Paul Thomas

As a Godskitchen Worldwide resident DJ, full time studio producer and remixer, Paul Thomas is already bringing some serious heat into the New Year with ....

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Date published: 13th Mar 2009

As a Godskitchen Worldwide resident DJ, full time studio producer and remixer, Paul Thomas is already bringing some serious heat into the New Year with a host of remixes for a string of keynote labels including Steve Angellos Size Records, Sander Kleinenbergs Little Mountain imprint and the legendary Global Underground.

Tour:

It's been a busy start to 2009 for Paul Thomas. Gigs at Pacha in Lithuania, Obsession in Romania & Eric Prydz's club residency Grodan in Stockholm kicked the year off nicely, before heading out to Asia for a Toolroom Knights tour. March will see Paul's first extensive tour of North America, before heading back to the UK to warm up for the mighty Carl Cox at Godskitchen in April. Paul has also been chosen to open for Sasha & John Digweed for their first UK back to back set in 6 years at Air in Birmingham at the end of May. Global Gathering season is almost upon us, and Paul will be spinning at the massive festival events in Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Turkey and South Korea this summer. Further tours in Australia, South America and Asia are planned this summer.

Studio:

2008 was a hugely successful year in the studio, with massive anthems Arena (with Mark Knight & Funkagenda) and Thrapp smashing into the Beatport charts. 2009 will see Paul step up the studio work and he has no less than 12 tracks on the way. Massive releases on Size, Koen Groenelved's Abzolut, Alex Kenji's Hot Fingers imprint, Anjuna Deep, Global Underground, Baroque & 2 new releases on Toolroom are all lined up for release in the first half of 2009. There's a brand new Paul Thomas & Funkagenda release forthcoming on Toolroom Records, while further collaborations with Richard Dindsdale & Bodyrox are also on the way. On the remix front, Paul's massive remix of Sander Kleinenberg's 'My Lexicon' is expected to be one of Miami's biggest anthems, while further mixes for Chicane, Alex Gold, Veerus & Maxie Devine and Schiller are also due out this Spring. The huge Paul Thomas & Funkagenda remix of Josh Wink's 'Higher State' is finally coming out on the legendary Strictly Rhythm label in April.

Press:

Paul was honoured to grace to cover of dance musics biggest magazine, MIXMAG in the February edition. The picture was taken at last summers Global Gathering Belarus event. The industries other big music magazines are also following Paul's rise to stardom, with features M8 & IDJ, plus a host of international magazines including DJ Ukraine & Poland. The past 2 months have also seen Paul record guest mixes for a host of radio shows, including Kiss FM, Galaxy FM and Mark Knight's Toolroom Knights Radio. BBC Radio 1 has been supporting Paul's music heavily too, with Pete Tong, Dave Spoon, Judge Jules and Funkagenda all giving his music airplay this year.

Top 10:

1. Kalva & Paul Thomas 'Rizer' - Toolroom Records

2. Sander Kleinenberg 'My Lexicon' (Kalva & Paul Thomas remix) - Little Mountain Recordings

3. Martijn ten Velden 'Together' - Phonetic

4. Abel The Kid 'Tell Me' (Dub) - Subliminal Records

5. FLG 'Amplifier' - Toolroom Records

6. Funkagenda 'Do Geese See God' - CDR

7. Kalva & Paul Thomas 'Game Over' (Veerus & Maxie Devine remix) - Abzolut

8. Richard Dinsdale & Paul Thomas 'House You' - Hot Fingers

9. Paul Thomas 'Onzieme' - Baroque

10. DCA Project 'Sandcastles' (John Dahlback remix) - Defected

Forthcoming dates:

Fri 6th March: King King, Los Angeles, USA

Sat 7th March: London Calling, Vancouver, Canada

Sun 8th March: Arena, New York, USA

Wed 11th March: Le Souk, New York, USA

Fri 13th March: Boom Boom, Windsor, Canada

Sat 21st March: Godskitchen, Birmingham, UK

Fri 27th March: Gallery @ Ministry of Sound, London, UK

Sat 3rd April: Inigo, London, UK

Forthcoming releases:

Kalva & Paul Thomas 'Rizer' - Toolroom Records. Out March 18th

Kalva & Paul Thomas 'Skyline' - Toolroom Records. Out March 18th

Josh Wink 'Higher State' (Paul Thomas & Funkagenda remix) - Strictly Rhythm. Out April 09

Veerus & Maxie Devine 'Clockism' (Kalva & Paul Thomas remix) - Elenoire. Out April 09

Kalva & Paul Thomas 'Game Over' - Abzolut. Includes Veerus & Maxie Devine and Hyd2ogen & DJ Nikola remixes. Out April 09

Richard Dinsdale & Paul Thomas 'House You' - Hot Fingers. Out April 09

Richard Dinsdale & Paul Thomas 'Butter Hammer' - Hot Fingers. Out April 09

Paul Thomas & Funkagenda 'Gornal' - Global Underground. Includes Funkagenda & Reuben Keeney remixes. Out Spring 09

Alex Gold 'Reaction' (Kalva & Paul Thomas remix) - Xtravaganza. Out Spring 09

Paul Thomas 'Onzieme' - Baroque. Out May 09

Sander Kleinenberg 'My Lexicon' (Kalva & Paul Thomas remix) - Little Mountain. Out Spring 09