Biography of Rich Furness |  |
Raised as a teenager on a diet of Old Skool Rave + Happy Hardcore, I have been Dj'ing now for 10 years. Im a lover of nearly all music (obvious exceptions) and my extensive collection covers most genres including Dubstep (My main passion), House, Drum n Bass, Jungle, Techno, Breaks, Breakcore, Hardcore, Hip Hop, Dub, Reggae, Funk, Disco, Old Skool and even Trance, along with 80's + 90's & Party Tunes, sometimes all mixed into one mashed up set.
I currently hold down 3 residencys in my hometown of Liverpool.
First up, Ive been resident for nearly 3 years at easily one of the biggest and most respcected club nights in the UK, the mighty Chibuku Shake Shake.
Alongside my long standing Dj partner and best mate Frankie Venom, I'm also Monthly resident @ one of Liverpools busiest Drum n Bass nights, Heavy Rot8ion, and at my own night Jasbof which I co-promote with my poisonous friend.
Over the years I have appeared at a host of events for well established names as well as smaller up and coming nights, events such as Metropolis, Voodoo, Pace Yourself, North, HIVE, Dreadnought, Oblivion, The Techno Experiment, Sophonic, Gutterfunk, Coco De Mer, Alcatraz, Foul Play, Subliminal Discharge, Rigormortis, The Warehouse Partys, Substance, Dark + Digital, Crack Zombie, Subsonica, Doomzday and many many more (loads of old flyers in the photos below).
Playing near enough all of the genres mentioned above, over the years I have been able to play at venues in Liverpool like Nation, The Cavern, The Carling Academy, The Masque, The Zanzibar, Le Bateau, The Magnet and more, plus venues across the country such as The Phoenix, The Music Box, Saki Bar & The Scubar in Manchester, The Sanctuary in Birmingham, Lakota in Bristol, The Void in Stoke On Trent, The Blueprint in Nottingham, SE One in London and this year I will be making my first appearance at one of the worlds most famous clubs, Fabric.
Whilst playing in all these venues I have been lucky enough to have the chance to play on some of the best sound systems around, including Funktion 1, Phazon, The mighty Seqouia rig from Sheffield, Liverpools powerhouse Dangerclaart rig, Manchesters premier collective The Gash Soundsystem, and probably one of the most famous rigs in the world, Dillinja & Lemon D's immense Valve Soundsystem.
I have also made appearances at major festivals and events including the legendary Creamfields, Liverpool Sound City and at the week long celebration of music that takes place each year in my home city called Liverpool Music Week.
Guest appearances on Radio have come on BBC Radio 6 with The Queens Of Noize, Radio City 96.7 with Andy Mac, Digilouge presents on KCR, Kunnin Mindz Radio with Citizen Schnipps, along with mixes being played on local pirate station Redeye FM as well as hosting my own shows on internet stations Witness The Sickness & Nwdnb Radio.
Through my genre hopping I have been able to play alongside and appear with some of the biggest & best Djs in the world from across a wide range of scenes, people like Dj Hype, Andy C, Adam F, Dillinja, Pendulum, Grooverider, Chase & Status, Nicky Blackmarket, Evol Intent, Benga, Mary Anne Hobbs, Skream, Trojan Soundsystem, Kode 9, Shackleton, Appleblim, Caspa + Rusko, Youngsta, Scratch Perverts, Lenny Dee, Mark Eg, Venetian Snares, Kid 606, Drop The Lime, Exile, Shitmat, Bong Ra, Dj Producer, Bam Bam, Jamie Bissmire, Jerome Hill + many others.
Word wise, I am the owner and main writer of www.liverpooldancemusic.co.uk, a Blog/Site dedicated to all that's going on right now across all genres in Liverpool, as well as being a contributor and Blogger/Writer for renowned Dance Music site www.plasticsoup.com, and I have also recently become a Dubstep reviewer for the nationally distributed Core Magazine.
The next stage for me is production and making music and I have recently started my first year of studying towards a National Diploma in Music Production & I'm currently beavering away most nights conjuring up music, the best of which will be revealed soon.
For bookings or if you have any tunes you think I might like to play out, or if you'd just like to say hello or send me a torrent of abuse, please contact direct through here or get in touch through the email addresses or any of the other sites listed above :)