Paul
Morrell
Paul Morrell is one of the UKs hardest
working young DJs with a string of credits to his name.
He regularly graces the turntables at some of the UK &
Europes hottest night spots including Judgement Sunday (Ibiza),
Koolwaters (Ibiza), Erotique (Reading), Air (Birmingham)
as well as being resident DJ, owner & promoter of highly
successful dance brand, Classique in his home city of Coventry.
Paul regularly works with the biggest names in dance music
and has rubbed shoulders with Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk,
Judge Jules, Lisa Lashes, and Sander Van Doorn to name but
a few.
As well as an accomplished DJ, Paul is also a producer and
has remixed work for prestigious artists including Lisa
Lashes, Ariel, Blue Pearl, Matt Darey, K Klass, 4 Strings
& Mr Sam. 2008 has also seen his track "Lights
Off" receive the tried and tested accolade an impressive
3 times on Judge Jules BBC Radio 1 show. Released later
this year is Pauls remix of Ariels classic track A9, which
is set be be a huge club smash once again on Nebula records.
Paul Van Dyk, Judge Jules, Lisa Lashes, Gabriel & Dresden,
Dave Pearce, Scott Bond, Matt Darey, Rob Searle,
Anne Savage, Guy Ornadel & Riley & Durrant have
all supported Paul's work, either via club play or on their
radio shows. 2008 also look set to be a busy year for Paul
as he has already tied up dates at Judgement Sunday in Ibiza,
and
his own Classique Arena 2 event at The Skydome in June looks
set to be another sell out, this time headlined by
Mauro Picotto. A further similar
event will also land on Isle of Wight in August.
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Paul Morrell
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Summers
& Kato
Mark and Adam have been DJing as
a two for over 3 years. They have been official Classique
residents for over 18 months, bringing to the night a sound
which fuses electro and progressive, creating a more varied
and uplifting style of house music.
Mark started out nearly eight years ago, playing late 90’s
trance before finding the progressive sound through the
likes of DJ Sasha and John Digweed: ‘I can remember
buying my first ever Global Undergound CD mixed by Sasha
back in 1998 – one listen and I was hooked’
Mark took his progressive sound to clubs including Kudos
(Birmingham) and the famous Crazy Daisy’s, before
teaming up with Adam to become one half of Summers &
Kato.
Adam first started playing Hard House / Trance under the
guise ‘Corporate Jones’, playing at nights such
as ‘Fidget’ and his very own hard dance night
‘Spectrum’, before finding the more slower paced
electro sound. It was by chance Mark and Adam met –
they were playing on the same DJ bill as DJ Cass (one half
of Cass n Slide) at the legendary Crazy Daisy’s. After
swapping Numbers and mixed CDs the scene was set for them
to become a DJ double act.
As Classique’s official residents, Summers and Kato
are in charge of getting the Classique mafia into the groove,
thus experimentation with set structure and track listings
is something they take very seriously. Adam states: ‘when
warming up the crowd, it’s very important to get the
groove right for the night early on thus we like to take
things a little deeper and more chuggy to start with, then
build it up nicely to some uplifting / pumping electro’
Mark Adds: ‘It’s all about building a groove
in which people can get in to. There is no point in banging
out the anthems from the start – it’s about
building things up at the right pace’
Summers & Kato continue to support the ever growing
night Classique, and will be aiming to expand their talents
as they look forward to getting their first track release
under their belts, watch this space…
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Mark and Adam
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