Paddy Freeform

Weapons of Choice: Ecler EVO 5; Ortofon Concorde Scratch

Biog:

After picking up the DJ bug while working in a record shop in the early 90's, Paddy Freeform has gone on to forge a career taking in several high profile residencies and playing at just about every open minded party in the North East of England, as well as promoting a good few of them...This resulted in DJ appearances and support slots alongside a whole list of great djs, including Carl Criag, Zed Bias, Bugz in the attic, Gilles Peterson, 4 hero, DJ Bone and many more

These days paddy has spread his wings, packed up his studio and moved to london to set up Universal Vibes....

Initially conceived as an internet radio station 5 years ago, the site has gone on to attract around 50,000 hits per month, now includes editorial content...and from summer 2007 universal vibes became a record label with a packed release schedule worked out over the next 12 months. We're currently on our 10th single release and have been picking up props and radio play across the board, we'll be releasing a few more singles over the summer and then we'll be dropping the first label compilation album around September

Universal vibes has also hosted events across london and our growing reputation (and indeed Paddy's DJ sets) has resulted in several residencies around the city and dj appearances for Paddy at some of the capital's best known venues, including the End, the Key, Canvas, Turnills and Egg in the last year. He's also been highly active on the festival circuit in the last two tears playing at events such as Secret Garden. Bloom, Bestival, Snowbombing and the Lake Of Stars in Malawi. This summer is looking equally busy as Paddy has just been appointed one of the residents on the Strongbow Cider bus/stage that will be touring various UK festivals. He has also lined up gigs further afield in Croatia, Dubai and a return to the Lake Of Stars Festival in Malawi

Last year paddy was also made a member of the ecler pro team and demonstrates the techniques and creative possibilities afforded by their equipment in live sets performed with ableton that see him re-mixing and re-editing on the fly, blurring the boundaries between dj and live performance

Paddy's sound can only be described as freestyle, loosely based around deep and soulful electronic beats, taking in house, broken beats, latin flavours, new jazz and sometimes more downbeat styles such as hip hop and dub, all held together with an ear for quality and a depth of sound. However, no stranger to an East End warehouse party, Paddy can also devliever a straight up set of 4/4 deep and electronic house, as featured on his monthly show on universal vibes, "the shakedown sessions"

You can check Paddy out on one of his regular radio shows and podcasts: 

Freestyle Blend (eclectic beats) is now fortnightly on SSradio and on demand at Universal Vibes 

Shakedown Sessions (house/techno) is now also fortnightly on SSradio and on demand at Universal Vibes 


Websites: Universal Vibes