Artist: Inland Knights
Title: Inland Bites: Knights Classics
Label: Drop Music (UK)
Genre: Deep House
Format: Digital Download
Release Date: 13th December 2010

The Tracks
1. After Me
2. Blame
3. Bop Drop
4. Boy
5. Can’t Stop
6. Crazy
7. Don’t Need No One
8. Down To The Ground
9. Hard Bread
10. Hot Soup
11. Kept Secret
12. Like This
13. Move Over
14. Slummin It

To say thank you to all of the DJs and house music fans who have supported Inland

Knights, bought their music legally, or been to an IK gig over the years, Laurence

and Andy are giving away a brand new track ‘Don’t Need No One’ ahead of their

forthcoming album ‘Inland Bites: Knights Classics’, released through Drop

Music in December.

To get the free track simply visit http://dropmusic.greedbag.com/freedownload/ and

join the Drop Music mailing list. Being on the list will also give future access to free

mixes, exclusive pre-releases and all the latest Inland Knights/Drop Music news.

The Lowdown

Inland Knights present a look back at their illustrious production career on ‘Inland Bites: Knights

Classics’, released through Drop Music in December.  The album represents the Nottingham duo’s

output away from their own Drop imprint with 14 tracks previously released on some of the world’s

leading underground house imprints such as 2020 Vision, Amenti, Siesta, So Sound, Panhandle and

Doubledown.  Several of the tracks have never been made available digitally and are freshly re-

mastered for a new generation…and a nostalgic older one!  A brand new exclusive and previously

unreleased Inland Knights track ‘Don’t Need No One’ is also included.

12 years on since their first release and the duo of Laurence Ritchie and Andy Riley are undoubtedly

amongst the most well known names in deep house, always staying true to the Midlands sound they

pioneered back in the days of real free Soundsystem parties held in muddy fields down country lanes.

Their typically bumping, deep and funky take on house music became known around the world and the

Knights’ profile as international artists exploded.

Today they’re still as busy as ever, working on a steady stream of original material and remixes, slotted in

around a hectic worldwide DJ schedule.  The Inland Knights name is one of the biggest draws in deep

house, whether on a CD cover, digital EP or club flyer.  Having recently returned from a tour of the USA

and Mexico they kick off another tour in support of the album starting at Fabric on 6th November.

Drop Music also continues at pace, having celebrated it’s 11th Birthday in 2009 with a triple CD

compilation ‘Dust Till Dawn’ featuring all new tracks from Drop artists alongside re-mastered label

classics.  November will see release number 70 from the label, a three track EP from Inland Knights

titled ‘Back To My Boots’.

We are seeking interview and feature opportunities with Inland Knights – please contact Ian on 01207 747297 or ian@kahuamusic.com – for DJ bookings please contact james@elitemm.co.uk

Back in 1999, a new club called Fabric opened in London. Housed in the Victorian-era Metropolitan Cold Stores near the heart of the City, it would change the course of clubbing in the capital for a long time to come – and would become home to some of the most influential DJs and producers of the modern era.

Mass, The End, Turnmills, Scala, the Coronet, and Ministry of Sound were already influential in the capital, and had been for many years, but it seemed there was still room for one more. And when the highly respected, but still relatively wet behind the ears (at least on a global, super-club scale), Terry Francis was asked to become the club’s Saturday night resident he almost said no. Perhaps he wasn’t sure how seminal a place it would quickly become, or perhaps, as he once said, he just wasn’t overly keen on the idea of playing at the same place week in, week out. The lure of international travel was too great. The excitement and splendour of exotic, far-way destinations pitted against the rain and gloom of England.

The rest, as they say, is history. Taking up the residency at Fabric turned out to be an inspired decision, as Francis has since become known across the world as one of the best tech-house DJs around. And if you ever find yourself in London on a Saturday night, head down to Charterhouse Street and ask for Mr. Francis. It’s his stoop, and he likes it that way.

But like almost all current electronic DJs born in the 1960s or 70s, Terry Francis did not start out mixing techno, or house, or jungle, or breaks. It was an early appetite, and subsequent hunger, for soul, funk and disco that got him his first sets in the UK – on the South Coast of all places. Recalling that time, Francis once said, “I lived in this town where I was probably the only one who owned a pair of decks,” and so, influenced by the likes of the BBC’s John Peel, reggae DJ David Rodigan, and Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson he began to make a name for himself. In 1997 he was named ‘Best New DJ’ by Muzik Magazine, and given that one previous winner had been Derrick Carter, the Chicago house legend, Francis was in good company.

Being a born and bred Londoner Francis is now content playing most of his musical trade in the deep belly of the capital, but heads to Hong Kong this fortnight. Homebase may not hold 2,000 people, there certainly aren’t three separate rooms (well, the smoking ‘balcony’ and the dark recesses at the back excluded) and it certainly does not have a ‘body-sonic’ dance floor (essentially transducers transferring the bass directly from the track into your body) but it is intimate. Francis’ flawlessly smooth and flowing sets are known for their seamless mix of deep dubby house, celestial breaks and ethereal vocals, and taking his sound into a small place like Homebase can only be a good thing. It’s where the true heads go, and we’ll see you down there.

Oliver Clasper

They have been asked to return to Fabric for future gigs, more news to come!

Click here for more information on Inland Knights

Thought it was about time we said hello and spread some Wiggle love to your good selves about what’s in the pipe line for the future months. Don’t know about you, but this year’s gone by faster than Lewis Hamilton with a speed habit and we didn’t even manage to squeeze a proper Wiggle party into the mix.

That’s why we’ve decided to join up with our good friends ‘Let It Play’ and have ourselves a shocking stocking filler of a Christmas party. It’s been far to long since we got everyone together and what better time than Crimbo, after all…. Tis the season to get off your trolley.

LET IT WIGGLE Christmas Party

A night of total debauchery in true Wiggle and Let It Play style. 

Saturday 19th December 

In the bar: Let It Play 

Pete Herbert (Reverso 68)
Bekka Rawkins
Carl Grant
James Taylor

In the main room: Wiggle

Cesar Merveille (Cadenza)
Terry Francis
Nathan Coles
Fred Everywhere

Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, London SW9 6LH

10pm – 6am. £10 on the door

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Wiggle @ Fabric this Saturday 7th November

Room 2                       Room 1                     Room 3

Wiggle                       Cassy                        Tsuba Records
Terry Francis            Fuck Pony (live)        Sascha Dive
Nathan Coles            Craig Rrichards        Okain
Eddie Richards          Nikola Baytala         Kevin Griffiths
Stimming (Live)

Get in contact for limited concessions and guest list

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Rangvalla Party 13th November

Nathan Coles
Terry Francis
Gabor
Kirsteen Sees

Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, London SW9 6LH

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On the Wiggle label front, we have our fifteen years of Wiggle release coming up in Decemebr with a tracks by Terry Francis & John Beer, Nathan Coles & David Coker and remixes by Tigerskin & Matt Tolfrey

We also have releases lined up from Mark Ambrose, Dj Lale & Dirty Cover

Out now on Wiggle is the great ep by Nick Dare 
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/182664/Machines%20EP

Is This music link 
https://www.beatport.com/enUS/html/content/track/catalog/?labelId=6687&contextType=labels&contextEntityId=6687 

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MIXES

Last but not least we have the link for the Terry Francis essential mix that he did to celebrate 10 years of Fabric 

http://soundcloud.com/r_co/terry-francis-essential-mix-10-16-2009

You can also get mixes from our very own Eddie Richards herehttp://www.eddierichards.net

New Nathan Coles mix coming soon 

So that’s about the long and the short of it until the next time 

Love 

Wiggle :O)

“One of the most popular clubs in the world turns ten next weekend. RA chats to some of the major players that made it possible.”

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For more information about Fabric, go to www.fabriclondon.com