Ricky Chopra

Don't call it a comeback, i've been here for years!!!

I started my DJ'ing career started back in 1986, where I played on the now infamous Peoples FM (one of the first Hip-Hop and House pirate radio stations in London).

I went on to DJ at the countries first warehouse rave at Lee Film Studios, and began playing at many of London's early house nights in London including Fun City - Busby's, The Buzz Club - Tudor Rose, Ecstatic - Wag, and the Astoria.

This is where I developed my original style and soon began to make waves within the scene. In 1991 I was approached by Faze 2 Records to produce a hardcore remix of Desmond Dekkers Israelites - a mix I was performing live in clubland.

This proved to be a very successful track and went on to be a hardcore anthem and reached number 36 in the UK national charts.

I still produces under numerous guises (Look out for my new projects Dumb Angel and Glitter Junkies later this year).

The offers came flooding and I soon found myself DJ'ing at some of the coolest clubs in the country - clubs like Ministry Of Sound and Cafe de Paris. However I wanted more from life so moved up to Sheffield to attend University, but the decks soon called me back. Whilst at University I began to play at Sheffield's hottest nights including Love To Be, Old Skool, Kiss FM parties and even found time to DJ on Sheffield's most popular pirate radio station Dance FM.

I have chosen to stay in Sheffield and I feel I have become part of the furniture, and I have managed to bag some of the most prestigious residencies in town including Gatecrasher, Bed-Saturdays, Blessed, Bubblegum, S1 1DJ, and Slummin' at GC1.