The 1998 "Muzik" DJ of the
Year, Tall Paul, began his DJing career in 1987 at the tender
age of 16, playing for office parties at his dad's nightclub
Turnmills. At the same time Paul started to run his own pirate
radio station called Touchdown FM and had already managed
to blag a spot on the capital's legendary pirate Sunrise FM.
Paul also used his persuasive powers to get a one hour slot
at Turnmills' Saturday all-nighter Trade and in 1990 his obvious
talent gained him his first residency, and as gay clubs have
always been at the forefront of innovation in dance music,
Paul quickly became recognised for playing what one might
alternatively call hard-edged-house anthems.
Not long after his residency at Trade,
Paul was offered a residency at the Zap Club in Brighton and
there met up with Shelley Boswell which lead to regular slots
at the Gardening Clubs' "Club For Life". Paul has
since gone on to DJ all over the UK, currently holding a residency
at Turnmills' Friday nighter The Gallery and plays regularly
for Godskitchen, Gatecrasher, Sundissential, Cream and Golden
to name but a few. His popularity has seen him DJ worldwide
travelling to America, Canada, Japan, Australia, Argentina,
Brazil, Hong Kong, South Africa and all over Europe. Paul
was voted "Best Overall DJ" in the 7 Magazine "Ibiza
'99 Awards" for his residency at Godskitchen and is consistently
featured in the top 20 of the DJ Magazine "Top 100 DJ
Poll" each year.
In 1992 Paul put out his first vinyl
offering - the white label 'Love Rush', a Trade anthem. He
then hooked up with Hooj Choons' Red Jerry who with reference
to his 6'6" frame christened him with the title "Tall
Paul" and came up with the dance classic "Rock Da
House," (later to be re-released in 1997 on VC Recordings,
reaching No. 11 in the national charts.) Paul then went on
to produce numerous top 40 hits including the club anthems
Escrima "Deeper" and "Train of Thought",
and his highest entry to date, Camisra "Let Me Show You",
entered new at No. 5. All this has lead to a series of remixing
jobs for such acclaimed artists as New Order, Stone Roses,
Erasure, Human League, Marc Almond, Wild Child, Hyperlogic,
Cappella, Duran Duran, Nalin & Kane, Blondie, Bizarre
Inc, Dina Carroll... the list goes on. Paul's production talents
are recognised in the "DJ Magazine Top Producers Poll,"
where Paul features year after year, and last year entering
at no. 12. Camisra's success has taken Paul's career even
further...
Paul now runs his own record label, Duty
Free Recordings which also incorporates an in-house Studio,
all based at Turnmills. The label has released tracks by JS16,
Robbie Rivera, Radical Playaz, DJ Lottie, Durango.95, Dave
Aude, Pauls debut for the label "Be There" and latest
production "Freebase". Paul has also featured on
various Compilations including Virgin's "The Gallery
Modern Masters Vol#1" , "Club Nation 1998"
, "Cream Anthems" and Fantazia's famous "House
Collection". In 1999 Paul signed an album deal with the
Ministry of Sound, so far Paul has complied and mixed "Dance
Nation 6", "The Ibiza Annual 2" and more recently
the "Millennium Annual".
Not content with raising the roofs of
clubland, running his own label, producing club hits and mix
albums, Paul also presents his very own Saturday night radio
show "The Mix Down Session" (7-9pm) on London's
premiere dance station Kiss 100 FM. Paul has also featured
in the mix on various shows including Radio 1's Danny Ramplings'
"Love Groove Dance Party" and the Essential Mix
.
