I'm a composer and producer, interested in Introspective ambient, electronic soundtracks, improvisational music and all cinematic sounds.  




DJ PAPA-RICH SELECTOR OF REGGAE , DUB , DANCEHALL , JUNGLE , DRUM AND BASS . ( FORMALLY KNOWN AS D-VIL )  THE BEST WAY TO HEAL IS TO FEEL THE SOUND OF DEEP BASS , DRUMS AND A GOOD MELODY.  I was born in 1985 and raised in Wiltshire. When the music was at it's best from my opinion, progressing over some years with lots of different types of sounds coming into music. In my childhood I remember looking out to the forest on the horizon from my bedroom window one late night being woken up by this terrible deep thundering bass noise I saw different coloured lines of light reaching high up to the night sky and then noticed police sirens going up the road past my house in a hurry in the direction of the forest.I remember thinking the world is under attack and that aliens have landed up the road in the forest. This was my first introduction to rave music in the early 90s with illegal happy hardcore and techno raves being a big thing in the heart of the west country. Growing up and leaving school with a big love for early jungle / drum and bass i collected tape packs and vinyl from the local record shops and went as far as I could travel to dig through 100s of crates just to pick a few bangers. I brought my first set of decks I think in the year 2000, with an already big selection of happy hardcore and jungle on vynel I learned and taught myself how to mix and beat match. There was alot of record shops back then in most towns and it was good to spend hours looking through all the records and picking the ones I liked then meeting up with mates in the evening to get on it and have a mix up on the decks before going out to a rave or night out somewhere. It wasn't long before a dj friend and myself began to plan to put on events in our local town for drum and bass nights which went on for a good few years. I was known as DJ D-vil and was involved in many different events and promotions being regularly booked to play at drum and bass nights all over the south west and coast. Like all things it faded after some years and I began to lose interest with the whole face fits promoters arse malarkey and the hard drugs at every corner. I developed a love for reggae in the years that followed and realized I have missed out on some really good music and a different vibe altogether. I hunted through 1000s of tunes from all the old greats of reggae and listened , discovering a whole universe of reggae music. Attending massive uk dub events and sound clashes  was really good and loved every adventure going to them .Eventually I got married and went to Jamaica on our honeymoon. We visited many parts and places of the island and my love and knowledge for reggae and dancehall was growing stronger. Upon returning I booked tickets to my first venture to the one love festival uk and saw many of today's great artists and performers play. I decided that it was time I should become a selecta so I can play the music and the tunes that I love to a crowd.  I recorded dancehall mixes which caught the attention of the bruton dub club who contacted me with regards to playing a dj set for them with many more bookings to follow. I put a small reggae night on in my local town and had bristols roots inspiration soundsystem supply the sound and had the place rocking. The next day I had a message from the main man tom and he said if I wanted to play and do what I do on soundsystems then I should call myself a name which they had thought about and choose for me PAPA-RICH.  The rest is history in the making ❤💛💚

1st Started mixing around 1995 when I was 14, Where I 1st set eyes on a pair of decks in a friends kitted out garage, sounding crap on a pair of DLP 1600's he sold them to me for 100quid where I began to learn.
 Few years later I wanted to use the daddy of all decks Technic 1210's but managed to get hold of a pair of technic 1200's mk2 = nomore endless jumping of vinyl.
 I also got given a load of jungle records along with the decks so began to mix hardcore & jungle together.
  Wasn't until 1999 when I heard on a mates walkman a drum and bass record called "The Beginning" - Ram Records and instantly fell in love, I sold all my hardcore (still keeping all my jungle) and made the switch and I have never looked back.
  I used to listen to old DJ Sy tapes and learnt how to scratch like him and brought it over to drum n bass so as you may or may not notice my style of scratch is alot like his from back in the day.
  As a serious DJ I mixed in a number of clubs locally but dnb has always been a frown upon style which people seems to think brings drugs & fights with it, so it stopped in most places & I carried on mixing at home making cd's for friends.
  Around 2006 I invested in some Technic 1200-GLD limited edition decks (limited to 10,000) and still mix on them today and gave my old mk'2s to my little brother.
  As a regular listener to www.247drumandbass.com i have been mixing on there for a few years now entertaining the listeners with DJ Turnster, Extreme, sparkie, blagga etc.
 Now I make podcasts for 247 and guest on other internet radio shows but stay loyal to 247 using traktor scratch pro duo, playing all the latest MP3's over "Time-coded" vinyl on the decks. So stay here for all the latest tunes/mixes. Keep it locked, keep it loyal, keep it 247!

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