Dived straight in to the dance scene from a very early age, break dancing, robotics and body popping at the age of 12 (late 1970’s to early 80’s) down the local disco to win free tickets for the following weekend. Listening to mainly original electro with some funk and soul thrown in, basically anything with a cool beat and a big synthesizer! Hit the illegal raves after just leaving school in the late 80’s and went on to promote own legal parties mainly to feed the DJing addiction! One thing lead to another and set up a dance music outlet shop “Scoff Records” which went on to form the label “Scoff Records” and two spin off labels “Oracle” and “Molar Records”. Most releases were of own material under the various guises such as Scoff Boys, BSA, Naked Ape, Pinhead, The Bali Franchise to name a few. Success was had with many single and compilations signings from labels EMI, N.E.W.S, Steady Beat, Bonzai, Experience Grooves, Sub Terranean, React, Feverpitch, etc. It soon became apparent that there was some good dance music talent and Paul became respected throughout Europe and the rest of the world for quality underground dance music…
Having worked closely with Justin Drake (Ex Piece Division) for many years, watching, learning and taking it all in and with big musical influences form the likes of Leftfield, William Orbit, Orbital, Fluke, amongst many others this gave him a platform to explore and express his own sound! After a short break in mid 2000 Paul has been back under the artist name DropX and has picked up signings from some pretty cool labels such as Polytechnic, Disc Doctor, Bonzai, Freaks Culture, Open Bar Music, to name a few. DropX is all about a deep chunky groove, tough cutting synth’s with some quirky sounds for extra effect, the tightly bound percussion gives you a quality, solid, Techy/Progressive house sound.
With a rekindled obsession and a wealth of knowledge there are some great projects to come, gaining support from some great DJ’s / Producer in the industry, it’s a sure sign that DropX is one to watch….
