I play and am inspired by a blend of House with meanderings through Jazz, Funk, Soul, Disco, Broken Beat, Hip Hop, Latin, and the rest. This always leads for a lively venue with a new energy throughout the crowd with every subtle change in the music. House through to Disco, Disco through to Funk, the night and the set moves building and twisting in a very obvious yet subtle, accessible and crowd involving way. Please have a look / listen around this page.
Just the first few I thought of... there are hundreds though... In no particular order.
Grant Nelson
Oscar Peterson
Cerrone
Joey Negro
Ben Westbeech
Estbjorn Svensson
Richard Earnshaw
Bill Evans
Jimpster
Dennis Ferrer
Keith Jarrett
Franck Roger
Masters at Work (both of them)
Miles Davis
Saori Yano
Spen
Art Tatum
Solveig
Crazy P
Mr Scruff
Alice Russell
Quantic
Dimitri from Paris
Jamie Lewis
CONTACT
E-mail Luke@LukeRichardson.co.ukFacebook (Myspace wont allow direct links to facebook so search for me, 'Luke Richardson', and im in the Nottingham network)
or Bebo
or Dont Stay In
Hello and welcome to my homepage.
I play a total blend of music and unlike many House DJs my sets meander through Jazz, Funk, Soul, Disco, Broken Beat, Hip Hop, Latin, and the rest. This always leads for a lively venue with a new energy throughout the crowd with every subtle change in the music. House through to Disco, Disco through to Funk, the night and the set moves building and twisting in a very obvious yet subtle, accessible and crowd involving way.
I have been DJing for over five years and in that time my music has spanned the country and on a few occasions further afield including a season in Ibiza. I have a great deal of bar, and club experience and am all to aware of the differing pressures of each. I am a truly versatile DJ able to shape a set to suit a crowd without compromising on the quality.
I think I began DJing in about 2002 before going to University in Nottingham where I am now based. During the time I was at Uni I was building my reputation as a DJ around the City but it wasn’t until after I graduated in 2007 that I really started pushing myself forward and in the direction of house music. Since then I have been fairly fortunate in that I have been invited to play at a variety of events across the county including Bristol, Northampton, London and Sheffield. Playing alongside Richard Earnshaw, Ridney, Grant Nelson and Joey Negro. Also through my work with Nottingham house night Touch I have played at some of the most well renound venues here including Stealth, Gatecrather and Saltwater.
SOME GIGS VENUES PLAYED
Ministry of Sound - London
The Aquarium - London
Touch feat. Richard Earnshaw - Saltwater – Nottingham
NCS feat. Grant Nelson – Warehouse - Bristol
Jazz Sessions – Bluu - Nottingham
Savannah – Ibiza
GIO Ensemble – Poppolo – Sheffield
NCS feat. Joey Negro – Revolution - Bristol
Touch 2nd Birthday - Gatecrasher – Nottingham
Fidget - Red Bar – Wolverhampton
Touch pres. Carlos Vergas - Saltwater - Nottingham
Dot to Dot Festival – Nottingham
Soul Satellite - The Society – Northampton
Pukka up pre-bar – Plastik - Ibiza
Reelgroove feat. Richard Earnshaw - Bluu – Nottingham
Hustle – Itica – Ibiza
Soul Satellite Party - The Charterhouse - London
ON THE RADIO
Some house, a bit of soul, a touch of funk and a load of jazz (influence at least). Blend that lot together and the result is something a little bit different, laid back and refreshing. Doing Something With Jazz is a bi-weeky radio show and podcast broadcast on the UK's most forward thinging online radio station - SSRadio. The show is aired between two and four every other Wednesday afternoon but if you cant catch it then you can on the listen again. You can infact hear all the shows which have been broadcast over the last couple of months on the website now, rate them and read the tracklists.
(SSRadioUK.com)
CIRCLE OF FUNK FEAR OF TIME EP SLAPPED UP SOUL RECORDINGS
Supported by Domu, Phil Asher, Sy Sez, Daz I Kue, Melchyor A, Footloose, Abicah Soul, Velanche from Urban Landscapes, Booker T, Paul Trouble Anderson, Lady Duracell, Eddy Meets Yanna, Laurent Garnier, plus many more. Get the exclusive PROMO now from Circle Of Funk out now on Slapped Up Soul.
Coming Soon! String Theory Recordings presents, STRR002: Dubclot "Yout Man", in stores November 24, 2009. Featuring 4 mixes of Breakbeat dance music. Including mixes from Dubclot, Beat Mavericks, and James Nao.
I made my first video slideshow and wanted to share it with you. The musician (Elizabeth Ann Middleton) is one I found through MySpace, and she generously let me use her music to set to my images. Visit her MySpace page here - http://www.myspace.com/pianorama - she's fantastic! :-)