Facts:   - instrument: multi-instrumentalist    - website: richardhkirk.com    - years active: 1973 -- present    - caption: richard real airports event in sheffield -lrb- 2010 -rrb- h. kirk performing as dj at music for    - origin: sheffield , england    - label: industrial touch , beyond , alphaphone , blast first , intone , , mute/emi doublevision , rough trade , warp ,    - genre: electronica      - alias: electronic eye , sandoz , trafficante    - name: richard harold kirk    - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist    - image: richard project 2010-04-24 . jpg h kirk dj at music for real airports    - associated acts: cabaret voltaire    - occupation: composer , producer , musician   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard kirk .
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richard harold kirk -lrb- born 21 march 1956 in sheffield -rrb- is an english musician specialising in electronic music since the 1970s .