PAOLO MOJO (MUSIC IS FREEDOM RECORDS,LONDON,UK.)
mr.a
Jay Lamar
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Stelios Kirtselis
Kai Krister K.
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Maniac
Paolo Mojo BIOGRAPHY:
There are DJs and then there are DJs. You know what that means . People who rise above the simple act of playing records to create something magical. People who are born to play to a crowd, to heighten the senses and inspire reaction and emotion in both clubbers and their peers. People that create a palpable sense of anticipation when they take to the decks because the crowd know they are in for a ride. People that balance the atmosphere on a knife edge.. and then drop you off, pull you back up and throw your senses to all points of the emotional compass. Paolo Mojo is one of those DJs.
Paolos sets are rooted in a love of house music, deep, warm or weird techy house with a strong breaks influence. Putting a label on Paolo is hard, and he prefers it that way - his hallmark is breathtakingly smooth, skillful and often rapid transitions between a wide variety of genres in any given set. I couldnt stick to one genre Paolo explains. I want to enjoy what I hear as much as the crowd, so I need to keep myself entertained. Plus a lot of DJs get stuck in the rut on playing a sound that works and before they know it, theyve been left behind. Youve always got to keep seeking out those edgy records, push yourself and take risks with your music.
This refreshing lack of bollocks combined with a widely acclaimed flair behind the decks has brought Paolo to the ears and attention of the world in a short space of time. From triumphant sets with Tyrant @ Fabric alongside Craig Richards and Lee Burridge, who has regularly championed Paolos sound, to wowing the crowds in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore and Moscow, to countless gigs in his native UK for the likes of Bedrock, Colours, Tribal Sessions and Space... hes risen far and fast.
In the past 18 months Paolo he has played at some of the worlds most prestigious venues, including Zouk (Singapore) Fabric (London), Bedrock (London) Pacha (Ibiza), Arc (New York) Maze (Miami), TeXound (Taiwan), Decedance (Greece) and TLV (Tel Aviv). He has toured Asia for DJ Magazine with Tom 'Superchumbo' Stephan and has held a monthly residency in Ireland for Inertia where six-hour sets earned him a fanatically loyal following. In 2002 he embarked on a short residency in London with Gatecrasher, successfully showcasing a deeper alternative tech / house sound to the Crasher crowd when hosting the entermusic room at Heaven. The room played host to the likes of Medicine8 and 16b and was a roaring success.
He has appeared regularly (5 times) at John Digweeds Bedrock nights in London and Brighton and also holds the rare honour of being the only non resident DJ to warm up the main room last year (with Xpress2). He has guested on John Digweeds Kiss FM radio show, again to huge acclaim. His monthly Music Is Freedom radio show on Groovetech.com, established due to popular demand after a number of widely praised guest appearances, is feted the world over for his distinctive, clever, style involving effects, edits and acapellas and occasional high quality guest appearance.
His ear for a tune encouraged him to set up and run firstly Entermusic and now Music Is Freedom - which is rapidly establishing itself as a respected underground house label. Music Is Freedom is developing a broad based eclectic release schedule featuring artists such as Dino Lenny, Simon Rogers, Smight, Koo and Paolo himself that has earned praise from a host of DJs including Craig Richards, Sasha and Deep Dish.
Paolo exploded on to the international scene in 2001 to unprecedented acclaim with the release of his promo CD mix, Music Is Freedom. Highlights included winning Muzik Magazines Bedroom Bedlam competition (and a subsequent nomination for Best Bedlam DJ at their annual awards) and being chosen as the winner of Rapture TVs Homelands Contest, which awarded Paolo with a 90 minute set in the Back2Basics arena at Homelands that year. Paolo also received personal messages of congratulations from Danny Tenaglia, Carl Cox and Lee Burridge for the mix. Music is Freedom took advantage of the huge growth in Internet popularity to become something of an underground phenomenon, with global message boards talking about the mix for months on end, establishing huge underground and Internet based support for Paolo and establishing without a doubt - a new benchmark for DJ demo cds. The impact of this cd has inspired two subsequent equally well received mixes and the record label, live parties and radio show of the same name. There are no rules says Paolo Music Is Freedom just nicely sums up what I feel about music .