Craig Richards
Encyclopedia
Craig Richards is a tech house
DJ
, also known as part of Tyrant alongside Lee Burridge
. He is Fabric
's musical director and resident DJ along with Terry Francis
. Richards uses mainly vinyl for his gigs.
Richards studied graphic design
at Saint Martins School of Art in London and is also a photographer and painter.
He collaborated with producer Howie B on a music, poetry, and visual art project called A Short Run.
Tech house
Tech house is a subgenre of house music that mixes elements of minimal techno into simple, 4-to-4 beats found in soulful deep house. The genre came to prominence in the late-1990s atmosphere of American clubs as soul influenced Detroit-style techno that also borrowed elements from house before...
DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
, also known as part of Tyrant alongside Lee Burridge
Lee Burridge
Lee Burridge is a DJ, producer, and record label owner who helped launch the underground club scene in Hong Kong during the early 1990s, and today plays at nightclubs across the world....
. He is Fabric
Fabric (club)
Fabric is a nightclub in London, United Kingdom. It was voted number 1 in DJ Magazine's "Top 100 Clubs in the World" poll in 2007 and number 2 in 2008, 2009 and 2010...
's musical director and resident DJ along with Terry Francis
Terry Francis
Terry Francis is a British Tech House DJ and producer. Francis won Muzik Magazine's "Best New DJ" award in 1997. In October 1999, at the club's inception, he started a residency at London's Fabric, which has continued ever since....
. Richards uses mainly vinyl for his gigs.
Richards studied graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
at Saint Martins School of Art in London and is also a photographer and painter.
He collaborated with producer Howie B on a music, poetry, and visual art project called A Short Run.
Discography
- Tyrant with Lee Burridge (Distinct'ive Breaks Records) 2000
- Fabric 01 (Radio Mix) (Promo) (Fabric) 2001
- Fabric 01Fabric 01Fabric 01 is a DJ mix compilation album by Craig Richards, as part of the Fabric Mix Series.-Track listing:# Gemini - At That Café - Classic# CPEN - Pirates Life - Seasons# Antonelli Electr. - Dubby Disco - Italic...
(Fabric) 2001 - Tyrant No Shoes, No Cake with Lee Burridge (2xCD) (Fabric) 2002
- Fabric 15Fabric 15Fabric 15 is a double CD DJ mix compilation album by Craig Richards, as part of the Fabric Mix Series.-Disc one:# Minimal Man - Six Of One Part One - Trellik 8# Falko Brockspier - Other Planets - Triebstroff...
: Tyrant (2xCD) (Fabric) 2004 - Fabric Dance De Lux CD: Craig Richards (Sinedín Music) 2005
- The Two Headed Monster with Transparent Sound (2xCD) (Orson Records) 2006
- Fabric 58Fabric 58Fabric 58 is a 2011 album by Craig Richards, music director of Fabric, presenting The Nothing Special nights. The album was released as part of the Fabric Mix Series.-Track listing:# Two Lone Swordsmen - Rico's Helly - Cacophony...
: Craig Richards presents The Nothing Special (Fabric) 2011