RICHARD SEARLE

As well as fulfilling his bass playing duties with Acid Jazz combo Corduroy, Richard Searle began DJing one month after he started working at Acid Jazz Records in 2003 – at the Magic In The Air Club in Barcelona and from there became part of the Acid Jazz DJ roster spinning mod, Northern, Garage, R&B, funk and all things groovy on seven inch vinyl.

Since then he has fallen into the addictive original only vinyl scene playing at venues including:

Chez 66 (London, Eastbourne).

Crawdaddy, (London).

 Soul Stompers (London).

Hipshaker, (Portsmouth).

Modcast (London, St Leonards, Mallorca). 

Soul At The Ritsy (London).

96 Tears (London).

From The Floorboards Up (London).

Club Strychnine (Guildord).

The Happening (Ryde, The Isle Of White).

Purple Weekend Festival (Leon, Spain).

Magic In The Air (Barcelona). 

The Piper (St Leonards).

The Marquis (London).

Plus host DJ at Desert-Boot Island Discs (London).

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Musician:

Bass player in Doctor and The Medics; 1982 – 1990. 

Bass player in Boys Wonder 1987 & 1989 – 1992.

Bass player in Corduroy 1992 – present day.

Session player Mother Earth, The Freestylers,  Chris Difford, The Fleur De Lys, Sharon Tandy, Bad Acid & The Spooks.

TWR Radio DJ – 2019 – 2024

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Record label:

 Acid Jazz Records 2003 – 2016 – A&R

Well Suspect Records 2016 to present day –Director.

Author:

The Absurdist  – 2014 (Novel).

Sketchistentialism – 2011 (Cartoon selection).

The Memoirs Of Damage And Vom – 2014 (Memoir).

Qualifications:

Bachelor Of Arts: Open University- Humanities (Creative Writing, Philosophy) 2016.