Originating from Maidstone in Kent, a town famed for generating an influx of talent currently flooding todays dance scene, Richard Belsom has established himself as one of the UK's finest up and coming DJ's/producers.

No stranger to the scene, his unquenchable passion for dance music stems from over a decade of treading the boards of various clubs and events across the globe. It was this passion that inspired Richard to combine his several years of classical music training with his love of dance music to fulfil a role that would place him on the other side of the turntables by becoming a DJ, producer, and most recently label partner in Cubism with Tony Thomas and Mark Gwinnett (Lunacy Sound Division).

Richard's love for mixing started back in '95 at the tender age of just 16, spending every space penny on vinyl. After a few months practice Richard decided to apply his skills to a live audience and got a residency at a local U18's party, this was to earn him alot of experience and learning opportunity over the 3 years he held the residency.

Eventually deciding that weekends were far too cherished for the likes of u18's parties Richard left to pursue his other main passion - clubbing. This is where he discovered his love for house music, totally inspired by dj's like Sasha, Digweed, Danny Howells.

Since finishing in the semi finals of the Rhythm Clash DJ competition a few years back (held in association with Pioneer and Club Class), Richard's portfolio has seen him go onto play some of the biggest clubs and festivals in the UK and Ibiza including Ministry of Sound in London, Stealth in Nottingham, The Gallery at Turnmills, the Electric Gardens Festival (to a 3000 strong crowd), Es Paradis and Bar M to name but a few, as well as securing residencies with no less than four club nights across the South East, including Babyshake (as one of the Shake DJ's), voted number one breaks night in the country by DJ magazine.

This portfolio doesnt just end there, seeing Richards success story go on to include warming up for some of the worlds finest artists including Peace Division, Layo & Bushwacka, Tom Middleton, Paolo Mojo, Ashley Caselle, King Roc, Nic Fanciulli, Klaus "Heavyweigt" Hill, The Electric Press, James Mowbray, Deepgroove, Simon Baker, Simon Morell, Luke Dzierzek, The Rogue Element, Elite Force, Precision Cuts and many more.

Richard describes his sound as ranging from laid back grooves, deep hypnotic minimal through to chugging tech house, breaks and techno. He also incorporates 3 cdj's, keyboard, and Pioneer FX unit to push the boundaries of his sets to a new level.

Main influences include artists like Sasha, Danny Howells, James Zabiela, Justin Robertson, Peace Division, Nic Fanciulli, Paul Woolford, Claude Von Stroke, Jimpster, Dave Clarke, Magda, Josh Wink, and Lee Burridge to name but a few.

On the production front Richard is constantly in the studio experimenting with sound and creating tracks around the genres he loves. His work has been signed to many labels including Jack Digitals, Ambiosphere, Cubic Records, New Era, S.P. Recordings and most recently Oliver Hunterman's Confused imprint with a huge remix from minimal giants Piemont.

Richard's production work has recieved support from various topjocks across the globe including Nic Fanciulli, King Unique, Jamie Mchugh, Tom Stephan, Deepgroove (Who reviewed Rhythm in M8 magazine), Oliver Hunterman, Bedrock legend Pole Folder who recently featured "Surrender" on his radio mix (80hz Sessions), and Tony Thomas who has just featured Drums Go on his forthcoming Cubism mix album. Most recently Richard won a remix competition judged by Global Underground star Anil Chawla and Paul Lancaster, for his remix of Anil's track fever.

Richards remix will be released alongside the original in the forthcoming release.

Richard also recently went into partnership on a brand new label - CUBISM. Cubism was founded in May 2007 by Richard Belsom, Tony Thomas and Mark Gwinnett with a view to showcase some of the freshest electronic music by some of the worlds best upcoming and established artists, as a sister label to Tony's already hugely succesful Cubic label. The Cubism sound will encompass the very best from deep electronic, minimal, tech house, progressive and techno. With around 12 storming releases already lined up and an evergrowing support list from some of the worlds leading DJ's, including Carl Cox, Perc, Chris Micali, Monoroom etc this is set to be a huge success.

Discography
I Play Music (Jack Digital)
Rhythm (Jack Digital)
Censored (Unsigned)
Ripped - Flight of Dreams (Unsigned)
Soundscape (Ambiosphere)
Surrender (Ambiosphere)
Enlightenment (Ambiosphere)
Temptation (Unsigned)
Never Ride the Lonely Road (Unsigned)
Turbulence (Cubic)
Devastator (Cubic)
Drums Go (Cubic)
Lethargy (Cubic)
Anxiety (Unsigned)
Get Wicked (Unsigned)
Banshee (Confused Recordings)
Pyro (Unsigned)
Off The Boil (Unsigned)
Stomp
Remix's
James Zabiela - Weird Science (Richard Belsom mix)
Claude Von Stroke - Deep Throat (Richard Belsom mix)
Anil Chawla – Fever (Richard Belsom Mix) (Fragile Recordings)
Lunacy Sound Division - Househeads Untied (Richard Belsom Mix) (New Era Records)
Lunacy Sound Division - House Muzica (Richard Belsom Mix) (New Era)
Tony Thomas - Double T (Richard Belsom Remix)(Cubism)
Sam Ball & Mark Gwinnett - Loca (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)
Darien J - Vortex (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)
Rhythm Code - Dont Stop (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)
John Varney - Elektric Frequency (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)
Carlos Fransisco - Raindancer (Richard Belsom's Riders On The Storm Remix) (S.P. Recordings)
Lunacy Sound Division - Get With You (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)

Accolades

Tony Thomas
Soundscape - Yes mate - good production - nice and deep !! Very underground
Drums Go - Love it lots mate - wikkid wikkid wikkid tune :) :) One of my biggest tunes at the moment. I played it at all my gigs in Bulgaria, every time they went F***ING MENTAL…! Played it at a street party to 3000 people, all were whistling and going mad…! Tune Is Top…!
Devastator - Amazing mate, Devastators the oNE :) : ): ) Devastator is truly top bro, well done - nice choppyness of vox and overall high energy and POWER :) :) Brilliant !!!!

Nic Fanciulli
Weird Science Remix - Really like your remix of JZ, keep up the good work

Anil Chawla
Fever Remix - Remix sounds great, really nice breaks touch and love what you've done with the parts... love the remix! Nice one, Anil
Tyler Lewis
Surrender EP - Your tunes are sounding great.. very original... lot's of sound design going on.. Perfect tunes to start and end a mix with.
Drums Go - Nice work Rich
Ian Strakes (Lost My Dog)
Surrender EP - Production on them is really nice. My pick of the bunch was Surrender - had some nice London style tech house beats going down there.

Lunacy Sound Division
Devastator - I love it mate. Good work bro.