[2] He first came to prominence in the 1980s as a DJ at the Camden Palace in London.,[2][3] whom he credits the late Colin Faver for getting him a residency at the club.

[2][5][6] From April 1989 to July 1990, Richards ran a local clubnight Outer Limits at the Sanctuary Music Arena in Bletchley, Milton Keynes.

[5][8] Later, Richards devoted more time to music production, releasing and licensing tracks with labels in the UK, Europe & US including End Recordings, Hypervinyl, SoCo Audio, Northern Lights, LHB, & own labels Lunar Tunes, Dy-na-mix & Storm.

Eddie soon began experimenting with the genre and helped it gain prominence by DJ'ing with Mr. C at the Paul Stone and Clink Street RIP parties in 1988, then seen as the counterpart to the Shoom events.

[1] After playing at Clink Street and Heaven in London and The Hacienda in Manchester, Richards then went on to headline the legendary Second Summer of Love parties such as Sunrise, Energy and Helter Skelter among many others.