Ricardo Autobahn

John Matthews (born 8 March 1978) better known by his stage name Ricardo Autobahn is an English producer, songwriter and musician. He is also known in collaborations with Daz Sampson as in Rikki & Daz and the projects like Barndance Boys, Cuban Boys, and his current project Spray, with his sister, Jenny Matthews, who was also the vocalist for the Cuban Boys.
Matthews is a member of the band Spray and earlier in the Cuban Boys. The latter was most famous for their UK Christmas hit “Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia”. The band allowed their label to market "Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia" as "The Hampster Dance Song".
In addition, Matthews was Rikki in the duo Rikki & Daz (with Daz Sampson), who also recorded under the name of the Barndance Boys. 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". With Daz Sampson, Matthews co-wrote and produced the UK's 2006 Eurovision entry "Teenage Life" with Daz Sampson and the European hit "The Woah Song" by DJ Daz.
==Links to Peel==
Peel was a fan of the Cuban Boys and played their material on his shows. He also kept interest in Ricardo Autobahn's solo project in 2001 and played some of his solo tunes, as well as his Spray project in 1999.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
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*2018 Festive Fifty: Anthologised By Cherry Red #5
== Other Shows Played ==
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*19 January 1999: You Eat One Lousy Foot And You're A Cannibal (EP - We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About) Stone The Kubist
*24 January 1999 (BFBS): You Eat One Lousy Foot And You're A Cannibal (EP: We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About) Stone The Kubist
*26 January 1999: You Eat One Lousy Foot And You're A Cannibal (EP: We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About) Stone The Kubist
*28 January 1999 (Radio Eins): You Eat One Lousy Foot And You're A Cannibal (EP: We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About) Stone The Kubist
*January 1999 (FSK): You Eat One Lousy Foot And You're A Cannibal (EP: We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About) Stone The Kubist
*27 May 1999 (Radio Eins): I Keep Missing The Loveboat (EP - I Keep Missing The Love Boat) Stone The Kubist
*01 June 1999: ‘I Keep Missing The Love Boat (EP - I Keep Missing The Love Boat)’ Stone The Kubist Records
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*02 May 2001: Re Bound (EP-Website EP)' (white label) (JP: 'Ricardo Autobahn: not, I suspect, the name he was given at birth...in the house. He'd be in the garden if it was up to me.')
*03 May 2001: Oscillator Alligator (EP - Website EP) White Label
*22 May 2001: Oscillator Alligator (EP - Website EP) White Label
== External Links ==
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*Discogs
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Category:Artists