One sunny afternoon in the mid 80s, the attention of a bespectacled 8-year-old was caught by a demonstration of synthesisers, drum machines and samplers on childrens' television. Immediately captivated, the young man was never to lose interest thereaft..
Frequently misspelled, Asad Rizvi is a name that House music lovers associate with consistency, refinement and diversity. With over 100,000 units sold of his work, Asad’s sprawling discography covers a multitude of dance music's most illustrious labels including Om, Global Underground, King Street, The End, Wall of Sound, Loveslap!, Tango, Urbantorque, Loaded, Visitor, as well as his own imprints Wrong and Reverberations. Having been dubbed a “new school hero” by Muzik magazine, “Producer for 2000” by Mixmag, and a “DJ for 2000” in The Face, “Best Compilation of 2003” in M8, his distinctive sound has continually been winning appraisal from the industry’s leading music publications and Dj’s alike. Over the years his work has won the avid support of jocks as diverse as: Danny Tenaglia, Laurent Garnier, Mark Farina, Terry Francis, Mr. C, DJ Heather, Tom Middleton, Doc Martin, Adam Freeland, Gilles Peterson, Inland Knights, Fred Everything, Danny Howells, Desyn Massiello and seemingly countless others.
Asad is not up there in the top 20 lists of the worlds' biggest DJs. He has nonetheless remained one of the busiest and most well-travelled London house jocks for many years. His infectious yet eclectic slant on House music has regularly proven to satisfy the most purist underground dance-floors to the most up-for-it big room crowds. Having graced the decks at hundreds of venues across five continents, he has made appearances at some of the world's most well respected venues including Fabric (London), Pacha (Buenos Aires), Stereo (Montreal), Folies Pigales (Paris), Roxy & Mecca (Prague), Crystal (Istanbul), The End (London), and playing to crowds of up to 20,000 people.
Having had an action-packed Summer touring far and wide from Mexico to Georgia with a string of sublime releases that have seen him moving back into more electronic house territories, Asad has been working overtime on new originals and remixes, a compilation, as well as travel plans to rock yet more dance-floors across the globe. An ever-ubiquitous presence in House music is here to stay and will indeed be a name you'll be hearing yet more of in 2011.
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singles
ASAD RIZVI: “Sheenwolf” / “Me Tangere” (Reverberations)
ASAD RIZVI: “Fair Dinkum” (Onethirty)
ASAD RIZVI: “The Asparagus Monologue” / “Spinach, Mystery & Insult” (Lunatic Jazz)
ASAD RIZVI & INGRID HAKANSON: “Valley of the Lost Souls” (Nite Grooves)
ASAD RIZVI ft. LAUREN KITARA: “Apathy” - remixes (Tango)
ASAD RIZVI: “Is That My Wig” / “Lost in Tranzit” (Wrong)
ASAD RIZVI: “I Will Never Know” (Reverberations)
THE REMOTE: “P.G.M.M.” (Global Underground)
ASAD RIZVI: “Duality” – ft. Mel Dymond (Reverberations)
ASAD RIZVI ft. LAUREN KITARA: “Apathy” (Tango)
MASTIKSOUL & ASAD RIZVI: “Monkey See Monkey Do” (4Kenzo)
ASAD & CASSELLE: “Wafflehostage” / “Muffin Bazooka” (Wrong)
ASAD RIZVI: “Dot that wholes your ‘i’” (Soco Audio)
THE REMOTE: “Please Change Your Mind”((Global Underground)
ASAD RIZVI: “Duality”(Reverberations Limited)
ASAD & TANGUN: “Fear & loathing by the Bosphorus” - remixes (Reverberations)
ASADINHO: “Dis Is How We Run Tings” (Honcho’s)
ASAD & TANGUN: “Fear & loathing by the Bosphorus” (Wrong)
ASAD RIZVI: “The Hour” - featuring Raquel Pinto Matter:/Form (Propaganda)
SUPERGUA VS. SILVERLINING: “Superagua EP” (Reverberations)
ASAD RIZVI & CHRIS PASCOE: “Dime Solo”(Reverberations Limited)
ASAD RIZVI: “Collateral Aid” (dub) (Pacific Technics)
TWO RIGHT WRONGANS: “Still Not Quite Right EP” (Wrong)
ASAD RIZVI: “Slippery Heights”/”Collateral Aid” - feat. Mel Dymond (Soco Audio)
IMPOSSIBLE BEINGS: “The Stars and Under EP” (The End)
V.A. / ASAD RIZVI: “Silverlining Exposures EP” 12 inch samplers 1 & 2 (Reverberations)
IMPOSSIBLE BEINGS: “Too Late” (The End)
TWO RIGHT WRONGANS / SILVERLINING: ”Fill the Gaps” (Wrong)
ASAD RIZVI: “Smiling at the Sun” (Visitor)
SILVERLINING: “Transition” (Ing)
TWO RIGHT WRONGANS: “Sorry mate you’ve got the Wrong House” remixes (Inversus)
SOUTHERN COMFORTERS: “Quick, call the King” (Reverberations)
IMPOSSIBLE BEINGS: “Special Brew Chic” (on Subterrain 100% Unreleased) (The End)
TWO RIGHT WRONGANS: “Sorry mate you’ve got the Wrong House” (Wrong)
SILVERLINING: “Don’t forget your ambdo-knyper” (on “Second Array”) (Tektite)
APPLEHEADZ: “Hold your Turtles” (Loaded)
SILVERLINING: “The 100 Year Wait” (Kickin)
BLUEGOOSE VS. SILVERLINING: “Taken Over” (Surreal)
IMPOSSIBLE BEINGS: “Back to the Imbiss”/”Women’s Rugby” The End)
SILVERLINING: “Precision Spanner” Wrong)
SILVERLINING: “Present Eventualities EP” Tag)
IMPOSSIBLE BEINGS: “RazzleMania”/”Come with the Imbiss” The End)
SILVERLINING: “Breezin’ Thru...”/”Quick Scrub” Wrong)
IMPOSSIBLE BEINGS: “Sunset over Brixton Beach” - with Terry Francis remix Soap)
APPLEHEADZ: “Moontan EP” - with Killer Loop remix Reverberations)
TWO RIGHT WRONGANS: “Pete’s Thong” Wrong)
SILVERLINING: “Pearl Divers EP” Wiggle)
IMPOSSIBLE BEINGS: “Monday Night Receptionist” Shaft)
SILVERLINING: “Easy Living” Eukahouse)
TWO RIGHT WRONGANS: “Not Quite Right EP” Wrong)
SPOOKIN’ THA HOUSE: “Dissolve EP” Reverberations)
IMPOSSIBLE BEINGS: “Greasy Kittens” The End)
APPLEHEADZ: “If you were a cat, you’d follow me” Reverberations)
SPOOKIN’ THA HOUSE: “Trapdoor” Reverberations)
SPOOK IN THE HOUSE: “Surf’s up” Pentagon)
ASAD: “Glad to be of Assistance” Chemical Honey)
RE:VERB: “Sunset over Brixton Beach” (Underground UK comp) Kickin)
MEMORY TREE VS. WIDEO KIDS: “Satellite Spy” Pentagon)
THE CLUMPS: “Blackout” Re:verb)
UNTITLED PROJECT: “Deep Blue” White label)
CARBON UNIT: “Cyclic Clip Clop” Chemical Honey)
SPOOK IN THE HOUSE: “Beginning to End” Pentagon)
MEMORY TREE: “Dual” Re:verb
remixes
BRENT VASSAR: “Superbump” – Asad Rizvi Remixes (Blockhead)
JAVI LOPEZ: “Look What” – Asad Rizvi Remix (Onethirty)
JEVNE: “Moderize” – Asad’s Deeperize Remix (Native Soul)
THE INHABITANTS: “The Truth and The Lie” – Asad Rizvi Remix (Evasive)
GALAXY GROUP ft. CAPITOL A: “Out Of Control” – Asad Rizvi Remixes (Loveslap!)
MATHEW BANDY: “Thinkin’ Bout You” – Asad Rizvi Remix (Lust 4 House)
A.HUMAN: “Pacey Singer” – Asad Rizvi & Ashley Casselle’s Remote Remix (Wall of Sound)
THE OPTICAL SENSORS: “Need 4 Speed” – Asad Rizvi (Nightphunk)
AGENT AUTOMATIC: “Souled Out” – Asad Rizvi Remix (Fortified)
SPENCER GREY: “Pillow Talk” - Asad Rizvi remix (Loveslap)
IZ & DIZ: “Magnificent” - Asad Rizvi remixes (Om)
MATHEW BANDY: “Derty Werk” – Asad Rizvi Remix (Reverberations)
SEAN DIMITRIE “Dr Doo Yoo” - Asad Rizvi remix (Reverberations)
ROB PEARSON: “Precious Things” - Asad’s Nasty Things remix (Wrong)
BLAZE: “How Deep is Your Love” (Dance Wicked)
HAROLD HEATH: “Long Relationships” (Urbantorque)
HARRY PEAT: “Affrodizziac” - Asad’s Silverlining Love Bomb (Alternative Route)
PETER BLACK: “Cream” - Asad’s Silverlining re-rub (Panela Velha)
HIDEO KOBAYASHI: “Hill Climber” - Asad Rizvi & Tom Gillieron Remix (Reverberations)
A.D.D.: “High as can be” - Asad’s Silverlining remix Household)
RARE INFLUENCE: “Take Me With You” – Asad’s Silverlining remix (Inversus)
DEL 5: “Sexlip” – Impossible Beings remix (The End)
MR C: “Circles of Love” – Impossible Beings remix (The End)
POPOUT & PLAY: “On our way” – Asad’s Silverlining dub (Special Needs)
CUTLAB: “Loudkissing” – Asad’s Silverlining remix (Big Chief)
HARIS & DEDAN: “Electrooro” – Asad’s Silverlining boogie dub (Laus)
DOG WITH THE GROOVE OF LIGHTS: “G-Spot” – Asad’s Silverlining remix (Ing)
SHUFFLEHEADS: “Roll Call” – Asad’s Silverlining remix (Fremont)
THE DEAL: “Play On” – Asad’s Silverlining remixes (Influence)
LEN LEWIS: “Paradise People” – Asad’s Silverlining remix (Poodle)
DARK MALE: “Nightlife” – Asad’s Silverlining remix (Groovetech)
BIG BEN’S HAIRY: “Bi-Sickle” - Impossible Beings remix (Visitor)
REV: “Up in Smoke” - Silverlining remix (Ing)
REACTOR MUSIC: “Holes in Space” - Two Right Wrongans remix (Wrong)
TJR FEAT. XAVIER: “Just Gets Better” - Silverlining remix (Multiply)
THE MINGERS: “Emancipation” - Silverlining remix ()Surreal)
BIOLOGICAL: “Good ole Love” - Silverlining remix (EC)
KURTIS BLOW: “The Breaks” - Asad Rizvi’s Silverlining breakdown (Eukahouse)
DOODLEBUG: “Loose in your Mind” - Silverlining remix (Abnormal)
PRIMITIVE (AKA SWAG): “Primitive Urges 3” - Appleheadz remix (Primitive)
THE FOG: “Been a Long Time” - Asad Rizvi & Chris More rmx. (Pukka)
BICYCLE THIEVES: “D-Lock” - Impossible Beings remix (Urban Decay)
KILLER LOOP: “Broken” - Asad remix (The End)
PLAYER ONE: “Here and Now” - Asad remix (Reverberations)
MAD DOG REFLEX: “Wanted” - Asad remix (Chemical Honey)
NUMBER CRUNCHER: “Open” - Asad remix (Chemical Honey)
mix cds / albums:
VARIOUS ARTISTS: “Tom III” - Mixed by Asad Rizvi (One Magazine)
VARIOUS ARTISTS: “Are You Homemade?” (Homemade Electronica)
VARIOUS ARTISTS: “Totally Erected Summer Mix” (Totally Erected)
ASAD RIZVI: “Silverlining Exposures” (Reverberations)
VARIOUS ARTISTS: “Fine House Music” - Mixed by Asad Rizvi (Loaded Records / Jockeyslut Magazine)
Venues Played
london:
Fabric
The End (various nights)
Sancho Panza
East Village
Reverberations @ various venues
Jaded @ The Egg
Prologue @ The Egg
EBM @ The Egg
Retox @ Sosho
Wiggle
Kerfuffle @ various venues
Sizzle @ various venues
Hidden Garden @ White Lion
Blonde @ AKA
Urbantoque @ AKA
Alpine Fever @ AKA
Gutterfunk @ Medicine
Plastic People
Public Life
Walhalla @ AKA
The Difference @ The White Horse
Ultimate Base @ Velvet Underground
Turnmills
Hasslehoff Scandal @ The Telegraph
Pigeonhold @ Salmon & Compass
Whoop! Whoop! @ The Royal Pavillion
Web of Hope @ Woody’s
Reform @ The Telegraph
Bloc Party @ Elephant & Castle Studios
Stop the War Party @ Electrowerks
Armadilo Roof Party
Records of the Forthnight Parties
Absolute @ The Colloseum
Analogue City
Final Frontier @ Club UK
Voyager @ Complex
Megatripolis @ Heaven
Eurobeat 2000 @ Turnmills
Fazed
Sub Rosa @ Secret Venue
Freefunk
Green Chillies
House the Wife @ The Clinic
Do it your way @ The Jaxx
It’s a Party @ Oporto
Lunar @ The Junction
Fuddle Duddle
International Chaos @ The Lockside Lounge
South-Side Soul @ The White Horse
Nice! (Chocolate Sound System) @ George IV
Outcaste @ Notting Hill Arts Club
Recombination @ Bagley’s & Open
Remedy @ The Clinic
Science Funktion @ The Plug
Soundtank @ Electrowerks
Spacebeats @ Venom
Synthetic Sunday
Sizzlin’ Sundays @ The Love Bar
The Drome
The Vibe Bar
Applejam
A Different Kind of Time @ The White Horse
Wrong parties
Wubble-U @ Automatic Studios
other cities in the uk:
Kindergaarten @ The Attic, MANCHESTER
Fluid Groove @ The Shrine, BRIGHTONPositive Reverberations @ Concorde II, BRIGHTON
Wrong vs. Positve @ Volk’s Tavern, BRIGHTON
Optical @ The Honey Club & The Escape, BRIGHTON
Bubblefunk @ The Escape, BRIGHTON
House the Wife (Positive Sounds), BRIGHTON
Positive Sounds Ploughing Match, BRIGHTON
Seritonin Soiree, PORTSMOUTH
Conch @ the Empire, BOGNOR REGIS
Freuds, OXFORD
Fazed @ New Hall Dome, CAMBRIDGE
King’s College Events, CAMBRIDGE
Reverberations @ The Cellars, CAMBRIDGE
Heaven Sent, CAMBRIDGE
Quadrant @ The Skyy Club, NOTTINGHAM
Rebound @ Lost Weekend, NOTTINGHAM
Mynt, LEEDS
Bughouse @ The Substitute, GLASGOW
Snafu, GlASGOW
argentina:
Pacha, BUENOS AIRES
australia:
Likuid & Phreakin party, MELBOURNE
austria:
Crazy @ Flex, VIENNA
bahrain:
Likwid @ Level, BAHRAIN
belgium:
Fluffy Clouds, LEUVEN
Kozzmozz, GHENT
Decadance, GHENT
European House & Techno Expo 1998, GHENT
brazil:
Brasilia Music Festival, BRASILIA
Rebolado, SAO PAULO
Fucked @ Love-E & Piranha, SAO PAULO
Jack! @ Love-E, SAO PAULO
Crib @ Haze Club, SAO PAULO
Speed Café, SAO PAULO
00, RIO DE JANIRO
Bit Sessions @ The Bunker, RIO DE JANEIRO
Caroline, RIO DE JANEIRO
Remedio, BELO HORIZONTE
Deputamadtre, BELO HORIZONTE
D-Edge, CAMPO GRANDE
The Garage, CAMPO GRANDE
Club Floor, CUIABÁ
bulgaria:
Culture Beat, SOFIA
Black Box, SOFIA
Lifehouse, SOFIA
Playground, SOFIA
Escape, SOFIA
Sugar, SOFIA
Totally Erected Birthday @ Burovski, SOFIA
Masai, GOLDEN SANDS,
Comics, VARNA
Momo, VARNA
Playground, VARNA
La Playa, VARNA
Cargo, VARNA
Bola, VARNA
Electrica Open Air @ Club Indy, PLOVDIV
Plasma, PLOVDIV
Bash, PLOVDIV
Loving Deep, BOURGAS
Alibi, BOURGAS
cambodia:
Monsoons, PHNOM PENH
canada:
Stereo, MONTRÉAL
The Tube @ The London Club, MONTRÉAL
Summer Love, CHILLIWAK (BC)
Deepen @ The Lotus Lounge, VANCOUVER
Fever @ Sonar, VANCOUVER
Life Experience, VANCOUVER
X-Ray @ The Lotus Lounge, VANCOUVER
Refocus, VANCOUVER
Chaos Theory @ Celebrities, VANCOUVER
Earth Dance, VANCOUVER
Now & Again, VANCOUVER
The Gallery, VANCOUVER
Debauchery @ Evolution, VICTORIA (BC)
Hush, VICTORIA (BC)
Hardtimes @ Rebar, EDMONTON (ALBERTA)
Tommy Africa’s (various promoters), WHISTLER (BC)
Strictly Underground @ Garfinkel’s, WHISTLER (BC)
Savage Beagle, WHISTLER (BC)
Garibaldi, WHISTLER (BC)
Full Moon outdoor party, SQUAMISH (BC)
costa rica:
Jaco Beach Electronic Music Festival, JACO
croatia:
Sirup, ZAGREB
OTV / Bogoloo, ZAGREB
Fabrika, ZAGREB
Dot Frequency, ZAGREB
Gate 2004, DUBROVNIK
Lanzeretti, DUBROVNIK
Silverlining @ Metropolis, SPLIT
Summer Scape @ Klub Atlantida, HVAR
Fort Bourgignon, PULA
Euphoria Exposure @ Fun Academy, BJELOVAR
Global Impakt @ Memorial House, Kalnik, KRIZVCI
czech republic:
Shake @ The Roxy, PRAGUE
Bingo @ Mecca, PRAGUE
Silverlining @ Radost F X, PRAGUE
Heaven @ Radost FX, PRAGUE
Sambuca @ Radost FX, PRAGUE
Karma Sutra @ Radost FX, PRAGUE
Bukanyr, PRAGUE
Paradogs, PRAGUE
Bar Rhumba, OLOMOUC
Perpetuum, BRNO
Fabrika, BRACLEV
france:
Folies Pigales, PARIS
Ibiza House Party @ Le Théatre, ANTIBES
Rhino Rendezvous, PROVENCE
Usine, NANCY
germany:
Shakin Vibes, COLOGNE
Culture Club, BONN
Sage, BERLIN
The Fix, BERLIN
Gallerie Berlin-Tokyo, BERLIN
Quadrant Sound System (Love Parade), BERLIN
St. Kilda’s, BERLIN
Ibiza, BERLIN
Roxy, BERLIN
Sommerfest @ Rappenwörter Bad, KARLSRÜHE
Superbleep @ The Basement, WIESBADEN
georgia:
Guru, TBILISI
Bamba Rooms, BATUMI
holland:
Chemistry @ The Escape, AMSTERDAM
Heart @ Panama, AMSTERDAM
Music People (Sound Architecture), THE HAGUE
On @ Off-Corso, ROTTERDAM
Nighttown, ROTTERDAM
The Supper Club, AMSTERDAM
hungary:
Hairy @ Cha Cha, BUDAPEST
india:
Baci, DELHI
Tabula Rasa, DELHI
Sparks, HYDERABAD
japan:
Lumber @ Maniac Love, TOKYO
Ing @ Ism, TOKYO
Dinosoul, TOKYO
Halleluliah!, NIIGATA
lebanon:
Silicon, BEIRUT
Crobar, BEIRUT
macedonia:
Process, SKOPJE
mexico:
Fever, MEXICO CITY
Rimel, MEXICO CITY
Lamb Generation @ Ex-Teresa, MEXICO CITY
Colmio, MEXICO CITY
Ranchtown @ La Tirana, MEXICO CITY
new zealand:
Calibre, AUCKLAND
Analog @ Wyndham Bowling Club, AUCKLAND
Monkey Business @ Sandwiches, WELLINGTON
Studio 9, WELLINGTON
Haunted, QUEENSTOWN
Heaven, CHRISTCHURCH
Bath Street, DUNEDIN
pakistan:
Reverberations, KARACHI
panama:
Next, PANAMA CITY
norway:
Backyard @ Horgans, OSLO
Suzy Wong, OSLO
Gabler, OSLO
poland:
Prozak, KRAKOW
Bluenote, POZNAN
portugal:
Inhouse @ O2, LISBON
Club Lua, LISBON
Industria, LISBON
Coconuts, CASCAIS
Festival ” J”, ALENTEJO
Imperio Romana, LEIRA
Locomia, ALBUFEIRA (ALGARVE)
Boat Party, COIMBRA
serbia:
Zebra Party @ Club Us, BELGRADE
slovakia:
Elan, BRATISLAVA
Arzenal, KOSICE
slovenia:
Into Something @ Club K4, Llubljana
Impulz Future Club, Llubljana
Sweden:
Paradisco, GOTHENBURG
switzerland:
Weetamix, GENEVA
CCSMGDB, GENEVA
Mad, LAUSANNE
Mokka, THUN
Artix, BIEL
Retours, INTERLAKEN
Kiff, AARAU
Doomed, FRIBOURG
Oberdiessbach Festival, nr. BERN
Art Factory, BERN
La Mine, LAUSANNE
turkey:
Crystal, ISTANBUL
uae:
Trilogy, DUBAI
Deep Textures @ Terminal, UAE
Enigma, ABU DHABI
usa:
Roam Music (various venues), LOS ANGELES
Basic, LOS ANGELES
Viper Rooms, LOS ANGELES
Release @ 1015, SAN FRANSISCO
End Up, SAN FRANSISCO
The Top, SAN FRANSISCO
Supper Club, SAN FRANSISCO
Superhighway, SEATTLE
Basic @ Sullivan Room, NYC
Propaganda @ Sullivan Room, NYC
Le Souk, NYC
Sleaze Faztor, NYC
The Basement Sessions, DENVER
Hula’s, HONOLULU, HAWAII
Bobby G’s, HONOLULU, HAWAII
Full Moon Party, DIAMOND HEAD, OAHU, HAWAII
Movim & Basic @ various venues, MIAMI (WMC)
Sullivan Room @ Angel, MIAMI (WMC)
Blue Collar @ Laundry, MIAMI (WMC)
Gourmet/Velvetcouch @ Blue, MIAMI (WMC)
Roam Music @ The Townhouse, MIAMI (WMC)
Gourmet/Relode @ Upper Lounge, MIAMI (WMC)
909 Productions & Dinamo FM @ The Astor, MIAMI
(WMC)
PM Sessions @ Secret Location, MIAMI (WMC)
South Beach Diet @ various venues, MIAMI (WMC)
Gordon Bennett @ The Chesterfield, MIAMI (WMC)
Soco Audio @ Steam, MIAMI (WMC)
Underground Atlanta @ The Shelley, MIAMI (WMC)
Afterhours @ The Marlin, MIAMI (WMC)
The Difference @ Spy Lounge, MIAMI (WMC)
The Loop, ORLANDO
Xanadu, JACKSONVILLE, FL
Bodius Maximus, TAMPA
Pure @ Crobar, CHICAGO
Sugarcane, NEW ORLEANS
Karma, ATLANTA
Soco Audio @ The Mark, ATLANTA
Soco Audio @ Lava Lounge, ATLANTA
Nomenclature, ATLANTA
Southern Comfort @ The Crescent Rooms, ATLANTA
Puddin & Grits, ATLANTA
Light Bar, AUSTIN, TX
Element, AUSTIN, TX
Movim, BALTIMORE