Apr092009
Show #5 of my funky house radio show Platform Six is now archived and ready for you to listen. This week, I feature a special DJ guest mix by DJ Alex Lee from the Good Groove.
As usual it’s a funky blend of old and new with a breakbeat style theme to the first half. I also get first play of the latest track from Jamie Wamie which is another beautiful piece from this talented producer.
Check out the archived show over at SSradio or, if you want, you can hear the whole mix go out live today at 4pm GMT on Lifted Radio. Tune in and let me know what you think.
Mar262009
For those that don’t know, Platform Six is my new radio show that is being broadcast to the world via the magical delights of the internet.
Every fortnight you get to hear some classic and upfront funky house tuneage mixed by self. Plus you also get to hear me jabber on about pointless crap too.
Each show is two hours long and has a featured guest mix tucked within it’s depths. I try to cover a wide spectrum of funky house sub-genres but essentially it’s all just a load of tracks that I like all strung together with a bit of filler in the middle. I like it and I hope you do too.
Now that you know what it’s all about, why not check it out? It is free after all. You can find my bi-monthly Platform Six show on SSradio here (login required):http://ssradiouk.com/shows/platform-six/ or on Lifted Radio here: http://lifted-radio.co.uk/podcasts/?cat=69
Mar022009
Don’t forget to join me this Thursday for my second episde of the Platform Six Funky House Radio show on SSRadiouk.com
This week, I am featuring a very special guest mix from a world-class top DJ. All the usual latest cream of the funky house crop will be jammed in around the edges.
Make sure you tune in, or catch it in the archives the following day.
Platform Six Funky House Radio Show with DJ Paul Velocity. Next show: Thursday 5th March, 2am - 4am. Platform Six archive
Feb202009
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!
Feb122009
I’ve managed to secure myself a regular slot on the world famous SSRadioUK.com, one of the biggest names in internet radio for the House genre.
Launching on the 19th February, you can tune in live and catch me playing the best in fresh, upfront funky house music between the hours of 2am and 4am.
I’m putting this out there under the Platform Six banner and I will be hosting a regular 2 hour weekly show that will include exclusives, special guests and a couple of club classics alongside the usual helping of funky house and dancefloor dirt.
If you have any ideas for the show or any music that you would like to contribute, please get in touch.
And for my regular podcast listeners, don’t worry, my regular monthly mixes on my own site will still be pushed out on the 1st of each month.
To tune in live into my new airtime slot, all you need to do is go to www.ssradiouk.com and click on the “Listen Live” link in the top right corner. Or you can listen again in the archives after the show.
Feb122009
I like to think that I keep myself up to date with all the latest trends in the world. I’m a bit of a geek like that. But now I have stepped into the world of Twitter.
A colleague of mine introduced me to twitter a couple of years ago and to be honest I thought it was a complete waste of time. And today, I still can’t really see the point. It’s a bit like facebook status updates, but with nothing else. It can be called micro-blogging, social networking and many other names but I’ve yet to see the magic in it that everyone raves about.
So I am shamelessly jumping on to the bandwagon and joining in to see what all the fuss is about. You never know, my opinion might change after a few months. I guess I will have to wait and see.
If you would like to follow me, you can do so at http://twitter.com/paulvelocity.
Nov102008
I’ve been busy, locked away in a dark room, working on my new-look website. How do you like it? Nice, eh?
All the usual stuff is still in here, but this time I have turned the web site into an actual blog so that you can leave comments on the crap that I write about.
Mixes are still avaialble from the usual spot, but only the last five months worth. If you want to listen to my back catalogue of mixes, you will need to get them through iTunes.
The gallery has been updated with some more pictures and its got this cool slidy effect that I think is very smooth.
On the right hand side, you can subscribe to my mailing list to get yourself exclusive tickets and VIP guest list spaces when they become available. Plus I also have my top 25 favourite new releases that I will be updating on a regular basis.
On the contact page, I have now made it easier to send me an email, or to make a booking enquiry.
And I have also added a new page - ‘Events’. Keep an eye on this as this will be updated with all the new events that I am playing at.
As always, I welcome any comments on the new design. Let me know how you get on. 
May302008
Those of you that stay locked to my funky house podcasts interviews on itunes will know that I often get in touch with djs, producers, and industry gurus, and I chat with them about the scene. But now the tables have turned!
London Club City hunted me down and took a few minutes of their time to ask me a few questions about my life as a DJ, where I came from and where I am going for the future.
Mar092008
A big big thank you to those of you that managed to make it down to our very first event over at Sleepers Wine Bar on Friday night. Even though it wasn’t the roadblock I had envisaged there was a nice atmosphere and the tunes were awesome. Special shout goes to Tievoli who showed up to play a guest set of filthy gritty house.
Our next event is Saturday 29th March and we are featuring a very special guest… DJ Rico Novo from ‘Heygorgeous’ and ‘Lifted’ will be joining me on the 1’s and 2’s for some dancefloor mayhem so make sure you get yourself down there for the very best in house music all night long!!
Next Dates:
Sat 29th March
Paul Velocity (Houseproud, Summit, Bar M)
Rico Novo (Heygorgeous, Lifted)
Sat 12th April
Paul Velocity (Houseproud, Summit, Bar M)
Tievoli (Summit, Platform Six)
Fri 25th April
Paul Velocity (Houseproud, Summit, Bar M)
Alex Rose (Soundcanvas, Sneeki, Dance Ritual)
For more up-to-date info, check out http://platform-six.co.uk
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