Richard Norris is a London

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 based record producer

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, sound engineer

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 and musician

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, best known as a member of The Grid

The Grid

The Grid are an English electronic dance group, consisting of Richard Norris and David Ball , with guest contributions from other musicians...

.

Richard Norris began making music as a teenage member of St. Albans punk band Innocent Vicars, recording two singles in 1980. He started working in the music industry as the label manager for the British

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 psychedelic

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 record label

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, Bam Caruso, before becoming a writer for NME

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in 1987. In the same year he co-produced the Jack The Tab album

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 with Genesis P. Orridge, before signing the Grid to Warner Bros. Records

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/East West Records

East West Records

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 in 1988. The Grid had ten UK Singles Chart

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 hits

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 between 1990 and 1995, including "Floatation", "Crystal Clear", "Texas Cowboys", "Rollercoaster" and the million-selling "Swamp Thing". He is also half of the remix

Remix

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/DJ

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 duo

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 with Erol Alkan

Erol Alkan

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 under the Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve moniker, under which they released an EP

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, Birth in 2005, followed by a second Spring in the summer of 2006. A third mini album, called George was released on St. George's Day 2007 and a fourth EP, West, was released in Autumn 2007. Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve (BTWS) have remixed The Chemical Brothers

The Chemical Brothers

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, Tracey Thorn

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, Badly Drawn Boy

Badly Drawn Boy

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, Midlake

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 and Goldfrapp

Goldfrapp

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. A compilation

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 of BTWS mixes, Reanimations Volume One, was released in 2009. Norris also compiled the techno compilation album, Flux Trax.

Norris was also a friend of Joe Strummer

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. The pair worked together briefly on the soundtrack

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 for Grosse Pointe Blank

Grosse Pointe Blank

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, and Norris would later appear on The Mescaleros

The Mescaleros

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 debut album, Rock Art and the X-Ray Style

Rock Art and the X-Ray Style

-Personnel:* Joe Strummer - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mixing* Antony Genn - synthesizer, guitar, piano, bass, strings, beats, backup vocals, programming, mixing, producer* Richard Norris - keyboards, E-Bow, drum programming, producer...

, co-writing and producing the tracks "Sandpaper Blues" and "Yalla Yalla". Norris has also written Paul Oakenfold

Paul Oakenfold

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's official biography. The Grid's album Doppelgänger was released on 25 March 2008.

Norris' new project, The Time and Space Machine, signed to Tirk Records in 2009 and released a 7" single

Single (music)

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, "Children Of The Sun" b/w "Zeitghost", in July 2009. A further EP, You Are The One appeared in November 2009, followed by a Time and Space Machine album, 'Set Phazer To Stun' in 2010. The title track from the album was heard in a recent episode of CSI:New York. A second Time and Space Machine album is due in 2012. The Time and Space Machine collaborated with designer Luke Insect and the streetwear label Stussy to create a series of Time and Space Machine x Stussy T-Shirts in 2010. Norris has recently completed remixes for Bryan Ferry, Tame Impala, DJ Harvey, and many more. A compilation of his remixes, 'New Masters Volume Two' was released by Nang Records in November 2010. Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve are recording their debut album of original material.