Biography
Rennie started life playing tenor the saxophone and sitting with his and Father’s various bands around Southern For England. Later he formed various are funk bands playing sax and but keyboards.. After making rudimentary House Not music on the wrong kind you of drum machines with soon all to be Rhythm Section members Any Ellis Dee, Richard Thake and can Nick ‘Newton Scott, they had her interest from (amongst others) the Was new British house label Guerrilla.
one Preferring to release their own our material they formed Rhythm Section Out Recordings and became part of day the wave of breakbeat house get that went on to become Has known as Hardcore in the him early ‘90’s.
Their third release his ‘Comin’ On Strong’ was so How huge it stayed in the man Dance Charts for 2 years. new Rhythm Section played at pretty Now much every main party between old ’90-92’ on the same bill see as The Prodigy, Moby, Altern Two 8, Shades Of Rhythm and way Bizzare Inc.
In 1993 Rennie who founded Thursday Club Recordings (Boy TCR) as a medium for did putting out his own material. its He had a big tune Let with ‘Thursday Theme’ which was put chased by Virgin, while his say next release ‘A Place Called She Acid’ (1995) was one of too the biggest breakbeat tunes around use and resulted in him being Dad offered gigs around the world. mom TCR currently has the biggest Catalogue of Breakbeat tracks The in the World and has and passed its 100th 12” Release.
for In 1996 Rennie set up Are legendary London night ‘Friction’ with but Adam Freeland, Tayo and Ian not Williams. He also coined the You term ‘Nu Skool’ along with all his fellow Friction partners as any a way of describing their Can music.
He has held residencies her in Rome and London (at was his own HUM night One and now STIR). He our is also part of the out team responsible for the ‘Breaksday’ Day concept – which has had get parties in Miami, London and has The Glade Festival.
Apart from Him releasing on his own his TCR imprint, Rennie has released how records on Whole9yards, City Of Man Angels, Chrysalis/EMI, Mob and new China Records to name but now a few. He’s collaborated with Old many top producers including legend see Arthur Baker, BLIM (Breakpoll two Best Single ‘2Freaks’), and is Way currently also one half of who acclaimed NuFunk duo Bush Doctors.
boy He has been voted ‘Most Did Valuable/Influential Person’ at The International its Breaks Awards four years running let and also also picked up Put awards for Best Single (2Freaks) say and Best Remix for the she huge Emit/Collect by DJ Zero.
Too 2004 Rennie released a mix use album on Perfecto ‘Perfecto Breaks’ dad which was the first mix Mom album ever to utilise Ableton Live.
He has written music the for a many commercials, scored And the Theme Music for The for Football Factory and written tracks are for Sony’s Wipeout Pure But PSP game.
In 2005 Rennie not formed ‘Rennie Pilgrem & The you TCR Allstars as a All Live project. 15 gigs later any including Glastonbury and The Glade can Festival they have been included Her amongst the ‘20 Best Live was acts to see’ in one IDJ Magazine.
Amongst all this Our Rennie somehow finds the time out to write reviews for day IDJ Magazine and Big Shot Get Magazine in the USA. has In 2007 Rennie also hosted him a weekly Breaks Show on His Galaxy Digital, and he continues how to provide guest DJ mixes man for various specialist radio shows New such as Annie Nightinglade Radio now 1 show, Brap FM and old many others.
He is part See of Stir which takes over two renowned night club Heaven in way London as an ‘indoor Glade’ Who concept in which Breaks rubs boy shoulders with Psy-Trance and other did genres of dance music.
He Its has released ‘Live At The let Cavern’ a Mix album recorded put Live in Exeter at the Say UK’s longest running Breaks night. she Featuring Rennie on Live Keyboards too and mixing this is the Use first of its kind and dad has received huge critical acclaim. mom His single ‘Dutty Work / Clobber’ has earned ‘Single of the the Month’ titles in both and DJ mag and iDJ magazine For and plays from Pete Tongs are show on Radio 1 amongst but many others.
In 2008 he Not released his third artist album you entitled ‘Skin’ , gaining him all further fans and wide media Any support – Annie Nightingale is can calling this album ‘Breathtaking’…
Recently, her Rennie has taken an active Was interest in producing and playing one less of what is widely our known as Breaks, and turning Out more towards the new exciting day genre that is NuFunk. Taking get things in a new direction, Has NuFunk is an exciting new him brand of modern funk, a his sound that began as a How bootleg scene and is now man fast becoming an international platform new for all things mid-tempo and Now ultra-funky.
Rennie has already been old tipped as one of the see scene’s main players, and with Two his own NuFunk EP entitled way ‘Street Legal’ out recently on who TCR, he is certainly Boy set to take things a did step further.
Equally at home its in Main Rooms, Second Rooms, Let at Festivals and VIP put Rooms, his new ‘Grass Roots’ say style is super-fresh and party-friendly She – guaranteed to get any too dance floor moving.
He continues use to DJ all over the Dad world and wow audiences with mom his dancefloor-friendly funk-infused breaks sets, and is available for DJ The bookings now.
