Music : Hard Dance and Electro
Ed Real is one of the most influential people in dance music. Exceptional DJ, award winning promoter, businessman, media personality and producer – Ed Real has it all.
Ed’s passion and expertise behind the decks is impeccable and has seen him ripping up the dancefloors of some of the UK’s top clubs including The Gallery, Godskitchen and Gatecrasher at the NEC. Ed excels in front of a big crowd and has made memorable performances at Glastonbury, Creamfields and Escape In the Park, he’s played at Dance Valley in Holland, and massive raves in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Tokyo.
In his spare time Ed has taken his own club night Riot! from budding after hours Sunday club to being named Number One club in the UK by Mixmag. Held once a month London’s prestigious club The End – Riot! has played host to some of the biggest names in Extreme Dance such as Andy Farley, BK, Lisa Lashes, Yoji Biomehanika and Anne Savage.
Ed is an accomplished businessman and in 2004 joined forces with BK to launch Riot! Recordings. Three of the first 5 releases on the label were Mixmag Single of the Month and the other two both featured in the Top 5.
Collaborations with BK, James Lawson, The Coalition and Ali Wilson have propelled Ed into the premier league of hard dance DJs.
Ed has now also completed the second in the series of the Hard Dance Republic albums. This being a TV advertised album has now made Ed Real a household name.
In March 2005 Ed Real joined The Prodigy, Ritchie Hawtin and Adam Freeland on the Two Tribes tour of Australia and New Zealand. Having played some of the biggest events down under over the last two years inc. Mobile Home NYE with Tiesto, Summer Dayz, Adven Jah and Home in Sydney this was his biggest tour to date. With festivals such as Impulz and Q – Dance in Holland under his belt, this is no mean feat.
October 2005 saw Ed take on the role of London’s hottest new resident at the Polysexual South. And this NYE is playing alongside Ferry Corsten and Marco V at the 5000 capacity Brixton Academy in London.
Spring 2006 and this year looks like the busiest yet. Having celebrated an awesome tour of Brazil through January and presented the Hard Dance Awards for the second year in February, the summer season is just around the corner! Ed has been booked to play at Gods Kitchen Global Gathering, Gods Kitchen Hi-Fi festival and Def Qon One festival in Holland. He’ll be making three trips to Ibiza to play at Tidy Euphoria and has requests for play in Canada, Dubai, Moscow and Japan in process for all the weekends in between!
Ed Real is a born leader who breathes, eats, sleeps and dreams dance music! His passion for the scene is unrivalled and it reflects in his DJ sets, his production and his attitude to life!
DISCOGRAPHY
PRODUCTIONS/REMIXES
PRETTY FAST – Real, Rowland and Wright
SUNSHINE – Real and Richardson
DESERT STORM – Ed Real and Todd Tobias
657 – Ed Real and Vinylgroover
WAKE UP CALL – Ed Real vs The Shrink
EASY ON THE CUT – Ed Real and Nick Sentience
A LITTLE LOVE – Ed Real & BK
BITCH! - Ed Real & James Lawson
INFORMATION OVERLOAD - Ed Real & James Lawson
MONKEY TEKNO - Ed Real & Ali Wilson
STRAIGHT OUTTA CLAPHAM - 'On The Edge'
20,000 HARDCORE MEMBERS - Ed Real & The Coalition
COMPILATION CDS:
HARDHOUSE ANTHEMS 3 mixed by BK and Ed Real
HARDHOUSE ANTHEMS 2001 mixed by BK and Ed Real
INTERNATIONAL HARDHOUSE mixed by BK and Ed Real
HARD DANCE ANTHEMS 2003 mixed by Nukleuz DJs (Ed Real)
FRANTIC mixed by Ed Real and Andy Farley
MAINSTAGE mixed by Ed Real and Clive King
PROTOCOL, JAPAN mixed by Ed Real
HARDHOUSE ANTHEMS 2 mixed by Ed Real and Andy Farley
HARDHOUSE ANTHEMS 4 mixed by Ed Real and Rob Tissera
HARD DANCE REPUBLIC mixed by Ed Real (March 2005)
HARD DANCE REPUBLIC VOL 2 mixed by Ed Real (October 2005)
RIOT! FILTHY HOUSE FOR DIRTY STOPOUTS mixed by Ed Real & BK (May 2006)