Paul has been at the forefront of hard dance consistently since he was dubbed ‘one of clubland’s hottest properties’ earlier in the decade when he was the tender age of 16. The wizard employs a variety of successful guises, such as Abandon, Azure, O.G.R, Barely Legal (with Guyver) and Olive Grooves, and has collaborated on dozens of all-conquering anthems with the biggest and best in hard music.

What is perhaps most exciting about this sonic sensation is his ability to turn his hand to other genres with assurance, style and ease. As a result, demand for Paul’s presence in the globe’s most hallowed DJ booths has rocketed.

Paul’s passport has in recent years been stamped from DJ jaunts to Norway, Canada, Ireland, Moscow, Japan, America and New Zealand. Each of these treks resulted in repeat bookings, the best measure of any DJ’s success. Meanwhile, the prolific producer’s frantic work-rate shows no sign of letting up.
Already pencilled in for release before the end of the year are two fresh collaborations with both Ben Stevens and Paul Glazby for Vicious, a tantalising team-up with Nik Denton, and solo singles for Tidy and Vicious.

Hi Paul, lets cut to the chase, what have you been doing today?
I’ve been working on a collaboration with Sam & Deano (Tidy DJs) that should be coming out on Tidy in a couple of months if we get it finished off in time!

You are quite a prolific producer, how did you get into that and how long did it take for you to ‘master’ it (excuse the pun)??
Badum-tsh! I started off when I was about 16, just messing about making little bootlegs (Toca’s Miracle type stuff) and it slowly build from there really. So all in all I’ve been at it for the best part of 10 years now, scary!

You were working with Paul (Glazby) on a bit of a back to back thing a while back now, playing Techno and various other forms of music, what happened to that?
TenPM was the name of the project and we released a couple of remixes but it just ended up on a bit of a back burner really, as Paul was putting a lot of time into his Personal Training and I was getting busier with my other techno project, Spektre.

How’s the Paul Maddox Live thing coming along as well? How much preparation do you have to put into one of these performances?
Yeah, they’re going well – Did one at Storm late last year and really enjoyed it. It does take a lot of prep though. I usually spend a few evenings collating all the bits from recent tracks and getting them all tidied up to drop into the set, then a full day putting it all together and having a bit of a practice with the new bits.

Last year saw the 10th anniversary of Tony de Vit’s unfortunate passing away, he was widely regarded as well ahead of his time, how much has his work influenced you?
Quite a lot – I’ve always really admired the way that Tony and Simon Parkes his co-producer managed to use lots of vocals and uplifting elements whilst still sounding cool and fairly underground.

Where do you think the scene would be today had Tony still been here?
That’s an impossible one to answer. He would definitely have continued to influence the dance music scene as a whole, but nobody really knows what he would be playing now or what effect that would have on anyone else.

Is there anyone you haven’t worked with in the studio that you would like to?
There’s nobody on my “hit list” as it were, but I’m always keen to work on new projects and ideas, so I’ll just see what comes along!

You were snapped up by Tidy at quite a young age, how do you feel this helped you within your career?
It was a huge help and a great opportunity. Being basically left to my own devices in a fully stocked studio was a steep learning curve but really set me up for the career I’ve got today, so I really owe them a lot for taking a chance on me!

For the budding producers out there, any advice you can give them to get their foot on the ladder? Which software is best to start out with etc?
There’s loads of good, accessible programs out there that are great to get started with, the three I’d suggest trying out are Ableton Live, FL Studio and Reason. All very capable but not too daunting for someone just starting out.

OK finally, tell us your best joke…………

What do you call two rows of cabbages?

A Dual-cabbageway.

You can catch Paul Maddox and more at the forthcoming Tidy-Sexual event on 21st February

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