Caspar Pound (1970 -2004) was a producer, remixer and label-boss of Rising High Records (and subsidiary labels) from Peterborough, England. His first big break was with A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd (a collaboration with Marc Williams and Tony Winter) with the single 'Total Confusion'. He then got involved with other projects such as The Hypnotist, Dub Collective and Rising High Collective. He also founded the Rising High and Sapho labels and passed away at his home from cancer, on 30 April 2004 at the age of 33. Pound's step-brother was Labour MP Stephen Pound and his grandfather was the biographer Reginald Pound.
Links to Peel[]
Peel first played Pound's first project, A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd, on his radio shows in the early 90's and invited them to do a session for his show in 1991, where they recorded three tracks. He also played tracks from The Hypnotist, Dub Collective and Rising High Collective on his programmes as well, during the peak of the breakbeat music scene in the early 90's.
Sessions[]
- A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd
1. Recorded: 1991-01-13. First Broadcast: 03 February 1991. Repeated: 07 April 1991
- Drop Your Soul / Vicious / Dream
Other Shows Played[]
- 25 September 1990: Total Confusion (12") Tam Tam
- 06 October 1990: Total Confusion (Confusion Mix) (12") Tam Tam
- 12 October 1990 (BFBS): Total Confusion (12") Tam Tam
- 01 December 1990: Freedom (Confusion Mix (Edit) - Vocal) (7") Tam Tam
- 14 December 1990 (BFBS): Freedom (Confusion Mix (Edit) - Vocal) (7") Tam Tam
- 23 June 1991: Work It Out (12") Tam Tam
- 28 June 1991 (BFBS): Work It Out (7") Tam Tam
- 03 August 1991: Work It Out (7") Tam Tam
- 04 July 1992: Mix II - Hardcore Heaven Mix (12" - Turbulence Remix) Rising High
- 04 July 1992 (BFBS): Mix II - Hardcore Heaven Mix (12" - Turbulence Remix) Rising High
- 02 March 2004: Freedom (single) Tam Tam
- Dub Collective
- 12 August 1991 (Radio Bremen): Bongo Burial (12" - The Head EP Vol. 1) Cyclotron
- 01 September 1991: The House Is Mine (12" - The House Is Mine / Pioneers Of The Warped Groove) Rising High
- 08 September 1991: 'The House Is Mine (12"-The House Is Mine / Pioneers Of The Warped Groove)' (Rising High)
- 15 August 1992: A Modern Prometheus (v/a album - Progressive Hardcore Vol. 1) Rising High
- 24 August 1992 (BFBS): A Modern Prometheus (v/a LP - Progressive Hardcore Vol. 2) Rising High
- Rising High Collective
- 14 August 1992: Come Fly With Me (v/a album - Progressive Hardcore Vol 1) Rising High
- 06 August 1994: ‘Tangled In My Thoughts [Hardfloor Mix] (Various Artists 2xCD - Secret Life Of Trance III )’ (Rising House Records)
- 13 August 1994 (BFBS): Tangled In My Thoughts (Hardfloor Mix) (v/a album - The Secret Life Of Trance 3) Rising High