'Moth' - released August 22 2025 on Red Soho 
'Oblong' (w/ Vikram Prabhu remix) released October 6 2025 on https://soundcloud.com/addictive-sounds


Contact/bookings/promos -  DM / tropenattmusicuk@gmail.com 

I am a producer/DJ based in Northumberland, UK. I like, and make, progressive and uplifting trance music. I am inspired by a range of sounds from the 1990s until the present, and The North Sea.

I mainly use this account for my production work and the occasional long-form DJ mix. Please follow my Mixcloud account for my regular short sets. Add me on Instagram!

One of the UK's most respected House DJ's and Record Producers, Ricky Morrison has been breaking beats since it all began in '86  He is also one half of the dance music production and remixing duo M&S. Their biggest hit  was “Salsoul Nugget (If You Wanna)"
Biography

Genuinely one of the most influential producers & DJ’s in the UK house scene from its original days in the early eighties, Ricky Morrison has earned a reputation for delivering big performances and big records and is set to release a wave of new material in 2016/17.

In 1984 Ricky Morrison began spinning at London’s infamous ‘Dance Wicked’, promoted by SOUL II SOUL, and went on to be resident at ‘HIGH ON HOPE’ with the legend that is now Norman Jay MBE. Two of the UK’s most seminal dance clubs was a hell of a start and Ricky established a name for himself within the exploding house scene that developed into the monster it is today. Ricky has gone on to play at many of the best clubs in the world, on every continent, and very much has a style of his own that stands him out from the crowd, a style that saw him play the main room at the Southport Weekender five years in a row as the event was returning to its soulful roots in the late 90’s. Also a regular at the Ministry Of Sound, Fabric & Pacha Ricky developed a sound for the big rooms these venues offered that filled the space without betraying his soulful roots. This made Ricky a valuable commodity as the US House scene took off and many promoters of previously underground events began taking over the High Street needing a DJ that could cross over the soulful sound to a bigger audience.

With long-time friend and music partner, Fran Sidoli, Ricky produced under the name M&S and was responsible for many of the ground breaking releases that helped take dance music from the back streets to the high streets including the monster hit ‘Salsoul Nugget’ which reached No 6 in the National Chart in 2001. Other big M&S Productions included their debut, ‘Keep On’ with Jay Ella Ruth & ‘Special’ by Robbie Craig, both released by Public Demand, the hugely successful ‘Don’t Give Up’ with Michelle Weeks and their timeless remix of the classic ‘Moment Of My Life’ by Bobby D’Ambrosio. The list of M&S productions and remixes is endless and they were a backbone of many of the trailblazing events that took the sound to the mainstream where it sits comfortably today however Ricky stood out equally as a DJ alongside such US heavyweights as Masters At Work, Tony Humphries, David Morales and Frankie Knuckles. 

Ricky’s style is unique and unlike the majority of the UK’s soulful house fraternity, often described as a US sound with a British twist, and anyone who’s heard him play will associate with this summary. He was so influenced by the sound coming out of the US that, in 1991, he quit his day job as a computer engineer and opened London’s legendary ‘Catch A Groove Records’ in Soho and the exclusive access this gave him to new material simply added to his effectiveness and reputation. 


Ricky has played alongside an almost comprehensive who’s who of the DJ superstars that shaped todays dance music and he is still much loved and sought after by clubs looking for a quality that is increasingly hard to find amongst the crowd. With a repertoire that includes the deeper sounds so in vogue today and the classics of yesterday, mixed in a style that is immediately recognisable as his own, Ricky Morrison is once again back in the studio making beats for where he most loves to be, behind the decks performing !

Ricardo was brought up around house music from a very early age as his older brother Darren was already an established dj so he use to sneak into his bedroom and practice spinning on his technics 1210’s which then led on to going to the legendary club nights at Tall trees yarm where Darren was a resident playing to over 15,000 people and on the weeks he wasn’t going there he would be in Todmorden at the out in the sticks nights dancing his socks off , from an early age he traveled to Ibiza for holiday’s then he started to collect vinyl and caught the bug he has now been playing his unique style of soulful-Jackin-classic-Afro & new disco beats for a little over 20 years !  He has played many clubs bars and hotels around Yorkshire and the Uk also as far a field as Australia, Ibiza & the Canary Islands .  He has a deep love for all things house , and also ran a successful club night called LOADED which was a themed house night and went on for a little over 5 years and now the night carries on in Perth Australia as the voices of house boat party , the party consisted of guest dj’s along with bass players saxophonist’s , and percussion players .  Currently he has held a residency at one of Leeds hottest bar’s the Alchemist on Greek street where he’s played for over 10 years .  He also has been running his own radio show called OFF THE RECORD on peoplescityradio.co.uk for 17 months and has had some amazing special guest’s such as Greame park , mark picchiotti, Kenny summit, hippie Torrales, rob roar , Darren Bouthier, Seamus haji , Dr Packer, Michael Gray and many more you can still catch all the shows on this soundcloud page .  More recently Ricardo played for La Musica alongside big names such as Groove assassin, Audiowhores, Good2groove ,Russ, Danny Humphreys, Neil Metzner which was the event of 2023, then on to playing FUNK MY DISCO in Sheffield which in his own words was a great vibe with a top atmosphere [shout to Ian art Hudson] !!  Ricardo finished off 2023 playing @ the cove bar in brighouse Yorkshire along side Andy Wilcock . So what’s in-store for 2024 you my ask - Ricardo will be playing a brand new night in pontefract called Back To House with the Hacienda Legend Mr Graeme Park & Curtis Zack who is hosting the event and Dj’ing on the night 2,3,24 @ the Northern soul club , then starting his own night and podcast called RE-Groove alongside long time friend and awesome Dj Wayne Houghton aka good2groove . Thank you all for continued support on soundcloud & mixcloud  I always love to hear your feed back on all of my mixes music has always been life ❤️  Rdf

I’m an aspiring musician and actor so if you could check out my stuff on YouTube aswell that would mean the world, my YouTube is the same name as my profile AlmostAtMars 😁🤘

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