Eddie Richards, also known as Evil Eddie Richards and Jolly Roger, is a British DJ. He was one of the first DJs to champion

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back in the mid 1980s and one of the UK's original mix DJs residing at London's

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. Along with being a House pioneer, Eddie is also considered the "Godfather" of a subgenre of house, known as

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Biography

Richards was born in

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, England.Gregory, Andy (2002) ''International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002'', Europa, , pp. 429–430 He first came to prominence in the 1980s as a DJ at the

in London.,Norris, Richard (2008) ''Paul Oakenfold: The Authorised Biography'', Corgi, , p. 81 whom he credits the late

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for getting him a residency at the club.Take 10: Eddie Richards
DJ Magazine, retrieved 3 June 2015 He became resident DJ at Clink Street (alongside

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), where he played a major role in introducing house music to the UK, and he has been called Britain's "godfather of house".Prato, Gre
Eddie Richards Biography

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, retrieved 2011-07-16Reynolds, Simon (1999) ''Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture'', Routledge, , p. 62 From April 1989 to July 1990, Richards ran a local clubnight ''Outer Limits'' at the

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in Bletchley,

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. In June 1990, he also founded the DJ agency Dy-na-mix. Later, Richards devoted more time to music production, releasing and licensing tracks with labels in the UK, Europe & US including End Recordings, Hypervinyl, SoCo Audio, Northern Lights, LHB, & own labels Lunar Tunes, Dy-na-mix & Storm. Besides his long standing residency at Wiggle, a series of London underground parties, he spins regularly at Fabric in London and has been featured in the Fabric Mix CD series.Eddie Richards - ''Fabric 16''

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, 21 June 2004, retrieved 2011-07-16

Eddie Richards and the Rise of Tech House

The Roots of Tech House at first, can be rooted in the United Kingdom in the early 90's after the explosion of Acid House. Tech House was seen as the alternative to that, as it didn't have the high energy to be played as much at raves, but seemingly didn't reach it's full potential right away. Eddie came into the genre and helped it rise by DJ'ing with Mr. C at the Paul Stone and Clink Street RIP parties in 1988, seen as the counterpart to the Shoom events. These were the key to introducing the Acid House culture in London, England. The Clink Street Parties that Eddie and Mr. C threw were what pioneered the Tech House events that soon followed. Eddie became one of 3 residents at the Iconic Wiggle parties in the early 90s, along with the Drop Parties and Heart and Soul/Release events, Tech House shortly thereafter was then incubated. After playing at Clink Street and

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in London and The Hacienda in

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, Richards then went on to headline the legendary

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parties such as Sunrise, Energy and Helter Skelter among many others.

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and production work led to the release of club classics such as "Acid Man" in 1988, which reached number 23 in the UK singles charts, followed by other popular remixes of

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, Orbital and

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Discography

*"Acid Man" (as Jolly Roger) (10 Records, 1989) *"Why Can't We Live Together" (as Jolly Roger) (Desire Records, 1989) *''The Dark EP'' (Visitor / N.E.W.S, 2002) *''9660 EP'' (Household Digital, 2003) *''Fabric 16'' (DJ Mix) (Fabric London, 2004) *''Classics EP'' (Bla Bla Music, 2010) *''"Soul Is Life / Mbaby"'' (Storm Recordings, 2014) *''"Yeyo / Aaaiii"'' (Storm Recordings, 2014) *''"Dream2 / Imove"'' (Storm Recordings, 2015) *''Lost in Time'' (as a Remix on Lost in Time) (Asia Music, 2017) *''Nocturnal EP'' (Sweatbox Records, 2019)

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