Eric Turner

Biography

Ricard - Biography Ricard comes from a musical family with parents who played everything from folk to rock to bluegrass. He learned guitar starting at age 11, and began to program computers about the same time. Fostering a love for all genres of music, Ricard began to DJ in small bars, and parties while also playing guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums in live acts. Ricard traveled the world for 10 years being touched by rhythms and melodies from Tunisia and Morocco, to Mexico, the Caribbean, East Asia, Australia, European Techno, Salsa, reggae, and more. All of this has fused in to Ricard's passion for rhythm, beat, and groove. This gets translated to the listener as an intangible emotional sensation that releases inhibitions and sets them free to move, groove, and express themselves on the dance floor. Ricard’s original track “Let There Be House” was released in July 2013 on the legendary Trax Records from Chicago, and immediately raced in to the Top 100 Beatport House chart, topping out at #54. Hed Kandi tipped Ricard to remix Stonebridge and Chris Kaeser’s “Love Me” in 2012, and the release was one of the labels best sellers of the year. “Climax” with Paul Anthony charted #3 on Trackitdown.com for Techno in late 2011, and was in the top 100 (peaking at #8) on Traxsource for 8 weeks. “Climax” was also featured on the Manchester Underground Music Sampler for the Amsterdam Dance Event. This compilation was the #1 purchased Tech House album of 2011 for Juno Download in Europe. “Centipede”, was released May 1st 2012 and received support from international DJs including Eddie Halliwell and Mark Knight, and charted to #60 on the Beatport Electro House chart. Ricard can be heard regularly at Absinthe House in Boulder, Colorado, and traveling internationally, playing at Space-Ibiza, Amnesia-Ibiza, Hush-Ibiza, Pukka Up Ibiza Boat Parties, Beta-Denver (DJ Mag and Rolling Stone #1 Club in North America), Norad-Denver, Ruby Skye-San Francisco, End Up-San Francisco, SupperClub-San Francisco, Catalina-Miami, High Bar-Miami, Tunnel-Vancouver, Republic- Vancouver, upcoming shows at SupperClub-LA, London UK, Manchester UK, Madrid ES, and ADE Amsterdam NL. Ricard has performed with Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, John Digweed, Afrojack, R3hab, John Rundell, Nic Fancuilli, Yousef, Heidi, Deetron, Sebastian Leger, Uner, Chris Kaeser, Nicole Moudaber, Chase and Status, Mr C., J Paul Ghetto, Miguel Campbell, Boys Noize, Mord Fustang, Katy B, Nick Hussey, Jimmy Bell, Paul Anthony, Sammy Bananas, Jaceo, Andrew Wickes, Sam Dungate, Paul Hutchinson, Sam Walker, Matt Aubrey, Reece Brett, and many more. >>>RICARD<<< (USA) supperclub/space ibiza/manchester underground music