KIKO - FRANCE (Spinnin, David Guetta , Warner Music, Afterlife, Diynamic, Siona , Truesoul, Watergate, Family Piknik Music)

With three decades at the forefront of the Electronic music scene, legendary French artist KIKO keeps on making huge waves. After a ﬁrst global hit ‘Home’ next to David Guetta out in 2024, KIKO has just dropped a massive follow up on Spinnin with David Guetta & Olivier Giacomotto. With more than 2 million Spotify streams under the ﬁrst week and more than 2000 radios adding the track to their rotations, ‘After You’ turns KIKO into one of the most streamed artists in 2025. This year also sees him partnering with the acclaimed Miss Monique, with a release on her label (‘Bak Bak’) and a show for her Ibiza’s residency at Hï Club.

Still very active in his studio, KIKO has gained support from many top DJs, including Tiësto, Solomun, Tale of Us, Adam Beyer and David Guetta, just to name a few. Within the past months, KIKO has performed great back-to-back shows with Joachim Garraud, Olivier Giacomotto, playing a lot of big shows and even relaunching his former project Phunky Data.

Started in the early 90s, hailing from French city of Grenoble, KIKO’s knowledge has been consistent. Next to his best friends The Hacker, Oxia and Miss Kittin, KIKO has experienced both Rave world and mainstream opportunities thanks to his ﬁrst live duo Phunky Data (along with Oxia), invited to play the ﬁrst big Techno Parade in Paris, as broadcasted on one of the biggest French TV channels. ‘World Cup’, his ﬁrst big hit released in 1998, is still one of the most iconic tracks from the glorious French Touch era.

30 years later, KIKO keeps on being one of the most watched out producers when it comes to Indie Dance & Melodic Techno. KIKO’s releases have all been highly supported and played all around the world, jumping into Beatport’s top sales and bringing him a high exposure.

More than ever, KIKO is a key name in the global underground scene, still touring the world as a DJ and signing remarkable tracks to the biggest labels of our industry.

"Starry Eyed Surprise" w/ Mr. Belt & Wezol
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Oliver Barkins BA Hons Music Production.
Mixing dance music from the age of 14 years old, Oliver Barkins has come a long way, from mixing in local bars to playing in some of the most respected nightclubs in the UK and producing tracks supported and played by some of the biggest DJ's in the world.
From DJ sets in clubs; Ministry of Sound and Pacha London, supporting big acts like BBC's Pete Tong and Alex Kenji to producing tracks supported by super star DJ UMEK. Recording live bands and vocalists in recording studios, appearing on BBC Radio and representing his county at Maida Vale Studios London for the BBC, Oliver Barkins showcases his growing skills and experience of the music industry.
Experience in audio engineering, recording, mixing, mastering, live sound, acoutics, sound design, producing, composing, arranging, performing, marketing, advertising, sales and admin.

Contact: oliverbarkins@hotmail.com
http://oliverbarkinsproduction.wordpress.com/

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This is an audio version of Richard Herring's Warming Up blog, available to read at www.richardherring.com/warmingup, but there might be a few little extra surprises thrown in as well and exclusive audio blogs. Warming Up is thought to be the second longest running consecutive daily blog in the world, having been started in November 2002. Richard Herring is a comedian and writer and podcaster who you can also hear in the Collings and Herrin podcast and AIOTM 

The Red Bullets were formed in 2007 by Pete Edwards and brother Mark as an outlet for Pete's songs, many of them co-written with lyricist and close friend, John Bailey. Their music made an instant impact with audiences not only UK wide, but also with those who immediately took the band's songs to their hearts during tours of Dubai and the French Alps in 2008 and 2009 respectively. 

The Edwards brothers were joined during the early years of the bands ascent by Mark Wheeler on bass and Kyle Hall on guitar, who both left the band in May 2010 which marked the start of a re-birth for the band with a change in approach and, of course, personnel. Lyricist and now bass player John Bailey joined, at first, on a temporary basis, and the band were introduced to former Twang guitarist, Stuart Hartland, by producer Gavin Monaghan. Stuart initially recorded some sessions for the band and has since become, along with John Bailey, an ever-more-present member of the group, stamping his unique characteristics on the bands recent work. 

A more recent addition to the band has been Ben Weston, a singer songwriter from Northamptonshire. The Red Bullets' performance at the British Grand Prix to a 7000+ crowd was the first time the band had performed with 5 members, with Ben on acoustic guitar and adding to Mark's prominent backing vocals. Ben's ‘high up the fret board', almost Ukulele sounding flourishes shimmering on top of Stuart's unforgettable guitar licks and Pete's unmissable pounding piano style, won instant favour with the Bullets faithful. 

The Red Bullets often go out as a three piece, Pete on lead vocals and piano, John on bass and Mark on drums and backing vocals, something which developed from an experiment during a tour of the West Country in 2010. This has become yet another dimension for the band, in addition to the 4 and 5 piece performances and Pete's solo performances and intimate shows with a string quartet (these are few and far between and well worth looking out for). 

The Red Bullets have a strong, loyal following who are the backbone of the band's existence, and it is this that allows this energetic, fun and committed band of musicians to continue to grow and evolve. Check out The Red Bullets' forthcoming dates to find out what all the fuss is about, you won't regret it... They'll have you whistling all the way home!

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