Funky House DJ | Paul Velocity

Mar032010

Fedde le Grand Launches iTunes App

Oct232009

Hed Kandi Destroy The Disco

Funky new look for Hed Kandi. Its a style thats been done before but I like it, if it’s a one-off.

Destroy The Disco NOW!!!!

Oct152009

10 Years of House Music

Jul142009

DJ Hero PS3 XBOX360 Wii

Following on from the phenominal success of Guitar Hero, Activision and FreeStyleGames are soon to be releasing DJ Hero across all the major platforms later on this year.

The gameplay is said to be very simmilar to that of the current ‘Hero games, but this time you get to utilise the custom made DJ turntable controller.

Instead of “Star Power” there is “Euphoria Button” which I think is far too close to the virtual equivelant of munching a disco biscuit.

I really hope that the gameplay will not suck donkey dick as there could possibly be a lot of potential for this game. I think its a bit balanced on a knife edge and depending on how good the game is, I reckon it will fall to one of the extremities of either love it or hate it.

Collaborations with DJ Shadow and Daft Punk have helped to shape the audio of this game so I would hope that a bit of thought has gone into it.

But judging by its looks, the fact that the manufacturers have used a vinyl representation instead of a CD turntable just rings one too many alarm bells.

Here’s a video of the DJ Hero game in action. Please let me know your thoughts. And if you want to you can pre-order DJ Hero on Amazon.

Jul092009

Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend

Calvin Harris’ follow up to “I’m Not Alone”. Thankfully, not a talentless “rapper” in sight. Nice one Calvin.

Jul032009

Freemasons Shakedown2 Album Launch Party

Last night I had the privilege of attending the Freemasons Album Launch Party courtesy of DJdownload who sorted me out some tickets.

If you are not aware, the Freemasons have recently released their follow up album titled “Shakedown2″ which is jam packed with their latest funky cuts.

The party started at 6.30pm over at Heaven Nightclub in London where we were greeted by some of the most friendliest door staff I have ever met. If all clubs had staff like this, the world would be a better place.

After a hot sweaty journey on the train, it was straight to the VIP area for a lovely air conditioned room and complimentary beers laid on by Singah. I got to mingle with the Freemasons themselves along with Katherine Ellis, Amanda Wilson and Bailey Tzuke.

Then it was off to party hard as James and Russell kicked off their DJ set at 9pm swiftly followed by live performances from the above artists. Sophie Ellis Bextor headlined the night with her performance of Heratbreak.

After that it was back to the bar to chill out before heading back home at 10.30. It was a thoroughly good night and I was luck enough to pick up a signed album of Shakedown2 which I have been blasting non-stop since.

You can buy individual tracks from the album or pick up the whole lot immediately ready for download from here: Buy Shakedown2

Jun152009

Live Video Remix Demo

Hat tip to @deplorableword via @si

May282009

Katy Perry “Waking Up In Vegas” Calvin Harris Remix

Calvin Harris remix of Katy Perry “Waking Up In Vegas”

Mar022009

Skykitchen Video

Yeah! Check me out! Live at Skykitchen 20th Feb 09.

Feb202009

My Trip To SkyKitchen (part one)

Im writing this from the desk of my swanky 5 star hotel room. Ive only just arrived here in Austria for what has to be one of the most exciting nights of my life.

Ive travelled up and down the country doing DJ sets before but this is the first time I have been flown to another internatinal city to go and do my thing.

I had hoped to write a blog post at Heathrow airport but their wifi set up didnt make sense to me. I had to buy minutes with one of the wifi providers and have may wifi login details emailed to me. How can I make a payment over an unsecured connection only to have my login stored in my email inbox which I could not yet access? Madness…

One of the most amusing things I saw at Heathrow were the pilots swaggering back and forth in their full uniform with colour co-ordinated air hostess totty in tow. I swear they were looping the departures lounge in order to get attention. Either that or they were lost. I really hoped that they were not my pilots.

The flight over here was fairly quick and smooth - it only took two hours. I had a chauffer waiting for me when I got to Vienna who took me straight to the hotel. I was able to practise some of my GCSE German on him which suprised even me as it all came flooding back. Luckily the weather was rubbish and so we had something to talk about.

The people here seem nice and friendly and do appreciate even a slight effort to chat in their language. What I did find strange at one point was being on the other end of a conversation where I am the one being talked loudly and slowly to, along with a flurry of international hand gestures to aid the translation. I had always thought that was the British way to speak fluent foreign …

I have had a brief look around the city where I am staying - brief only because of the bad weather here. Its a horrible grey sleet mist that has engulfed Vienna tonight and being from England that usually would have made me feel more at home. But back home it was just starting to get warmer. Is Vienna a typically snowy city? I have no idea.

My brief trip took me past a couple of familiar sights, two of which being a Subway sandwich bar and a Casino. When I saw those I knew I would be ok.

I really do not want to risk getting a cold tonight so I have made it back to the warm sanctuary of my hotel room, with my footlong BMT and am finishing off this blog post between bites. 

Im on in three hours and I am very excited. Im also debating whether to grab a couple of hours sleep before I head out but I don’t want to risk missing my alarm. 

Either way, dont forget to check out my set LIVE from the venue *if* I can get my internet access working. From about midnight tonight GMT take a trip to paulvelocity.co.uk/live and you might (or might not) see my DJ set being streamed across the internet. Either way I will record as much of the event as I can and upload it along with photos as soon as I can.

My next blog post will be after the event, so keep it locked - see you on the other side!