Infected by the funky rhythms of Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield, Rick Wade started DJing in the early 1980s. By the time he was in college he held a residency at the Nectarine Ballroom, which was writing another page in music history as the home of Detroit techno pioneer Jeff "The Wizard" Mills. In 1993 he created his own label Harmony Park as an outlet for his distinctive brand of deep-house. Today, Rick Wade enjoys a reputation as one of the premier House mixshow producers in the world and his studio productions appear on over 15 different labels worldwide.