I first met Rich on a camping weekend, with a number of other DJs from Hi-life Entertainment. It was the spring of 2021 & lockdown restrictions were starting to be lifted, but we were not at that stage able to play any indoor parties, so as a company, we were in a bit of a hiatus, waiting for the green light. The perfect time for a trip up to North Yorkshire for a camping expedition & thankfully the weather was glorious!
I was impressed by his wide knowledge of music & was introduced to some of his music productions under the moniker “Leuce Rhythms”. Which are infectiously funky, breaks driven dance floor tracks.
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He was well known to fellow DJs on our roster, like Dan De Lissandri, Mel Low D & Chris Hall, who were all in attendance. We talked about the multi format DJ work we do for clubs & bars, but also about sets we play for weddings & parties, that are more bespoke and often more broad ranging. Rich seemed an ideal candidate to join our team, once we got the go ahead from Boris Johnson.
He joined the team, as we resumed our DJing activities in August 2021. At the time we had over a hundred & fifty weddings & parties to reschedule, over the course of about 12 months. Sadly the main club venue we used to play every Friday & Saturday night had been a casualty of the lock down laws, so it was time to focus on the job ahead, in a slightly different landscape.
In that time Rich has played pretty much every genre of music under the sun for us, from house, EDM, disco, R&B, garage, hip hop, pop, cheese, etc, right through to classic rock, pop punk, indie and on occasions metal.
He’s based over in the York area, so has played regularly at York Barn, Villa Farm, but also at other venues, including the Hilton, Leeds City, Chilli Barn in Otley, Northorpe Hall in Mirfield, New Craven Hall in Leeds & many, many more. I recently played a silent disco with him, over at Bert’s Barrow, near Monk Fryston & the atmosphere was electrifying.
If you are booking a wedding or party with us, Rich could well be one of the people that I recommend for his ability to build a set up over the course of the night, reading the crowd, but also sticking to the brief we have from our clients.
Mark Hepworth, Hi-life Entertainment.