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Akai Sales Pte Limited

Type	Manufacturer
Industry	Electronics
Founded	Tokyo, Japan (1929)
Headquarters	Singapore
Products	Hi-fi equipment
Website	www.akai.com

Akai (Chinese: 雅佳; pinyin: Yǎjiā, Japanese: AKAI in rōmaji) is a consumer electronics brand, founded by Saburo Akai (who died in 1973) as Akai Electric Company Ltd. (赤井電機株式会社, Akai Denki Kabushiki-gaisha^?), a Japanese manufacturer in 1929. It is now headquartered in Singapore as a subsidiary of Grande Holdings, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate, which also owns the formerly Japanese brands Nakamichi and Sansui. The Akai brand is now used to rebadge electronics manufactured by other companies. "Akai" means red, hence the logo color, earlier also accompanied by a red dot.

Historical products[link]

AKAI stack of historical machines

The manufacturer's products included reel-to-reel audiotape recorders (such as the GX series), tuners, audio cassette decks (top level GX and TFL, mid level TC, HX and CS series), amplifiers (AM and TA series), receivers, video recorders and loudspeakers.

Many Akai products were sold under the name Roberts in the US^{[citation needed]}, as well as A&D in Japan and Tensai in Western Europe^{[citation needed]}. During the late 1960s Akai adopted Tandberg's cross-field recording technologies (using an extra tape head) to enhance high frequency recording and switched to the increasingly reliable glass-ferrite "epitaXial" (GX) heads a few years later^{[citation needed]}. The company's most popular products^{[citation needed]} were the GX-747 and GX-77 open-reel recorders (featuring an auto-loading function), the three-head, closed-loop GX-F95, GX-90, GX-F91, GX-R99 and CS-702DII cassette decks, and the TA-2030 and TA-2045 stereo amplifiers.

Akai manufactured and badged most of its imported hi-fi products with the Tensai brand (named after the Swiss audio and electronics distributor Tensai International^{[citation needed]}. Tensai International was Akai's exclusive distributor for the Swiss and Western European markets until 1988.

Akai limited its consumer hi-fi product line in the United States and Europe towards the end of the 20th century^{[citation needed]}.

Introduction of the on-screen display[link]

Akai produced consumer video cassette recorders during the 1980s. The Akai VS-2 was the first VCR with an on-screen display^{[citation needed]}, originally named the Interactive Monitor System. By displaying the information directly on the television screen, this innovation eliminated the need for the user to be physically near the VCR to program recording, read the tape counter, or perform other common features. Within a few years, all competing manufacturers had adopted on-screen display technology in their own products.

Akai Professional[link]

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In 1984, a new division of the company was formed to focus on the manufacture and sale of electronic instruments, and was called Akai Electronic Musical Instruments Corporation, or Akai Professional.

The first product released by the new subsidiary, the S612 12-bit digital sampler, was the first in a series of (relatively) affordable samplers already in 19" studio-rack format but in black color. It held only a single sample at a time, which was loaded into memory via a separate disk drive utilizing proprietary 2.8" floppy disks. The maximum sample time at the highest quality sampling rate (32 kHz) was one second. The keyboard sampler X7000, and the S700 rack-mount version, were introduced in 1986 and 1987, respectively. Unlike the single-sample S612, however, they allowed the use of six active samples at once, had a built-in disk drive and could be extended with 6 individual outputs via cable and a flash memory extension which added another six samples to the memory for multisample playback. The S700/X7000 sampler series were light-grey colored which didn't change throughout the whole "professional" range of Akai samplers.

Other early products included the Akai AX80 8-voice analog synthesizer, and the Akai AX-60 and AX-73 6-voice analog synthesizers. The AX-60 borrowed many ideas from the Roland Juno series, but used voltage controlled analog oscillators (VCO) as a sound source as opposed to Roland's more common digitally controlled analog oscillators (DCO), and also allowed the performer to "split" the keyboard (using different timbres for different ranges of keys). The AX-60 also had the ability to interface with Akai's early samplers through a serial cable, using 12-bit samples as an additional oscillator.

Akai's portable studio, Akai MG-1214 unit

In 1985, Akai introduced the MG1212, a 12 channel, 12 track recorder. This innovative device used a special VHS-like cartridge (a MK-20), and was good for 10 minutes of continuous 12 track recording (19 cm per second) or 20 minutes at half speed (9.5 cm per second). One track (14) was permanently dedicated to recording absolute time, and another one for synchronization such as SMPTE or MTC. Each channel strip included dbx type-1 noise reduction and semi-parametric equalizers (with fixed bandwidths). The unit also had innovations like an electronic 2 bus system, a 12 stereo channel patch bay and auto punch in and out, among others. The unique transport design and noise reduction gave these units a recording quality rivaling that of more expensive 16 track machines using 1" tape. The MG-1212 was later replaced by the MG-1214, which improved the transport mechanism and overall performance.

The introduction of a "professional" range of digital samplers which the S700/X7000 started, continued with the appearance of the 12-bit S900 in late 1985^{[citation needed]}. The 16-bit Akai S1000 followed in 1988. The latter was replaced by the S3000, which notably featured a writeable CD-ROM and hard disk recording, and was followed by the S5000 and S6000. Additional releases of note were the Z4 and Z8 24-bit 96 kHz samplers.

Akai also produced several Digital MIDI sequencers and digital synthesizers such as the MPC range (Music Production Center), a line of integrated drum machines, MIDI sequencers, samplers and direct-to-disk recorders that resemble drum machines.

In 2004, following a US distribution deal, the Akai Professional Musical Instrument division was acquired by Jack O'Donnell, owner of Numark, and audio-electronics corporation Alesis. The three brands operate under the banner Numark Industries, LLC of Cumberland RI.

An Akai product that is somewhat sought after in current times is the model DM13 microphone. This small, unidirectional unit was originally made for tape recorders, as well as CB radio equipment. Today, they can be found in the arsenal of many blues harmonica players due to its high gain and high impedance properties.

Current products[link]

Akai[link]

In early 2003, the consumer electronics company began undergoing a re-exposure by marketing various rebranded video products manufactured by Samsung. In the same year, Akai began to distribute home appliances such as HVAC units, vacuum cleaners, water filtration devices, and refrigerated store showcases.

In Canada, Akai portable DVD players were sold at 'The Source by Circuit City', and at Zellers, a division of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Video[link]

• AV Receivers
• Portable DVD Players
• DVD Players
• DVD Recorders
• Home Theater Systems
• Home Theater Speakers
• VCD Players
• VCRs

Mobile Sound[link]

• Amplifiers
• Cassette Receivers
• CD Changers
• CD Receivers
• DVD Changers
• DVD Receivers
• Car Audio - DVD Players
• Car Audio - Speakers
• Car Audio - TFT Monitors

Home Appliances[link]

• Air Conditioners
• Air Coolers
• Air Purifiers
• Chest Freezers
• Heaters
• Ice Makers
• Microwave Ovens
• Refrigerators
• Showcases
• Vacuum Cleaners
• Washing machines
• Water Dispensers
• Wine cellars

Audio[link]

• Clock Radios
• Mini Systems
• Micro Music Players
• Retro Radios
• Sound Boxes
• Portable Music Players

Digital[link]

• Wireless Surround Sound Systems
• Bluetooth
• MP3 Player

Television[link]

• Color televisions
• LCD televisions
• Plasma television
• Set-top boxes

Akai Professional[link]

Akai Synthstation 25

Akai Professional, a division of Numark Industries, based in Rhode Island, United States, is not affiliated with Akai (a consumer audio and television manufacturer).

Audio Samplers / Music Production Center[link]

• MPC - product category
• S20 - discontinued
• S1000 - discontinued
• S2000 - discontinued
• S3000 - discontinued
• S3000XL - discontinued
• S5000^[1] - discontinued
• S6000^[1] - discontinued
• Z4 - discontinued
• Z8 - discontinued
• MPC60 - discontinued
• MPC60II - discontinued
• MPC2000 - discontinued
• MPC2000XL - discontinued
• MPC3000 - discontinued
• MPC4000 - discontinued
• MPC500
• MPC1000
• MPC2500
• MPC5000

Computer Audio Interfaces[link]

• EIE
• EIE PRO

Drum Machines[link]

• XR20

Electronic Wind Instruments[link]

• EWI-USB
• EWI4000S

Guitar Pedals[link]

• Analog Delay
• Blues Overdrive
• Chorus
• Compressor
• Deluxe Distortion
• Drive3 Distortion
• Drive3 Fuzz
• Drive3 Overdrive
• E2 Head Rush
• Flanger

iPod/iPad Keyboard Controllers[link]

• SynthStation25

Standalone Multi-track Audio Recorders[link]

• DPS12 - discontinued
• DPS16 - discontinued
• DPS24 - discontinued
• DPS24MKII - discontinued

Studio Monitor Speakers[link]

• RPM3
• RPM8 - discontinued

USB MIDI Controllers[link]

• APC20
• APC40
• EWI-USB
• LPD8
• LPK25
• MPD26
• MPD32
• MPK25
• MPK49
• MPK61
• MPK88
• MPKMINI
• Phase Shifter
• SynthStation25
• MINIAK - discontinued
• MPD16 - discontinued
• MPD18 - discontinued
• MPD24 - discontinued

See also[link]

Companies portal

• 1/4 inch Akai VTRs
• Akai VK (videocassette format) VTRs

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b} "Akai S5000 & S6000". soundonsound.com. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan99/articles/akais5000.325.htm. Retrieved 16 May 2011. 

External links[link]

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Akai Milan Osei is a British street dancer. He won the TV show Got to Dance in 2010.^[1] It is reported that he was inspired by Michael Jackson, Diversity, Flawless and Chris Brown.

Osei was born in Lambeth, London

He appears in the film StreetDance 3D alongside Diversity, George Sampson and Flawless.^[2] Osei also appeared in Boy Blue's street dance hip hop show Pied Piper - A Hip-Hop Dance Revolution, along with 60 other people.

Osei appeared in the music video for the N-Dubz song "We Dance On" in 2010, which was the main song on the soundtrack for the film StreetDance 3D. He also appeared in an advert for Ministry of Sound Street Dance 2010 CD. Osei has joined the cast of Into the Hoods.^[3] Osei also appeared on Blue Peter in mid 2010. Osei also featured in annual dance show "Streets Ahead" in London 2010. Which featured many dance crews and schools including Peridot. He is featured in Wretch 32's song Unorthodox featuring Example. He is seen dancing on a rooftop. In July 2011, Akai was a judge on a talent show on Disney Channel called "Shake It Up Dance Dance".

References[link]

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DJ Premier
Background information
Birth name	Christopher Edward Martin
Born	(1966-03-21) March 21, 1966 (age 46) Houston, Texas, United States
Origin	Houston, Texas, USA
Genres	Hip hop, East Coast Hip Hop
Occupations	Record producer, DJ
Instruments	Drum machine Keyboard Sampler Turntable
Years active	1984 – present
Labels	Wild Pitch/EMI (1987–1990) Chrysalis/EMI (1991–1998) Virgin/EMI (1998–2003) Year Round (2003–)
Associated acts	Gang Starr Foundation, M.O.P., Royce da 5'9", Christina Aguilera, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nas, Kool G Rap, Blaq Poet, Apathy, Big L, Bun B, D.I.T.C., Game, Termanology, AZ, Buckshot LeFonque, Mobb Deep, Torae
Website	DJ Premier on Myspace

Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966),^[1] better known by his stage name DJ Premier (also known as Preem, Premo, or Primo for short), is an American record producer and DJ, and was the instrumental half of the hip hop duo Gang Starr, together with emcee Guru. Born in Houston and raised in Prairie View, Texas, he has lived in Brooklyn, New York, for much of his professional career. Rolling Stone identified Premier as arguably Hip-Hop's greatest producer of all time.^[2]

The Source named DJ Premier one of the five greatest producers in hip-hop history,^[3] while the editors of About.com ranked him #1 on their Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers list.^[4] He also made the "Finals" in the search for The Greatest Hip-Hop Producer of All Time by Vibe.^[5] He attended Prairie View A&M University.^[6]

Productions[link]

Premier is known for producing all of Gang Starr's songs as well as many of the Gang Starr Foundation's songs. His work also includes production for heavyweight rappers such as (alphabetic order) Apathy, Big L, Bun B, Canibus, D.I.T.C., Fat Joe, Game, Jay-Z, Kanye West, KRS-One, Lord Finesse, M.O.P., Mos Def, Nas, Rakim, Royce Da 5'9", The LOX, The Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, rock band Limp Bizkit, Big L, Big Daddy Kane, Ill Bill, Joell Ortiz, and pop/R&B singer Christina Aguilera, among many others.

Premier collaborated with MC Jeru the Damaja on the album The Sun Rises in the East, released in 1994, as well as the 1996 follow-up, Wrath of the Math.^[1] Also from the Gang Starr Foundation, Premier produced and supervised Group Home's Livin' Proof; although overlooked at the time of its 1995 release, the album has since come to find similar acclaim.^[1] Among others in that are closely tied to the Gang Starr Foundation who have worked with DJ Premier include Afu Ra, Bahamadia, Krumbsnatcha, Big Shug, Smiley the Ghetto Child, and NYGz. He recently produced the majority of Blaq Poet's Tha Blaqprint in 2009 and will produce the entirety of NYGz debut album.

Style and influences[link]

DJ Premier's style of production epitomizes the New York sound of his earlier peers. He is known for sampling jazz, funk, and soul artists, as well as sampling an artist's past work when creating a new track for that same artist. For example, on Jay-Z's "So Ghetto", from the 1999 album, Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter, Premier samples an older Jay-Z song, 1997's "Who You Wit II".^[7] In addition, his encyclopedic memory of hip-hop lyrics allows him to distinctively speak with his hands by scratching in lyrics from several different songs to construct new phrases.^[8] Premier's beats are known for his oft-imitated combinations of short vocal samples, often from multiple artists, to create a chorus. Premier has also experimented with atonal samples that are not confined to soul, jazz, and funk. For example, he sampled chopped up seminal electro-acoustic music from the 1960s on the track “Mental Stamina” by Jeru the Damaja.

In an interview with XXL Magazine, DJ Premier was asked how his sound evolved, to which he replied, "Marley Marl is my number one inspiration. Jam Master Jay, Mixmaster Ice and UTFO. Grandmaster D and Whodini. DJ Cheese, Grandmaster Flash, Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa. Jazzy Jay, even Cut Creator. Seeing them do what they do. It’s black music, it’s black culture, it comes from the ghetto. How can you not relate to ghetto people when that’s the rawest form of blackness? Even though it’s not a good place in regards to the economy and how bad people have it in the neighborhood, the realism’s there, and that’s what we were born out of. So I very much pay respect by doing the same type of music in return." DJ Premier attended Prairie View A & M University and may have been influenced by the musical atmosphere at the university.^[9]

Relationships with artists[link]

The early line-up of the Gang Starr Foundation in the mid-1990s included Jeru The Damaja, Group Home, Big Shug, and Gang Starr. DJ Premier was fully responsible for the production of Jeru the Damaja's first two albums, The Sun Rises in the East and Wrath of the Math. Jeru released three albums since then, with Premier having nothing to do with any of them.^[1]

As far as Group Home was concerned, Premier commented, "They don't respect what fed them," in a 2003 interview, going on to say that the only reason he produced a track on their second album was because Guru said he would rhyme on it.^[10]

Besides the Gang Starr Foundation, Premier is closely affiliated with M.O.P., which he names as one of his all-time favorite groups. The relationship started with the remix of “Rugged, Neva Smoove” in 1994, a single from the group's first album, which also included the exclusive B-side “Downtown Swinga.” From then, Premier produced about one-third of the songs on each subsequent album and overseeing and mixing the projects. On M.O.P.'s 2009 Foundation album, however, DJ Premier provided only one track, which was called "What I Wanna B."

Recent and future projects[link]

DJ Premier has his own record company named Year Round Records. Among its artists are New York group NYGz, New Jersey rapper Nick Javas, and Houston rapper Khaleel. Tha Blaqprint by Blaq Poet, which has thirteen Premier productions, was released by Year Round Records through Fat Beats Records. On December 7, Premier's label Year Round Records released a digital compilation album titled Get Used to Us. At the moment Year Round plans to release a debut album fully produced by DJ Premier with the NYGz tenatively called Hustla's Union: Local NYG along with a Nick Javas debut album named Destination Unknown. Khaleel, another label-mate of Year Round Records, is planned to release a debut album titled Already!.

DJ Premier hosts a weekly 2 hour show Live From HeadQCourterz on SIRIUS Satellite Radio's Hip-Hop Nation on Fridays.

DJ Premier was one of the artists followed in the 2012 documentary Re:GENERATION music project. The film followed his production of the song Regeneration using live performance of his work by the Berklee Symphony Orchestra [1]

In a recent interview, DJ Premier said he will produce a beat for Immortal Technique's upcoming album, titled The Middle Passage. He contributed a song on Game's last album The R.E.D. Album called "Born in the Trap." and a song on Bushido's last album Jenseits von Gut und Böse.^[6] In an interview in 2012, DJ Premier confirmed on Shade45 that he is working with Eminem on his upcoming album.

Discography[link]

• The Sun Rises in the East (with Jeru The Damaja) (1994)
• Livin' Proof (with Group Home) (1995)
• Wrath of the Math (with Jeru The Damaja) (1996)
• Beats That Collected Dust (2008)
• Tha Blaqprint (with Blaq Poet) (2009)
• DJ Premier Presents Get Used To Us (2010)
• Beats That Collected Dust Vol. 2 (2011)
• Premo Pimpin' EP (with Wais P) (2011)
• StOoDiOtYmE EP (with Bumpy Knuckles) (2012)
• The Kolexxxion (with Bumpy Knuckles) (2012)
• TBA (with Nas)
• TBA (with M.O.P.)
• Pete Rock v.s. Premier (with Pete Rock)
• Return Of The Boom Bip (with KRS-ONE)

References[link]

External links[link]

• DJ Premier on Twitter
• DJ Premier at Allmusic
• DJ Premier discography at Discogs
• Fansite/newsite about DJ Premier

Ashley Jensen
Jensen at the at the 60th Annual Emmy Awards, September 21, 2008
Born	Ashley Jensen (1969-08-10) 10 August 1969 (age 42) Annan, Scotland
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Terence Beesley (2007–present)
Children	Son

Ashley Jensen (born 10 August 1969) is a Scottish actress who is best known for her roles in the television series Extras for which she was nominated for an Emmy, and ABC's Ugly Betty. From September 2009 to May 2010, she also co-starred in the CBS sitcom Accidentally on Purpose as Olivia.

Career[link]

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Jensen trained at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and was a member of the National Youth Theatre.

Her first big television role was as eccentric secretary Rosie McConnichy in the final series of BBC comedy May to December, as a replacement for the character of secretary Hilary. In 1994 she played Heather in Roughnecks, a BBC television series based around the workers on a North Sea Oil platform. In 1996 she played Clare Donnelly, the daughter of Glasgow criminal Jo-Jo Donnelly (played by Billy Connolly) in the BBC drama Down Among the Big Boys. She then appeared as Fiona Morris in EastEnders. Jensen also had a small role in a Dangerfield episode called "Contact," in which she played the mother of a young girl with meningitis.

Jensen starred alongside Ricky Gervais in the BBC Two/HBO television programme Extras as the socially inept Maggie Jacobs. For her work on the first series, she received best television comedy actress and newcomer awards at the 2005 British Comedy Awards. In 2006, Jensen received two British Comedy Awards and a BAFTA nomination for her role in Extras. Her role in the 2007 Christmas Special earned her an Emmy Award nomination.

In January 2006 she starred in the short-lived drama series Eleventh Hour on ITV, alongside Patrick Stewart. Stewart had also appeared in an episode of Extras. Later that year she played Steve Coogan's agent in A Cock and Bull Story. In 2007, she provided the narration for the UK film Taking Liberties, directed by Chris Atkins.

In September 2006, Jensen began her role as Christina McKinney on the ABC series Ugly Betty. Her character in Ugly Betty was originally an American, but when she met with the show's producers they liked Jensen's accent and decided to change the nationality of the character. After three years, as of 7 May 2009, Jensen left Ugly Betty because of location conflicts after the show's production moved to New York from Los Angeles in summer 2008. However, she remained as a recurring member of the cast.

In January 2009, Jensen starred in No Holds Bard, a BBC Scotland one-off special comedy shown on Burns Night as part of a line-up of special programming to mark the 250th Birthday of Robert Burns. She is the narrator of Channel 4's Embarrassing Illnesses and Embarrassing Bodies. She also narrates Bank of Scotland's current advertisement campaign and Persil detergent adverts for both television and radio. In September 2009 until its cancellation in May 2010 she co-starred alongside Jenna Elfman in the sitcom Accidentally on Purpose as Olivia. Jensen starred in BBC comedy Nativity as Jennifer Lore, a Hollywood producer's secretary and the love interest of Paul Maddens played by Martin Freeman. Nativity was released in cinemas on the 27 November 2009.

On 21 December 2010, she starred in the one-off/pilot BBC comedy drama Accidental Farmer, playing Erin a London executive who takes revenge on her boyfriend after finding him cheating. Using his credit card, she buys a run down farm in Yorkshire.

In 2011, she voiced Nanette the frog in the animated production Gnomeo and Juliet. She starred in the ITV drama The Reckoning in April of that year.

Personal life[link]

Ashley Jensen was born to Margaret and Ivar Jensen and brought up single-handedly by her mother, a special-needs teacher living in Annan, Scotland (which is near Gretna). She has no contact with her father and is very private about the matter. In June 2008 Jensen's father claimed that she has a half-sister, Gillian, whom she has never met.^[1]

After six years together, Jensen married English actor Terence Beesley in a ceremony in the woods of Big Sur, California on 29 January 2007.^[2] They met in 1999 while working on a stage production of King Lear. The couple live with their dog Barney in Los Angeles, California, USA and have a flat in Holland Park, West London.^[3] The couple also own property in Umbria, Italy. The couple had their first child together, a boy called Francis Jonathan Beesley, on 20 October 2009.^[4]

In December 2008, Jensen and Beesley were granted a restraining order against Jeff Lewis from Bravo TV's Flipping Out. Jensen and Beesley live next door to a Los Feliz house Lewis was renovating and conflict arose after a deck that Lewis had constructed on the home crossed the property line onto the Jensen-Beesley property. Jensen and Beesley sued, seeking $100,000 for an easement.^[5] Lewis reacted negatively and Jensen/Beesley filed a restraining order. In mid April 2009 the two parties settled^[6] for a $30,000 easement and an agreement that the deck would not have to be demolished.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ashley Jensen at the Internet Movie Database

Rick Edwards (born 20 May 1979)^{[citation needed]} is a British TV presenter who mainly works on Channel 4 and E4. Rick has presented T4 with co-hosts Georgie Okell, Miquita Oliver, Jameela Jamil and Alexa Chung from which he left on 3 July 2011. He also presents Freshly Squeezed, E4 Music and Relentless.^[1]

Early life and career[link]

Edwards attended the University of Cambridge, studying mathematics originally before changing to natural sciences after his first year. He also performed stand-up and sketch shows during his time at university.^[2] After graduating, he dabbled in modelling, something which he hated, feeling that after studying for years he should have been taken seriously, for more than his looks.^[3]

Rick hosted a Saturday evening radio show on XFM, entitled 'The Weekender.' His last show was on 10 January 2009.

He was part of the BBC presenting team for the 2007 Reading and Leeds Festival.

Rick is currently co-presenting a show on Channel 4 about Paralympic sports on the run up to the 2012 Olympics called, That Paralympic Show.

As of 10 January 2011, Edwards took on the role of hosting E4's "Tool Academy", a reality TV show about fed-up girlfriends who have enrolled their underperforming other halves in a school in which "Tools become Men."

Rick joined the Channel 4 coverage of the IAAF World Championships from Daegu, South Korea on 27 August. He initially presented Preview reports and the evening Summary programme, but on 30 August replaced Ortis Deley as the main presenter of the live coverage.

Personal life[link]

He is an avid Liverpool fan, this was revealed on Sky's Cesc Fàbregas Show.

He revealed in an interview with the Daily Mail that he has no sense of smell because when he was in school he sniffed pure ammonia.^[4]

He often refers to himself as a "man mountain", due to his height of 6'5". This became a feature of Freshly Squeezed, when musicians were measured up against a cardboard cut-out of Rick.

Rick is often seen wearing his trademark 'hipster slippers' on T4.

Rick takes a keen interest in the environment and supported green organisation Global Cool in 2010 as part of their Traincation campaign along with his friend George Lamb.^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Rick Edwards T4 profile
• Rick Edwards XFM profile
• Rick Edwards Interview