V.A. Who Is Richie Brains?

WHO IS RICHIE BRAINS?

Alix Perez - Chimpo - Fixate - Fracture - Om Unit - Sam Binga - Stray

The idea of getting these guys together came about around 2 years ago. I’d been (and have been) releasing great music from all of them, and most have collaborated with each other individually in some form or another, but I felt that there was a common thread in their sounds that would work great together as a whole. So I sent them all an email suggesting they got to together.

They liked the idea, so I set about trying to arrange a time for them to all meet up. It was always going to be difficult getting everyone together, what with everyone’s personal commitments and geographical location, but the idea of the project appealed to everyone enough to make it work. I shared a studio with Fracture at the time and arranged a date for everyone to come down to London.

These were some really fun studio sessions to watch. Three in one studio, four in another. All of them flying back and forth between the rooms swapping ideas. On one of these sessions we realised we needed an extra room, so Stray and Fixate went off to another studio and kept in touch via FaceTime.
It was these initial sessions together and the strong ideas that were laid down then that became the foundation of the LP.

Afterwards, as they didn’t always find time to link up due to their busy schedules, more work was done remotely online. All in all it took a good 2 years to get the LP together.