Dj's, Producers and label owners, Andy Riley and Laurence Ritchie AKA Inland Knights hail from Nottingham UK, a city with a rich musical legacy, particularly for house music.
They met in '93 and cut their teeth Dj'ing for Smokescreen, the renegade soundsystem from which they drew their early inspiration. Smokescreen consisted of dj's, lighting people, sound people, a truck, a P.A, a generator and general helpers. Old warehouses, woodland, fields, quarries and houses were utilised with the sole intention of having a good time.... for free! By the mid 90's smokescreen could guarantee a crowd of hundreds in attendance at their parties, and their club nights became local institutions that ran for years with packed dancefloors, and still do to this day!
By '98 Laurence and Andy had made the inevitable step into production and the same year the Dropmusic label was born with the release of 'Inland Knights vol 1'. As Inland Knights Riley and Ritchie undertook a busy schedule in the studio to write tracks for Drop (almost all of the early output was entirely Inland knights, despite many monikers).
Dropmusic has gone on to become one of the most highly regarded house labels in recent years(with 60 plus releases to date), and Inland knights have gone on to become one of the most respected production outfits in the house world, regularly taking on remix duties for fellow labels and producers. Highlights include the accliamed 'Mohammed Ali' remix for Faithless on Cheeky Records, cd compilations and remixes for NRK and Om Records, Inland Knights first full length album entitled 'Creative Spaces', and more recently Inland Knights album to mark 10 years of Dropmusic entitled 'Dust till Dawn'.
Currently, as well as remix and production commitments, the pair maintain a busy international Dj 'ing shedule, and can be found most weekends playing somewhere in the UK or Europe, as well as regular visits to the U.S, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Andy also records under the Toka Project pseudonym , and Laurence under the alias Larry Fives.
1. BREATH YOU IN - Juan de la Madre mix - OM
2. SO REAL - Troydon - Phonoshuffle
3. FALL OFF THE WALL - Exit Only Mix - Unreleased
4. BELIEVE IN ME - Alexander East (LCG mix) - Nordic
5. LAZY DAYS - Nathan Stewart - Soulfuel Records
6. EASILY INFLUENCED - Straight from the Hawt EP - Guesthouse
7. DONT YOU WANT MORE - Duck Beats - Odori
8. BUMPIN ENJOYMENT - Sound Eepublic (Jason Hodges Readin Minds Mix) -
Spatulacity
9. YOU DON'T LET ME - Replay5
10. HAPPENING NOW - Inland Knights Dub - Myna Music
| Records | |
| Title | Label |
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Pre-release Promo |
Procreation |
| In House Alterations | Drop Music |
| Vol. 1 | Drop Music |
| Crazy EP | Panhandle Records |
| Fresh Connections | 20:20 Vision |
| New Century Swings | Drop Music |
| Party Criminals | Drop Music |
| Put It Back | Drop Music |
| Creative Spaces | Drop Music |
| Got The Strength | 20:20 Vision |
| Grand Theft Audio | Drop Music |
| Northern Soil | Drop Music |
| Out Of Bounds | Drop Music |
| Sound Extensions | Drop Music |
| The Shadey Shuffles EP | Siesta Music |
| Vacant Obsessions | Drop Music |
| 17 Days / Revolver | Procreation |
| Kept Secret | 20:20 Vision |
| Sound In Mind | Drop Music |
| Steal The Feel | Drop Music |
| Understanding EP | Vista Recordings |
| 17 Days (Remixes) | Procreation |
| Beat Loaf | Drop Music |
| Blown Out | Doubledown Recordings |
| Mud Substance | Drop Music |
| Back Stage | Drop Music |
| Hot Soup E.P. | So Sound Recordings |
| New Static | Drop Music |
| Six Of The Best | Drop Music |
| What To Think | Drop Music |
| A Part Of Me | Drop Music |
| Double Check | Drop Music |
| Hands Up EP | Amenti Music |
| Hollow Legs | Drop Music |
| Stitch Up | Drop Music |
| This Belongs To You | Drop Music |
| Beggar's Belief | Drop Music |
| Full Moon | Drop Music |
| Part One | Drop Music |
| Part Two | Drop Music |
| Road Trip EP | Drop Music |
| Rough Diamond EP | Drop Music |
| Ghetto Shit | Amenti Music |
| High Rise EP | Raise Recordings |
| Side Effect EP | Raise Recordings |
| Remixes | ||
| Artist | Title | Label |
| Mirage | Everybody Dance | Ink Records |
| Spinning Marcus | Spectrum Is Green | Phood Records |
|
Da Sunlounge |
Da Sunlounge (Part 2) | Low Pressings |
| Future Signs | Swirl People | Tronicsole |
| Digs, Woosh & Mr Ski | Rumpfunk | DiY Discs |
| Twisted Pair | Horny Hustle (Remixes) | NRK Sound Division |
| Faithless | Muhammad Ali | Cheeky Records |
| Swirl People | Remixed Bits | Aroma |
| Floris | Shake It | Sunflower Records |
| Joshua | Watch Da Bass | NRK Sound Division |
| Additives & Preservatives | Fly | Index Records (UK) |
| The Dolphins | House Panic | Hooj Choons |
| Da Sunlounge | Northern Alliance EP | Tango Recordings |
| Colin Dale | You Know How (Remixes) | Sensei |
| Sound Navigators | Down On It | Blockhead Recordings |
| Kinky Movement | Gettin' There | Tango Recordings |
| Pete Dafeet | Head Trauma EP | Uniform Recordings |
| Magik Johnson | Rollergirl (Disc 2) | NRK Sound Division |
| Littlemen, The | Stoned | Mobile Trax |
| The Sound Republic & J.Todd | Imaginary Lover | SpatulaCity |
