Sir Real biography
Sir Real (Neil Spragg) has been involved in the music scene in Birmingham for more than 20 years as a drummer, producer and label-owner, and for the last seventeen years, following an eye-opening visit to Holland, he has been an integral part of the Midlands club scene and is one of the three original resident DJs (alongside Surgeon & Paul 'Damage' Bailey) from notorious Birmingham club House of God, one of the longest running techno clubs in the UK (it celebrates its 17th birthday in February 2010!). This residency has allowed him to play alongside many of the biggest names in techno, including:
Dave Clarke, Andy Weatherall, Dave Tarrida, Christian Vogel, Space Djz, Fumiya Tanaka, Daz Saund, Female, Regis, James Ruskin, Ben Sims, Colin Dale, Trevor Rockcliffe, Ege Bam Yasi, Orlando Voorn, Subhead, Dj Shufflemaster, Charlie Hall, Bandulu, Dj Lewis Keogh, Tubejerk, Neil Landstrumm, Joey Beltram, Blu Peter, Tony De Vit, Jay Denham, Ibrahim Alfa, Dj Rolando (UR), Mark Broom, Baby Ford, Tim Taylor, Pete Hardwax, Claude Young, Dj Skull, Mike Paradinas, Bentley Rythmn Ace, Billy Nasty, Dj Hell...and many, many others...
Sir Real has DJ'd and played live extensively around the UK, as well as in clubs across Europe, and in Japan. For the first four years of his DJing career, he was also resident (with Surgeon) for the Third Eye Soundsystem, another much-loved Brummy club.
Sir Real is a prolific producer, and released several well-received EPs on the now-defunct Round Records (which he helped set up in 1997). He also has his own label Snafu Recordings, and helped to run Covert Records (also now defunct) with DJ Bigfoot.
Most recently energy has been directed towards [k]racktroni[k], which focuses on broken elektro funk. He has also recorded tracks for Satamile, Ant-Zen/Hymen, Psy-Harmonics, Invisible Agent, Domino, Embryo Records, Magic Trax, and Melt Recordings and has had several tracks licensed to high profile compilations (including Dave Clarke's hugely successful World Service electro-techno mashup and Bentley Rhythm Ace's FSUK mix).
On top of all this he also does sound-design for various gaming companies in the UK...
UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS...
Chancellor - Insane (Sir Real remix) - Veto - April 2010
Never Whistle While You're Pissing (remixes) - Snafu - May 2010
Untitled EP - [k]racktroni[k] - March 2010
Sir Real Discography -
On [k]racktroni[k]:
[k]racktroni[k] Theme remix (KRAK01)
Breathing EP (KRAK02)
Bass Dimension remix (KRAK03)
Boingers (KRAK04)
Real Estate Man remix (KRAK006)
I Am Not Machine remix (KRAK007)
Snog - 'Crash Crash' (Sir Real remix) (KRAK010)
SFX (KRAKLTD001)
Everything Fucks Up (feat. Zoran Vitkovic) (KRAKLTD002)
On Snafu Recordings:
Never Whistle While You're Pissing EP (SNAFU009)
Wronger Than The Rest EP (SNAFU023)
On Round Records:
Ripe / Sphroing - on Round Sampler 1 (SARR001)
Ways & Means EP (SRRR002)
This Is...EP (SRRR004)
Gene Genie - on Round Sampler 2 (SARR005)
Gene Genie / Darmax - on Round Squared: Weirdbag Vol. 1 (CDRR006)
Colab EP (with Nicky B.) (CLRR007)
L.C.D. EP (SRRR009)
Various:
Neighbour of the beast - Ant-Zen (Co-production with Snog/David Thrussell)
Destroyer - Ant-Zen (Co-production with Snog/David Thrussell)
Apocalyptica EP - Satamile Records
Mentalism - Embryo Records
Remixes etc.:
Ikeaboy - Caveman Dub (Sir Real remix) - Invisible Agent
Vanity Project - Hit The Weekend Like A Freak (Sir Real remix) - Thirteen[rec]
Snog - 'The last days of Rome' - Psy-Harmonics
Snog - 'Turn on your planet baby' - Psy-Harmonics
Black Lung - 'Concrete Octopus' (Sir Real's Rancid Rebuild) - Ant-Zen
Darkroom vs. Sir Real - 21st Century Schizoid Remix - Burning Shed
Daisy Cutter (Sir Real remixes) - Dangerous Drums
Pram - A Million Bubbles Burst - Domino Recordings
Kicks remix - Magic Trax
Moondog - Orgy remix - Melt Recordings
Gene Pool - Work It (Sher-real remix, with DJ Sherwen) - Funky Diablo Records
Compilation appearances:
Distant Sun - World Service (Dave Clarke) - React Records
Wakey Wakey - Future Sound of United Kingdom 3 (Bentley Rhythm Ace) - Ministry of Sound
Orgy (Sir Real remix) - Red Light 2 - Tunnel Records
This Is... - Transcore - Fairway Records
Backwash - Techno Nations 2 - Kickin' Records
WEBSITES -
http://www.sirreal.biz (under construction)
http://www.omniaopera.co.uk
