Riley & Durrant are an English electronic music production and DJ duo based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Andi Durrant and Nick Riley met whilst DJing together at Sheffield super-club Gatecrasher in 2002 and have been producing music since 2003. [1]
Most notable for their UK radio shows and residencies at Privilege Ibiza, Riley & Durrant have been influential in playing and promoting underground electronic music in the UK for the last 10 years. [2]
Between them, Riley & Durrant formerly presented two specialist dance programs on the Galaxy FM network, including Andi Durrant's Saturday Warmup and their Friday night showcase for underground, unsigned and unheard electronic music.
Andi Durrant now presents Friday and Saturday night's on The Capital FM Network across the UK [3]
They also run their own production company Distorted Productions Ltd, making specialist radio shows, documentaries and idents for UK and international radio stations.
In 2007, Andi Durrant won the bronze award at the Sony Radio Academy Awards. In 2008, he received the Gold Award as Music Broadcaster of the Year, [4] and in 2009 he won the Silver award for best Specialist Music Program.
They have also previously been heard on Vonyc Radio in Germany, and regularly on Dubai 92, Global Radio and HFM Ibiza. [5]
They have played at most of the UK dance festivals from Creamfields to Global Gathering and played internationally across Russia, Asia, USA and Europe. They are one of the few British acts to have played at the Fort Dance festival in St Petersberg, where they did their first live set in 2004.
On New Year's Eve 2007/08 Riley & Durrant headlined their own event on the world's largest man-made beach in Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.
Andi and Nick have been regulars in Ibiza during the summer months, playing at the world-famous Café Mambo, and broadcasting live from Amnesia, Space and Eden.
For the 2008 and 2009 Ibiza seasons Riley & Durrant were part of the biggest night in Ibiza when they were asked to be weekly residents at Privilege Ibiza (Worlds Biggest Club) to provide the sound of the second room at Tiësto’s sell-out concerts and warm up for him in the main room. In 2010 Riley & Durrant will be playing the Terrace for rival club Cream at Amnesia with Calvin Harris.
Most weekends Riley & Durrant can be found playing across Britain from the famous superclubs like Cream, Gatecrasher, Ministry of Sound and Godskitchen, to smaller more intimate venues around the country. [2]
In 2008 Nick and Andi opened a recording studio in Leeds City Centre with fellow Leeds residents The Utah Saints.
The first few Riley & Durrant releases in 2003 sat firmly in the trance and melodic genres, on European record labels like Black Hole and United, including their debut track "Candesco" (of which only 500 copies were ever pressed onto vinyl but subsequently became a collectors classic, with copies going for over £50 on eBay). Over the subsequent years, Riley & Durrant have become difficult to pigeon-hole musically, with support for their music coming from a wide cross section of DJs – from underground house heroes like Laurent Garnier, Krafty Kuts and Sander Klienenberg to superstars Armin Van Buuren, Laidback Luke, Axwell, Paul Van Dyk and Tiesto.
There is no doubt Riley & Durrant are no longer part of the international trance scene, having developed their music and DJ sets into a much broader house-focussed sound, although they often straddle house, progressive and techno, and also play Drum 'n' Bass and Breakbeat on their radio programs.
Their debut artist album Research & Development was released summer 2007, and reached the iTunes top 50 in the first month of sales, receiving critical acclaim for its unique genre-bending sound:
Alongside their commercial releases, Riley & Durrant have written a number of pieces of music for film and television, such as Sky One and ITV.
In 2007, Riley & Durrant launched their Nu Breed Music record label to put out some of the vast number of tracks they were being sent by young up-and-coming music producers for their radio shows. [6]
Nu Breed Music was closed in 2008 following a settlement with Ministry of Sound to use the trademark for their Global Underground compilations.
Riley & Durrant launched the Electrik Playground record label and club nights in 2009
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