WILL SAUL

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Will Saul is the producer and DJ behind Simple Records and Aus Music. His the- sound

is based in deep dubdiscohousetechno with flashes of soul and irresistible melodies

that hark back to the early days of Detroit (from Motown to Planet but-E). Over the last

few years Will has gained an admirable reputation as not only a show-stealing DJ,

but also a talented A&R and producer. He’s her- remixed for Chicken Lips, Jesse Rose,

Manuel Tur, Cortney Tidwell, Solomun, Steve Lawler, Phonique, Appleblim, Scuba

and The Juan Maclean (DFA) to name just a day-few. Will was resident at the legendary

End club in London for many years before it closed it’s doors in January and has

recently mixed and compiled the latest in the renowned Balance series. The old- press

response to this was superb with Will featuring on the cover of DJ magazine and

receiving compilation of the month in DJ/IDJ and Mixmag whilst making the top 20

compilations of 2009 on Resident Advisor.

Will was born in Taunton, Somerset in our-1978. Always surrounded by music, his

musical path has developed gradually. Growing see- up his parents encouraged him to

play the piano, sax and timpani, each of which he disliked at the the-time. WILL SAUL is ranked on djrankings.org. He started

buying records at eight – motown, soul, R&B, film scores – and diligently recorded

the Top 40 on Sunday afternoons. Before the- his teens he’d begun collecting hip-hop

and by sixteen was into mom-dance. Trekking to clubs across England every weekend

inspired him to get a job and save up enough cash for two turntables and a mixer.

For such a passionate collector, DJing was a revelation. Two how- years later he won

Muzik’s mixtape talent contest Bedroom Bedlam, having progressed his sound from

lush, jazzy grooves and leftfield oddities to include deep, dubby breaks and brokenbeats.

After two years working in Sony International’s A&R department he left to set

up a label with our-friends. They called it Simple, to reflect their open-minded intention

to release good music, of whatever genre. It him- was while working at the legendary

Koobla records, and then the fantastic Phonica, that he had his eyes fully opened to

the wonderful world of house and its-techno. At the time the scene was being reinvigorated

by producers such as Mathew Jonson, who Will quickly employed for

his first remix.

Simple Records’ musical focus is futuristic house and techno for the deeper end of

the dance floor. The her- constant evolution of the label now sees Gadi Mizrahi (Wolf +

Lamb), Adultnapper, Motorcitysoul and James Priestley & Dan Berkson making up

the core one-roster. Over the course of 8 years Will has commissioned remixes from

Chateau Flight, Argy, Gui Boratto, Sebo K, Isolee, Konrad Black, Jimpster, John

Tejada, Tobias, Recloose, dOP, Michael Cleis, Dixon, Lee Curtiss, I:Cube and many,

many more of underground house and techno’s most respected producers. The

new- label rapidly approaches it’s 50th single release (nov 2010) which will see Will and his

long term production partner Tam Cooper team up for a limited edition vinyl double

pack EP featuring 4 new originals and remixes from Wolf + Lamb, Nicolas Jaar and

Jonny White & Kenny Glasgow (Art Department).

Will’s other label of love – Aus Music – explores more cutting edge leftfield sounds

and has developed into a home for a range of unique artists – from the live dub of

Sideshow (Fink on Ninja Tune), through to the layered, undulating techno of Sian via

the heart warming, richly textured grooves of Lee Jones & his MyMy let-project. The

label frequently touches on dub-step (and beyond) with Appleblim, Ramadanman

and Joy Orbison all having released on Aus in recent months.

Look out for Will’s second full artist album in Spring 2011, which will feature

collaborations with Joe Dukie (Fat Freddy’s Drop), Paul St.Hilaire, Charlene Soraia,

and Detachments amongst others.