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Parties that Eddie and Mr. C threw were what pioneered a road for the Tech House events that soon followed. Eddie became one of 3 residents at the Iconic Wiggle parties in the early 90s, along with the Drop Parties and Heart and Soul/Release events. Tech House shortly thereafter was
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The Roots of Tech House can be traced to the United
Kingdom in the early 90s after the explosion of Acid House. Tech House was seen as the direct alternative to acid house, as it did not have the high energy to be played as much at raves that was commonly seen through other genres at the time, and
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Eddie soon began experimenting with the genre and helped it gain prominence by DJ'ing with Mr. C at the Paul Stone and Clink Street RIP parties in 1988, then seen as the counterpart to the Shoom events. These sets were the key to introducing the Acid House culture in London, England.
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Later, Richards devoted more time to music production, releasing and licensing tracks with labels in the UK, Europe & US including End
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and production work led to the release of club classics such as "Acid Man" in 1988, which reached number 23 in the UK singles charts, followed by other popular remixes of
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Besides his long standing residency at Wiggle, a series of London underground parties, he spins regularly at Fabric in London and has been featured in the
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425:Take 10: Eddie Richards
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305:"Soul Is Life / Mbaby"
51:Background information
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