Born of British-Nigerian parentage and brought up in UK listening to mostly African music. He began his musical life as a self-taught guitarist, delving into avant -garde but was later trained by various traditional Nigerian master drummers in UK. He is an accomplished Yoruba talking drummer, all round African percussionist, workshop facilitator and studio engineer/producer,as well as being an instrument maker.Apart from his releases with his own group Eardrum, Richard has also been a regular feature with the likes of Mulatu Astatke, the late Tony Allen, Dele Sosimi, Anthony Joseph,  to name a few.