Rockers Hi-Fi


Rockers Hi-Fi were an electronic dub/dance group formed in Birmingham, England in 1991 as Original Rockers. In 1994, they changed their name to Rockers Hi-Fi. Their music was quite popular across Europe. The group consisted of MC Farda P, Glyn "Bigga" Bush, and Richard "DJ Dick" Whittingham. The group disbanded in 1999.

Biography

Their first success came with a few tracks on the Beyond Records Ambient Dub series of compilations, and "Push Push" became a dancefloor hit in the beginning of the 1990s.
They released four studio albums and also mixed and compiled an album for Studio !K7's DJ-Kicks series.
In 1992, Whittingham and Glyn Bush founded the label Different Drummer, releasing music from both Original Rockers/Rockers Hi-Fi and others.
Their song "What a Life!" was part of the soundtrack for the 1995 film The Basketball Diaries, and "Going Under " featured in the 2000 film Traffic, as well as in the mid-season finale to the first season of the television series ''The O.C.''

After disbanding

Whittingham hosts Leftfoot at the Medicine Bar. In the 2000s, Bush produced music as BiggaBush and Lightning Head on his own Lion Head label.

Style

Their urban sound was created by Whittingham who began his DJ career in Duran Duran's Rum Runner nightclub, and Bush. It was seen as an extension and continuation of the dub music.

Discography

Original Rockers

  • "Push Push" , The Cake Label
  • ''Rockers to Rockers''

    Rockers Hi-Fi

  • Rockers to Rockers
  • "Push Push" , 4th & Broadway
  • Mish Mash
  • "Going Under" 1997, Different Drummer / WEA
  • DJ-Kicks: The Black Album
  • Overproof
  • ''Times Up''