Richie McNeill | Long Play Series
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- Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2022
- Richie McNeill is an innovator and force for change in the Australian dance and electronic music scene who has helped put Melbourne on the world stage as the leading city for rave culture. Starting with his first Hardware rave party on New Year’s Eve in 1991 at the Mercantile Rowing Club in Melbourne, McNeill has built award-winning events and festivals including Apollo, Two Tribes, Stereosonic, and Festival X which have supported local artists and showcased the biggest names in electronica.
McNeill has performed locally and internationally as DJ Richie Rich, managed Mushroom Records’ dance department, and helped develop the Victorian Government's Code of Conduct for Running Safer Dance Events. In 2011, he won an ‘inthemix Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his contribution to dance music in Australia.
In this interview, he discusses DJing as a teenager in Melbourne during the 1990s, developing a role for Mushroom Records as the leading distributor of electronic music, and creating Stereosonic, the largest single day festival in Australian history.
Interviewer: Jane Gazzo
Location: Bakehouse Studios, Richmond, 2022 
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Listened to Kate’s show every week, Richie introduced me to German trance and many other sounds, great memories.
There's nothing like music memories ❤
Amazing story. What a journey, what a life! Respects. Plur.
Great interview. Richie is an Australian dance music legend. Gave me a few gigs over the years and gave me hundreds of great memories on the dance floor. He deserves all of his success and more 👍
RICHIEEEEE :)
Kate was really supportive of me and my music .. it was a strange but somehow nice time back then
Adam baby you blew all our minds!
Wow what a fantastic interview!
A nice candid and genuine interview from Richie. Good watch and well done Jane Gazzo - great interview!
So glad you enjoyed the interview, Davide.
Great interview! I would love to see an interview with Kate Bathgate as she was such a massive influence on the Melbourne scene. 🖤
Thanks Ritchie. There were tracks you only had. Ahh ye ol Palace. Sorely missed days. I am still nothing but old school rave to this day, every day. Making it, playing it. What a 'Rich' history we all have 🙏😉❤️
Well said 👏
What would be really, really interesting is if they were able to interview Will e Tell.
Awesome interview , very interesting hearing the history behind the early days of the Melbourne dance scene .
The length and breadth of projects he's delivered would have to be unparalleled anywhere on the planet. I met him at Pure and from Cosmic Baby onwards, he's led us all by the nose. Thanks champ 👍
And now ladies and gentlemen........Rrrrrrichie Rich
Melbourne 90 to 93 unbeatable !!!!
Ben aka Rave1 😀
Gold.... Richie!
What a great chat!
So glad you enjoyed it Ryan.
Ritchie turned me onto RUN DMC in high school. We won’t talk about the end of year concert though…
Geez haven't seen Jane for years! Looking forward to True Faith :D
Decades ago, when Ben Sims and Carl Cox played at QBH in Melbourne, I was smoking a joint outside and Richie was promoting his event and he asked me if he could have a puff and in return gave me a Red Bull at 5:00 in the morning and we shared a joint. 😁
No you didn’t. Snitches get stitches
What a fucking legend.
i would ❤to represent hardware. For australia.
I remember Mark James playing Gold Coast 1989-91 ish. Thursday nights [London's] Penthouse club.
Good stories [$FRED$[E]$RICK$]..
Emmy & hogey lol✌✊
Shout out to Donni Shoppo
Interviewer: “I have No idea. What’s a track?”
Remember me
He’s my dad idk how to prove it tho?b
his mum is called ronda
please ler me knownif you could promote as a DJ. I suck but im will e to be moulded