For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

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Dicky Trisco is a DJ and music producer who lives and breathes what he does. His passion for music and desire for good times is well known. He has spent years chasing that sound and that feeling around the globe as an international DJ. For him DJing is all about people. He is addicted to the way music connects people and makes for better days.

Dicky really broke through as a DJ and producer in the Nu Disco/Disco Revival years from around 2004. In particular, his run of DJ edit, original and remix releases alongside Balearic House hero Pete Herbert on Disco Deviance and Maxi Discs led to him becoming an increasingly in demand DJ with a busy international touring schedule. He is also rumoured to be the force behind the rather legendary Secret Squirrel vinyl only imprint. But who knows??? It’s a secret.

Since those early days, Dicky has toured constantly around Asia, Australia, Central/South America, USA, Europe and the UK sharing the music and the sound he loves. He has also become a regular at a long list of high profile festivals including the legendary Glastonbury, Electric Elephant, Mareh, Love International, Festival No 6 and many more.

Dicky is also a mainstay of the local scene in his hometown of Dundee, Scotland where he was a resident of the infamous ‘Small Town Club’ aka Reading Rooms for over a decade. At nights like Autodisco, Disco Deviance, A Night With and Non Stop, he learned his trade playing alongside many of his heroes and legendary DJs from around the world such as Andrew Weatherall, Optimo, Rahaan, Jazzie B, Horse Meat Disco, Farley Jackmaster and many more.

Dicky also ran and curated the well-respected House music label Home Taping Is Killing Music for many years putting out a run of amazing releases. Home Taping broke a number of great House artists who have gone on to become household names in the scene including The Blessed Madonna, The Revenge, Nicholas, Borrowed Identity, Eddie C & Medlar amongst others.

Dicky continues to discover, produce and remix music for a number of quality imprints including Razor-N-Tape, File Under Disco, Home Taping, Barefoot Beats, Nervous Records and many more. He has also remixed major artists such as Bryan Ferry, Belle & Sebastian, L’Impératrice, Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice), Danielle Baldelli, Faze Action, The Orielles, Golden Dawn Arkestra and Tensnake down in his basement studio.

Most recently Dicky has been creating original music alongside NYC music machine JKriv under the name Sentimental Animals for the Razor-N-Tape imprint. Their Love Vibration EP was very well received by disc jockeys around the world and has been played by the likes of Craig Charles who made it one of his Tracks of 2021 on his BBC Radio 6 Funk & Soul show.

Dicky became a resident DJ at Pikes in Ibiza in the summer of 2023 playing in every area - poolside, terrace, Freddies, bathtub - in this legendary club.

He also kick started a monthly radio show out of Ibiza called International Sounds on OpenLab Radio where he showcases the music he discovers, makes and plays while travelling around the globe.

As a disc jockey, DT packs a little bit of everything into his sets of International Sounds and is committed to the idea that music and club nights should be all about escapism, joy and togetherness.

As Dicky says love and dancing is what we need.

Amen to that.

Music Mentions

• Mareh
• Guga Roselli
• JKriv
• Deep Freeze Recordings

DJ beginnings + travels (11:24):

• Disco Deviants
• Secret Squirrel
• Pete Herbert
• Disco Experience (Seoul)
• Siem Reap (Cambodia)

Q&A

• Global Grooves (record shop)
• 23rd Precinct (record shop)
• Rubadub (record shop)
• Barefoot Beats
• Bernardo Pinheiro
• File Under Disco
• Processman
• Joutro Mundo
• Potato Head Bali
• Studio Eksotika
• Ian Dury
• Chaz Jankel
• Maurice Fulton
• Barbarella (Croatia)
• Prins Thomas
• Thirteen Records

Discovering music today (39:19):

• Soundcloud (DJ sets)
• Friends, collaborations

First record ever purchased (47:24):

• “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick” by The Blockheads

Most recent record purchased (48:19):

• “Mối Lương Duyên” by Saigon Soul Revival
• “The Fall (Maurice Fulton Remix)” by Rhye

Artists of note discovered in the past year (50:58):

• Tigerbalm
• Diogo Strausz

Desert Island Discs (53:40):

• “Acqua E Viento” by Tullio de Piscopo
• “Original Rockers” by Augustus Pablo
• “On the Corner” by Miles Davis