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Raymond Bingham (born 16 April 1967 in Streatham, London, England), better known as Grooverider, is a British drum and bass Disc jockey. He and DJ partner Fabio are regarded as "originators" of the scene. Are Fabio & Grooverider the Greatest DJs of All Time? MixMag
Fabio and Grooverider began playing house at Mendoza's in Brixton. From there the pair went on to a venue in Barrington Road in Brixton, but it was not until 1991 that they would really make their mark. That year, Grooverider and Fabio took up a residency at Rage. Throughout the 1990s, Grooverider released tracks as Codename John and helped build the reputations of Matrix and Boymerang with releases on his own record label, Prototype.
With Fabio, he hosted a radio show on Kiss 100 from 1994 to 1997. In 1997, Grooverider compiled the album Prototype Years which featured the best tracks by various artists who appeared on his label. Prototype is known for its sporadic releases, which have included drum and bass work by Dillinja, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Ed Rush, Photek and Optical. In 1998, he and Fabio brought their radio show to a national audience on BBC Radio 1.
As a recording artist, Grooverider has released one album, Mysteries of Funk (Sony 1998), produced in conjunction with Optical, and a number of including his reworkings of Jonny L's "Piper" plus Roni Size/Reprazent's "Share the Fall". In 2005, he was holding a weekly Sunday session called Grace at the London club, Herbal.
On 24 November 2007, Grooverider was arrested at Dubai International Airport for possession of 2.16 grams of cannabis, which he claimed he had forgotten was in a pair of his trousers. "I must have forgotten the spliff," he said in an interview. "It was a small amount. Back home I would not even get prosecuted." Radio 1 DJ jailed on drug charge. BBC News, 19 February 2008. On 19 February 2008, he was sentenced to four years' imprisonment, to be followed by immediate deportation (four years is the mandatory sentence for drug possession in the United Arab Emirates). He was pardoned and released on 3 September 2008, during the holy month of Ramadan that traditionally sees the pardoning of select prisoners in UAE.Verma, Sonia. Radio 1 DJ Grooverider given four-year jail term for cannabis smuggling. The Times, 19 February 2008. In an interview with BBC, Grooverider described his experience and the conditions in which he was placed as "appalling".
Grooverider returned to the BBC Radio 1 drum and bass show with Fabio in October 2008, until it finally ended in March 2012. Since September 2016, they have brought their long-running radio show to London's Rinse FM.
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Categories: 1967 Births, English Drum And Bass Musicians, British Club Djs, Black British Djs, English Radio Djs, Djs From London, English Record Producers, Living People, British People Imprisoned Abroad, Ministry Of Sound, Prisoners And Detainees Of The United Arab Emirates, People From Streatham, Bbc Radio 1 Presenters, English People Convicted Of Drug Offences, English Electronic Dance Music Djs
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