DJ Paulette

THE CATEGORY IS … AWARD WINNING … Winner of the DJ Mag Top 100 Lifetime Achievement Award (November 2022) and the Keychange (PRS) Inspiration Award (Sound City April 2023), DJ Paulette is a highly regarded DJ across the UK and Europe, born and raised in (and still resident of) Manchester. Over a 30-year career, she has scaled the heights of dance music fame and hedonism playing disco, house and techno to huge crowds and in cool underground basements. She is a dj who is renowned for consistently ‘smashing’ every set she plays. One of two women to have a regular monthly residency at the Hacienda, she went on to have residencies at Heaven and Ministry of Sound, before serving successful stints in Paris and Ibiza. She has a keen talent for reinvention and replicating excellence. She is known for her monthly radio shows with Reform Radio, Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide FM and has a Global Residency show produced in collaboration with The Radio Department that can be found on Apple Music. She is a regular presenter stand in for AFRODEUTSCHE and Craig Charles on BBC 6 Music. This year she played an iconic B2B with The Blessed Madonna, closing the massive Homobloc party at Warehouse Project. She shone consistently throughout 2023 with her sets at Faith at 93 Feet East, Trade at The Egg, HeSheThey at Ministry of Sound, Kaiku in Helsinki, Corsica Studios, Blitz Club in Munich, San Remo, Stonebridge and Greenpeace at Glastonbury , Bugged Out at Drumsheds , Glitterbonx at Hi Ibiza and Defected in Malta amongst many more. While last year she played headline sets at Beams in London, Warehouse Project – Glitterbox, Homobloc and Hacienda, in the NYC Downlow for Block 9 at Glastonbury, Beatherder, Brixton Disco Festival, Worldwide Festival in Sete, Mighty Hoopla, Horsemeat Disco in Berlin, Kelburn Garden Party, The National Theatre River Stage, Gilles Peterson’s stage for All Points East, Brighton Pride, Glitterbox at Hi Ibiza, Flow Festival in Finland, Homoelectric, Feel It at Omeara and Fatboy Slim’s Weekender ‘All Back to Minehead’ whilst There is much more to come for 2024! Aside from dj’ing Paulette is an events and exhibition curator and a regular contributor to radio shows as diverse as Jamz Supernova on 6Music, Radcliffe and Maconie , Afrodeutsche’s ‘The People’s Party’, Craig Charles’ Funk And Soul Show, Amy Lame, Anamatronic’s ‘Dance Devotion’, Eats Everything’s ‘Edible Beats’. She sits on the Regional Committee for the Musicians’ Union and is a Power Up mentor for shesaidso. Her debut book ‘Welcome To The Club: The life and lessons of a black woman DJ’ is published in January 2024 by Manchester University Press. www.djpaulette.co.uk/homebird https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS5v-PwSgVFXO32KAEYH61xyeTIp-LCTN February 2019 she featured on: Red Bull Online – 10 DJs who should be on your radar http://djpaulette.co.uk/article/sheroes-red-bull-list-10-manchester-djs-who-should-be-on-your-radar/ Vice Magazine (Ageism in Dance Music feature - https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/9kpa7e/the-rave-gap-how-uk-nightlife-still-struggles-with-ageism ) featured The i-Paper - http://djpaulette.co.uk/clubbing/video-the-i-paper-women-who-refuse-to-be-written-out-of-90s-rave/ whilst last year she appeared on the cover of Intern magazine and has also been featured in i-D / Vice, The I-Paper, The Skinny, Dazed and Confused, PRS Weekly and the Manchester Evening News. For 2019 she continues her full time dj schedule and is also booked to appear at Parklife, Bluedot Festival, Manchester International Festival, The River Stage at the National Theatre, We Out Here Festival and starts work for the Soho House group appearing at The Ned Pool Party and White City House in August. LINKS www.djpaulette.co.uk REFORM RADIO - www.reformradio.co.uk GAYDIO www.gaydio.co.uk MCR:LIVE http://www.mcr.live LinkedIn: http://tiny.cc/f5d6ax www.facebook.com/djpaulette http://twitter.com/DJPAULETTE www.mixcloud.com/DJPAULETTE www.soundcloud.com/DJPAULETTE www.instagram.com/dj_paulette1 www.residentadvisor.net/profile/djpaulette REFORM RADIO Bronze Award Winner for Best Online Radio Station at The ARIAS 2017 TIMELINE: 1992-1996 Flesh, Hacienda – monthly resident (Wednesday) 1994 – 1996 Zap Club, Brighton – weekly resident (Saturdays) 1996-2000 Ministry of Sound Fridays R Firin, Rulin, 2000-2008 Ministry of Sound International World tours - US / Europe / Asia / Middle East. Ibiza – Pacha, Space, Queen, Paris, 1994-2004 Regular guest - Bagleys, Heaven, Queer Nation,That’s How It Is, Lazy Dog, Subterranea, Soulsonic, Neighbourhood, Cherry Jam, Notting Hill Arts Club, Turnmills, Vertigo at The Cross, Sundaysonic, Faith, Coco Latte, Discotec, The End, Plan B, 333, Fabric 1996-2012 – Switzerland – key clubs from Zurich to Geneva – Madd and Dee Club Lausanne, Rêve D’O in Geneva to Kafleuten, Zurich. 2000-2001 Nervous Records – Cielo, Red, Chicago – Us Tour. Miami street parties & Denny’s. 2001-2002 – The End ‘Easy Riders’ – weekly Wednesday. 2003-2008 Montreal – Black and Blue, headline act ‘Main Event’ Olympic Stadium and parties at Stereo, Palais de Congrès, 2004-2005 Redlight, Andy Wahloo – Paris weekly resident 2005 – 2009 Paris - Mix Club, twice weekly resident 2005-2013 Toured France, Croatia, Europe and North Africa – Les Planches, Amnesia, Inox Toulouse, Villa Bivona, High Club – Nice, Villa Rouge and Heat Montpellier, Bazar Marseille, Offshore Strasbourg, Jimmy’z Monaco, Zagreb, Byblos Croatia, Hacienda Vodice. 2009-2013 Cocoon Frankfurt, regular guest for Fake and Saturday parties. 2010 -2013 Queen Club – bi-monthly resident 2013 – Ibiza – Privilege, Itaca, Eden, Santos, Sands 2014 – Pacha, Sands, Hotel Es Vive 2015 – Zoo Project, Ibiza Rocks House at Pikes (daily summer resident), Space, Cipriani’s, Hotel Es Vive (weekly summer resident), No Name 2016 – Gaydio stage Manchester Pride, Girls’ Tent Brighton Pride. 2016 – resident at The Refuge (Electriks), Albert’s Schloss (Albert Hall), Handsome Dance Party (Manchester), One Night in Paradise (Ministry of Sound) RADIO: GAYDIO – 2016 TO PRESENT – Resident on rotation for weekend mix shows and stand in Presenter for Breakfast Show, Contributor & Panellist for ‘The Exchange’ REFORM RADIO (MCR) – 2016 to PRESENT – Monthly live 2 hour mix show ‘Paulette Takeover’ – house, tech house and techno. BACK STORY PICCADILLY RADIO – Junior Reporter RADIO 1 – OUT AND PROUD WITH BOY GEORGE 1993 TV – JUICE 1993/1994 LONDON: RADIO : GUEST ON ROTATION - DANNY RAMPLING’S LGDP 1997/8 RADIO 1 ESSENTIAL MIX - 1998 TV: CHANNEL 4 MIAMI NICE - 1997 GRANADA – BPM PRESENTED WITH JUDGE JULES AND DAMON ROCHEFORT - 1996 MTV – PRESENT WITH JUDGE JULES 1998/9 BSKY B 1999 CHANNEL 4 – VOICE OVERS 4 MUSIC 1998/9 MUSIC INDUSTRY: 2016 – Co-Curator and Project Manager of photographic exhibition ‘Lost In Music’ 2000 Freelance PR – launched Pete Heller’s label ‘Phela’ 1998-9 Promotions Director & Assistant A&R Director – Azuli Records responsible for signing Afro Medusa ‘Pasilda’, Soul Providers ‘Rise’ 1994-1998 Dance music PR – Mercury Records responsible for press campaigns for Reprazent, 4Hero, Nuyorican Soul, Terry Callier, Manifesto Records and Def Jam. PRESS: Writing for Update, 7, Mixmag, Ministry, Dotmusic FRANCE VIRGIN RADIO (national) - 2014 – 2016 – weekly one hour ‘Paulette Goes Bang’ mix show, dance music feed for playlist and a reference for nu house, deep house, electro pop. RADIO FG 2005 - 2013 WEEKLY MIX SHOW – reference house, electro, progressive. 2008 – 2010 Freelance consultant – selected music for David Guetta 2 years Highlights: 2005 - Solidays – Parisian street festival– headlined with Bob Sinclar and Etienne De Crecy, performed in front of 30,000 people Nuit du Zapping Bercy - 2006 Technoparade annual guest principally for Radio FG 2007-2012 Mixmove – Mix Club 2008 Fete De La Musique et Marche Des Fiertés 2007 - 2013 Colmar Foire aux Vins 2009 with David Guetta IBIZA 2015 Resident IBIZA ROCKS AT PIKES HOTEL 2015 Resident HOTEL ES VIVE 2014/5 - Guests at Space Ibiza, Zoo Project, Pacha, Privilege, Eden, Vista Club, No Name. AWARDS 2001 – 150 TOP DJS – DJ MAGAZINE 2008 – BEST FEMALE DJ FRANCE – BURN FG AWARD 2010 – BEST FEMALE DJ FRANCE FG AWARD NOMINATED 2013/14 ‘BEST DJ’ETTE’ NRJ DJ AWARDS EDUCATION NCS the Challenge - Public Speaking Coach and Creative Workshop Facilitator Speaking on panels ADE, Twitter Stream – IMS Lecturing on Music Business – University of Westminster Lecturer on Radio Broadcasting – University of Salford Workshops – Access To Music, Manchester Reform Radio, Manchester