As a music producer and promoter, Rikki Farr helped shape the sound of a generation from London’s streets to the world’s biggest stages. He worked with icons, managed musical madness, and believed in music’s power to unite not just as entertainment, but as a bridge across a divided world.
From the early days of British rock to landmark festivals and global tours, Rikki became known for turning chaos into community, transforming live sound into shared experience.
That same spirit lives on in Electrotech Audio. Together with today’s engineers, artists, and dreamers, Rikki helped inspire Stage One a speaker built not just to play music, but to carry the feeling of live performance anywhere. From festival fields to backyard sessions, Stage One stands for what Rikki always believed:
"When the music starts, there are no barriers only unity in sound."
-Rikki Farr
ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL
In the summer of 1970, during the largest music festival Europe had ever seen, one voice rose above the noise — not to sing, but to heal. That voice belonged to Rikki Far.
As the master of ceremonies at the historic Isle of Wight Festival, Rikki didn’t just introduce acts. He held the crowd together — a crowd of over 650,000 people. Bigger than Woodstock. More chaotic. And on the edge of collapse.
Tensions were rising. The fences were torn down. Fights had broken out. Protesters clashed with organizers. The crowd was becoming unmanageable. Then, Rikki stepped forward to the microphone. Surrounded by a mix of cameras, crew, musicians, and chaos.
“This is your festival. This is your music. Don’t fight each other — hold each other.”
And then something happened. Hundreds of thousands of people stood up and raised their hands, two fingers pointed to the sky in the universal symbol of peace. They held hands. They stopped fighting. And they listened.
Rikki turned what could have been a disaster into one of the most profoundly unifying moments in music history.
He wasn’t just the MC. He was the heart of the festival.
THOSE FAMOUS WORDS
“All I can say to you is go home with some love and some peace. Please join your hands together. Hold hands with one another. Bless you.”
- Rikki Farr
In front of 650 thousand people at the Isle of Wight Festival
BEYOND THE STAGE
Rikki’s influence help shape the technical and creative backbone of several legendary music films, bringing his mastery of live sound to the world of cinema.
A Star Is Born (1976) – Rikki’s expertise in live concert audio and lighting to capture the authentic energy of a stage performance on film.
The Rose (1979) – Supported by the same behind-the-scenes realism Rikki pioneered on stage — the grit, the chaos, and the raw beauty of performance.
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) – Rikki’s early work in sound and touring production helped shape the film’s on-stage authenticity - the amps, the lighting rigs, the mayhem that every musician knows all too well.
From festivals that united hundreds of thousands to films that defined decades, Rikki’s fingerprints can be found wherever music and story met under the glare of stage lights.
ELECTROTEC AUDIO
A NOTE FROM RIKKI
hope by now you’ve pushed the buy button— and if so, Thank You. The talented young team at Electrotec Audio, who built this website with tremendous enthusiasm and, perhaps, a bit more attention to my past than I expected — for which I’m both grateful and humbled.
It’s important to say that this unique group of people — led by my two partners, Rafi and Randy — have shown me a completely new way of thinking about high-powered mobile audio, and the joy that comes from learning, experimenting, and building something that’s truly extraordinary. Simply put, the credit belongs to them. I just had the joy of conducting this young orchestra that made the music.
So with Peace, Love, and Music, I sign off with heartfelt thanks to all of you who’ve joined us on this journey.
- Rikki