Paul Edge
Encyclopedia
Paul Edge is a British
DJ
and record producer
of electronic dance music
.
and raised in Limerick
, Ireland
, where from a young age he was immersed in Irish Music. As an adult, he launched a popular club night known as "The Outer Limits." Paul Edge achieved global recognition for his http://www.wewillnotbesilenced.com agit-prop movies. On October 31, 2008, Edge made a cameo appearance on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
.
In 1997, The Outer Limits co-promoted the first annual World Trance Festival, in Toronto, with Destiny Promotions. The three-day event, featuring nearly 100 artists, was the largest dance festival in city history at the time. The festival became infamous as the "Tornado Rave", when on the opening night, three tornadoes surrounded the valley in which the event was taking place. After the first night's devastation, the festival proceeded as scheduled after the Toronto ravers surrounded the site and provided light from their cars to allow the organisers to rebuild the main stage.
Edge made his first US appearance in New York City in 2007 for the 10th anniversary of the World Trance Festival. A year later, The Outer Limits and Phato co-promoted the Galaxy Project, At New York City’s Twilo nightclub, at which Edge performed a headlining set for an audience of 3,000.
Edge released "Sequence 23", the debut release on his own Response Audio record label, which later became RAD23.
In 2000, Edge terminated The Outer Limits to focus on his producing career. That year he held a 12-city tour of North America, with attendance topping 20,000. The Outer Limits Tour features Paul Edge and The Advent live.
In 2001, he released "Wappi" on his RAD23 label. In fall 2001, he headlines the U.S. atop the Nintendo Cube Tour. The tour’s final stop is a week-long, eight-hour-a-day DJ engagement at the Mall of America, in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN.
In 2002 and 2003, Paul Edge launched the "Remote Control" USA tour. He became one of the first DJs to bring the emerging Electro-Clash sound to North America.
In 2003 he released "Live In Phoenix" as an Internet-only, free download. The 90-minute mix was downloaded more than five million times. The Wappi Remixes were released on RAD23 with remixes from Edge, Andreas Kaufelt and The Horrorist. A limited edition remix release of "Metamorphosis of Narcotics", the final release on RAD23, sold out.
’s 1960s folk anthem "Eve of Destruction".
authorized Edge to move forward with his project Unlock the Doors, a cover album of Doors songs in trance and techno styles. Ray Manzarek
said of Edge's work, "I think that’s the way we (the Doors) should do all our re-mixes. Other people can futz around with our stuff, but we should remain true to the original conception and then bring it up to today’s style. This guy did a great job. Go with it."
Following Hurricane Katrina, Edge and The Doors launched NOLA AID, a website featuring a video of Katrina-ravaged images set to Edge's rework of "Riders On The Storm
". The site received more than 500,000 visits, raising $250,000 for The American Red Cross and other direct charities.
Due to contractual issues, the seven completed covers in Unlock The Doors were never released.
, Jimi Hendrix
and Led Zeppelin
, Edge developed a new style of dance music based on these anomalies, which he called "psychedelic dance music."
Single Releases
Remixes
Twister discography
Single Releases
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
and record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
of electronic dance music
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
.
Biography
Edge was born in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and raised in Limerick
Limerick
Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, where from a young age he was immersed in Irish Music. As an adult, he launched a popular club night known as "The Outer Limits." Paul Edge achieved global recognition for his http://www.wewillnotbesilenced.com agit-prop movies. On October 31, 2008, Edge made a cameo appearance on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
.
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits was a Bournemouth based club known for introducing new emerging music. Paul Edge started The Outer Limits in 1992 and acted as resident DJ. As The Outer Limits grew in stature, events were held around the world, including Canada (The First World Trance Festival in Toronto in association with Destiny Productions) and the USA (The Galaxy Project at Twilo in New York City in association with Phato Productions).DJing and Production
In 1995 under the name Twister, Paul Edge released the single "Metamorphosis of Narcotics." on Belgium's Nitric Records. In 1996 Edge released a second single on Nitric, "Paradoxical Paradigms".In 1997, The Outer Limits co-promoted the first annual World Trance Festival, in Toronto, with Destiny Promotions. The three-day event, featuring nearly 100 artists, was the largest dance festival in city history at the time. The festival became infamous as the "Tornado Rave", when on the opening night, three tornadoes surrounded the valley in which the event was taking place. After the first night's devastation, the festival proceeded as scheduled after the Toronto ravers surrounded the site and provided light from their cars to allow the organisers to rebuild the main stage.
Edge made his first US appearance in New York City in 2007 for the 10th anniversary of the World Trance Festival. A year later, The Outer Limits and Phato co-promoted the Galaxy Project, At New York City’s Twilo nightclub, at which Edge performed a headlining set for an audience of 3,000.
Edge released "Sequence 23", the debut release on his own Response Audio record label, which later became RAD23.
In 2000, Edge terminated The Outer Limits to focus on his producing career. That year he held a 12-city tour of North America, with attendance topping 20,000. The Outer Limits Tour features Paul Edge and The Advent live.
In 2001, he released "Wappi" on his RAD23 label. In fall 2001, he headlines the U.S. atop the Nintendo Cube Tour. The tour’s final stop is a week-long, eight-hour-a-day DJ engagement at the Mall of America, in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN.
In 2002 and 2003, Paul Edge launched the "Remote Control" USA tour. He became one of the first DJs to bring the emerging Electro-Clash sound to North America.
In 2003 he released "Live In Phoenix" as an Internet-only, free download. The 90-minute mix was downloaded more than five million times. The Wappi Remixes were released on RAD23 with remixes from Edge, Andreas Kaufelt and The Horrorist. A limited edition remix release of "Metamorphosis of Narcotics", the final release on RAD23, sold out.
We Will Not Be Silenced
In 2004, Edge wrote and produced We Will Not Be Silenced, a video production response to the rising body count in Iraq. The movies are the product of Paul Edge and Mike Trussler. In 2006, a second movie, We Will Not Be Silenced Part 11 was released. The movie took 6 months to complete and utilizes Cinema 3D and After Effects technology. In it, Edge samples Barry McGuireBarry McGuire
Barry McGuire is an American singer-songwriter best known for the hit song "Eve of Destruction", and later as a pioneering singer and songwriter of Contemporary Christian Music.-Early life:...
’s 1960s folk anthem "Eve of Destruction".
NOLAAID and Unlock The Doors
After hearing his recreation of "Five To One" in February 2005, The DoorsThe Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
authorized Edge to move forward with his project Unlock the Doors, a cover album of Doors songs in trance and techno styles. Ray Manzarek
Ray Manzarek
Raymond Daniel Manzarek, Jr., better known as Ray Manzarek , is an American musician, singer, producer, film director, writer, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors from 1965 to 1973, Nite City from 1977–1978 and Manzarek-Krieger since 2001.Manzarek is listed #4 on Digital Dreamdoor's "100...
said of Edge's work, "I think that’s the way we (the Doors) should do all our re-mixes. Other people can futz around with our stuff, but we should remain true to the original conception and then bring it up to today’s style. This guy did a great job. Go with it."
Following Hurricane Katrina, Edge and The Doors launched NOLA AID, a website featuring a video of Katrina-ravaged images set to Edge's rework of "Riders On The Storm
Riders on the Storm
"Riders on the Storm" is a song by The Doors from their 1971 album, L.A. Woman. It reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, number 22 on the UK singles charts and number 7 in the Netherlands.-Overview:...
". The site received more than 500,000 visits, raising $250,000 for The American Red Cross and other direct charities.
Due to contractual issues, the seven completed covers in Unlock The Doors were never released.
Psychedelic Dance Music and The Shaman DJ
While working on the "Unlock the Doors" project, Edge noticed some unusual frequency interactions on the original recordings. After studying the recordings of The DoorsThe Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
, Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
and Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
, Edge developed a new style of dance music based on these anomalies, which he called "psychedelic dance music."
Discography
DJ Paul Edge discographySingle Releases
- 1995: Clap Your Legs - Grown Up Music
- 1999: Clap Your Other Legs - Response Audio
- 1999: Concresence - Response Audio
- 2000: Invisible - Response Audio
- 2001: Amsterdamaged EP - Response Audio
- 2002: Incubation - Response Audio
- 2004: The Truth Will Out - RAD23
- 2004: Melissa - RAD23
- 2005: Wappi Remixes (Part 1 and 2) - RAD23
- 2008: Acid Seduction - Communique Digital
- 2009: The Rhythm - Communique Digital
- 2009: Release Yourself - Bonzai (September 22, 2009)
- 2009: Metamorphosis of Narcotics (Remixes) - Bonzai (due October 2009)
Remixes
- 1995: Metamorphosis of Narcotics - Nitric
- 1996: Paradoxical Paradigms - Nitric
- 1998: The Outer Limits EP - Response Audio
- 2001: Sequence 23 - Response Audio
- 2005: Wappi - RAD23
- 2005: Metamorphosis of Narcotics (Final Cut) - Response Audio
- 2009: Holographic World - DJ Ionic - Banshee Worx
Twister discography
Single Releases
- 1995: Sequence 23/Blue - Grown Up Music
- 1995: Kosmik Trigger - Grown Up Music
- 1995: Metamorphosis of Narcotics - Nitric
- 1996: Paradoxical Paradigms - Nitric
- 1998: The Outer Limits ep - Response Audio
- 1999: Temporal Hierarchy - Response Audio
- 2000: Twisted Development - Response Audio
- 2001: Seq23 Remixes- Response Audio
- 2004: Metamorphosis of Narcotics (Final Cut) - Response Audio
Tours
List of Paul Edge tours- 2000: The Outer Limits Tour (USA)
- 2003: Remote Control (USA)
- 2004: Remote Control (USA)
- 2006: We Will Not Be Silenced (USA)
- 2009: Psychedelic Dance Music Global Tour TBA
Viral Movies Featuring Paul Edge's Music
- 2004: We Will Not Be Silenced - Part 1 (http://www.wewillnotbesilenced.com)
- 2005: NolaAid - (http://www.nolaaid.com )
- 2006: We Will Not Be Silenced - Part 11 (http://www.wewillnotbesilenced.com )
- 2007: Unstoppable - Commissioned by Climate Counts - ( http://www.tol23design.com/tol23design/portfolio.html?t=2&tc=2)
External links
- Psychedelic Dance Music
- First Live Performance of Psychedelic Dance Music - Portland , Oregon, July 2007
- Nikola Tesla
- Wikipedia Article on Brainwave Entrainment
- Wikipedia Article on PsychoacousticsPsychoacousticsPsychoacoustics is the scientific study of sound perception. More specifically, it is the branch of science studying the psychological and physiological responses associated with sound...
- Centro Studi Farmacotossicodipendenze, Az. USL di Parma, Italy
- DJ Paul Edge
- Artist Direct Feature on Psychedelic Dance Music
- Beyond Race Magazine Feature on Psychedelic Dance Music
- Psychedelic Dance Music featured on CSI- Crime Scene Investigation, air date, October 31, 2008, episode 9.04 "Let It Bleed"