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ALL OUT WAR is the manifestation of Musician/Producer/DJ Solid State aka Richard Hardcastle.
Richard Hardcastle, a musician since 1982 and DJ since 1988, joined his first 'proper' band in May 1985 aged 16. He was recruited to play guitar and programme synths and drum machines in Sheffield bands One Stop the World and Jass, which variously featured Pulp's Nick Banks, Jive Turkey's Matt Swift, All Seeing I's Dean Honer, and WARP's Rob Gordon. Then, inspired by the black electronic dance sounds played by Winston and Parrot at Jive Turkey (original home of the WARP Records sound) he began Djing House, Rap, Soul, Funk and Disco and promoted his first dance club, 'Kangaroo' in 1988, which was featured alongside Jive Turkey in an NME 'Acid House Special' that November.
Richard then played the Sheffield warehouse and college scene for a couple of years and adopted the DJ name 'Solid State' in 1990. As Solid State he first gained DJ recognition for his Palais residencies, playing at hugely popular nights such as .Compulsion and Jam Factory during 1990-93 with Brother In Rhythm Dave Seaman, and Sasha, and played peak-time pirate radio shows on SCR and Fantasy FM.
In December 1992 he started a new club night with Notts legends DIY and Pat Barry, with whom he would later collaborate on vinyl releases. Pat introduced Solid to the deeper side of Disco and Balearic music, beginning a fascination with pre-House club music that that lay the groundwork for Society a decade later.
In 1993 he was involved in bringing New York legend Tony Humphries to Sheffield in an exclusive Ministry of Sound-sanctioned event which was the first of its type outside London. He then played extensively the free party scene with Smokescreen (aka the Inland Knights) and his old hero Winston Hazel through to 1994.
RICHARD ‘SOLID STATE’ HARDCASTLE | KEN ‘KC’ CARTER – AOWRS009. DOWNLOAD | CATCHUP | RELISTEN | SHARE
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RICHARD ‘SOLID STATE’ HARDCASTLE | KEN ‘KC’ CARTER – AOWRS008. DOWNLOAD | CATCHUP | RELISTEN | SHARE
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RICHARD ‘SOLID STATE’ HARDCASTLE | KEN ‘KC’ CARTER – AOWRS007. DOWNLOAD | CATCHUP | RELISTEN | SHARE
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RICHARD ‘SOLID STATE’ HARDCASTLE | KEN ‘KC’ CARTER – AOWRS006. DOWNLOAD | CATCHUP | RELISTEN | SHARE
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SOLID STATE WARMUP SET | GREG WILSON 10TH ANNIVERSARY @ UNDERDOG MCR
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RICHARD ‘SOLID STATE’ HARDCASTLE & KEN ‘KC’ CARTER – AOWRS005. DOWNLOAD / CATCHUP / RELISTEN / LIKE SOUNDCLOUD
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RICHARD ‘SOLID STATE’ HARDCASTLE – AOWRS004. Richie Havens Someone Suite | Commodores Machine Gun | Weather Report Boogie Woogie Waltz | Jose Mangual Black and Brown Boogie | 141G What You Gonna Do (La Dub) | BoBettes Love Rhythm | Thatmanmonkz Overproof | Carlos the Jackal (Bonar Bradbury) | Cliff Richard Ease Along (OG LP […]
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ALL OUT WAR RADIO SHOW SPECIAL GUEST MIX w/ DJ ZYRON – AOWRS003. WEAPONS OF CHOICE: The Human League – Circus of Death [Jingle] Robert Palmer – I Dream of Wires The Apples – Lovesidedownaround Woolfy – The Warehouse Magazine – The Great Man’s Secrets The The – GIANT Thompson Twins – Into the Gap [Club Remix […]
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RICHARD ‘SOLID STATE’ HARDCASTLE & KEN ‘KC’ CARTER – AOWRS002. Gene Chandler Love Is the Answer, Kasso One More Round, JAZ Spectacula (edit), Gino Soccio Heartbreaker, Sangria To The Beat Y’all, Nona Hendryx To The Bone Dub, Willi Colon Set Fire To Me (INferno Dub), Coverup!!! Sheffield DJ beginning with ‘P’, Nail Feet Boutique, Solid State Timebomb, Rah Band Perfumed Garden (extract), Lup Ino Funsick (Begin […]
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RICHARD ‘SOLID STATE’ HARDCASTLE & KEN ‘KC’ CARTER – AOWRS001. Approximate tracklist: David Axelrod Holy Thursday, Stupid Human Get Your Act Together, Eden Free, Thatmanmonkz The Feelin, Pressure That’s the Thing To Do, Munich Machine Bad Reputation, Don Ray Standing In the Rain, Rahaan Love, Yvonne Brown Going Down, Research Day by Day (Spiegelsound Mix), E Smoove My Gasm, Lawson/Damier Forever Mix, Alphonse Mouzon Our Love Is Hot […]
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