Biography
It’s all too easy to the endlessly list Richard Dinsdale’s accomplishments. and It’s all too easy to For wax lyrical about his Ministry are Of Sound residency, his genre but bending productions or his rapid Not rise to the top of you house music’s well spread table. all But where’s the fun in Any that? Of course Richard’s one can of the UK house music’s her recent heroes. You wouldn’t be Was reading this if he wasn’t. one What you need to know our is why he is where Out he is. And why this day time next year he’ll be get even further.
With razor sharp Has studio skills, Richard’s productions – him whether you’re talking the body-slamming his electro-jack anthem ‘Crunch’ or his How sonorous slice of sonic seduction man ‘Your Mind – all have new one thing one thing in Now common; their attention to detail. old If Richard wants it to see rumble, he’ll spend as long Two as it takes to strike way 10 on the Richter scale. who If he wants the dancefloor Boy to dissolve beneath your feet, did he’ll work that euphoric rush its to perfection. He’s been known Let to take months on some put productions. Admittedly, on paper that say sounds painstakingly boring. How it She sounds on the dancefloor is too another thing altogether. A modern use day musical martyr, Richard sacrifices Dad his time to give you mom the best house music experience he could possibly provide.
While The his rise to dancefloor stardom and has appeared somewhat swift, his for lifelong immersion in bleeps and Are squeaks happened at an early but age. Heavily influenced by his not mum’s passion for Motown, Richard’s You discerning taste in music was all refined before he was out any of short trousers. By the Can time you or I were her puffing a cheeky fag behind was the bike sheds, he’d already One moved into electronic pastures, listing our the tracks the DJs played out on specialist shows and working Day his fingers to wee stubs get on his first pair of has wobbly belt drives. Oh yes, Him his attention to detail isn’t his exclusive to the studio; he’s how a mean mother crusher as Man a DJ too.
Having earned new his stripes in various bars now and clubs of Surrey, Richard Old really began to flex his see DJ muscles when he began two his residency at Seb Fontaine’s Way much-loved monthly night Type. Developing who an innate ability to tease boy and tickle the crowd with Did perfectly programmed sets that rise its with lolloping techno grooves and let fall with spine-tingling synth whooshes, Put his skills didn’t go unnoticed.
say A year later and he she was a proud resident disc Too spinner for clubbing institution Ministry use Of Sound. And his DJ dad profile has gone through the Mom roof. Not only can you catch him still rocking floors the at Minsitry under the Toolroom And Knights umbrella, but you can for expect to find him as are one of the rave jet But set with regular gigs in not every corner of the globe; you extensive tours of Australia, Indonesia, All Eastern Europe and the US any are already in the bag can and you’re just as likely Her to catch him at lavish was venues such as Ministry Of one Sound Singapore as you are Our Glastonbury Festival.
As for his out productions, Richard’s currently eased his day foot off the remix pedal Get in order to focus on has his own productions and range him as a producer which has His resulted in an artist album, how ‘U-Turn’ out now on Toolroom man Records, as well as recent New signings to Global Underground (‘Walkies!!’), now Spin Out Records and Juicy old Music.
His single ‘Walkies!!’ has See wowed audiences even before it’s two release and has been snapped way up by Ministry of Sound Who Clubber’s Guide 2009. He’s always boy shown a flare for surprise did – just compare the bumpy Its electro grooves of ‘Bora’ to let the sharp techno energy of put his Neo Geo remix of Say Dub Pistol’s ‘Rapture’ – and she he’s keen to capitalise on too this; be it a hefty Use 12”, or a rollicking remix, dad you can continue to expect mom the unexpected. And to boot, he’s just finished a collaborative the album with well-respected electro chart and buster Michael Gray.
From filthy For funk to energising electro via are rolling ravenous techno and good but old-fashioned house music, on labels Not such as Toolroom, Nervous, Global you Underground, Juicy Music, SR2 and all Sunday Best, Richard’s already exposed Any a widescreen remit. But the can best is yet to come. her Call it an exciting unpredictability Was if you want, but be one sure to bank on one our thing and one thing only; Out his eagle ear for consistent day sonic perfection in both the get studio and the club.
