Inland Knights
Andy and Laurence hail from England’s East Midlands, an area with a rich musical legacy, particularly for house music. They met in ‘93 and cut their teeth DJing for Smokescreen, the renegade sound system from which they drew their early inspiration. Old warehouses, woodland, fields, quarries and houses were utilized with the sole intention of having a good time… for free! By the mid 90’s smokescreen could guarantee a crowd of a few hundred in attendance at their parties, and their club nights such as the monthly events at the Rockhouse in Derby and the sky club in Nottingham became local institutions that ran for years. In 98’ Laurence and Andy made the inevitable step into production, and the same year their Drop Music label was born. As Inland Knights Laurence and Andy undertook a busy schedule writing tracks for Drop (almost all of the early output was entirely Inland knights, despite many monikers). Drop has gone on to become one of the most highly regarded labels in recent years, and Inland knights continue to be one of the most respected production and DJ outfits in the house world.
