Hard dance master Rikki Smith aka Digital Blonde has been delving into the realms of hard dance DJing and production since the tender age of 15. Rikki is a highly talented down to earth man who describes himself as a bit of a Jekyl and Hyde in character! Rikki has always maintained a day job and currently works a 9-5 day job. However, his passion for producing has always presided above the rest as he spends the twilight hours up in his studio mastering the sounds of the Trance future! As far as the alias Digital Blonde goes, Digital Blonde originally consisted of two like-minded individuals who whilst at Raindance in 1992 had a sudden burst of inspiration! The laser display featured blonde silver suited dancers that appeared blue under the light of the laser, this inspired the boys to name their Production duo Digital Blonde! However, with passions lying in other areas one half of the team left the collaboration leaving Rikki to pursue his career as a top class Hard Dance DJ and producer single-handed. With regards his sound, Rikki describes it as Hard euro Trance with lots of strings and tribal influences. He gets a lot of inspiration from all areas of hard dance and has massive respect for the likes of John 00 Fleming, Tiesto and Ferry Corsten who share a mutual respect and understanding one anothers careers. However, Rikki does not fail to point that he draws influence no matter how little from the likes of Ian Van Dal who he listens to in his car!!!