International DJ, innovative producer, founder of Superfreq, Plink Plonk, End Recordings, The Shamen frontman and co owner of The End, Mr C emerged as a pioneering force in the house music scene in 1987 and has continued to be instrumental in the proli..
Richard West aka Mr.C was born in London in the late 60's. He started MCing in London clubs aged 16 & soon earned a reputation as a fast talking vivacious rapper working with LWR radio's Ron Tom, Jasper the Vinyl Junkie & Jazzy M. Mr.C then hooked up with Colin Faver & Evil Eddie Richards to became resident rapper at the legendary Camden Palace in London, going on to MC for Colin Faver on the then illegal pirate radio station Kiss FM. Mr.C went into the studio to record his 1st house track with Eddie Richards as Myster-E which was released in August 1987. This inspired Mr.C to become a DJ to learn more about his beloved House & Techno music so in September 1987 Richard took to the decks. Mr.C has since organized, promoted & been resident DJ at: Fantasy ('88), Base (Dungeons '89), Release (91), Harmony (92), Drop (93), Cyclone (94), Vapourspace (94 & 95), Flavour (The End 95 & 96), Subterrain (The End 95 - 2002), Superfreq (Worldwide 2002 - Present), Super Disco Freq (LA 2010 - present). Mr.C was also resident DJ every weekend (Friday & Saturday nights) at the legendary RIP parties at Clink Street in London throughout 1988. It was here that Rave Culture as we know it was truly born, inspiring all London raves that were to follow in 88, 89 & 90.
Mr.C held down a weekly radio show called Future Music with Kiss 100FM in London from 1993-2002 & has presented TV shows for MTV, FH1, VIVA & BBC. To say that Mr.C is one of the most iconic DJs in the world would be an understatement.
In December 1995 Mr.C opened the legendary nightclub The End in London with Partner Layo Paskin of Layo & Bushwacka! fame & then AKA bar 3 years later, which celebrated its 13th anniversary in December 2008 & was lauded as one of the best night clubs in the world, which completely changed the face of clubbing in London & beyond. Sadly The End & AKA closed its doors for good on January 24th 2009. 1 Chapter closes & another begins.
Mr.C is founder & owner of Plink Plonk records, co-founder of End Recordings & founder & co-owner of the Superfreq label, which is now releasing music prolifically.
Mr.C has recorded under the names, Myster-E, Unity 2, Nu Jacks, Bass Bureau, The Shamen, Mantrac, Somnambulist, Animus Amour, Killer Loop, Mr.C & Tom Parris, Mr.C & 16B, Sycophant Slags, Indigo Kidz & East LA Tek.
Mr.C is best known as front man, songwriter & producer of the pop group The Shamen with whom he notched up a string of top 10 hits including Move Any Mountain, Love Sex Intelligence, Boss Drum, Phorever People & the UK number 1 smash hit Ebeneezer Goode. These hits were hits the world over. The Shamen album Boss Drum went double platinum in the UK & they also won a highly coveted Ivor Novelo for Songwriters of the year UK in 1993. Richard's currently recording solo as Mr.C & is also doing collaborations as the Indigo Kidz with Affie Yusuf & with Noel Jackson as East LA Tek & has recent releases on Poker Flat, Get Physical Records & Adjunct Audio as well as his own Superfreq imprint.
Mr.C runs & promotes Superfreq events, which celebrated being 16 years old in March 2018 & ran monthly at Mr.C's club The End until it closed down in January 2009. Superfreq now functions bi-monthly in London hopping around London’s popup warehouse venues & various clubs including The Steelyard after an extremely successful event with Richie Hawtin on December 2015, regular events at Fabric & regular quarterly events at Red Gallery until it’s closure in July 2018. Superfreq does regular events in Los Angeles as well as bi-monthly events in Calais France & annual events in Brooklyn, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, Miami, Dallas, Denver & Washington DC in the United States & also Vancouver, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico DF, Moscow, Ibiza, Bogota, Montañita & other one off / annual events the world over & has recently competed an Asia tour hitting Manila, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Beijing & Shenzhen. Superfreq has accomplished 7 successful seasons in Ibiza, 3 at Club Underground, 2 at the legendary DC10, 1 season at Blu, 3 events at Aura & hosted annual events at BPM Festival in Playa Del Carmen until it’s unfortunate closure.
Mr.C completed a world tour for his Incidents album last year, which was released on vinyl & CD on his Superfreq imprint in June 2017 with singles Stand Up, Ripple Effect & Shape Your Dreams all containing superb remixes from renowned artists. Mr.C’s brand new single Show Me with remixes by Ruede Hagelstein & Radio Rental is due shortly.
Mr.C is now procuring the Next Step Forward Festival to be held in various London clubs on 15/16 of September this year. This brand new boutique club festival includes showcases by Superfreq, Class of 88, Spilt Milk, Dirty Laundry, Dodo Club, Breakfast Club & Misfit & includes a line up of 38 acts including Mr.C, Eddie Richards, Bushwacka, Saytek Live, Jay Tripwire, Silverlining, Roel Funcken live, Steven Rutter & many more.
Mr.C is currently celebrating 30 years as a professional DJ with a collection of Mr.C past solo works. This is out now on his Superfreq imprint. This collection is called 30 Years of Mischief & features previously digitally unreleased music from his former labels Pilnk Plonk & End Recordings as well as Wagon Repair & Superfreq. Mr.C is currently doing shows celebrating this milestone with 30th Anniversary events around the globe.
For DJ bookings in the UK, Europe & Asia. Contact [email protected] For the Americas please contact [email protected]
You can hear Mr.C’s current DJ mixes on his Soundcloud, check out many of his productions on his youtube channels & find all Superfreq releases on various outlets.
Mr.C Links:
https://facebook.com/mrcsuperfreq
https://twitter.com/mrcsuperfreq
https://soundcloud.com/mrcsuperfreq
https://youtube.com/user/richardfreq
https://instagram.com/bbeeaannzz
https://facebook.com/richardwestmrc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._C ̸
EPS / SINGLES: (original productions):
Show me – Mr.C – Superfreq 2018
Shape Your Dreams - Mr.C - Superfreq 2017
Ripple Effect - Mr.C - Superfreq 2017
Stand Up - Mr.C - Superfreq 2017
Liquid Acid - Mr.C - Jack Trax 2016
Soulfuric - Mr.C - Alola 2016
E-Motion - Mr.C - Superfreq 2016
Desire / Sweet Thing - Dance Spirit ft Mr.C - Superfreq 2015
Illusion EP - Mr.C - Superfreq 2015
Innuendo EP - East LA Tek - Superfreq 2014
The Future - Mr.C - Superfreq 2013
Hechizo - Mr.C - Get Physical Music - 2013
Open Up - Mr.C ft Victoria Wilson James - Superfreq 2013
House EP - Indigo Kidz - Superfreq - 2013
Special Box - Indigo Kidz - Superfreq - 2013
I'm Gonna Give You Some - Mr.C - Superfreq - 2013
Something Strange - [a]pendics.shuffle & Mr.C (Remixes) - Adjunct Audio - 2012
Something Strange - [a]pendics.shuffle & Mr.C - Adjunct Audio - 2012
Anti Sailing - Sycophant Slag's - Get Physical 2011
Lunar EP - Mr.C - Wagon Repair 2010
Keep Off - Sycophant Slags - Poker Flat 2010
Telling - Sycophant Slag's - Poker Flat 2009
Starts with an S / Ends with a T - Sycophant Slags - Bombis 2008
Angel - Mr.C - Superfreq 2007
Glutius Minimus / Numb numb numb - Sycophant Slag's - Superfreq 2006
Dharma Fields / Crawl UP - Sycophant Slag's - Hallucination Ltd 2006
That Look - Mr.C & 16B - Sexonwax 2005.
Cklanger / Trick or trick? - Sycophant Slag's - Superfreq 2005
Sycophant_c Man / I like - Sycophant Slag's ft Gene Serene - End Rec 2005
Disco 2 Disco / Underground 2 The End - Mr.C - Superfreq 2005
Digital Love - Sycophant Slag's - Sexonwax 2004
You're a freak - Mr.C - End Rec 2004
Dubbed Question / Straight answer - Sycophant Slag's - Sexonwax 2004
Terricola - Mr.C - End Rec 2003
More than just a dream - Mr.C - Matter://form 2003
Circles of love - Mr.C ft Victoria Wilson James - End Rec 2002
Siren - Mr.C & Tom Parris - Sexonwax 2002
Bang to the beat of the drum - Eddie Locke ft Mr.C - Alphebet City 2002
The Club - Mr.C ft Robert Owens - End Rec 2002
Click / Dizzy Spell - Mr.C - Alola 2002
Nice 'n' nasty / Class A - Mr.C & Tom Parris - Plink Plonk 2001
Fondue Free / Warmth - Mr.C - Tide 2000
Searchin' - Mr.C & Tom Parris - Plink Plonk 2000
Electroniche - Mr.C - End Rec 2000
Organism - Killer Loop - End Rec 2000
A Noise Annoys - Mr.C - The Conceptual High Volume Silence CD - K Industrial Cultural 1999
Hydropanic / Insect Kingdom - Mr.C - Plink Plonk 1999
Birds & The Bees / Motion - Mr.C - End Rec 1999
Music Inside - Killer Loop - End Rec 1999
A thing called Love - Mr.C ft Robert Owens - End Rec 1998
Because / Amazone - Mr.C - End Rec 1998
Blue Hour - Killer Loop - End Rec 1998
U-Nations - The Shamen - Moksha 1998
Broken - Killer Loop - End Rec 1997
Keep on - Killer Loop ft Glamazone - End rec 1996
Indica / Sativa - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1996
Someone - Killer Loop - End Rec 1996
Black Label - Killer Loop - End Rec 1995
Heal - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1995
Trans-Amazonia - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1995
Destination Eschaton - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1995
Ambush - Somnambulist - Plink Plonk 1995
And On - Animus Amor - Plink Plonk 1994
In R EP - Mantrac - Plink Plonk 1994
Nightflyte - the Somnambulist - Plink Plonk 1993
Coaster - Mantrac - Plink Plonk 1993
Apok Dub - Mantrac - Plink Plonk 1993
Re-Evolution - The Shamen ft Terrence McKenna - One Little Indian 1993
Comin' on strong - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1993
Phorever People - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1992
Bossdrum - The Shamen - One little Indian 1992
Ebeneezer Goode - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1992
Love Sex Inteligence - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1992
Make it Mine - The Shamen - Sony US 1991
Move any mountain (Progen 91) - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1991
House Sensation - Nu Jacks - Focus US 1990
Free South Africa - Unity 2 - WGAF 1990
Comin' Hardcore - Bass Bureau - Bass Bureau 1990
Progen - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1989
Page 67 - Myster-E - Baad 1987
REMIXES:
Tunnel Vision (Mr.C remix) - Dinaire & Bissen - GFY Records 2017
91 (Mr.C Remix) - Banco De Gaia - Disco Gecko 2017
Sworn (Mr.C Remix) - Mia Wallace - KGBeats 2016
Warpaint (Mantrac remix) - God Of The Machine - Specimen 2015
TR Fate (Mr.C remix) - Rowlanz - Tonality 2015
Gurdjieff (Mr.C Remix) - Just Be - Superfreq 2015
After Dinner Mint (Mr.C Remix) - Midnight Perverts & Troncoso - Superfreq 2014
Dwarf Nibbler (East LA Tek Remix) - Pete Bones - Superfreq 2014
Rocket (Mr.C Remix) - Class B Band - Superfreq 2014
Rebirth EP (Mr.C & Indigo Kidz remixes) - Affie Yusuf - Superfreq 2014
Chant (Mr.C remix) - Affie Yusuf & Trevor Lovies - Superfreq 2013
Late (Mr.C remix) - Xo Chic - Superfreq 2013
Lights & Buttons (Mr.C remix) - Joint Custody - Superfreq 2013
Money Dish (Mr.C remix) - Mikael Stavöstrand & David Scuba - Riff Raff 2013
Obel (Mr.C remix) - Fractous - NB records 2012
Down South (Mr.C remix) - Hijacker & Stick - Bombis 2010
Oscura Wand in Paris (Mr.C remix) - Dollz At Play - Wagon Repair 2009
Southern Charge (Sycophant Slag's rmx) - Reverse Commuter - Hallucination Ltd. 2008
Feels Closer (Sycophant Slag's rmx) - Layo & Bushwacka! - Omelto 2006
Fecund (Mr.C rmx) - Adultnapper - Dirt Crew 2006
Sublimate (Mr.C rmx) - Adultnapper - Matter://form 2005
Top is dead (Mr.C rmx) - The Flame - The Flame 2005
Shake it (Mr.C rmx) - Ray Wilburn ft FYTA - Briquerouge 2004
Love-E club (Mr.C rmx) - Mau Mau - BTRAX 2004
Deep South (Mr.C rmx) - Layo & Bushwacka! - End Rec 2003
Brilliant Circles (Mr.C rmx) - Aubrey - End Rec 2001
Mystical Rhythm (Mr.C rmx) - Vince Watson - Alola 2001
Stop 'n' search (Mr.C rmx) - Steve O'sullivan - Mosaic 2000
For the Lords (Mr.C rmx) - James Barth - End Rec 2000
Fandango (Mr.C rmx) - Victoria Wilson James - White label 2000
Afterglow (Mr.C rmx) - It's Thinking - EC records 2000
Nightshift (Mr.C rmx) - Makesomebreakesome - Plank 2000
Mintage (Mr.C rmx) - Michel De Hey v Literon - Plink Plonk 1999
Egyptian Magician (Mr.C rmx) - Armand Van Helden - Eukahouse 1998
Day dreaming (Mr.C rmx) - Layo & Bushwack! - End Rec 1998
Baby wants to ride (Killer Loop remix) - Jamie Principal - Just Say/UCA 1997
Delirous (Killer Loop remix) - OHMSS - Confusion records 1997
Seven Buckets (Mr.C remix) - Kumo - Psychonaut Records 1997
In my sky (killer Loop remix) - the Appleheads - Reverberations 1997
Acid Lab (Mr.C rmx) - Alex Reese - Island 1996
Find the Child (Mr.C rmx) - Victoria Wilson James - Sony 1995
We know who we are (Mr.C rmx) - Victoria Wilson James - Sony. 1995
Hiatas (Mr.C rmx) - Inner City - Network 1995
Limbo of vanished possibilities (Mr.C rmx) - Tone Theory (Derrick Carter) on Plink Plonk 1995
C 2 C (Mr.C rmx) - Kosmic Messenger (Stacey Pullen) - Plink Plonk 1994
Transendental Rhythm (Mr.C rmx) - Victoria Wilson James - Metamorphasis 1993
Firecracker (Shamen remix) - Yellow Magic Orchestra - Internal 1993
Tudor Sky (Mr.C rmx) - East Born - Tu-Kan-Dance 1992
Eyes (Mr.C rmx) - Midi Rain - Vinyl Solution 1992
The Pendilino (Mr.C rmx) - Beautyon - Irdial Discs 1991
Make it mine (Mr.C rmx) - The Shamen - Sony 1991
Possible Worlds (Mr.C rmx) - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1991
Big City (Mr.C rmx) - Trevor Fung - WGAF 1990
Progen (Mr.C rmx) - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1990
ALBUMS:
30 Years of Mischief – Superfreq 2017
Incidents - Mr.C - Superfreq 2017
Smell The Coffee - Mr.C - Superfreq - 2013
Change - Mr.C - End Rec 2002
Don't Run Unless God Says - Animus Amor - Ellipsis Arts 1999
Ultimate voyage - The Shamen - Moksha 1998
Collection - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1997
Hempton Manor - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1996
Axis Mutatis / Abor Bona Abor Mala - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1994
Bossdrum - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1992
Progeny - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1991
Entact - The Shamen - One Little Indian 1990
COMPILATIONS:
Mr.C presents Alola Volume 3 - Alola 2013
Superfreq Express - Mr.C - Superfreq 2007
Face Off - Mr.C & 16B - DJ Mag 2005
Subterrain 100% unreleased - Mr.C - End Rec 2000
The End 1 - The End Sound System (Mr.C, Layo & Bushwacka!) - XL 1998
Electronic Warfare - Mr.C - Plink Plonk 1997
Electronic Storm X Mix 6 - Mr.C - Studio K7 1996
House Classics - Mr.C - Fantasia 1995
Psychotrance - Mr.C - Moonshine 1994