Rennie Pilgrem

Rennie Pilgrem is the godfather of Nu Skool Breaks. With the release of A Place Called Acid in 1995 and the birth of London club night Friction with Adam Freeland, Tayo and Ian Williams, he pretty much kick-started the whole Nu Skool scene.

Hes released records on Whole9yards, City Of Angels, Chrysalis/EMI, Mob and China Records to name but a few. Hes collaborated with top producers including legend Arthur Baker (on Like No Other, Hey Funky People and ‘Face It’), BLIM (on that massive Eskimo track and now the equally huge ‘2Freaks’) and with Meat Katie (on Rubba and Atmosphere). Following the huge ‘Black Widow’ track, Rennie went back into the studio with Uberzone and produced the follow-up ‘Cous Cous’ which received massive support from the likes of Pete Tong, Plump DJs and Stanton Warriors, to name but a few.

He continues to DJ all over the world and blow crowds away with his dancefloor-friendly funk-infused breaks. He is resident at Rome’s premier night, Agatha and has recently re-launched his clubnight called Hum with Meat Katie which takes place at The Fortress in London. At the recent Breakspoll Awards in London, he picked up the Best Single award for 2 Freaks with BLIM and MC Chickaboo (on TCR), the Best Remix award for Zero Emit/Collect on Streetwise, and to top it all off, he was voted ‘Most Valuable Person’ in breaks.

Rennies ‘Perfecto Breaks’ mix CD, produced using Ableton Live, received huge support from all corners of the dance world and his latest remix, of Ferry Corstens ‘Rock Your Body’ is getting caned by all the top jocks. Currently he is working on his artist album for TCR (due out Sept 2004) aswell as new collaborations with the likes of Lee Coombs.

Rennie will be mixing the next ‘Y4K’ album for Distinctive Breaks using Ableton Live software.

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