Richard Belsom

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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 unquenchable passion for dance music stems from 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 he 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 a few years back (held in association with Pioneer and Club Class), 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, The Gallery at Turnmills (RIP!), The Key, The Aquarium, 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 doesnt just end there, seeing Richards success story 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, Peace Division, Layo & Bushwacka, Sander Klienenberg, Tom Middleton, Paolo Mojo, Ashley Caselle, King Roc, Nic Fanciulli, Stanton Warriors, Klaus "Heavyweigt" Hill, The Electric Press, James Mowbray, Deepgroove, The Plump DJ's, Simon Baker, Simon Morell, Luke Dzierzek, The Rogue Element, Elite Force, Precision Cuts and many more.



Richard describes his sound as ranging from laid back grooves and deep hypnotic house through to chunky tech house and techno.



On the production front Richard is constantly in the studio experimenting with sound and creating tracks around the genres he loves, and his productions have recieved support from various topjocks across the globe including Lee Burridge, Slam, Jet Project, Julian Chaptal, Phonogenic, Hernan Cattaneo, Jim Rivers, James Talk, Reset Robot, Mouj, Teva, Eelke Kleijn, Nic Fanciulli, Paul Woolford, Yousef, King Unique, Goldfish & Der Dulz, Nicolas Masseyeff, Oxia, Spektre, Larsson, Jamie Mchugh, Tom Stephan, Deepgroove, Oliver Huntemann, and Bedrock legend Pole Folder who featured Richard's debut track "Surrender" on his radio mix (80hz Sessions). Richard also won a remix competition judged by Paul Lancaster and Global Underground star Anil Chawla, for his remix of Anil’s track Fever (available now on Fragile Recordings).



Richard also recently began working on a new alias project - Zeitgeist (www.myspace.com/zeitgeistmusic). Zeitgeist will be more focused on more organic, percussive house sounds, and has releases scheduled on Monique Musique, 1Trax, Alive, Blockhead, Recycle & Neurotron's infamous Night Drive Records.



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 dubby 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 belsom2@yahoo.com



Discography



*Richard Belsom*



Soundscape (Ambiosphere)

Surrender (Ambiosphere)

Enlightenment (Ambiosphere)

Turbulence (Cubic)

Devastator (Cubic)

Drums Go (Cubic)

Lethargy (Cubic)

Banshee (Confused Recordings)

Stomp (Erase Records)

Shredder (Evasive Records)

First Light (Kitsam)

Black Sheep (Evasive Records)

Escapism (Bass For Breakfast)

Demons (Evasive Records)

The Rage (Bass For Breakfast)



Remix's



Anil Chawla – Fever (Richard Belsom Mix) (Fragile Recordings)

Lunacy Sound Division - Househeads Untied (Richard Belsom Mix) (New Era Records)

Lunacy Sound Division - House Muzica (Richard Belsom Mix) (New Era)

Tony Thomas - Double T (Richard Belsom Remix)(Cubism)

Sam Ball & Mark Gwinnett - Loca (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)

Darien J - Vortex (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)

Rhythm Code - Dont Stop (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)

John Varney - Elektric Frequency (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)

Carlos Fransisco - Raindancer (Richard Belsom's Riders On The Storm Remix) (S.P. Recordings)

Lunacy Sound Division - Get With You (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)

Dan Van Damn - Incarnate (Richard Belsom's Hypnosis Remix) (Jack Digitals)

Access Denied - Massive (Richard Belsom's LARGE remix) (Click Records)

Access Denied - Coconut Milk (Richard Belsom's Milked Remix) (Send Records)

Tony Thomas - Cosmosis (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubic Records)

Lunacy Sound Division - Suburban Zombie (Richard Belsom's Walking Dead Remix) (Cubic Records)

Steve Linney - Straighten Out (Richard Belsom's Bad Trip Remix) (Evasive Records)

Mike Healey - Oh Monkey You're Mine (Richard Belsom's Bad Monkey Remix) (Cubism)

Sam Ball & Anil Chawla - Daily Intake (Richard BelsomRemix) (Cubism)

Rob Mooney - Beehive (Richard Belsom Remix) (Bass For Breakfast)



*Zeitgeist*



Hermes (3rd Wave)

Badlands (3rd Wave)

Valium (3rd Wave)

The Fool (3rd Wave)

Jobody - Raught (Zeitgeist Remix) (Phobic Records)

Dub Because (Blockhead)

MDMA (Blockhead)

I Goto Clubs (Blockhead)

Jazz Snake (Monique Musique)

Good For You (Monique Musique)

Headphones Up (Monique Musique)



Darius Syrossian & Nyra dropping Zeitgeist - MDMA @ Ministry Of Sound :)



John Aquaviva dropping Black Sheep :)