BIGWAR 5 presents A.Paul (Naked Lunch / Portugal) @ The Underground Sat 24th Sep

DrConor

http://soundcloud.com/a-paul

http://soundcloud.com/rob-glennon

http://soundcloud.com/paul-farrell-1

DrConor

A.Paul

His first contact with music was at the age of 6 through the influence of his older sister who was really into the funky disco sound. His musical roots are deeply connected with great musicians such as George Benson, Imagination, Al Jarreau, Quincy Jones, Earth Wind and Fire, Michael Jackson, and later with Kraftwerk…
He also received some electro and hip-hop vibes from the 80´s, and by the time acid house hit Europe by the end of the decade, he was already mixing for some time, making some parties with his own equipment, and his work was recognized by the portuguese dj J. Daniel, who gave him the opportunity in 91 to start playing as a resident in a club and with whom he also released his first vinyl record in 94, on his imprint Question of Time. This record was also licensed to the mythical Italian label UMM & UK's Bush Records. This made A.Paul forge and polish his own style of music and skills as well, leading him to become resident of two of the most charismatic clubs at that time, Climacz in 94 and Kremlin in 96 both in Lisbon.

In 1995, right after he had his first international gig in Germany, he released his music on his own labels, first Squeeze Records, and later on his own: Onh.Cet. This was when he got definitely addicted to techno music, absorbing all the new influences from Detroit, Chicago, the first minimal wave from Robert Hood, Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Joey Beltram, Damon Wild, Steve Stoll and also the European faction with The Advent, Surgeon, Luke Slater, James Ruskin, Steve Rachmad…
The next couple of years A.Paul released music for other international labels which made his name more popular hence leading to an expectable increase of gigs in his country, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Slovakia, Germany, Italy, CZ, Slovenia, Ireland, UK, Denmark…
In 1997, he was already playing regularly with all the top techno and house djs, transcending new ways of understanding the art of djing, different styles of music, and the chance to start co-producing music with renowned artists. Besides music, he also embraces a new artistic passion with visuals, being the graphic designer for X-Club for over 2 years, and created his own visuals company - ‘Oblivion Visual Concepts’.

The following years were filled with remarkable success, increased popularity, which made him become the Best Portuguese Techno Dj 3 years in a row, voted by the readers of Dance Club Magazine, the main media vehicle for dance music in Portugal.

New projects and ideas kept on coming: he created Secret Society, a night in Lisbon dedicated to techno, and more recently he opted to dedicate himself strictly to music production and djing and also to the labels, co-owning MPC Distribution alongside his long time mates Cisco Ferreira & michaelangelo.
He feels more active than ever and finally he is breaking some of his own boundaries, producing from tech-house under the pseudonym Luther Miek, techno as A.Paul and one cannot forget his rebel soul which is manifested in his minimal and experimental works this time under the alias of Loudon Kleer.

robbie against

BANGING BANGING BANGING BANGING
some of the best of irish techno AND apaul. savage night to be had here gang!

keylockd

A Paul???

A good solid slice of upfront techno, love it, cant wait for it!

DrConor

Double passes up for grabs on Saturday, just tell us who your favorite techno producer is, send a mail to bigdishgoconor@gmail.com


Great podcast here from A.Paul, nice video to go with it to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8QYWLjZFL8