Birth name Richard Boardman Years active 2007–present Name Rick Boardman | Also known as Rick Boardman Associated acts Delphic, The Six Role Musical Artist | |
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, producer Instruments Synthesizer, piano, drums, vocals Origin Manchester, United Kingdom Genres Electro, Indie pop, Dance music, Pop music Similar Delphic, Robert Harvey, Jack Patterson, Luke Patterson, Starsmith | ||
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Rick Boardman is a British multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is currently known as a member of the dance music collective The Six, which he co-founded with Rob Harvey in May 2014. They are featured on the Gorgon City track "Take It All." Boardman also co-wrote the November 2014 single "Real Love" by Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne, which debuted at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. After playing drums and synthesizers with a number of Manchester-based indie pop and dance music bands in the early 2000s, in 2007 he co-founded the electronic music group Delphic. The group released two charting albums and toured internationally, also placing third on BBC Sound of 2010.
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2007–14: Delphic
Boardman was a founding member of the band Delphic, formed in Manchester in 2007. Boardman founded the band with guitarist Matt Cocksedge and singer James Cook.
The EP for their single "This Momentary" was released on 31 August 2009 through Kitsune. The music video for "This Momentary" was nominated for three UK Music Video Awards, including Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Telecine. In November 2009 they made their first TV appearance appearing on Later... with Jools Holland playing their singles "Doubt" and "Halcyon", both to be included on their upcoming album. Delphic were one of the 15 shortlisted music acts for the BBC Sound of 2010, placing third on BBC Sound of 2010, after Ellie Goulding and Marina and the Diamonds.
Their debut album was called Acolyte was released on Polydor on the band's own imprint Chimeric Records on 11 January 2010. It peaked at No. 8 on the UK album chart and met with a positive reception from music critics. The Times gave the album 5/5 stars, and writer Lou Thomas commented for BBC Music that it "might just be the first great album of 2010". Singles from the album such as Acolyte and "Doubt" "Halcyon" have been featured in various media, and the band were also nominated for the "Best UK & Ireland New Act" in the 2010 MTV EMAs in Madrid.
Collections, the band's second album, was released on 28 January 2013. Delphic collaborated with Manchester International Festival in July 2013, performing a three night exclusive residency at the festival, re-working their entire album Collections with an array of instruments from around the world played by musicians from the UK. The event series was entitled Our Worldly Collections. On 22 April 2014, Delphic posted a 7 track mixtape called Get Familiar on their SoundCloud page.
2014: The Six and collaborations
Boardman is a member of The Six, a dance music collective based in Manchester. He co-founded the group with Rob Harvey in May 2014. The group is featured on the Gorgon City track "Take It All," and Boardman co-wrote the November 2014 single "Real Love" by Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne. With Simon Aldred he had also written tracks for Knife Party, and with The Six been in the studio with MNEK, Rudimental, and Lily Allen. In late 2014 they supported Gorgon City on tour. Before the success of Clean Bandit, however, Boardman, along with the rest of The Six crew released their debut single "Too Much Love", featuring Cleo Tighe. Shortly into the early summer months of 2015, they had released their hit single "Unfinished Sympathy", featuring Jasmine Thompson. It was released May 14th 2015. This was followed by another solo single by the group known as "(Don't Go) Running", which was released on 26th August 2015.