Inland Knights - Drop Music / Om (Nottingham, UK)

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.

Top 10 (April 2008)

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

Inland Knights Discography
Records  
Title Label

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