Hugh Pescod (born 19 February 1980), better known as Redlight and CLIPZ, is a British DJ and music producer from

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Biography

Redlight was brought up around '90s warehouse rave culture in Bristol. He has collaborated with artists such as

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and

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. Remixed acts include

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and Tink. With his label Lobster Boy, he focuses on

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such as

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, vocal-lead

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and

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. The producer releases a mix tape
''Templates Volume 1''
The mix tape series is about club music and is the culmination of his new production remixes.

Early career

Hugh Pescod began his career in the early 2000s under the alias DJ Clips, with a string of releases on various drum and bass labels including Full Cycle and

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. In 2009, he diversified his style and adopted the alias Red light, setting up the label Lobster Boy for his productions and debuting with his single "Rock The House" / "Twist Up" and the ''Lobster Boy'' EP. The year 2010 saw the release of two dance floor recordings: the first, "Stupid" on

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's Digital Soundboy, featuring the vocals of Roses Gabor, and the second single, "

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" on

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, which featured

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. In 2011, Redlight released two more tracks via Digital Soundboy in the shape of "Source 16" and "Progress" as well as his second release on the MTA label " Get Out My Head". He has also remixed artists from the likes of Cee Lo Green and

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to Ms. Dynamite. In 2012, he released his second single "Mosquito" / "Planet X" on the Lobster Boy imprint. His UK Top 10 track " Lost in Your Love" was released on

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and came with an official music video. Later that year, he has taken up the alias Animal Youth, which was used to release his remixes of the songs "

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" by

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and " Try Again" by

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through the single "Keep Up" / "Try Again". The single "Sixty Forty Zero" / "Crackle" was also released with this alias. A single, "Switch It Off", was released on 22 April 2013. It was originally an independent, self-released free download before it was given new remixes by

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and Paleman. On 10 March 2014, he released the ''36'' EP with appearances from

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and Lotti. The title track entered the UK Singles Chart at number 81. The tracks "36" and "Get Money" were released as singles before the release of the EP and were given music videos. He released his debut solo album, entitled ''X Color'', on 16 November 2015.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles as Redlight

Singles as Clipz

Produced songs

Remixes

Other appearances

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Redlight 1980 births Living people English electronic musicians English house musicians DJs from Bristol British electronic dance music DJs English record producers Musicians from Bristol