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DJ BOOKING elite music managment +44(0)1273621999 |
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| Location: | NOTTINGHAM, |
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| Last Login: | Sep 1, 2007 (819 days back) |
About Me |
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| CHECKOUT INLAND KNIGHTS PODCAST HERE FOR MIXES AND INFO Knights_Podcast Laurence and Andy met in 1993 through their involvement Dj'ing with the legendary UK free party crew - Smokescreen sound system.. The crew of eight in total threw free, large-scale events at various locations across the English countryside. Utilizing rotating, secret venues, Smokescreen attempted to keep their renegade parties as underground as possible to avoid detection by local police - a feat they managed to accomplish on a regular basis. They also organized more legitimate events, such as nights in local clubs, and eventually took Smokescreen on tour, traveling across the European continent. All Smokescreen events featured deep house, with occasional back room sets of down tempo jazz and funk. Working with Smokescreen piqued Laurence and Andy..s interest in producing music of their own. By 1998, Ritchie moved to Nottingham with what little studio kit he'd had in Sheffield, joined the To ka Project studio and began to put together the drop label whilst producing closely with Riley, who was already involved with To ka Project, his collaboration with Steve Walker and Jason Cowley. Inland knights Volume 1 marked the launch of Drop Music in 1998; an independent outlet devoted to the production of quality house. The flourishing label has released material under various mediums, including EPs, singles and continuous-mix CDs. The Drop Music catalogue now has 50 releases to its credit, and is renowned in the dance music community for the quality and consistency of its work. Adopting various guises to showcase different aspects of their sound, including Party Criminals, In House Alterations, Grand Theft Audio and Big Audio Spidermite, Inland Knights have been responsible for most of the Drop catalogue. As enthusiastic about DJ'ing as studio production Ritchie and Riley have maintained a relentless international touring agenda since their collaboration began. Their schedule has included visits to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, in addition to Singapore, Malaysia, Turkey, Chili,, the U.S.,and Russia as well as all over Europe. Under the Inland Knights moniker the pair have been fruitful, releasing tracks on labels such as Ralph Lawson's famed 20:20 Vision imprint, Panhandle Records, Vista, Siesta, Sunflower, NRK, Low Pressings, the classic 'hot soup' on sosound,doubledown and many more. "Creative Spaces," Inland Knights and Drop Music's highly anticipated first full-length album, was released in 2001 to widespread critical praise for its funky jams and deep, grooving melodies. For the CD version of the album, the pair opted to create a live mix rather than simply re-releasing the vinyl in another medium. Resisting the temptation to use a computer to digitally master their mix, they simply released a live mix with no editing. Towards the end of 2004 and into 2005 , Inland knights were busy in the studio with notable remixes for the likes of Tango recordings, as well as remixes for up and coming label Blockhead records, and MobileTrax(a label run by smokescreen buddy Steve Lee of the Littlemen). Early 2005 saw the pair release a major compilation on N.R.K called ..Family Duals.. which showcased some of the Knights back-catalouge as well as licensing tracks from the cream of the house community. As well as this project Inland Knights were concentrating on new material for Drop with two new E.P..s scheduled for the end of the year, as well as regular dj slots at the weekends.To mark the 50th Dropmusic release, Inland Knights released a two part ep package to widespread acclaim, with 50 pt 1 becoming an instant rarity and much sought after, and part 2 looking set to do well into 2007. Despite their success as producers,and over eight years of releases under their belts, they refuse to withdraw into the studio and will continue to DJ and tour extensively. Riley notes they are always looking to balance their performance and production schedules. "If you start to do too much of one," he says, "You start to miss the other." |
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Music:Member Since: 9/28/2006Band Website: Dropmusic Band Members: Influences: Subscribe Free Add to my Page SUBSCRIBE TO INLAND KNIGHTS PODCAST HERE Knights_Podcast Sounds Like: DJ BOOKING at elite music managment paul@elitemm.co.uk or james@elitemm.co.uk+44 (0) 1273621999 Record Label: Dropmusic Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (House / Electronica / Down-tempo) |
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My Blog |
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INLAND KNIGHTS TOP TEN JULY 2007 |
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| Inland knights top ten.
1. 'sidewalk chop'
2. Troydon 'play time' short circuit ep.phono shuffle3. Ladybug 'doggstarr'(Hodges mix) om4. Masticsoul 'housediedonme'5. Colette 'if' (inland knights mix) ... Posted by Inland Knights on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:34:00 PST |
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INLAND KNIGHTS NEWSLETTER JUNE/JULY'07 |
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| The past couple of months have been a particularly creative spell in the studio for Inland Knights so far this year, which has resulted in one of the most rounded EP's from Andy and Laurence in a whil... Posted by Inland Knights on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:56:00 PST |
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ROOM2MOVE |
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| just incase you forgot... Posted by Inland Knights on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:41:00 PST |
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New Inland knights release |
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| Hi Allcheck out the new Inland knights release on raise recordings, click here selected comment.....chris coco Overall Feel: Excellent Comments: good funky groove, great for summer gigs Joey Youngman... Posted by Inland Knights on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:40:00 PST |
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NEW RELEASE ON DROPMUSIC |
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| Hi please check this new release on drop musiclisten here... Posted by Inland Knights on Thu, 31 May 2007 07:19:00 PST |
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BRAND NEW LABEL COMING YOUR WAY |
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| Raise promises some special releases over the coming months, but full focus has to remain on Raise's debut release from the *Inland Knights* themselves. *'The High Rise EP'* is vintage Inland Knights.... Posted by Inland Knights on Thu, 17 May 2007 06:34:00 PST |
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MARCH TOP TEN |
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| 1. 'just bounce'. jt Donaldson. hudd traxx2. 'my baby's ass'. Brown. Dropmusic523. 'like house'. Miles meada. Bump4. 'funkyard junk'. Soundiggers. Spatula city5. 'houseparty'. Josh heath. Dae 6. 'we d... Posted by Inland Knights on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:15:00 PST |
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| ............and a big SORRY for not being able to come to nz due to our australian leg falling thru.....we are making plans to return later in the yearsee you then Posted by Inland Knights on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:47:00 PST |
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AUSTRALIA |
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| oh dear!we were meant to be flying to australia on thurs 15th but guess what?!we're not coming. we seem to not have much luck with agents in oz, and this latest farce is no exeption. We were led to be... Posted by Inland Knights on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:52:00 PST |
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HAPPY NEW YEAR |
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| First of all happy new year to anyone who can be bothered to check out this blog...hope you had a crazy/chilled/messy christmas etc etcit was an interesting end to the year for us...intergroove, the d... Posted by Inland Knights on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:27:00 PST |
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