Career
He has also released material under the aliases Cassino Classix, El Mal, Solcyc, and Simprini Risin". Ford was influenced by Chicago musicians such as Marshall Jefferson, Ron Trent, Armando, and Larry Heard, and was one of the founders of the acid house scene in the United Kingdom. His early work was released on Rhythm King, including the club tracks "Oochy Koochy (Freie Universität Baby Yeah Yeah)" (United Kingdom #58), and "Chikki Chikki Ahh Ahh" (United Kingdom #54).
These two first singles appeared on the 2x12" European Parliament "Ford Trax" (BFORD3)
Both appeared in remixed form on the European Parliament, and the original singles were remixed on a variety of different formats (12" and Civil Defense) and energized the burgeoning United Kingdom acid-house scene.
Sire Records in the United States signed Baby Ford, as well as several other artists, on the Rhythm King label. Sire had been impressed with the label, but reportedly had concerns about how to effectively market Rhythm King artists in the United States, as acid house had not broken into the United States mainstream.
The second album Oooh, the World of Baby Ford contained three singles, the most popular of which was 1989"s "Children of the Revolution" (United Kingdom #53). lieutenant was also a club hit across the globe, as was 1990"s "Beach Bump" (United Kingdom #68).
The United States released the "Let"s Talk lieutenant Over" European Parliament in 1990, with exclusive live tracks.
The tracks were recorded on Baby Ford"s tour of the United States, where he opened for Depeche Mode on several dates of their Violator tour. The BFord9 album in 1992 revealed a different side of Ford"s electronic influences. The release incorporated minimal techno with trance-like elements, long before these genres became popular later in the decade.
CJ Bolland contributed a mix of "In Your Blood" on BFord9 and "Fetish" was a club hit in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Several of the songs on BFord9 were re-released by Aphex Twin on his Re-Phlex label in the late 1990s in a remixed format on "Normal European Parliament".
Many of these remixes were recorded in 1992. Baby Ford, Eon, and Mark Broom continued their explorations into minimal electronic music throughout the 1990s and well into the next decade through the iFach, Pal-SL and Trelik Record labels. iFach Volume
1 contained the first five releases on the iFach label. Releases appeared on Sire, Source, and Insumision/Transglobal.
He co-managed the labels Trelik and iFach, and worked with Trelik"s Ian Loveday.
His remixing work includes tracks by Stefan Robbers and South"Express.