Joe Paradise (GB)

Joe's from London.For a while, he played the drums, tinkered with computers, and messed around with music-making. Nothing serious.But after discovering FWD, Plastic People, and DMZ in 2006, he started trying to produce "properly". Which basically meant he wanted to hear something of his own on a good, loud sound system. And hopefully have people enjoy it, dance to it.Eventually, after a lot of hacking away at the sequencer, this happened. ("It was pretty amazing for me", he says, "and it's still a great experience, whenever it does".)Joe released his first 12" on Hessle Audio in 2009, and followed it with further singles there (Claptrap, &c.) and on other labels, including Hemlock Recordings (MB / Studio power on, &c.). He's also remixed Untold and Scuba.DJing has since become a passionate pursuit for Joe. He's committed to playing music he believes in, whatever shape it takes."With a decent space, and strong sound, I like to think that an open-minded crowd can get down to anything -- as long as the selection is solid." Fingers crossed.