DifferentSound invites Operator (Southsea)

The DifferentSound Podcast #288 welcomes Operator! Operator is the alias of UK Techno artist Rich Jones, who has been DJing since the late 90s and producing since the early 00ʼs. After signing multiple successful 12” E.Pʼs to Soma, 8 Sided Dice and appearing on Richie Hawtinʼs Minus, Rich moved away from the trendy big room sound of the time and created Operator in 2012, to let his creative hair down and experiment with a wider sonic palette. This led to well received vinyl E.Pʼs on Audio Assault and Singular initially, and more recently releases on Mindtrip, Symbolism and a 12” LP on Mord. Rich also runs Gnosis Records, which he reserves for his more quirky and weird creations, occasionally veering into house flavours. Being from the UK, where in the early 00ʼs house and techno were often happy bed fellows, this influence is clear in his heavily groovy, swung style. Although always keeping abreast of current trends, Rich mostly focuses on a timeless ‘keep it different, keep it groovyʼ approach, with a penchant for heavy drums, subtle details in the sequence and lots of analog texture.  Noticeable gigs for Rich have included Tresor, Fold, Corsica Studios and Forsage, but for various reasons in the interest of health Rich has hung up his headphones for the foreseeable future. Rich continues to work tirelessly in the studio, though, and has many forthcoming projects in the works, including an E.P on the venerable Ilian Tape, a second release on Ben Simʼs Symbolism and a 12” on Pleistocene Future along with various plans for Gnosis. 

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DifferentSound invites Operator / Podcast #288

Deep // Hypnotic // Raw
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Independent record label from Tbilisi, since 2017.

"Simon's music and visuals are deep, emotive pieces, reminiscent of Chris & Cosey and Coil whilst still showing a crisp contemporary edge" PLEX

I have been a musician and producer for 35 years with releases on Wolf Trap, MixTape, On Test, Deca Rhythm, Domestica, Taro Records, Low Noise Productions, Wolf Trap and Werra Foxma I formed electronic post punk band Twelve 88 Cartel in 1984, was bass player in Psylons and later formed Seatman Separator with former Psylons playmates Keith Seatman and Jack Packer.

Since making my club DJ debut at Geushky in Portsmouth in 1995 I've played alongside some of techno’s finest names including Regis, Mark Broom, Oliver Ho, Truss, Ancient Methods, Darren Price, Billy Nasty, Ian Void, Umek, Aubrey, Actress, Luke Slater, Terry Mitchell Nax Acid and many more and have performed live A/V shows for Plex and Colony at Corsica Studios.

On radio I currently have a monthly show on Seance Radio which is broadcast on Sundays at 5pm and has featured guest mixes from The Gasman, DVNT, Stephanie Merchak, Lair, TVO, Kritzkom, Hence Therefore, Inge K and Dot Product and many others. I have also recorded guest mixes for Decoding The Void, Taro Records, Le Catalyste, Recovery Radio Show, A Darker Wave, Bleep43 and Det Sync. I also did a monthly show on Fnoob Techno Radio for two years which had guests including Billy Allen, Kamikaze Space Programme, Hiroaki Iizuka and Manni Dee.