DJ Richio Suzuki has spent nearly 40 years on the club, weekender, festival & party scene, worldwide! He currently hosts several events including, Hawaiian Bop, Mellow Mellow right on, Version Excursion, Music is my sanctuary and Diggin’.
He favours vinyl DJ sets of 50’s and 60’s Rock ’n’ Roll, Vintage R ’n’ B, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Disco, Reggae, Ska, Old Skool Hip Hop, Classic House, Cool 80’s Pop, Eclectic and Balearic grooves depending on the venue or event. Richio grew up in the north of England where he was a dancer and young DJ on the Northern soul, Jazz, Funk and Soul scene and became heavily involved with the early organisation of the Southport weekender.
Richio moved to London, aged 21 and got involved with pirate radio and the house and rave scene, DJ’ing at Clubs such as Club UK. At this time the Southport weekender embraced house music and Richio had his own room of techno and house as well as playing other weekenders alongside the likes of Fabio and Grooverider and Carl Cox. By 1995 everyone was a house DJ and Richio was asked to play the back room at Ministry of Sound where he was asked to play anything but house. This led to Richio DJ’ing at some of the most exclusive bars, hotels and private events in London.
He has been involved with a number of Festivals such as Love Box, Standon Calling and Latitude where he hosted his Hawaiian Bop in the Woods. DJ Bookings abroad include, Japan, Thailand (Millennium), Bahrain, Ibiza, France, Italy, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg.
