Claire Ripley

Claire stormed in to the House and Techno scene with an array of stunning releases with her first E.P being signed to Steve Bug's highly respected imprint Dessous Recordings. Claire continued this success by featuring on labels such as Knee Deep in Sound, Dogmatik Records, Neurotraxx, working again with Steve Bug on his Audiomatique label, murmur records having her huge hit 'Slow Loris' remixed by Solomun which gained plays by artists like Richie Hawtin and 1trax including a remix of Robert Owens - I'll Be Your Friend alongside artists like Jamie Jones. Claire pushed the same tempo with a strong output of releases in collaboration with new production partner Zeitgeist on Highgrade Records in Berlin, Gorge's Katchuli, Wiggle Records and releasing Come to the Disco exclusively on the first VIVa Warriors compilation mixed by Steve Lawler following Highgrade track ‘Crystal Meth Barbie’ being charted as one of Steve Lawler’s best club tracks of the year. Away from having her tracks signed to some of the worlds biggest labels she was the head of Phobic Records with Richard Belsom. The label showcased some of the best international artists on the scene with the likes of Tim Green, Rebekah, Chris Lattner, Ekkohaus, Alex Arnout, Inxec and Jey Kurmis. The label saw massive support from top DJ's worldwide from the likes of Seth Troxler, Dubfire, Adam Beyer, Mathias Tanzmann, Carl Cox, Magda, Slam, Steve Lawler, Simon Baker, Laurent Garnier, Matt Tolfrey, Nic Fanciulli, Gabriel Ananda and more. In addition to releasing on some of the most highly respected labels Claire’s past appearances have included the 6 Music Festival, Panorama Bar (Berlin), Fabric (London), Circo Loco/Saved (Maidstone), K4 Klub (Slovenia), Wiggle (NYE at Paramount), Salon Daome (Montreal) and many more. During 2024 the new project from Claire & Richard Belsom "Broken Native" released their first e.p on Steve Lawlers iVAV Recordings. The project is intended to showcase their love for techno, breakbeat and new school garage inspired by their love of 90’s breaks, hardcore and liquid drum & bass. It’s easy to see why Claire was selected as "Keep an eye on" in Mixmag and described as "Very impressive stuff" by DJ Mag.