Richard Belsom
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Biografía
- Originating from Maidstone in Kent, a town famed for generating an influx of talent currently flooding todays dance scene, Richard Belsom has established himself as one of the UK’s finest up and coming DJ’s/producers. No stranger to the scene, his unq..DJ, producer and label boss of Phobic Records, producing now under his Zeitgeist alias, Richard Belsom has established himself as one of the UK’s finest up and coming dj/producers. No stranger to the scene, his unquenchable passion for dance music stems from well over a decade of treading the boards of various clubs and events across the globe. It was this passion that inspired Richard to combine his several years of classical music training with his love of dance music to fulfil a role that would place him on the other side of the turntables by becoming a DJ, producer, and most recently starting his own Phobic Records label. Richard’s love for mixing started back in ’95 at the tender age of just 15, when he fell in love with the sounds of DJ's like LTJ Bukem, Hype, Grooverider and began spending every spare penny on vinyl. After a few months practice Richard decided to apply his skills to a live audience and got a residency at a local weekly party, this was to earn him alot of experience and learning opportunity over the 3 years he held the residency. Eventually deciding that weekends were far too cherished, Richard left to pursue his other main passion - clubbing. This is where he discovered his love for house music, totally inspired by dj’s like Sasha, Digweed, Danny Howells. Since finishing in the semi finals of the Rhythm Clash DJ competition (held in association with Pioneer and Club Class, Nic Fanciulli's management) Richard’s portfolio has seen him go onto play some of the biggest clubs and festivals in the UK and Ibiza including Ministry of Sound, Stealth, East Village, The Aquarium, The Key, Halo, The Gallery at Turnmills, the Electric Gardens Festival (to a 3000 strong crowd), Es Paradis and Bar M to name but a few, as well as promoting his own Phobic events. This portfolio doesn't end there, seeing Richards success go on to include warming up for or playing alongside some of the worlds finest artists including John Digweed, Danny Howells, Davide Squillace, Matt Tolfrey, Dan Ghenacia, Peace Division, Layo & Bushwacka, X-Press 2, Tom Middleton, Paolo Mojo, Ashley Caselle, King Roc, Nic Fanciulli, The Electric Press, James Mowbray, Deepgroove, Simon Baker, Simon Morell, Luke Dzierzek, Elite Force etc.... On the production front Richard is constantly in the studio experimenting with sound and creating tracks under his Zeitgeist guise. His work has been signed to many labels worldwide including Saved Room, Katchuli, Alive, 1Trax, Monique Musique, Recycle, Blockhead, Phobic, Confused etc and has received support from some of the worlds elite including Lee Burridge, Slam, Jet Project, Groove Armada, Terry Francis, Onno, Laurent Garnier, Nic Fanciulli, Hernan Cattaneo, Anil Chawla, Julian Chaptal, Phonogenic, Jim Rivers, James Talk, Reset Robot, Eelke Kleijn, Nick & Danny Chatelain, John Acquaviva, Presslaboys, Kriece, Paul Woolford, Yousef, King Unique, Oxia, Spektre, Larsson, Tom Stephan, Deepgroove, Oliver Huntemann, and Bedrock legend Pole Folder who featured one of Richard's first productions - "Surrender" on his radio mix (80hz Sessions). Richard also won a remix competition judged by Global Underground star Anil Chawla and Paul Lancaster for a remix of Anil's track Fever. In June 2008 Richard decided, after being sent numerous demo's from amazingly talented new producers, that the time was right to begin to release some of this music and Phobic Records was born. Phobic will be concentrating more on pure underground music from deep house to techno with the label philosophy aimed at bringing the freshest sounds from the worlds greatest undiscovered talent alongside some of the finest established names in the scene. The label is already gaining support from some of the biggest DJ's in the world including Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, Tiefschwarz, Slam (featured on their Radio 1 Essential Mix), Steve Lawler, Gorge, Magda, Nima Gorji, Anja Schneider, Ralph Lawson, Solomun, Motorcitysoul, Luna City Express, Dorian Paic, Einzelkind, Michel Cleis, King Unique, Gruber & Nurnberg, Ripperton, Florian Kruse, Alex Niggemann, Mihai Popiviciu, Moodymanc,Markus Fix, Miss Jools, Afrilounge, Milton Jackson, Hernan Cattaneo, Carl Cox, Dubfire, Laurent Garnier, Gabriel Ananda, Seth Troxler, Brothers Vibe, Stacey Pullen, Matt Tolfrey, Akufen, Mathias Schaffhäuser, Benna Schneider, Someone Else, Tom Dazing, Nathan Coles, Mark Henning, Tim Green, Perc, Infusion, Anderson Noise, Lucy, Luke Dzierzek, D. Ramirez, Michel De Hey, Kasey Taylor, Crispin Dior, Sebastian Roya, Habersham, Sei A, Chris Micali, DJ Chloe, Audiojack, BBC Radio 1 (Judge Jules's Tried & Tested Tune - Burbump), Smokin Jo, Xpansul, Simon Baker, Nic Fanciulli, Michel De Hey, Tom Pooks, Francesco Farfa, Remute, Tom Mangan, Elite Force, Crispin Dior, Bigger Than Jesus, Lucy, Anil Chawla, Sebbo, Toni Rios, Emerson Todd, Harvey Mckay etc etc etc...... To check out the label page please goto www.myspace.com/phobicrecords For info, demo's, remix enquieries or bookings e-mail [email protected]