| Home | Biography | Shop | Commissions | Contact Us | Credits | Links |

Biography / Richard English

 

Richard AKA Titch, One Eclectic DJ and in previous incarnations Halfway Jackson, Nova Pillbeam's Threesome and Stanley TwoBricks. He has also worked with Apes In Control, Felcher Club, Tonka Sound System and Horace X as composer, guitarist, DJ, producer.


Richard's formative years were spent playing guitar and sound collage on various tape machines in punk, funk, reggae, rock and fusion bands from the late 70s to the late 80s.

He started to DJ originally with Tonka Sound System at acid house parties in Cambridge, London and then throughout the UK and Europe in clubs, raves and on radio. He also gained experience in sound production as a sound technician in theaters, live venues and recording studios in the UK and on the continent.


In '91 Richard's early solo compositions were brought to the attention of Russell Maliphant and subsequently they collaborated on their first solo projects together.

A self styled self taught sound specific ambiance guru currently living on the flatlands of England, he has kept one finger in the post modern dance pie since the early 1990s, composing titles including Evolving Paradigm, Relative Shift, Critical Mass, Trio, Torsion, and Naked, for the acclaimed international companies: Russell Maliphant Company, Ricochet Dance Company, The Batsheva Ensemble, Lyon Opera Ballet and the Ballet Boyz.


Unique and culturally fluent across the ever widening range of musical forms, Richard is broadening contemporary tastes by forging pathways to the previously unheard.

This has endeared him to the cutting edge of dance, film and television production in a way that will guarantee him a place as a known innovator, capable of working to any remit requiring more than a standard response.



He now owns his own company, English Audio Refinery, about which he says, 'This century is only just beginning for those with an EAR for the new and inspiring.'

Established in 2002, the company was created primarily to compose audio for visuals, from choreography and short films, to adverts, animation and performance arts.
Its objectives are to bring the experiences alive for all those involved in the projects and their audiences.

Richard has released two solo albums: "In One EAR" and "Limited to two" containing mainly compositions for contemporary dance performances or short films. His latest album "Balkan Hoodoo" was a collaboration with Serbian composer Igor Lecic.

Richard is currently working on his third solo album.