Richard Parker

Richard was born on October 7, 1973. He has been seriously involved with music for more then 15 years now. He started working as a promoter/DJ at an early age, organizing underground Hip-Hop and Hip-House parties in Utrecht, NL. While experiencing the acid-house sound (1992), he got infected with the sound of house music. In 1994, he moved to Amsterdam because he felt the need to further explore his possibilities as a DJ. Richard got a job in a record store and worked as an import manager for several years. At the beginning of 1997, Dimitri approached him to spin at the Roxy for the famous "HiTech-Soulmovement" nights. Roxy management was so impressed by Richard's musical performance, that they asked him to host his own monthly Saturday Night (Real Audio). Real Audio nights have been a success from the start. That's why the frequency was changed from a monthly to a weekly club night. Richard was proud to become the resident (solo) DJ for this new weekly tech house club night, which started in the summer of 1998. He has played with well-known DJs such as: Terry Francis, Pure Science, Danny Howels, and many others. This club night rocked on until the Roxy burned down in 1999. After the fire, Club Risk contacted Richard and a longstanding partnership resulted. Richard played at many one-off parties and after a while got a residency at the Winkel van Sinkel in Utrecht and later on a second residency at Club More.. in Amsterdam. Having been a regular guest DJ for many years, Richard joined the Chemistry organization in 2002 to help them out with the DJ bookings (national and international) for the famous Chemistry nights. Richard is a DJ who plays from the heart and only plays Pure Deep-House, Tech-House, Funky Techno. His record case is always full of surprises and filled with records that rock the dance floor. Over the years, Richard has been inspired by many DJs, such as: Laurent Garnier, Deep Dish, Dimitri, Terry Francis, Silicone Soul, Sven Vath, Heiko Laux, Mark Farina, Masters at Work, and many others. Richard no longer carries out bookings for Chemistry, has changed booking agent and has started working at Killa Cutz in Amsterdam where he once more does imports. His love for music has brought Richard to the studio, where he is busy producing his own sound and tracks. He's also working together with other DJs and artists such as John Consemulder (Soma) & Helger (Mid-Nite Sessions). This talented DJ not only plays, makes and imports music. He established a collective of DJs, Artists & New Talent called The Playground at the 020 in Amsterdam. In 2003, they kicked off strongly and did a co-production with Electronation for 6 months in 2005 at Club More with Electronation. Richard is starting Real Audio again at one of the newest clubs in Amsterdam: XQ.