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Having patiently spun records for over a decade and
producing for over five years, Paul Jackson is now getting
his long deserved attention and is one of the UK's most
sought after producers and DJs. On the production front,
2003 was the biggest year yet for Jackson. Darren Emerson
signed Paul to Underwater Records back in January after
Pete Tong made 'The Push' - a moody, ethnic influenced
epic and Jackson's second solo production effort (the
first being 'Bulldozer' on Fluential Records) - Essential
New Tune. It was released in April 2003 and gained great
critical acclaim from both DJs (Jon Carter named it
as his tune of the year as well as props from the alternative
sector - including Steve Lamacq, Colin Murray and Annie
Nightingale) and the press.
In October Jackson dropped 'Rock and Roll/The Way We
Do It' a dark and heavy, yet beautiful and melodic composition
on the label, the double A-side again moved Jackson
further up the scale. In January 2004 Jackson released
'The Push (Far From Here)' vocal version, with Dirty
Vegas' Steve Smith on vocals. The track, complete with
Smith's vocal again gained Essential New Tune and counts
Zane Lowe amongst its fans. Paul has also mixed the
third in the highly reputed Underwater Episode compilations
alongside label boss Darren Emerson, Underwater Episode
3 it's out in June along with his latest production
effort "Blockbuster".
Previous to his solo efforts, Jackson recorded under
the alias Kidstuff with Mark Wilkinson and Kevin 'K-Boy'
Brooks'. Together they released on Defected's offshoot
Fluential Records with 'Alright' and 'Jetfunk', both
of which received due attention from Danny Tenaglia,
Pete Tong and Seb Fontaine, they also released on cuts
on Skint and NRK. Remix wise Jackson has added his flavour
to Dido with 'Stoned' for BMG, Tomcraft's 'Brainwashed'
for Data/MoS, Gus Gus' 'Call of the Wild' for Underwater,
The Donatella movement's "Get Ready" , Starbeach
'Get Naked' for SuSu and most recently has added his
remixing abilities to Faithless' "Weapon of Mass
Destruction".
On the DJ scale, Jackson has been behind the decks
for over 12 years and has DJ'd in over 50 countries.
He's held residencies at Amnesia (Ibiza) The Cross (London),
Ministry of Sound (London), Madrid, Valencia and has
played regularly in all of the UK's leading clubs as
well as tours for dance music's leading labels and media
outlets - including Subliminal, Defected, Radio 1 and
MTV.
In 2003 Paul was a lead player on Underwater's world
tour, which gave him regular slots at Underwater's London
residency at The End, sets at Pacha, Ibiza including
the closing party, the 5 Days Off festival in Amsterdam
and Dance Valley festival in Rotterdam and gigs throughout
the UK and Europe.
In January 2001 Jackson performed his debut 'Radio
1 Essential Mix', which is still cited by many as one
of the best ever and was duly nominated for best Essential
Mix at 2001's Muzik Magazine Awards. Jackson did his
second Essential Mix in January 2003. In 2004, expect
more from Jackson on both the production and DJ front
as he pushesı his sound out to the masses
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