Richard Norris (musician)
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Richard Norris (born 23 June 1965, London) is a London-based music producer/engineer/musician, best known as a member of The Grid. He is also half of remix/DJ duo with Erol Alkan under the Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve moniker, under which they released an extended EP of psychedelic re-edits called "Birth" in autumn 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. A fourth EP, "West", was released in Autumn 2007. Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve have recently remixed The Chemical Brothers, Tracey Thorn, Badly Drawn Boy, Midlake, Goldfrapp and others. He also wrote the extensive sleevenotes for the techno compilation album Flux Trax.
Norris was also a friend of late frontman of The Clash and The Mescaleros front man Joe Strummer. The pair worked together briefly on the soundtrack for Grosse Pointe Blank and Norris would later appear on The Mescaleros debut album, Rock Art and the X-Ray Style, producing tracks "Sandpaper Blues" and "Yalla Yalla".
He has recently written DJ Paul Oakenfold's official biography. The Grid's new album 'Doppelganger' is released on 25th March 2008 on Some Bizarre.
