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Rich has been DJ'ing for the past 8 years in the UK and abroad. Playing mainly Uplifting, Pumping and Euphoric Trance with a touch of Hard House when needed. He has progressed to a DJ with faultless mixing skills and true crowd-pleasing qualities, which is undoubtedly rocketing him to the Top. He is one of the Promoters favourites as his unique style is always recognised by DJ's and Promoters alike. He is diverse in his style and music tastes and always gets the crowd whipped up in to a frenzy. Rich the crowd pleaser!! He has been a popular favourite on the books at KlubDJ since the start of 1999 and has progressed through his DJ'ing to Head of A&R for KlubDJ
2001 saw Rich resident for none other than The Euphoria Album Tour across the UK (188 date tour). Playing most of the UK's prestigious venues and University's Rich is now a favourite face to book on the UK club scene and name that pulls the punters. With regular bookings from the Euphoria Tour Rich has been asked back to the majority of venues he has played. The crowd instantly fall in love with his music style and characteristics mainly because of the way Rich DJ's with pure energy and really interacts with the crowd during his set. No stranger to the spot light, in November 2001 Rich performed a live PA of his own track followed by a DJ set on stage for LIVE 2001 at the NEC. His daytime job as an actor has seen Rich appear on some of the best loved UK soaps and he just been cast as lead for new feature film "AWAKE" filming September 2002 making Rich even hotter property!
Still managing to find the time with the tour and acting Rich has represented Galaxy 102 as part of a live broadcast at the NEC for the Music Live event. He also been resident for Sacrilege - Nottingham, Peach at Embryo, Bliss at LaVida, and Pulse in Wolverhampton. He has also represented SWEET as their main resident for the whole UK tour. We have seen Rich guest at many of the top clubs around UK playing for Miss Moneypenny's, Mezzanine, Out Of The Blue and Godskitchen University Tour. With dates already played in Malaga, IBIZA, Tenerife, Vancouver, Johannesburg and coming up in summer 2002 Rich will undertake a mini tour taking him to Hong Kong, India and Ministry Of Sound in Thailand Rich is now recognised internationally for his talent as a DJ and entertainer. Rich has worked along side DJ's like, Judge Jules, Lisa Lashes, Lisa Pin-Up, Danny Rampling, K-Klass, JFK, Gordon Kaye, Dave Lee, Charlotte Birch, Sarah G, Rachel Auburn, to name but a few.
A recent extract from press about Rich Hikins and a recent gig "an exciting set of uplifting and Euphoric style Dance, Rich rose to the occasion and hit the crowd full on. Not only behind the decks, but the crowd interaction was outstanding, dancing and talking to the people whilst playing he rocked the dance floor, you couldn't help but go mental, What a night, What a guy"
Rich has also had see success with his studio work as a producer. He has his own studio and over the last 3 years has got involved with remix work and bootleg mash ups, which have had great success on the white labels they have been released on. Now working on several projects, mainly Vein Traffic with Tracey-Anne Lynch, the debut single "SUNRISE" is looking to be a chart topper. Other projects include DIGITAL SIN, latest release Happy Trigger, a sample of Dom Joly from Trigger Happy TV. Look out for Rich's next project, working with KlubDJ label friend MICHA.
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