This mix was recorded during an after-party at 145 Clarence Road. For many, it was was UK capital’s nearest equivalent to Wolf + Lamb’s legendary Marcy Hotel. Over the last seven years it has been home to so many of our good friends and fellow DJs; past housemates have included Jamie Jones, Will Rebels, Ginger Will, Mark Jenkyns, Neil Parks, Jamie’s brother Tim, Ben ‘Poundtown’ Pound, Lee Foss, Kenny Glasgow, Luca C, and of course Richy Ahmed. Oh and less we forget Billie Jean the house cat.
For many, 145 Clarence Road, in Clapton, East London was UK capital’s nearest equivalent to Wolf + Lamb’s legendary Marcy Hotel. Over the years this unassuming East London bachelor pad has done more for British dance music culture than any other address in town. Over the last seven years it has been home to so many of our good friends and fellow DJs; past housemates have included Jamie Jones, Will Rebels, Ginger Will, Mark Jenkyns, Neil Parks, Jamie’s brother Tim, Ben ‘Poundtown’ Pound, Lee Foss, Kenny Glasgow, Luca C, and of course Richy Ahmed. Oh and less we forget Billie Jean the house cat.
The Hot Creations man tells Halcyon why he's not one to take people on a journey: "I admire those DJs who can take it slow... For me, if I can smash it, I just try and smash it."
Headlining The Breakfast Club's tent at Underhill Festival at the end of the month is Richy Ahmed.
Over the last year British house music has been through a renaissance with a whole new generation of DJs and producers like Robert James, Julio Bashmore, Russ Yallop and Maya Jane Coles quickly making names for themselves. In the midst of this surge of homegrown talent is Richy Ahmed, Hot Natured resident and part of the Hot Creations inner circle. Richy has spent the last two summers cutting his teeth at some world’s best parties including, Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival, Sonar in Barcelona, The Nexus at Burning Man in the middle of the Nevada desert, Glastonbury Festival’s 40th Anniversary, We Love at Space in Ibiza and the Get Lost and Hot Natured parties in Miami. Playing alongside some of house music’s biggest stars, Richy is regularly tipped as one to watch by the likes of Jamie Jones, Damian Lazarus, Clive Henry and Seth Troxler. Hailing from Newcastle in the north of the UK, he still makes regular appearances at events across the UK such as Below in Birmingham, Sankeys in Manchester, MuMu in Liverpool, The Breakfast Club in Bristol and London’s notorious Sunday afterhours institution Kubicle.
