Paolo Mojo

Paolo Mojo's sound might be difficult to pin down, but this broad, innovative approach to his craft is making him a name on everyone's lips in 2004. His style incorporates elements of house, funk, techno, breaks, electro, disco and acid. ?I?ve never understood this 'genre' bollocks? he says. "To me the best DJs always select the best bits from a wide range of sounds and put them together in a way that just makes sense to people."

It's certainly making sense to lots of people at the moment. Already well established for his tweaked out sets with the likes of tyrant and Sasha at fabric, and a well thumbed global passport, he's really come to the fore this year thanks to a succession of well received productions on labels such as Alternative Route, Big Love and Sabotage. - and one of the best essential mix debuts ever.

Radio One, Mixmag, DJ Magazine and IDJ have all been quick to cite him as one to watch this year - with his first mix cd 'Heretic' set for an autumn release on Sabotage. Forthcoming remixes and projects with the
likes of Brancaccio and Aisher, Alex Neri, Nic Fanciulli and Paul Woolford are set to raise his bar even higher.

He also runs Music Is Freedom and Orcmusic record labels, which have consistently attracted good reviews for the past 2 years. He contributes productions and remixes to both regularly, and sees them as the cornerstone of his music output.


Paolo's 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 couldn't 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, they've been left behind. You've 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 Paolo's 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... he's risen far � and fast.

In the past 18 months Paolo he has played at some of the world's 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 Digweed's 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 Digweed's 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 Magazine's Bedroom Bedlam competition (and a subsequent nomination for 'Best Bedlam DJ' at their annual awards) and being chosen as the winner of Rapture TV's 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"

Other work has taken him to 25 countries across the world including South America twice (including an acclaimed NYE 2002 gig in Argentina), Russia, the Netherlands, Scotland, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Turkey. On the home front, he has delivered memorable sets at amongst others, Fabric, The Cross, The Gallery at Turnmills and even a special party for Lee Burridge and Boxed who asked Paolo to play at the launch party for Lee's Nu-Breed compilation.

Paolo is currently working on original productions and remixes as Paolo Mojo fro the Music Is Freedom label and also with acclaimed producer Simon Rogers in London, the results of which should surface later in 2003. He has recently remixed Dino Lenny's classic tech house track 'Acid Caracas', and will be releasing 'Back in The Day' (under his Parade breaks alter ego) on Cass' Sabotage Systems label later in 2003.

http://www.paolomojo.com