Richard Gonzalez (born 24 May 1969), better known by his stage name Richard "Humpty" Vission, is a Canadian

house music House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago' ...

producer,

remix A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The o ...

er, and DJ.

Biography

He was raised in Highland Park, in Los Angeles, California, and graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in 1987. On the airwaves, Richard is host of the longest-running mix show in the US, ''Power Tools'', which airs every Sunday morning from 2:00 to 4:00 on KPWR (Power 106 FM) in Los Angeles, as well as other syndicated markets.

Awards

*2006 Ranked 2nd as America's Favorite House DJ according to BPM Magazine

Discography

Continuous DJ mixes

*1992 ''This Is a Test vol. 1'' *1994 ''This Is a Test vol. 2'' *1995 ''This Is My House'' *1996 ''House Nation'' *1997 ''Drop That Beat'' *1997 ''The House Connection Vol. 1'' (with

Bad Boy Bill Bad Boy Bill (born William Renkosik) is a disc jockey (DJ) from Chicago, Illinois, U.S. who plays an assortment of house music. While only in his teens, Bad Boy Bill began his DJ career in 1985 during the Chicago house music movement of the mid ...

) *1998 ''House Connection Vol. 2'' (with Bad Boy Bill) *2000 ''Shut the F**k Up and Dance'' *2001 ''Damn That DJ Made My Day'' *2004 ''Big Floor Funk'' *2005 ''Automatic'' *2013 ''House Connection Vol. 3'' (with Bad Boy Bill)

Charted singles

Other singles

*1999 "The Muzik" (feat. Nina Lares) *2000 "Shut the Fuck Up and Dance" (as Adrenaline) *2001 "Damn That DJ Made My Day" (as Adrenaline) *2004 "Never Let Me Down" *2004 "Sexy" *2004 "Been a Long Time" *2004 "Higher" *2004 "Freaks (Keep Rockin')" *2011 "Boombaa EP"

Productions

*2013

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- "Don't Cry" *2014

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- "Whatever We Want"

Remixes

*1995

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- "Say a Prayer" - Vission & Lorimer Mix (with Peter Lorimer) *1995

Raw Stylus Raw Stylus was a London-based dance music outfit whose core members were Donna Gardier, Jules Brookes and Ron Aslan. In 1995, they released the single, "Believe in Me", which reached number 1 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. It was a minor ...

- "Believe in Me" -Vission & Lorimer mix *1995 Miranda - "Round and Round" - AJ & Humpty mix *1995

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- "Destination Escaton" - Vission & Lorimer mix *1995 Ace of Base - "Beautiful Life" - Vission and Lorimer mix *1995

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- "Relax" - Vission and Lorimer mix *1999 Madonna - "American Pie" - RHV Radio Edit/Richard "Humpty" Vission Visits Madonna *2000 Madonna - "Music" - RHV Phunkatron Remix/Radio Mix/Dub *2001 Madonna - "What It Feels Like for a Girl" - RHV Velvet Masta Remix/Edit *2001 Madonna - "Don't Tell Me" RHV Remix/Radio Mix *2002

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featuring

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- "

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" *2003 Madonna - "Die Another Day" - RHV Electrofried Remix/Radio Mix *2003

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- "Bucci Bag" - RHV Pro-Funk Mix *2004 Sting - "Stolen Car" - RHV Remix *2004 Utada - "Devil Inside" - The RHV Experience Mix *2005

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- " Stickwitu" - Richard Vission Remixes *2005

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- "Fearless" - RHV Remix *2005

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- "Mr. Brightside" - RHV Remix *2005 Usher - "Caught Up" - RHV Remix *2006 The Perfects - "Shipwrecked" - RHV Remix (still in production) *2006

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- "Mama's Room" - RHV Remix (still in production) *2006

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- "Let's Dance" - Richard Vission Mix *2006

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- "Play With Fire" - Richard Vission Remixes *2006

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- "Maneater" - Richard Vission Remix *2006

- "Promiscuous" -Promiscuous Vission Remix *2006

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- "Sexyback" - Vission's Back Remix *2006

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- "Crazy" - Crazy Vission Remix *2006 Stranger Days - "Somebody" - RHV Remix *2006

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- "Coming Undone" - RHV Remix *2007

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- "The Way I Are" - Richard Vission Remixes *2007

- "Stranger" - Richard Vission Remixes *2007

- "Dignity" - Richard Vission Remixes *2007

- "With Love" - Richard Vission Remixes *2008

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- "Just Dance" - Richard Vission Remixes *2008

- "Reach Out" - Richard Vission Remixes *2008 OneRepublic - "Apologize" - Richard Vission Remixes *2009

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- "Meet Me Halfway" - Richard Vission Solmatic Remix *2009

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- "Silly Boy" - Silly Boy (Remixes) *2009

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- "Bottle Pop" - Richard Vission Remixes *2009

- "Any Other Day" - Richard Vission Remixes *2010

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- "Tonight (I'm F**kin You)" - Richard Vission Solmatic Remix *2010

- "Bad Romance" *2012 Madonna - "Turn Up The Radio" - Richard Vission Speakers Blow Remix *2012

- "One Way Trip" *2012

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- "Call My Name" - Richard Vission Remixes *2012

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- " This Is Love" - Richard Vission Solmatic Remix *2013

- "

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" - Richard Vission Remixes

References

External links

Official sitePower Tools Mix Show
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Discogs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vission, Richard 1973 births Living people Club DJs Remixers Canadian house musicians Canadian techno musicians Canadian expatriate musicians in the United States Musicians from Toronto Musicians from Los Angeles DJs from Los Angeles