Ricardo Autobahn

John Matthews (born 8 March 1978) better known by his stage name Ricardo Autobahn is an English producer, songwriter and musician.

Matthews is a member of the bands Spray and the Cuban Boys, who are most famous for their "pass off" UK Christmas hit "Cognoscenti Vs. Intelligentsia". The band allowed their label to market C vs I as "The Hampster Dance Song".

In addition, Matthews was Rikki in the duo Rikki & Daz (along with Daz Sampson), and later on, also a member of the kids band the Barndance Boys. With Daz Sampson, he co-wrote and produced the UK's 2006 Eurovision entry "Teenage Life", and the European hit "The Woah Song" by DJ Daz.

Rikki & Daz scored a UK top 20 hit with their version of the song "Rhinestone Cowboy", involving Glen Campbell who re-recorded his vocal and appeared in the video. The Barndance Boys, infamous for their papier mache heads, had a top 40 hit in 2003 with "Yippie-I-Oh". Ricardo Autobahn also remixed Becky's dance single, "Less Than Three", The Crimea's 'Loop A Loop' as well as Minneapolis sound protege Lolly Pop's 2007 eponymous debut.

In 2008 he formed a new project the Attery Squash, who had their single "Devo Was Right About Everything" remixed by Devo members Robert & Gerald Casale ^[1]

In 2009, he released a video on YouTube called "The Golden Age of Video".^[2] This was a mash-up of video clips from various TV Shows and movies.

See also

• Rikki & Daz
• Spray
• Cuban Boys
• Daz Sampson

References

External links

• Official website
• Ricardo Autobahn MySpace site
• Attery Squash MySpace