Paul Hazendonk est né dans la banlieue de Rotterdam en 1982, Il trouva sa première passion en découvrant rapidement la House music et en s’intéressant aux deejays de la scene clubbing locale.
Sa première fois en club fut à l’âge de 18 ans, lançant un immense parcours en montagnes russes. Les premières années de sa carrière furent l’occasion pour lui de jouer rapidement dans les clubs, soirées et festivals les plus démentiels du pays, et ceci peu de temps avant que son talent ne soit remarqué à l’étranger et qu’il ne fasse le tour des pays européens.
Son label Technique fut lancé en 2002, lorsqu’il travaillait pour Basic Beat, un label et magasin de disques du centre de Rotterdam. Ces deux entités n’étant malheureusement plus de ce monde, Paul en reste on ne peut plus actif dans l’industrie musicale, travaillant pour sa propre organisation Manual Music Company, qui sort des morceaux sur plusieurs labels et sublabels.
Bien que producteur de talent, Paul a toujours privilégié sa premiere passion, mixer. Malgré cela, après quelques années de pratiques, ses premières sessions studio portèrent leurs fruits, lui conférant un status en tant que compositeur sur plusieurs labels respectés tels que Diynamic Music, Sleaze Records, Little Mountain…
Ses styles ont évolué à travers les années d’une techno brut à un son plus mature, entrainant et mélangeant des elements de deep house, techhouse et techno, dépendant de l’endroit et de la performance… Mais qui accorde de l’importance à ces etiquettes finalement?
Paul Hazendonk was born in the suburbs of Rotterdam in 1982. As a young kid he already developed an excessive interest for music, quickly discovering house music and noticing the deejays who were mixing records together. He found his passion..
He got his first club gig at age 18 and after that it all seemed like one big rollercoaster ride. In the first years of his carreer he already played at some of Hollandʼs most infamous clubs, parties and festivals. Shortly after, his talents also got noticed abroad, taking him to most European countries to perform throughout the years.
Paul started his first label, Technique, back in 2002 whilst working at the infamous record company- and store Basic Beat which was located in the heart of Rotterdam. Nowdays both Technique and Basic Beat are defunkt but Paul is more active than ever in the record business, being the owner of the Manual Music company which releases music on various (sub)labels.
Having always been a DJ first and a producer second, it took some time before Paul got busy in the studio, but in the last couple of years his name as a producer is getting more and more known globally, after having done releases on respected labels such as Diynamic Music, Sleaze Records, Little Mountain Recordings and many others.
Both his DJ and production style has evolved throughout the years from full on techno to a more mature sound, music with an infectious drive, blending elements of (deep)house, techhouse and techno, depending on time and place of performance… But who cares for all those genre tags anyway, right?
