Balance 009: Paolo Mojo

Following Balance 008, the critically-acclaimed "compilation of the year" (M8, 2005) mixed by neo-house vanguard Desyn Masiello, PAOLO MOJO delivers a genre-defying, funk-infected double-CD mix of booty-shaking house, melodic techno, and genuine classics that turns traditional mix CDs on their head and gives the term "progressive house" a whole new meaning.

BALANCE 009 features tracks and remixes from Michael Mayer, Sebastian Tellier, Underground Resistance, Robert Owens, Funk D'Void, Der Dritte Raum, Nic Fanciulli, Nathan Fake, Petter, Deee-Lite and more.

TRACKLISTING

Disc 1
Kayot - One Night in Cuba (Intro edit)
Audiomontage - Naughty Neighbour
Eddie Richards - M'Baby
Weekender - Sunday Session
Alex Kid - Pick it Up
Soul Edge - Wormhole (Throatcutters EP)
Lil Mike - Space Cadet
Mish Mash - Speechless (Three's Lost in Translation mix)
Trick and Kubik feat. Valeska - Easy
Shirley Lites - Heat You Up (Gerd's 4 Lux mix)
Harold Heath - Long Relationships (Asad Rizvi mix)
Wighnomy Bros - Wombat
Timewriter - Lion Steps
Davina - Don't You Want it
Underground Resistance - Transitions
Vincenzo & Steve Ferrand - Love the Madness
Pepe Braddock - Deep Burnt

Disc 2
Paolo Mojo - Ruckus (Original Extended mix)
Solar Sides - Midnight Mood (No Sax Please I'm
British edit)
Oscar - The Drum (Version Hypnotique)
Paolo Mojo - Ruckus (Buick Project remix)
House of Black Dress - Say it (Nathan's 06 rework)
Paolo Mojo - Everybody (Cass & Mangan remix)
The Vanisher - The Tic-Tac Tactic (Osborne's
Simulacrum remix)
Der Dritte Raum - Raumzeit
Inner City - Say Something (Sebastian Leger remix)
Foremost Poets - Moonraker (Accapella)
Robert Owens - I'll Be Your Friend (Leon Roberts edit)
Nathan Fake - The Sky is Pink (Icelandic version)
Deee-Lite - Good Beat (Accapella)
Ada - Maps (Michael Mayer & Tobias Thomas remix)
Michel De Hey - Camera (Funk D'Void remix)
Sascha Funke - 2 B Original
Petter - Modern Eternity
Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle

"One of the brightest stars of the future. Destined for great things." Sasha, 2005

"A future star of dance…. Possessing a unique sound and we think... a unique talent."
Pete Tong, BBC Radio One 2005

"A style that's impossible to define... Prog- Hardly. Tech house. It's like trippy twisted acid house but deep and funky. See, I told you - impossible." DJ Magazine, 2005

"Spellbinding, diverse DJ sets and funk-filled, mesmeric productions that glance back to acid house's glory days. A star very much in the ascendancy right now….. He's going to be casting spells on our dancefloors for many years to come." IDJ, October 2005

When people hear Paolo Mojo play, they get excited. It's as simple as that.

He's quick to play down such talk; but the fact is he's one of a select group of new breed DJs who have thrown the rule book out of the window, ignored what they are told is trendy and play it straight from the heart... mashing up genres and styles, cherry picking the best house and techno and all points in between. And he does it with such panache it's hard to resist.

As the scene has come full circle, diverse and creative DJing has become the watchword again, with crowds no longer willing to settle for hours of restricted, pigeon holed, boring music. Paolo instinctively understands this; listen to him and you hear disco, techno, funk, breaks, electro, soul, progressive house, techno, vocal garage. Whatever basically.

"I've never understood this 'genre' thing" he says. "To me the best DJs always select the best bits from a wide range of sounds and put them together in a way that just makes sense to people."

BIOGRAPHY

It's certainly making sense to lots of people at the moment. His genuinely innovative programming combined with a mesmeric technical ability see him move effortlessly through the entire house spectrum in his sets. And it's m Tags

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