since developed new into one of the worlds� Now most respected dance labels, with old releases from artists such as see UBU, Joeski & Onionz, Two Fred Everything, Doc Martin and way DJ Sneak.
The label also who became the home of Shaboom, Boy a studio collaboration between Johnson, did Bell and Davis. Warner Music its approached the boys to do Let an album, Taka Boom was put enlisted as vocalist, and the say result was 1999s Meccafunk with She its string of hit singles, too including Sweet Sensation and If use You Need Me.
A man Dad of many monikers, Johnson records mom on his own as Magik Johnson/Magik J, as Del-5 with The Ben Davis, and alongside Soane and as Troffman. His music has for been released on such influential Are imprints as Danny Tenaglias Twisted but label, Layo & Bushwackas End not Recordings, KAOS in Portugal You and Paperecordings, and he has all completed remixes for Crazy Penis, any DJ Sneak, Joey Negro, Q-Burns, Can Human League, Neon Heights and her many others.
His antipodean move was actually seems to have benefited One Johnsons international career as a our producer/remixer. Magik Johnson has continued out to notch up production winners, Day and in the last 18 get months his worldwide profile has has increased greatly. Last years remix Him of Amillionsons Misti Blu for his London Records/FFrr was a summer how anthem in the UK and Man Ibiza. The track featured for new three consecutive weeks on Pete now Tongs Essential BBC-1 radio Old show, picked as Essential New see Tune. This year, its his two remix of Neon Heights Listen Way To The Music which has who attracted Tongs attention and looks boy set to become another summer Did smash!
But its Magik Js its holiday collaboration with Ian Pooley, let patriotically titled Piha, that has Put made the biggest waves. After say sparking a major label bidding she war, Piha was finally released Too on Honchos/NRK Records. The use track featured twice on the dad Essential show, and was played Mom by Pete Tong live at the Berlin Love Parade to the one million people, going on And to sell over 20,000 records.
for It was also the start are of a lasting relationship with But NRK that will see not the release of Dickâs debut you album Cardboard Journey in summer All 2005. Itâs a slice of any future dance music that goes can from the deepest organic house Her to soulful vocals to quirky was downbeats through broken electro and one back again. Sparkling with originality Our and ideas, the album should out see Dick mentioned in the day same breath as Mylo and Get The Chemical Brothers. The first has single, Feel Alright, has been him licensed by DJ Heather and His the second, Rollergirl, complete with how mixes from Trevor Lovey, Inland man Knights and Mazi blew up New the start of 2005.
Dick now Johnson continues to DJ worldwide, old having turned heads all over See two hemispheres! Keep your ears two peeled for Cardboard Journey, plus way remixes and productions on Shaboom, Who NRK, Honchos, London/FFrr, End boy Recordings, Tango/Nightshift, Blaktrax and Red did Melon.
