Richard is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who runs a recording studio in Hackney (Orpheus Studio), working with a variety of artists across many genres. He writes and produces music under his own name and as Belly of the Steel Beast. He wrote and produced Frankenstein: The Metal Opera, and also manages and performs with a function band (Bad Mutha Covers).Richard has recorded all of the audio, sound design, and music for Red Valley, an audio drama about the creators of hyper sleep and the bloody mess they left behind.