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Grant Richards

Resident DJ for Kinky Malinki for over 15 years. Trainer enthusiast, goalkeeper and collector of too much stuff. Have been dipping my toe in to the world of writing for quite some time having written for Azuli Records in the past, along with doing Kinky Malinki’s press work and writing a sneaker spread for an urban lifestyle magazine called 24/7 Live Listings. I’ve always go too much to say, especially when it comes to the dance industry, so what better way than to channel it in to articles for Decoded Magazine.

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Lifestyle
When you reach for the prescriptions instead of the lasers, how old is too old to keep clubbing?
NewsReviews
If you are after an album of huge chart hits and soundalike nonsense, then it’s best to look elsewhere – Defected Most Rated 2017
Feature Articles
Dedicated to Dance Music: What motivates you to keep going?
HouseInterviewsMixes
Roger Sanchez – It’s humbling to see that much of what I have done has influenced a new generation (or two) of new DJs in some small way.
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Just Be / Bushwacka – in a city like London, there are always new things opening, the illegal raves were amazing, but none of them bar a couple were really in London – not the big ones. Warehouse parties yes – but it’s a lot harder to get away with it now
Reviews
Eli Escobar revisits late 90s Mood II Swing vibes for new album Happiness
Feature ArticlesInterviewsUnited Kingdom
Exclusive interview with Ministry of Sound co-founder Justin Berkmann ahead of their 25th Birthday celebrations “London cannot survive on a handful of venues, our music scene is incredible and lives on the enormous choice of amazing spaces London has to offer.”
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Danism – We both come from an era when producers focused on making the music and playing it out. To be honest, if I had it my own way, we wouldn’t even have Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Feature Articles
Depression and the Music Industry: the Elephant in the (main) room
Feature ArticlesUnited Kingdom
The rise and fall of UK Garage. The once troubled genre clawing a new path back into the clubs
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Teenage Mutants – It’s a fast industry: one day you’re on top; one day you’re in Hell – like that guy who hates gay people from Lithuania… forgot his name…
Feature ArticlesWorld
The magnificent return of Soulful House
InterviewsUnited Kingdom
Interview : Simon Dunmore – Creatives deserve to be rewarded for their creativity. Artists get paid for their paintings. Designers get paid for their clothes. I don’t understand why people feel they can have music for nothing?
Feature Articles
Would you let your child pursue a full time career as a DJ or Singer in the dance music industry? Where is the line drawn when that parental support turns from encouragement to straight up delusion?
InterviewsNews
Nowadays it’s not just music it’s the whole package, your DJing, your social presence, your branding. If you don’t want to work hard then this game probably isn’t for you. – Low Steppa
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Smokin Jo – It is still hard for women to get in the so called big leagues, hard to say if now another female could achieve (DJ Mag Top 100) it as the top is all the EDM guys
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Black Girl / White Girl – One hour flies by when you’re in the booth, it feels more like 10 minutes
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Leftwing and Kody – London will always have a place in club culture
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Sam Divine – Defected has been my life since I very first found Deep Soulful House
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Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear