When Richard Judge’s band headed for one farewell European tour, things got a little out of hand... Following the final rather messy night in Barcelona, instead of heading home to ponder his career, Richard made his way to the island of Ibiza.
On the first afternoon, the indie boy found himself in the middle of a crowd of people in the old part of Ibiza town and before he knew it, he was raving out to Loco Dice at Ushuaia and thinking, ‘I want to be part of this, I want to be making this kind of music.’
Back home in London he immersed himself in the club scene. All night raves were followed by spinning records at home, before he made a name for himself with his after hour sets in whoever’s house the crowd of party goers gathered, who still didn’t want the night to end.
It was after one such early morning session, heading home to East London on the N8 night bus, the theme to the song AWAKE came to him. Always wanting to get hold of the spirit of these late nights or early mornings, he managed to capture exactly those emotions after a friend introducedhim to German electronic producer & DJ Santé when the two collaborated on AWAKE. The song went onto become an underground hit following it's signing to Ultra Records and a high profile remix from Agoria