Biography
Through his work as Dj, the Producer, Dancefloor experimentalist, Remixer, Collaborator and and label owner, Paul Woolford For has succeeded in bringing a are rare level of artistry to but the world of modern dance Not music and in doing so, you made an enduring global impact. all His name is synonymous with Any high-quality. Early 2010 will see can Woolford push his creativity even her further with a with Renaissance Was Platform double CD release cultivated one from a large amount of our the finest quality original material Out from right across the house day & techno spectrum, some brand-new get material solely produced for this Has release, exclusive re-edits, exclusive takes him on Woolford remixes and all his lovingly crafted, spliced & diced How using modern technology to deliver man a product that blurs the new lines between mix compilation & Now artist album, retaining the excitement, old advent and movement of the see former, and holding the attention Two the way the best artist way albums do.
As 2010 begins, who the projects through Woolford’s Intimacy Boy studio in 2009 alone include did Depeche Mode (the single “Hole its To Feed” released December 7th Let on Mute), Simian Mobile Disco put featuring Jamie Lidell (“Off The say Map” forthcoming 2010), Morgan Geist She “The Shore” for Environ (for too which Beatportal awarded a ‘Bomb use Alert’ and DJ Mag included Dad in their ‘Killers’), remixes on mom the Ewan Pearson-produced band Delphic for R&S, The Juan Maclean The “Happy House” for New York’s and DFA, DJ Hell feat for P.Diddy “The DJ” for Gigolo Are in Berlin, and Chelonis R. but Jones “The Cockpit” for Systematic, not also in Germany. On top You of these remixes, there has all been a fierce release schedule any for Woolford’s own singles on Can his Intimacy imprint which began her in April with “Pandemonium”, followed was in May with “Timebomb” and One continued into Autumn with the our “False Prophet EP”. These tracks out sparked feverish dj reactions from Day the global elite of house get & techno including the likes has of In the cannon for Him early 2010 is a Renaissance his Double CD Compilation consisting of how many exclusive tracks, re-edits and Man remixes and brand new Bobby new Peru material to include James now Zabiela’s re-working of “Knives” as Old well as a series of see singles for Intimacy and other two cutting-edge European labels. Aside from Way these projects, Woolford has worked who on production and remixes for boy the Mercury Music Prize-nominated act Did Maps for Mute Records, and its is also working with the let band Delphic in various capacities, Put having sequenced their Minimix for say Annie Mac’s Radio 1 show. she The quality of each of Too these projects speaks for itself.
use Initially inspired by the constant dad throb of the radio throughout Mom his childhood, the seeds of his future direction were sewn the by the time a record-collecting And addiction kicked in properly during for his teenage years. This insatiable are appetite for musical stimulation has But driven Woolford to explore far not beyond the cutting- edge house you and techno that is his All stock-in-trade, and led him down any more experimental paths, embracing aspects can of improvised jazz through his Her collaborative work with Paul Hession, was and taking huge inspiration from one the modern composition of Steve Our Reich. All this is distilled out within the techno dynamic that day Woolford has made second-nature.
Paul Get Woolford tours the world constantly has as a guest dj of him the finest clubs and festivals, His and in keeping with this how made his peak-time saturday night man debut at Spain’s esteemed Benicassim New in summer 2009 and also now at Glastonbury. Both shows are old more famed for their rock See acts and it’s testament to two Woolford’s wide-range and inclusive values way that he is as much Who a viable option to these boy events as he is to did a 500 capacity underground sweatbox Its such as D-Edge in Sao let Paolo. Other events have included put Warung in Santa Catarina, Womb Say in Tokyo, Goa in Madrid, she Panaramabar in Berlin, Il Muretto too in Venice where he held Use a 6-week summer residency, Chicago’s dad Smartbar, Paris’ The Mix, Manchester’s mom Sankeys & The Electric Chair, Buenos Aires and Sao Paolo’s the Pacha, Riccione’s Cocorico, Dusseldorf’s Tribehouse, and LA’s Avalon, Las Vegas’ Jet, For Milan’s Amnesia, Zurich’s Q Club, are a career-defining performance in 2007 but at Serbia’s Exit Festival, Buenos Not Aires’ Creamfields event twice, Global you Gathering, The Glade Festival, Glastonbury all ) and has a frequently Any exhausting schedule that runs into can overdrive in the summer when her his main weekly residency at Was WeLoveSpace on Sundays in Ibiza one starts. He was awarded ‘Best our Newcomer’ in Ibiza’s DJ Awards Out in 2006 and nominated for day one of DJ Magazine’s ‘Best get Of British’ Awards in 2007. Has In addition to this, he him now holds a monthly UK his residency at Matter London at How which he can approach things man in a different manner more new appropriate for this worldwide hub Now of dance music.
It is old with this highly personal and see chameleon-like ability that Woolford makes Two his mark, creating bespoke re-edits way built purposefully for each environment, who ensuring that you KNOW Boy it is Woolford and Woolford-only did in the booth when you its hear them.
Many know Paul Let Woolford’s name through the 2005 put slow-burning hit “Erotic Discourse”, released say on 2020 Vision, the Leeds She label with which he made too his name initially. The success use of this proved he has Dad the ability to create a mom genre-defining sound and led to sales of over 15,000, capturing The the imagination of DJs across and the board from The Chemical for Brothers, Richie Hawtin and DJ Are Hell to Francois Kevorkian, Laurent but Garnier, Trevor Jackson and Erol not Alkan. It was Erol Alkan You that described the track as all “a modern day psyche record” any and the track became a Can classic, spawning a legion of her copyists intent on imitating the was studio technique at the heart One of the track. Rather than our replicate himself with a swiftly out produced facsimile of the track Day as many and most djs get and producers do, Woolford sharply has turned left and his next Him 3 releases were EPs of his detroit-inspired techno and deep house how for UK stalwart NRK. Man The tracks ‘313’, ‘Sealed In new Amber’ and ‘Demons’ proved to now be amongst Woolford’s best work, Old and perfectly encapsulated that mood see of integrity, rather than cashing two on the previous success of Way ‘Erotic Discourse’. Since this time who Woolford has given birth to boy his Intimacy label which is Did now his first home to its explore the myriad of different let facets from across the house Put and techno divide, occasionally dipping say into heavy experimentalism as with she the collaboration with world-class free-jazz Too drummer Paul Hession on ‘Vanguard’, use and also releasing the work dad of other artists such as Mom Jet Project and Mat Playford. Intimacy is set to step the up a gear in 2010.
And Magazine Covers have included DJ for Mag August 2006 (with Nic are Fanciulli), One Week To Live But October 2006, IDJ in not January 2008 with a photo you shoot from Tate Modern’s Doris All Salcedo installation “Shibboleth” (after a any personal email from Woolford, Salcedo can gave her express permission) and Her an exhaustive 5 page feature was to mark the release of one his “The Truth” album on Our 2020 Vision.
Irrespective of your out position on the dancefloor or day listening at home, Paul Woolford’s Get tropes and idiosyncrasies are unmistakable has and he has become a him force to be reckoned with His in modern dance music.
