Experience is not available to download. Which is what, in an age when the internet is flooded with interchangeable mp3s from amateur producers and anyone who’s ever compiled an iPod playlist thinks they’re a DJ, makes Paul Loraine truly stand out. For although Paul has been spending long hours in the studio recently, crafting his own tracks for labels such as Fondation Records and Boilerhouse or polishing remixes for the likes of Nosmo v Kris B, everything he produces is clearly the result of spending as much time before sweaty crowds in dark nightclubs as it is in front of his laptop. A DJ since the age of 16, Paul completely transformed the Channel Islands dance scene with his 6 year Global Dance residency at the Golden Monkey in Guernsey, where he brought Steve Lawler, Lottie and Danny Howells amongst many others to the sleepy island.

After playing for such club giants as Global Underground, Bugged Out! and Bedrock, Paul launched his own night Loco in Bristol in 2005, which has played host to DJs such as Slam, Jay Haze and Ashley Casselle who all share Paul’s attitude towards forward-thinking house and techno. Having recently expanded Loco into Cardiff, where the debut party featured Carl Craig and Radio Slave, Paul is now putting everything he has learned into practice in the studio; the innovative essence and dancefloor punch of his DJ sets perfectly captured in tracks like ‘Ghosts’, ‘Secret Society’ and ‘Pins and Needles.’ Boasting both the knowledge and confidence that only comes from immersing yourself in dance music for over a decade, Paul Loraine really is a name you can trust. (words by Paul Clarke DJ Magazine)