John Matthews (born 8 March 1978) better known by his stage name Ricardo Autobahn is an English producer, songwriter and musician. He is also known in collaborations with

Daz Sampson Darren "Daz" Sampson (born 28 November 1974) is a British professional football manager/scout, music producer and broadcaster. Sampson is known for his commercial dance music as part of several groups and his television appearances. He has had n ...

as in

Rikki & Daz Rikki & Daz, was a pop music duo, formed in 2002 by John Matthews and Daz Sampson. John Matthews of the Cuban Boys fame and also known as Ricardo Autobahn, became Rikki in the duo. He teamed up with Sampson, named just Daz in the duo and went o ...

and the projects like Barndance Boys,

Cuban Boys The Cuban Boys are an English electronic group and production team, currently composed of Skreen B and Ricardo Autobahn; the band formerly also included B.L. Underwood ("Blu") and Jenny McLaren (Autobahn's sister). Their music is characterised ...

, and his current project Spray.

Career

Matthews is a member of the band Spray and earlier in the

. The latter was most famous for their UK Christmas hit “ Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia”. The band allowed their label to market "Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia" as "The Hampster Dance Song". In addition, Matthews was Rikki in the duo

(with

), who also recorded under the name of the Barndance Boys.

scored a UK top 20 hit with their version of the song "

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", involving

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who re-recorded his vocal and appeared in the video. The Barndance Boys, infamous for their papier mache heads, had a top 40 hit in 2003 with "Yippie-I-Oh". With Daz Sampson, Matthews co-wrote and produced the UK's 2006 Eurovision entry " Teenage Life" with Daz Sampson and the European hit "The Woah Song" by DJ Daz. In 2006, Matthews co-wrote and co-produced the eponymous debut album for US electro artist

Lolly Pop Lolly Pop is an on-stage persona of Brooke R. Calder, produced by the triad talents of Ricardo Autobahn, Monte Moir and Doctor Fink. Biography Raised between the United States and Zimbabwe, Africa, Calder moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota to wo ...

. He was also involved in Pop Inc, known for their single "Looking 4 The KLF". In 2008 he formed the musical project called Attery Squash, who had their single "Devo Was Right About Everything" remixed by Devo members Robert &

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In 2009, Matthews released a video on YouTube called "The Golden Age of Video". This was a mash-up of video clips from various TV Shows and movies. In 2012, he collaborated on a Christmas single release titled "And The Salvation Army Band Plays" with

Helen Love Helen Love are an indie band from Wales whose music is a combination of punk rock, bubblegum pop and disco dance music. The band was formed in 1992 by Helen Love (vocals, guitar) with Sheena (guitar, keyboards), Roxy (bass, drum machine), an ...

, and playing keyboards with the band. Matthews also co-founded Pound Shop Boys with Phil Fletcher, performing covers of songs from children's television programmes in the style of the Pet Shop Boys.https://poundshopboys.bandcamp.com/ As a remixer and producer, Ricardo Autobahn has remixed Becky's dance single, "Less Than Three", The Crimea's "Loop a Loop", along with singles by Nathalie Archangel,

Jane Badler Jane Badler (born December 31, 1953) is an American-Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Diana, the main antagonist in NBC's science fiction series '' V'' between 1983 and 1985. Badler also appeared in ABC's version of '' ...

and

Christopher Anton Christopher Anton, alternately styled christopher ANTON, (born July 21), is an American singer-songwriter. Anton is known for being the vocalist of the synthpop band Information Society, as well as the synth rock band Pseudocipher. In 2010, Ant ...

. And he directed work vocalist/performer Brooke R. Calder's on-stage personae

in collaboration with Minneapolis producers

Monte Moir Monte Moir (born September 10, 1958) is an American songwriter, producer and musician best known as the keyboardist of Morris Day's band The Time and songwriter of many notable American artists. Biography Monte Moir is the original and current ...

and

Doctor Fink Matt Fink (born February 8, 1958), better known as Dr. Fink, is a keyboardist, producer, and songwriter best-known for playing keyboards in Prince's band, The Revolution. At Prince concerts, he was distinguished onstage for performing dressed i ...

. In 2014, Matthews joined the band

to play keyboards for a number of dates, including at

Primavera Sound Primavera Sound (commonly referred to as simply Primavera) is an annual music festival held in Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain that takes place between the end of May and beginning of June. The first edition took place in 2001 in Poble Espanyo ...

in Spain. He also remixed Helen Love's "Pogo Pogo".

Discography (solo)

Albums

*2007: ''Interrobang'' (Ninthwave Records) *2013: ''Rasterscan'' (Ninthwave Records) *2016: ''Panophobia'' ( Banoffeesound) *2019: ''Check The Gyroscopes'' ( Banoffeesound)

Discography (bands and collaborations)

Albums

;in

*''

Eastwood Eastwood may refer to: Places ;in Australia *Eastwood, New South Wales **Eastwood railway station **Electoral district of Eastwood *Eastwood, South Australia ;in Canada * Eastwood, Ontario *Eastwood, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighborhood ;in the Ph ...

'', EMI (2000) *''The Satellite Junkyard'', House of Beauty / self-published (2008) *''Art vs Commerce - The Singles Collection'', House of Beauty / self-published (2010) ;in Spray * '' Living in Neon'' (2002) * ''Children of a Laser God'' (2006) * ''Enforced Fun'' (2016), Banoffeesound

Singles

;in

(for a comprehensive listing, see discography section in

*" Cognoscenti Vs. Intelligentsia", EMI (1999) ;in

" featuring

(2002) *" Chihuahua" (Rikki & Daz Vs. JJ Mason Remix) (remix, 2003) ;in Barndance Boys *"Yippie-i-oh" (2003) ;in Spray * "I Am Gothic" (Remix Project) (2003) * "Run With Us" (2006) * "He Came With The Sleigh" (Christmas 2007) * "Singing For England 2010" (Summer 2010) * "Everything's Better With Muppets" (Autumn 2010) * "We're Nihilists, Not Stylists (EP)" (Summer 2011) ;in Pop Inc *"Looking for the KLF" (Ricardo Otobahn Edit) (2009) ;in The Kunts * " Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce" (Ricardo Autobhan Remix) (remix, 2022)

Compositions

*2006: " Teenage Life" (co-writer of

's Eurovision song) *2019: " Kinky Boots" (co-writer of

's Eurovision song)

References

External links

Official website

Ricardo Autobahn Myspace

Attery Squash Myspace
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Discography (solo)

Albums

Discography (bands and collaborations)

Albums

Singles

Compositions

See also

References

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