Across friendship. Across the world. Across boundaries.

A project by Chris Stussy & Locklead.

Bookings Worldwide: sherif@peoplesagency.nl
North America: julian.teixeira@caa.com

Remix/Release/Podcast:
n@avmetronome.net

I don’t think you wanna hear what people are saying about you babe…

https://drop-music.bandcamp.com/

DJ’s, Producers and label owners, Andy Riley and Laurence Ritchie (AKA Inland Knights) have created a brand name that most House heads have heard of.  Whether you like it deep , tech or more funky – when you think about Drop Music or Inland Knights a certain style of House comes to mind that is uniquely their own. Andy and Laurence’s reach is global, and their label’s continue to produce some of the finest House music 15 years after they started back in the UK, within Nottingham's party scene.

Andy and Laurence  met in ’93 and cut their teeth Dj’ing for Smokescreen, the renegade sound system from which they drew their early inspiration. Smokescreen consisted of dj’s, lighting people, sound people, a truck, a P.A, a generator and general helpers. Old warehouses, woodland, fields, quarries and houses were utilized with the sole intention of having a good time…. for free! By the mid 90’s smokescreen could guarantee a crowd of hundreds in attendance at their parties(which were most weekends), and their club nights became local institutions that ran for years with packed dancefloors. Into their 21st year, Smokescreen are still going strong and are still hosting quality club nights and parties in and around the Midlands.

By ’98 Laurence and Andy had made the inevitable step into production and the same year their fledgling label, Drop Music, was born. With the release of ‘Inland Knights vol 1’ , Riley and Ritchie undertook a busy schedule to write tracks for Drop  (almost all of the early output was Inland knights, despite many monikers). Drop Music has gone on to become one of the most highly regarded House labels in recent years (with 80 plus releases to date), and Inland Knights have gone on to become one of the most respected and prolific production outfits in the House community, carving a unique and distinctive House sound, and regularly taking on remix and Ep duties for fellow labels and producers. Highlights include the acclaimed ‘Mohammed Ali’ remix for Faithless on Cheeky Records, CD compilations and remixes for NRK and Om Records, three Ep's on 2020 Vision, Inland Knights first full length album entitled ‘Creative Spaces’, and more recently, Inland Knights album to mark 10 years of Drop Music entitled ‘Dust till Dawn’, not to mention countless Ep's on other labels over the years and a 30-minute live mix on Radio 1’s ‘Essential Selection’ show. More recently, the pair released 'Inland Bytes', a retrospective look at Inland Knights career so far.

Currently, as well as remix, production and label commitments, the pair maintain a busy international Dj schedule which takes them further and further afield as their reputation grows. Bookings have included regular slots at UK clubbing institutions such as Fabric, The End, The Egg, The Cross, Turnmills, Shindig, Back 2 Basics,  Sanky's, Chibuku Shake Shake, Ministry Of Sound, Cargo, Déjà Vu, The Arches and The Sub Club in Scotland, as well as smaller more intimate venues nationwide. Countless international trips have seen them tour the Globe. Most weekends Inland Knights can be found DJ'ing up and down the UK or Europe with regular international tours a permanent fixture in their Diaries.

Follow Us On:
Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/inland-knights
Twitter         https://twitter.com/#!/Inland_Knights
Facebook     https://www.facebook.com/inland.knights
Band Camp https://drop-music.bandcamp.com/

For Bookings Please Contact:  
Paul@elitemm.co.uk (Worldwide)
shannon@aptentertainment.com (Americas)

Up The Stuss — a record label owned by Chris Stussy.

utsoff03 - S.A.M. - lnk.to/UTSOFF03 
uts24 - Hidde van Wee - lnk.to/UTS24
uts23 - Locklead - lnk.to/UTS23
uts22 - Burnski & Kepler - lnk.to/UTS22
uts21 - Chris Stussy - lnk.to/UTS21
utshp01 - Pedro Borlado - lnk.to/utshp01
uts20 - Gaskin - lnk.to/UTS20
uts19 - S.A.M. - lnk.to/UTS19
uts18 - Across Boundaries - https://lnk.to/UTS18
uts17 - KOLTER - https://lnk.to/UTS17
uts16 - Lee Burton - https://lnk.to/UTS16
uts15 - Varhat - https://lnk.to/UTS15
uts14 - Jhobei - https://lnk.to/UTS14
uts13 - Across Boundaries - https://lnk.to/UTS13
utsoff01 - Chris Stussy - https://lnk.to/UTSOFF01
uts12 - Malin Genie - https://lnk.to/UTS12
uts11 - Paolo Rocco - https://lnk.to/UTS11
uts10 - Litmus - https://lnk.to/UTS10
uts09 - Chris Stussy - https://lnk.to/UTS09
uts08 - Vitess - https://lnk.to/UTS08
uts07 - Locklead - https://lnk.to/UTS07
uts06 - Sota - https://lnk.to/UTS06
uts05 - KOLTER - https://lnk.to/UTS05
uts04 - Chris Stussy & S.A.M. - https://lnk.to/UTS04
uts03 - Janeret - https://lnk.to/UTS03
uts02 - East End Dubs - https://lnk.to/UTS02
uts01 - Fabe - https://lnk.to/UTS01

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