Paul Rudd (DJ)

Paul Rudd
Background information
Birth name Paul Rudd
Born (1979-09-15) 15 September 1979
Sidcup, London, England[1]
Genres Electro house, House[2]
Years active 1998–present
Labels Believe Digital,Eden Records, Ditto Music, Globotracks, Paul Rudd[2][3][4]
Associated acts Jaki Graham, Kelly-Anne Lyons, Andi Durrant, Amanda Wilson
Website paulrudd.co.uk

Paul Rudd (born 15 September 1979), also known professionally as DJ Paul Rudd, is an English House Music DJ, songwriter, record producer, recording artist, label owner and remixer.[5] Starting as a radio DJ during the 1990s, he went on to DJ at venues around the world, before returning to the UK club scene.[5] Rudd has released fourteen singles to date and his debut album, The Sound of London, came out in November 2012.

Early life and career

Paul Rudd (born 15 September 1979) in Kent, always had musical influences from both of his parents. Paul even set up a School Radio station at his secondary School and then dipped his fingers in Hospital Radio as music was his life. In 1998, Rudd won the 'Search for a Star' competition at the Capital Radio Café in Leicester Square, London, with Neil Fox.[6] Since his breakthrough, Rudd DJed at clubs around England including in Liverpool (Blue Rooms; The Crush; Ritz; and Time), Manchester (Stanley's), Nottingham (Z Bar) and at several clubs in London, including Galaxy Nightclub, as their resident DJ.[7]

Paul Rudd at work in July 2013

In June 2011, Rudd released his first single, X-Me, featuring American actress Kelly-Anne Lyons on vocals.[3][5] Egotastic, the follow up to X-Me, was launched at the iconic Ibiza Rocks festival, where he was DJing with Hed Kandi.[8] Released at the end of June 2011, the 3 1/2-minute track played across Europe.[5][9] More Amore, featuring Vivi, released in November 2011, was shortlisted in the final of the 'One to Watch' category of MTV's Brand New for 2012 competition.[1][10] Differing slightly from his earlier releases, Rudd described the track as including "an incessant piano motif, layered with weighty beats and heavy drops", like an "old school club classic with a modern twist".[7]

Rudd's catalogue expanded in May 2012 with the release of Set Me Free 2012, a remake of the 1986 hit featuring its original singer, Jaki Graham on vocals. The track was recorded at Britannia Row Studios, London, in March 2012, and mixed by Tony Matthew, Britannia's engineer.[11][12] Model Louise Cole featured in the music video.[5] Rudd and Graham first met in 2003, when they met again years later, Rudd asked Graham if she would be interested in collaborating on a remix.[8] Graham said later, "I was really interested in doing something like this. There's so many classics from the 80s being revamped and I was delighted that Paul approached me to re-work Set Me Free, as recently I have been recording mainly contemporary jazz music for the new album. I liked the instrumental and I'm just happy that one of my favourite hits has been given a 2012 makeover that appeals to all!"[6]

Rudd followed up this success with two more tracks in 2012, Neon Lights and Out of My Mind, with the latter being well received not only in the UK but also in the United States, with a Chicago based radio station ranking it in its top 10 charts. Rudd is also shortlisted for the MTV Unsigned Competition 2013.[13]

Paul became an ambassador for 888 Casino worldwide in 2012 along with Shane Warne.

In December 2012 Rudd agreed on a collaboration with the prominent house music singer, Amanda Wilson, to release a single in March 2013. The single, Trust in Me was a ballad, which was a departure from anything that Rudd or Wilson had worked on before.[14] The track was then remix by heavyweights Cutmore, Andi Durrant, Mikael Wills and VIP with Club Mix as well. This then went on to hit No.4 in the UK Official Club Charts with Musicweek. It also beat Ellie Goulding to the No.1 spot in The DJ Top 30 in Canada and also staying at No.1 for two weeks in the Fusion Top 100 Dance Chart in the USA.

Due to Rudd's increasing profile, his namesake, the Hollywood actor Paul Rudd told the BBC that he wished to meet the producer so the pair could record a single together.[15]

In 2013, Rudd collaborated with the rock singer Sam Calver on a summer anthem, Wake The World Tonight, which was released in June that year. This too went to No.4 in the Official Musicweek Club charts and also No.1 in the Fusion Top 100 in the US. He then followed up with his highest peaking single Searching featuring Chloe Mills in February 2014. It reached No.3 on the Official Music Week Club Charts and No.8 in the Music Week Commercial Pop Charts.

In the summer of June 2014 Paul released a cover of the Classic 1987 hit The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby. It was be the first remix of the track in nearly 12-year since Tupac Shakur sampled it for the song 'Changes'. Paul wanted to keep it close to the original track, but said that it opened up the song to a new generation that may have missed it.

In August 2014, Paul released Night & Day. It peaked at No.4 in the Official Music Week Club Charts, and No.4 in the US Fusion Top 100.[16] The song also featured as part of the new morning production for the Capital Radio Breakfast Show from Global Radio, nationally everyday at 9am. The video to Night & Day was premiered on C4's 'Sunday Brunch'.

Paul was the launch DJ for P&O's newest and largest cruise ship for the UK market - MV Britannia this was launched and named by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in March 2015.

In 2014 Paul started a weekly Radio Show 'Globalsessions' which is currently aired in 7 countries and 21 stations every weekend. Paul is currently working with a number of artists and writers on his new album due out in 2016.

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 "DJ Paul Rudd flies the flag for dance music in MTV's 'Brand New Unsigned' competition!". AAA Music website. AAA Music. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Paul Rudd, information, The DJ List". The DJ List. The DJ List. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 "X-Me by Paul Rudd feat Kelly-Anne". hmvdigital website. HMV Group. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Globotracks/Ditto Music / Ditto Music Albums". emusic website. emusic. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "DJ Paul Rudd". Burr Media. Burr Media. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  6. 1 2 Veevers, Brandon (21 April 2012). "Jaki Graham And Paul Rudd Rework 'Set Me Free'". emusic website. emusic. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  7. 1 2 "About Paul Rudd". Paul Rudd website. Paul Rudd. 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  8. 1 2 Hoskin, Bree (4 May 2012). "Paul Rudd". Gaydar Radio website. Gaydar Radio. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "Paul Rudd Egotastic (original edit) Globotracks". DJdownload.com website. DJdownload. 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  10. ↑ "MTV Brand New: for 2012". MTV website. MTV. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  11. ↑ "In the studio with a legend". Paul Rudd website. Paul Rudd. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  12. ↑ "Front Row Management". Britannia Row Studios website. Britannia Row Studios. 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  13. ↑ http://tunes.broadwayworld.com/article/AUDIO-UK-Dance-Music-DJ-Paul-Rudds-New-Single-Out-Of-My-Mind-20121015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ http://www.bigtop40.com/artists/paul-rudd/trust-me/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/156591-paul-rudd-reveals-a-single-uk-house.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ http://dance.fusion.fm/news/2014/11/fusion-dance-top-100-11-17-2014-betty-who-all-of-you/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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