riley & durrant
Nick Riley & Andi Durrant are 2 of the biggest rising stars in dance music. Turning their hand to national and international radio shows, the planets biggest dance events, and producing tracks and remixes for the biggest artists and labels.
Riley & Durrant are residents are for Gatecrasher, the biggest trance club in the UK, and play across the world from Russia, Asia, Europe and the US. In 2004 alone, they have flown the flag for crasher and rocked clubs such as Cream (Ibiza and Liverpool), Slinky, Passion, Goodgreef, Tidy, Gatecrasher, Judgement Sunday, Peach and Wildchild, and have played alongside Tiesto, Armin, Oakenfold, Corsten, Van Dyk and a many more.
Andi and Nick have just returned from St Petersberg where they played a live set on the main Crasher stage of Fort Dance, to 45,000 clubbers, and an audience of 80million on TV and Radio. A busy season in Ibiza will be topped off with a return to the UK to play at the massive Creamfields festival.
As well as rocking clubs across the world, they also find the time to turn their hand to production - Last year they had a massive trance hit with 'Candesco', which Tiesto has said was his tune of 2003!. They have remixed artists such as Armin Van Buuren, Sinead O'Connor, Lustral and The Space Brothers, and their tracks and mixes have been licensed to compilations by Sony and Virgin. They are currently working on numerous remix projects for UK and international labels and putting together an album for internet release.
Andi is the voice of Galaxy FM, with 3 of the biggest dance shows in the country. His Friday night 'Big Night In' show is one of the highest rated shows in Europe, and the network Club Fresh show on a Saturday reaches hundreds of thousands of people a week. Riley & Durrant also have their own show called 'Nu Breed', showcasing the cutting edge and freshest talent in dance music. The guys company Distorted produces and number of high profiles international radio shows, and holds the diaries of exciting new artists and DJs.
Riley & Durrant can be seen regularly in the pages of Mixmag, DJ, Klubknowledge, and the nets biggest websites. Their busy schedule of UK and international dates, and high profile remixes and tracks, should see their already massive popularity and profile go through the roof, so be sure to check them out when you can.