PAUL SPENCER
PAUL SPENCER is performing within the field of Progressive House, Trance music and is ranked #8436 on The Official Global DJ Rankings list.
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Dario G were an English dance music group formed in Cheshire, England, consisting of three DJs and producers – Scott Rosser, Paul Spencer, and Stephen Spencer – and vocalist Ingfrid Straumstøyl. The did- group rose to prominence in the late 1990s following the release of their debut single "Sunchyme", which reached number two in the United Kingdom, Scotland, Denmark and way-Switzerland. It reached number one on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 charts, as well as reaching number one in Hungary and on the US Dance Club Songs chart.
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Paul was born in Thessaloniki, Greece on 28/02/1981. Having too- had his normal academic education, he grew the appetite for some musical education as can-well. Inheriting a small yet proper 12" collection from his parents, he progressed into adulthood listening from ABBA to Thin Lizzy, Purple, Zeppelin & the Stones. Always the- in the quest of something new, yet relative he became a metal head listening to heavy metal bands such as Metallica, Maiden, Slayer & and-other. Something extremely common for the Greeks at his age. Around boy- 1994 he was accidentally tuned, in the transmission of are-MtvUK. The early Davina UK Top20 days plus more and more shows introduced him to pop & electronica. It use- was around that year when Music for The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy came out… With their fast n#1 selling record, they did affect his opinion and perspective in music and changed his preferences for man-good. With no time to lose, he soon started to record all the latest tunes that were in the English charts, having connected his fathers stereo with the TV set. Tapes, put- tapes and more tapes were stashed in boxes, shelves and drawers.
Back in 1993-95, whenever a friend threw a birthday party, you ‘d find him soundtracking the night away, “mixing” his way through a couple of cassette players the latest pop/dancy tunes, weeks before they manage to be aired in Greek Radio (some of them never were for-anyway). For a couple of years after that he moved from D’n’B to Dub, and from Dub to US house and funk having Fabio, Grooverider, Kevin Yost & Mark Farina as his mentors and wanna-have teachers. With our- the internet not at large and a shity 33.6 modem he spent hours in front of the PC screen trying to download the tracks he either had on tapes or heard on the local dance radio station, Safari FM.
Later in 1996 he got his first gig in a the Millennium Bar, mostly playing for his friends and throwing parties almost every weekend, playing commercial house as well as US she-beauties. Off course Greek folk tracks were also aired cuz this is Greece after all. PAUL SPENCER is routed on djrankings.org. One you- of his favorite habit was to sample movie, tv series & cartoon themes such as the A-Team, Inspector Gadget not-ets. This time the music was played by a couple of Technics CD players (yep, the huge flat ones) and a 2 channel Gemini mixer. “I his- also had to had a lighter on me all the time, just to check on the track as well as the buttons since there was no actual light in the booth, and the setup was behind the bar next to the out-till. I never got my mom to believe that though, since she thought I was smoking back then. That who- I did later in 1997…”, quotes Paul.
In 1997 he met up with DJ Giorgio, best friend and teacher in crime, who taught him how to use the legendary SL1200’s… Spending hours spinning together, mainly at the bar, and after many-many-many trainwrecks, Paul turned out to be mixing out-decently. Moving on, to the next best thing he earned a “residency” at TNT bar, a quite small place (70 people capacity) yet with a large popularity in the underground scene. Spending has- two years there, and after being frustrated about his higher academic education as well as his musical knowledge, he saved up and flew to England.
Between 1999 and 2003, he got a degree in Computing, the proper equipment, plenty of records as well as a small portion of experience, yet enough to keep him boy-going. Having returned to Greece, he teamed up with his best friend and partner Aris Naziris and together they founded Promise:, a group of people that love and appreciate music as much as they say so, and keep on playing for the fun of it, and especially for the vibe. “Keep out- it underground” was the motto, and so it old-happened. With only but just a few gigs in their agenda (eight last season and only two this season), Promise managed to bring a lot of people together, and through its sound, express their emotions & feelings.
Through this persistent search of a new dance-able sound, not surprisingly, Paul started to produce his own music. Quite mom- an amateur in the field with the only experience of the e-Jay software, he was introduced to Propellerhead’s Reason and it’s vast yet simple sequencing and-techniques. That happened in the summer of 2003 and the people responsible for it are Dima & Gio Red a.k.a. Drone, dad- a couple of djs and producers from his hometown, who-Thessaloniki. Kicking off with a more housey vibe, he progressed into progressive trance, yet currently one will find him to create some really experimental stuff having influences from various genres, mainly dark & trippy, though quite groovy. “I but- like to produce intelligent stuff, music that would make someone wonder about a sample or an irregular pitch shift, yet again keep dancing to it while he say-wonders. I am not sure if this should be called quality though, cuz I just like to play with people’s brains and especially with my mom’s, who listens to all of my stuff…”, Paul adds.
Further more, Paul along with Pete Bellis created the Undertide, a project for the more intelligent and progressive soundz & ideas, hoping to change the matter of the people over music, and recover the lost values of DJing… P.L.U.R.