Paul Morrell has been a firm fixture on the UK house music scene for over a decade, and may already be familiar to you. He is one of the hardest working and most diverse DJs performing on the club scene today, with an ear for great music and sound technical ability. Morrell began his DJing career at the young age of 14 in his home town of Coventry, playing a variety of genres of house music, at clubs such as The Planet, Ikon, Crazy Daisy's and The Foundry. It was at these venues he began to work alongside the club scene DJing A List including Tall Paul, Judge Jules and Lisa Lashes.
He soon became a regular face at clubs such as Ministry of Sound (London), Progress (Derby), Judgement Sunday (Ibiza), Passion and Storm (Coalville). He has also performed for brands including Cream, Gatecrasher, Sundissential, Godskitchen, The Gallery and Polysexual. Paul is also responsible for developing the prestigious clubbing brand "Classique", which has held parties across the UK and Ibiza, and has attracted artists such as Mark Knight, Paul Oakenfold, Jaguar Skills, Mauro Picotto, & Boy George.
Recently Paul has performed to capacity crowds at The Gallery @ Ministry of Sound (London), and also alongside Katy B, Connor Maynard & Ms Dynamite at 2014 Birmingham Pride to a crowd in excess of 8,000.
Alongside his career as a DJ and promoter, Paul has also had great success as a producer and remixer. Brit Award / Ivor Novello Award winning artist Sonique has worked with him on two tracks "What Your Doin'" and "Only You", and former Sugababes / MKS lead singer Mutya Buena provided the vocal on the No. 2 club chart hit "Give Me Love". Katherine Ellis, Lonnie Gordon, Mary Kiani, Coco, Maria Nayler, Lisa Maffia, Aggro Santos and Angie Brown are also some of the key vocalists that Paul has worked with over the past few years in his capacity as a producer and remixer.
In 2012 Paul remixed the Utah Saints hit single "What Can You Do For Me", which formed part of the Ministry of Sound re-release package, and charted in the UK at Number 28. That year he was also voted as Best Breakthrough DJ at the annual Gallery / Ministry of Sound Awards in London.
As well as the Utah Saints, Paul's other remix catalogue is equally impressive, producing official club reworks for KKlass, Judge Jules, Lisa Lashes, Ruff Drivers, Sonique, Shaddow Child, Gouryella, Stimulator, 4 Strings and Ariel. His remix of Black Box' 1989 smash "Ride On Time" has also achieved 350,000 hits on YouTube.
In June 2014 Lethal Bizzle's "The Drop", became the latest of Paul Morrell's remixes to become a mainstream hit, entering the UK Top 40 singles chart at Number 20. The remix fuses element of future-house and electro with Lethal Bizzle's grime vocal, and has been supported on BBC 1Xtra.
Now establishing a new EDM / Future House sound, Paul's work continues to feature on radio stations and specialist shows across the globe including Scott Mills / Judge Jules / Dave Pearce / Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1, Paul Van Dyk's "Sound Garten" show in Germany, Andy Durant (Capitol FM), Phil Marriott (Gaydar / Gaydio) and also Wideboys on Kiss FM.
Paul has also recently begun to remix some of the extremely prestigious PWL back catalogue for Pete Waterman's PWE company. The first of these remixes is to be Lonnie Gordons "Happening All over Again" and is due for release in 2015. The track was originally a huge top ten smash in the UK, hitting No.4 in the British top 40 in 1990. Paul's remix will feature on Lonnie Gordon's forthcoming greatest hits album. 2015 looks set to be Paul's biggest year to date with releases on CR2, Warner, Universal & Newstate already signed. Forthcoming are also Paul's remix of Livin' Joy's classic 'Dreamer' which was snapped up by Universal as the main remix on the forthcoming rerelease package and Strikes 'U sure do". Paul's new production "Givin It Up" featuring the vocals of former Pussycat Doll - Kimberly Wyatt is signed to Warner Bros / Newstate and will be a major release this summer.