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House Saladcast 033 - Riki Inocente

House Saladcast # 033 @ Riki Inocente
Robsoul Recordings
London, UK

Born Riki Inocente 1977, in Sheffield, his earliest musical influences were Northern Soul and Mowtown.
At 15 he found himself in London, that's when Riki found Chicago House.​
He Hustled Monday to Friday and religiously started buying records every weekend it was his drug.​​
By 19 he was playing at the best underground parties in London, places like, Ministry of Sound, The Arches, The Aquarium, Limelight, The Gas Club, and Bagley’s.
At the age of 23 he co-created the (BIG) parties drawing 2000 people a week every Sunday morning, becoming synonymous with the London Underground Scene.
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Riki began focusing his production whilst living in Marseille he got hold of a laptop, a midi keyboard and an Akai, and an old mixing desk, at this time he set up a collective with Oriana Bakita, Gil Beargand, Jean Phillipe, Stephannie Lemmonier, and Felix, fusing House with live Jazz Musicians with French and English rap and spoken word over the top of an Akai and a couple of 1210s.​
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They hustled around the Med with residencies including, La Ola, La Cavista, La Havana Club, La Suite, and Le Montpel and also had a weekly radio show, London Underground, on Radio St Affrique
Soon after this Riki was approached by Paris’s Phil Weeks, owner of Robsoul Recordings, and was asked if he could sign his track, 'Soultrain' for a Sampler which was released on Vinyl.
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Riki returned to London, where he hooked up with Hector Moralez for a We The Brand Party at Juno, along side Hector Moralez was Chris Simmonds, Jordan Peak and Himself.
He is currently working on a few projects with Darren Roach, of EBM, they are producing beatz together, under the alias of Bluntz & Roachez.
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Not long after, Riki kicked it with Sneak who signed his track Subtonic, to Magnetic Recordings, both Sneak and Hector did re-mixes of 'This iz Underground' on the WE IZ UNDERGROUND EP.
Since then, they have also re-mixed DJ Sneak’s classic, Body talkin’ on Sneaks Classics Label, and are currently working on an EP for new label, I’m a House Gangster.
Riki played at the launch party of I'm A House Gangster in London warming up for DJ Sneak and D'Julz.
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Riki loves to spend time in the studio with a Blueberry Blunt and some strong coffee!