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.
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” was released in June along with his next production effort for Underwater “Blockbuster” (again Essential New Tune) – Paul’s tech-come-house mix selection includes tracks from Chicken Lips, Agoria, Cohen Versus Deluxe and many more ands received great acclaim from the UK’s press.
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” – a huge player for DJs around the globe.
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 ‘pushes’ his sound out to the masses…
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Kidstuff Alright - Defected/Fluential
Kidstuff Jetfunk - Defected/Fluential
Kidstuff Do What You Wanna - Skint/Loaded
Kidstuff Kominski Park - Honchos Music
Paul Jackson Bulldozer EP - Defected/Fluential
Paul Jackson The Push - Underwater Records
Paul Jackson Rock and Roll - Underwater Records
Paul Jackson & Steve Smith The Push (Far From Here) - Underwater Records
Paul Jackson Blockbuster - Underwater Records
Paul Jackson The Seeker - Audio Therapy
Paul Jackson Souls - Audio Therapy
Paul Jackson Distortion - Dozer
Paul Jackson The Non Stop - Sutil Records
Paul Jackson Souls (2009 Remixes) - Audio Therapy
Paul Jackson Drum & Bass EP - Killa Tunes/Ego
Paul Jackson vs. Mark Wilkinson - Alright 2011 - Kidology
Paul Jackson presents Boat Drinks! - Honky EP - Killa Tunes/Ego
REMIXES
Rita Campbell - Runaway Love (Kidstuff Remixes) - Azuli
Bob Sinclair - Save Our Soul (Kidstuff Tear Our Souls Apart) - Defected
Liquid People - Monster (Kidstuff Take The Helm) - Defected
The Beginerz - Reckless Girl (Kidstuff Monkhousin Mix) - Cheeky
Starchaser - Love Will Set You Free (Kidstuff Remix) - MOS
Souvernance - Havin A Good Time (Kidstuff Chummy Scuffle) - Positiva
K-Klass - Talk 2 Me (Kidstuff Sexhammer Mixes) - SuSu
Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives (Kidstuff Remixes) - Arista
Mint Royale - I Dont Know (Kidstuff Dancefloor Justice) - Faith & Hope
TLC - Girl Talk (Kidstuff Vocal) - Arista
Antoine Clamaran - We Come To Party (Paul Jackson Remix) - Multiply
Air Bureau - Dont Expect Me (Paul Jackson & Mark Wilkinson Mix) - Loaded
Starbeach - Get Naked (Paul Jackson Stripped Mixes) - SuSu
Tomcraft - Brainwashed (Paul Jackson Remix) - MOS
Stellar Project - Get Up Stand Up (Paul Jackson Headbanger Mix)- MOS
Dido - Stoned (Paul Jackson Remixes) - BMG
GusGus - Call Of The Wild (Paul Jackson Cement Mix) Underwater Records
Agent Smith - Kosmos (Paul Jackson Mixes) - Uplifto
Faithless - Mass Destruction (Paul Jacksons Big Weapon Mixes) - BMG
Mutiny pres. Frank Kappa - Venus (Paul Jackson Mars Attacks) - Sunflower
DNA Orchestra - Samurai' (Paul Jacksons Ronin Mixes) - Gung Ho!/Azuli
Lief - Always (Paul Jackson Remix) - X-Rated
Swain & Paris - Tykes Groove (Paul Jackson Dozer Dub) - Audio Therapy
Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground (Paul Jackson Version Excursion) - Sony BMG
Bliss & Script - Honey Child (Paul Jackson's Dozer Style) - Broken Tooth
Japanese Popstars - Rodney Trotter (Paul Jackson Acid Re-Edit) - Dozer
Pink - You & Your Hand (Paul Jackson's 5 Knuckle Shuffle) - Sony BMG
Richard Dinsdale - You're In My Mind (Paul Jackson Confessional) - GU
Man Parrish - Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop)(Paul Jackson Dozer Style) - Dozer
Justin Timberlake - My Love (Paul Jackson Version Excursion) - Sony BMG
Ultra Naté - Automatic (Paul Jackson's Electric Boogie) - Tommy Boy
Space Cowboy feat. Nadia Oh! - Egyptian Lover (Paul Jackson Mix) - Tiger Trax
N'Dea Davenport - One Day My Love (Paul Jackson Bunny Boiler Dub) - Dozer
Vivid Fix - Beenut (Paul Jackson Lucky 13 Mix) - Definitive
GusGus - Need In Me (Paul Jackson Version Excursion) - Gung Ho!/Pineapple
The Grid - Put Your Hands Together (Paul Jackson Dub) - Some Bizarre
Dab Hands feat. Emma Lea - Something (Paul Jackson Crate Dig Mix) - Kidology
Zarif - Let Me Back (Paul Jackson Remix) - Sony
Zarif - Over (Paul Jackson Remix) - Sony
Dibby Dougherty - Dark Sun (Paul Jackson Remix) - Baroque
APDW vs. Tim Deluxe - It Just Won't Do (Paul Jackson Remix) - Hysterical
DKS - I Must Be Doing Something Right (Boat Drinks! Knees Up) - Hysterical
MIX COMPILATIONS
Loved Up - Ministry Of Sound
Renaissance People (DJ Magazine Cover Mount CD)
Underwater Episode 3 with Darren Emerson - Underwater
It's Only A Mixtape! Vol. 2 - Ministry Of Sound