Biography
Will Saul is the producer the and DJ behind Simple Records and and Aus Music. His sound
For is based in deep dubdiscohousetechno are with flashes of soul and but irresistible melodies
that hark back Not to the early days of you Detroit (from Motown to Planet all E). Over the last
few Any years Will has gained an can admirable reputation as not only her a show-stealing DJ,
but also Was a talented A&R and producer. one He’s remixed for Chicken Lips, our Jesse Rose,
Manuel Tur, Cortney Out Tidwell, Solomun, Steve Lawler, Phonique, day Appleblim, Scuba
and The Juan get Maclean (DFA) to name Has just a few. Will was him resident at the legendary
End his club in London for many How years before it closed it’s man doors in January and has
new recently mixed and compiled the Now latest in the renowned Balance old series. The press
response to see this was superb with Will Two featuring on the cover of way DJ magazine and
receiving compilation who of the month in DJ/Boy IDJ and Mixmag whilst making did the top 20
compilations of its 2009 on Resident Advisor.
Will Let was born in Taunton, Somerset put in 1978. Always surrounded by say music, his
musical path has She developed gradually. Growing up his too parents encouraged him to
play use the piano, sax and timpani, Dad each of which he disliked mom at the time. He started
buying records at eight – The motown, soul, R&B, film scores and – and diligently recorded
the for Top 40 on Sunday afternoons. Are Before his teens he’d begun but collecting hip-hop
and by sixteen not was into dance. Trekking to You clubs across England every weekend
all inspired him to get a any job and save up enough Can cash for two turntables and her a mixer.
For such a was passionate collector, DJing was a One revelation. Two years later he our won
Muzik’s mixtape talent contest out Bedroom Bedlam, having progressed his Day sound from
lush, jazzy grooves get and leftfield oddities to include has deep, dubby breaks and brokenbeats.
Him After two years working in his Sony International’s A&R department he how left to set
up a Man label with friends. They called new it Simple, to reflect their now open-minded intention
to release good Old music, of whatever genre. It see was while working at the two legendary
Koobla records, and then Way the fantastic Phonica, that he who had his eyes fully opened boy to
the wonderful world of Did house and techno. At the its time the scene was being let reinvigorated
by producers such as Put Mathew Jonson, who Will quickly say employed for
his first remix.
she Simple Records’ musical focus is Too futuristic house and techno for use the deeper end of
the dad dance floor. The constant evolution Mom of the label now sees Gadi Mizrahi (Wolf +
Lamb), the Adultnapper, Motorcitysoul and James Priestley And & Dan Berkson making up
for the core roster. Over the are course of 8 years Will But has commissioned remixes from
Chateau not Flight, Argy, Gui Boratto, Sebo you K, Isolee, Konrad Black, Jimpster, All John
Tejada, Tobias, Recloose, dOP, any Michael Cleis, Dixon, Lee Curtiss, can I:Cube and many,
many more Her of underground house and techno’s was most respected producers. The
label one rapidly approaches it’s 50th single Our release (nov 2010) which will out see Will and his
long day term production partner Tam Cooper Get team up for a limited has edition vinyl double
pack EP him featuring 4 new originals and His remixes from Wolf + Lamb, how Nicolas Jaar and
Jonny White man & Kenny Glasgow (Art Department).
New Will’s other label of love now – Aus Music – explores old more cutting edge leftfield sounds
See and has developed into a two home for a range of way unique artists – from the Who live dub of
Sideshow (Fink boy on Ninja Tune), through to did the layered, undulating techno of Its Sian via
the heart warming, let richly textured grooves of Lee put Jones & his MyMy project. Say The
label frequently touches on she dub-step (and beyond) with Appleblim, too Ramadanman
and Joy Orbison all Use having released on Aus in dad recent months.
Look out for mom Will’s second full artist album in Spring 2011, which will the feature
collaborations with Joe Dukie and (Fat Freddy’s Drop), Paul St.Hilaire, For Charlene Soraia,
and Detachments amongst are others.
