DT680 – Mr.C (Superfreq Showcase)

Grahame Farmer — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 11:04:37 +0000

Richard West aka Mr.C was born in London in the late ’60s. He started MCing in London clubs aged 16. He soon earned a reputation as a fast-talking vivacious rapper working with LWR radio’s Ron Tom, Jasper the Vinyl Junkie & Jazzy M. Mr.C then hooked up with Colin Faver & Evil Eddie Richards to became resident rapper at the legendary Camden Palace in London. Going on to MC for Colin Faver on the then illegal pirate radio station Kiss FM. Mr.C went into the studio to record his 1st house track with Eddie Richards as Myster-E which was released in August 1987.

He the is founder & owner of Plink Plonk records. Also co-founder of End Recordings & founder & co-owner of the Superfreq label, which is now releasing music prolifically. Mr.C runs & promotes Superfreq events, which will celebrate being 18 years old in March 2020 & ran monthly at Mr.C’s club The End until it closed down in January 2009.

In his own words: “Hi Gents,
Here’s my Data transmission podcast. It’s 1hour 37mins in duration & is a future Superfreq music showcase containing 100% of 2020 Superfreq forthcoming releases. I won’t be giving the track names or artists for this podcast, all you need to know is everything in this mix will be released on Superfreq between now & summer”

Listen to it below, on Spotify or iTunes here and download it here.

Listen to it on Mixcloud:

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Mr.C drops ‘Incidents’ LP

Grahame Farmer — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 05:38:59 +0000

Richard West, aka Mr. C is an icon of the British acid house movement, a DJ, producer, song-writer, MC, actor, presenter and Buddhist meditation teacher. He’s just announced is new album ‘Incidents’ which comes out on his own Superfreq Records on 19th June and comes after a run of recent releases on the Save Fabric album, Alola Records & Jack Trax.

He’s delved deep into his musical psyche to deliver an acid master class that’s influenced by Ska, Dub, Old School Electro, Italo Disco, Acid House & Tech House, essentially bringing his roots up to date with a massive modern production, which is great for listening to at home as it is for doing serious damage to dance floors.. ’Incidents’ starts off slowly building in tempo through-out, very much like an extended Mr.C DJ set compressed into 80 minutes of acid bliss.

‘Stand Up’ is the first single from the album, which has already been released and you can hear below, it’s a rebellious song that calls on the dance music community to unite against the authorities continued affront on our culture.

Tracklist
01 Entry Search
02 A Civil Dose
03 Acid Fever
04 Stand Up
05 Do It For Me
06 Disco Rebellion
07 Shape Your Dreams
08 Raid
09 Master of The Universe
10 Ripple Effect
11 Quick Exit

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DT680 – Mr.C (Superfreq Showcase)

Mr.C drops ‘Incidents’ LP