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Trance / Tech-Trance / Progressive
Label: Armada / Vandit / Discover / Spellbinding / Infrasonic
Influences: Paul van Dyk, Markus Schulz, John O'Callaghan, Thomas Bronzwaer, Giuseppe Ottaviani, David Forbes, John Askew, Rex Mundi, Mauro Picotto, Axel Karakasis, Tiesto, Airwave, Aly & Fila, Stoneface & Terminal, Tom Colontonio, Duderstadt, Wehbba, Reaky....the list goes on
Paul has always had a passion for music at an early age, but it wasn't until 2001 that he bought himself his first set of decks after coming back inspired and influenced from the sounds of the Miami WMC. Being a keen clubber himself, this led to attendance at all the well known festivals and gigs in the U.K and beyond, so as the years progressed Paul got more and more into modern day dance music.
To date, Paul has performed at some of Scotland's top clubs including the Arches, Gatecrasher @ Room At The Top, Byblos, Sea, Blue, and The Soundhaus, whilst also making his first international appearance's in Ireland, Germany, India, Australia and New Zealand alongside artists such as Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Kyau & Albert, Andy Moor, Rank 1, Bart Claessen, Sied van Riel, Activa and Tom Colontonio to name a few. Paul's sets feature rigorous tune selection which vary from Progressive to uplifting Trance, through to more tougher energetic Trance, whilst always dropping some Techno elements for good measure.
Paul has also spent the last 5 years in particular gaining experience by dj'n / promoting his own nights with a few friends in Glasgow such as Vibe, Synergy and more recently Platinum and Rehab. With their main aim to offer something different to the Scottish clubbers, this resulted in several Scottish debut's for the likes of Menno de Jong, Giuseppe Ottaviani (Live), John O'Callaghan, Aly & Fila, Stoneface & Terminal, Thomas Bronzwaer, Mat Zo, Chris Liebing, Anderson Noise, Axel Karakasis and Eric Sneo.
2008 seen Paul step up to the production front. After studying music production for the last couple of years, Paul eventually completed his debut track "Totality" which received big plays from Paul van Dyk at the Winter Music Conference in Miami.
On the heels of his first VANDIT Digital release Totality”, tracks such as "Face The Music", a remix of "Dinka - The Temptation" and "Soundscape" soon followed onto Paul van Dyk's electronic dance music label.
Paul's tracks and remixes can also be found under Armin van Buuren's Armada stable on imprints such as Captivating Sounds [Comply Or Die / Seize The Day / Deal With It (No.1 on Trackitdown)], A State Of Trance [Elusive], Coldharbour Recordings [Markus Schulz feat. Khaz - Dark Heart Waiting] and Aropa Records [Rise Again ft. Antonia Lucas / Dash Berlin - Feel U Here].
A collaboration with fellow Scottish producer DFOLT resulted in "Empathizer" which was released on UK label Infrasonic Recordings. Look out for a new collaboration with Finnish vocalist Johanna and a debut release on John Askew's Discover label.
Paul's tracks have gained huge support from the Dj elite including air plays on respected radio shows such as PvD's Vonyc Sessions, Armin's ASOT, Tiesto's Club Life, Above & Beyond's TATW, Corsten's Countdown, Markus Schulz's GDJB & Judge Jules on BBC Radio1, whilst also being spun by the likes of Eddie Halliwell, Christopher Lawrence, John O'Callaghan, Aly & Fila, Sean Tyas, John Askew, Simon Patterson and many more. To date they have featured on CD compilatons such as Cream, Godskitchen, Armada & Slinky.
For the last 2 years Paul has held his own radio show called "Soundscape" which originally aired on PVD's Vonyc Sessions + Slinky FM, but is now syndicated on 6 different radio stations worldwide.
You can tune in at the following stations;
Afterhours FM (Canada) -
www.ah.fm - 4th Tuesday of every month - (3pm GMT / 4pm CET),
Trance FM (Netherlands) -
www.trance.fm - 4th Sunday of every month - (11am GMT / 12pm CET),
Sato Radio (India) -
www.satoradio.com - 4th Thursday of every month - (3.30pm GMT / 4.30pm CET),
Trancesonic FM (Poland) -
www.trancesonic.fm - 4th Sunday of every month - (5pm GMT / 6pm CET),
Discover Trance Radio (UK) -
www.discovertrance.com - 4th Sunday of every month - (7pm GMT / 8pm CET),
Puresound FM (Russia) -
www.puresound.fm - 4th Sunday of every month - (11pm GMT / 12am CET).
2010 saw the launch of Paul's new record label "Spellbinding Records" which features some of his own material and a host of other up and coming artists and established remixer's. The label crosses the boundaries of Trance, Techno, Progressive and everything in between! Stay tuned for forthcoming releases....
Discography:
Paul Trainer - Totality [Vandit Digital] 2008
Paul Trainer - Face The Music (Original Mix) [Vandit Digital] 2008
Paul Trainer - Face The Music (Dub Mix) [Vandit Digital] 2008
Paul Trainer - Comply or Die [Captivating Sounds / Armada] 2009
Paul Trainer - Seize The Day [Captivating Sounds / Armada] 2009
D:FOLT & Paul Trainer - Empathizer [Infrasonic Recordings] 2010
Paul Trainer - Elusive [A State Of Trance / Armada] 2010
Paul Trainer - Soundscape [Vandit Digital] 2010
Paul Trainer - Deal With It [Captivating Sounds / Armada] 2010
Paul Trainer - Overflow [Spellbinding Records] 2010
Paul Trainer feat. Antonia Lucas - Rise Again [Aropa Records / Armada] 2010
Remixes:
Dinka - The Temptation (Paul Trainer Remix) [Vandit Digital] 2008
Paul Moloney - Missing Her Still (Paul Trainer Remix) [Inov8 Recordings] 2009
Markus Schulz feat. Khaz - Dark Heart Waiting (Paul Trainer Remix) [Coldharbour Recordings / Armada + Ultra Records] 2010
Dash Berlin - Feel U Here (Paul Trainer Remix) [Aropa Records / Armada] 2010
Coming soon:
Micro Tools - My World Order [Afterglow Records] 2010
Matt Davey - Back In The Day (Paul Trainer Remix) [Nu-depth Recordings] 2010
Paul Trainer - Velocity [Discover White] 2010
Dave Nadz & LeBlanc - Distraction (Paul Trainer Remix) [Redux Recordings] 2010
Paul Trainer feat. Johanna - Hollow Eyes
D:FOLT & Paul Trainer - Europa
Tracks appeared on:
Cream Ibiza - Mixed by Paul van Dyk [New State Recordings] 2008
Energy 2008 Trance - Mixed by DJ Energy [Energetic Records] 2008
Mainstation 2008 - Trance Session Live Mix By Dave 202 [Muve Recordings] 2008
Slinky presents Global Trance - New Zealand [Maelstrom Records] 2008
Trance World 4 - Mixed by John O'Callaghan [Armada Music] 2008
Godskitchen 10th Anniversary - Mixed by John O'Callaghan [Central Station] 2008
Energy 09 - The Annual - Trance - Mixed by DJ Energy [Energetic Records] 2009
Armin Van Buuren's A State of Trance Radio Top 15 January 2009 [Armada Music] 2009
Armada presents Ibiza Trance Tunes 2009 [Armada Music] 2009
Markus Schulz - Global DJ Broadcast Top 15 May 2009 [Armada Music] 2009
Trance 100 2009 - Volume 2 [Armada Music] 2009
In Trance We Trust AU002 [405 Recordings] 2009
Trance Africa [Shelter Music] 2009
Trance Top 100 - Volume 6 [Armada Music] 2009
Best Of Captivating Sounds 2009 [Armada Music] 2009
Markus Schulz - Global DJ Broadcast Top 40 - Best of 2009 [Armada Music] 2009
Armada - The January Releases 2010 [Armada Music] 2010
Trance Deluxe 2010 - Volume 2 [Armada Music] 2010
Maximum Trance - Volume 8 [Armada Music] 2010
UK Top Trance - Volume 9 [Armada Music] 2010
Armada Sessions - March 2010 [Armada Music] 2010
Dash Berlin - United Destination [Aropa / Armada Music] 2010
Armada Sessions - April 2010 [Armada Music] 2010
A State Of Trance - Selected By Armin van Buuren [Planetworks] 2010
Trance Mini MIx 011 2010 [Armada Music] 2010
Armada Trance 9 [Armada Music] 2010
Melody Trance 2010 [More Music] 2010
Armada Presents Captivating Sounds Volume 11 [Armada Music] 2010
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