ARTIST INFO

Ed Royal discovered his love for dejaying in the early eighties in Italy, soon after which he was standing behind his first pair of 1210s. His intention was to bring listeners closer to rare groove and funk. This required great skill in the difficult art of mixing and accordingly Ed soon acquired the necessary expertise. After his first gigs in Broglu, Sappalott and Boing he became Resident DJ in the popular Jimmy’s Bar in Innsbruck. Even today he still graces the Jimmy’s crowd with his tunes every Thursday, now also crossing his funk with nu-funk, break-beat, drum and bass and various other styles. A true “freestyler”. As well as standing behind the turntables Ed Royal wanted to produce music and thus opened his own studio in 1999. In 2003 he founded his own label “Innvision Records” and already the label’s second release was a true sensation: “Born to funk” was sold out within one month and was subsequently licensed by Ursula 1000 for the Eighteenth Street Lounge Recordings compilation “Ursadelica”. On this record Ed Royal worked for the first time with his ideally matched, now partner, DJ Enne. He had been a friend for 20 years but both had until now fought their own way through the music jungle. Many tracks, highly recommended by critics, followed and so did numerous gigs in and outside of Austria. The two produced remixes for the All Good Funk Alliance, Soulphonic Soundsystem, Mawglee, Michael DeVellis, K’Bonus und Badboe. The label “Innvision Records” is now a household name amongst the funk and breakbeat scene and is there amongst the top elite with artists such as Malente, Fort Knox Five, the All Good Funk Alliance and others. His releases continue to appear in the German club charts and feature in the record collections of widely known colleagues Makossa (FM4 Radio, Austria), JonH (Fort Knox Five), Kid Loco (Yellow Prod.), Rob Birch (Stereo Mc’s) etc. When he isn’t standing in his studio - he’s rocking the clubs of Europe.

Discografie:

IVR001/Ed Royal - Tip to a music-kid / get down
IVR002/Ed Royal - born to funk, wasting time, people!get up!
IVR003/Ed Royal & Enne - hey, brothers!
IVR004/Ed Royal & DJ Enne - different strokes, wanna get some money IVR005/Ed Royal & DJ Enne - vamos irmanos , greetings to....
IVR006/Ed Royal & DJ Enne - gift of funk, rock the beat
IVR007/Ed Royal & DJ Enne - gravity, gravity funk,man with the flute (06.06)

Remixe:

All Good Funk Alliance - queres bailar / Funk Weapons (USA)
Mawglee - out of luck / Bastard Jazz (USA)
Soulphonic Soundsystem - motanica / Convincing Woodgrain (USA)
Badboe - loose your funk / Auditorydesign (Denmark)
Michael DeVellis - nasty on axis / Citrona (USA)
K`Bonus - state of mind / Eighttrack (Belgium)