In the 2015 version of Electronic music where the music is often limited to specific genres Paul Mendez has proven to be a rare & respected breed of DJ/producer that brings his talent and knowledge from his weekly DJ excursions fresh into the studio me..
PAUL MENDEZ BIOGRAPHY : 2015 :
From the musical streets of Glasgow, Scottish born Paul Mendez is a renowned DJ , artist, producer, and an internationally respected name in the world of Electronic Dance music. He is self taught and has old school values based on hard work, quality of product, brand & performance and a desire to succeed based on his love for music and his profession. This is evident in his upbringing as a 9 year old he trained contemporary dance at London's finest school 'Pineapple Studios' and became Scottish break dance champion 3 years in a row, He did his 1st DJ gig at 15 years old with the biggest event company in the country 'Awesome 101' , He was Scottish DMC mixing finalist 2 years running at age 18 and held down his first residency at the number 1 club in the country 'The Bunker' and also with high caliber event company 'Maelstrom' headlining alongside the biggest names in the UK scene 'Fabio & Grooverider, 'Carl Cox', 'Sasha', 'The Shamen', 'The Prodigy' and many more.
At 20 he was playing support sets at the biggest festivals including 'Rezurection' & 'Fantazia' and started to perform regular in London, Manchester and overseas at the world famous 'BCM' in Majorca (Spain). at 23 he started a successful residency at 'RATT' in Bathgate were he quickly established himself as the biggest & most popular DJ in the country and one of the most recognizable and proven names in the European scene after performances at major venues & events including 'Creamfields', 'T in the park', 'Gatecrasher', 'Homelands' & the 'Rijeka' street parade' in Croatia where Paul played the final set of the weekend and performed the theme track he produced to 50,000 revelers . Paul also became music director at the RATT venue and his vision of booking up & coming foreign talent alongside established names paid off in spectacular fashion with sold out events every week for 6 years and helped many of these artists on their way to become superstars.
His famous Radio show on Beat 106 / Capital FM spanned 5 years in the Friday night midnight slot syndicated on FM radio throughout the UK and cemented Paul Mendez as one of Scotland's most successful DJ names ever. In the 2015 version of the Electronic Scene where the music is often limited to specific genres Paul Mendez has proven to be a rare & respected breed of DJ/producer that brings his talent and knowledge from his weekly DJ excursions fresh into the studio merging styles into both underground & commercial dance floor hits. With a career spanning 2 decades, 300+ releases, 2 gold discs, top 100 DJ entries & 50+ top 100 chart hits Paul has built a solid reputation with the digital market consumers,record label A&R offices & dance floors across the globe. Paul is renowned for his technical ability and has been praised at the highest level many times by fans and his peers alike for his unique style which is always evolving and always influenced by 'Great' electronic music with a strong House & Techno influence. Paul has played at the finest clubs & festivals for the biggest brands with performances in hundreds of cities in 60+ countries on 5 continents. To put it simply Paul Mendez is the definition of the title 'DJ' and has had great reviews from major names such as 'Armin Van Buuren' who said "Paul is one of the best resident DJs I have came across no matter what the set or style he was always spot on",'Tiesto' who commented "Paul is a great DJ and one of the few I personally hand picked to play for me in Amsterdam at our Wildlife party's” and 'Roger Sanchez' who stated "he loved playing alongside Paul".
From 2010 Paul held a 5 star DJ residency for 'Intercontinental Hotel group' in the Middle East and was fully focused on Studio work which was a major reason for his recent production success so he made the decision in 2012 to reinvent himself in America and based himself in the nightlife capital of the world 'Las Vegas' were he has enjoyed success in the past with residencies & guest spots at RA (the Luxor), Moon & Rain (The Palms) and was the chosen DJ for celebrity events for A-list stars including Pharrel Williams, Shaquille O’Neil, Snoop Dogg and Samuel L. Jackson, who approached Paul and commented: “That shit is crazy”. Paul cemented his growing reputation with bookings at Vegas super-clubs 'Marquee' & 'Gallery' and continued his 14 year residency at Hollywood's legendary House music venue 'Avalon' for 'After-hour power', DJ residencies have been relevant throughout Paul's career in Ibiza for 7 seasons at hot-spots 'Bora Bora', 'Privilege' & 'Slinky', 'BCM' in Majorca, Tokyo, Dubai & Cape Town with brands such as Ministry of sound, Hed Kandi, MTV, Kinky Malinki, Colours at the famous Arches venue & Global Djs in Qatar were Paul was support act on world tours for many of the world's biggest names including Calvin Harris, Deadmau5, Paul Van Dyk, Tiesto & David Guetta.
As the 2014 summer season was ending in Las Vegas, Paul's multi genre 'House' sound was bigger than ever and he was giving the opportunity to become resident DJ at the luxurious 'Yas Viceroy' hotel in Abu Dhabi which he accepted and after being named one of the highlight djs at the official after party's for the 'Formula 1' weekend in Yas Island, he accepted 2 more high calbre residencies at the equisite 'Address hotel' and 'Cargo' in the hub of nightlife 'Pier 7' in Dubai Marina, This success in the UAE did not go unoticed and Paul landed a residency with one of the longest running Dubai superclubs 'Zinc' to add to his already impressive weekly diary and has been re-booked to perform at this years 2015 'Formula 1' motor racing event.
Paul is also a proven name in the music production scene and after 20 years in the studio he continues to be at the forefront of the electronic Dance Music scenes on major & independent record labels such as Universal Music, ID&T, Bonzai music, Armada ,1605 Music Therapy, Manufactured Music , Absolutely records, Dos or Die, Xtravaganza records and more. He produced 2 theme tracks for the 'Trance Energy' festival in his early years and has received multiple Gold discs sales awards, top 100 DJ in the world placings 5 years running and recognition from major publications 'DJ Mag' & 'Mixmag' who described his 'Magic Impuls' track “as a defining moment in Electronic music”.
Paul had a standout year in 2014 with 35+ top 100 chart placings including 4 top 5 singles on major download stores 'Beatport', 'Traxsource', 'Track it down' and 'Juno'., He also officially remixed major names such as 'Ice-T', 'Afrojack' , 'Robin S' and 'Tegan & Sara' alongside massive bootleg success on tracks by 'Calvin Harris' , 'Example' , 'Icona Pop' and Rudimental with Great support from Radio stations with tracks featured on many shows from Pete Tong's 'Essential selection' on BBC Radio 1 , 'I Heart' radio , 'Ministry of sound' radio & 14 weeks in a row support on BPM/Sirius for Paul's remix of 'Wake me up' by 'Avicii'. The production success has continued this year with 8 top 100 chart placings including a number 2 on Juno download and number 1 on Traxsource for his hit track 'turn the music loud' released on 'Black Hole recordings' & 'Manufactured Music', MTV America also Featured Paul's 'Blacklist' track on their new hit TV show 'Eye Candy' on Season 1 which attracted 1 million + viewers.
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Paul Mendez ft Britt v - let go - LW records
Paul Mendez ft Tamara Seeley - feel the rush - Dos or die
Paul Mendez - Check Out This Bounce - Planet EDM
Kamaura, Rob Jameson- Sangria (Paul Mendez Remix) -Spincredible
Paul Mendez - Turn the Music Loud - Black Hole Recordings
Paul Mendez - Turn the Music Loud - manufactured music
Paul Mendez - U Mad Bro -Re:vibe Music
Nikita Rise, Roman Akrill - Kickdown (Paul Mendez Remix) - Housepital
Paul Mendez - Let's Rock -Planet Dance Music
Paul Mendez - Let Me Feel You - Ultrachic Music
Phunk Investigation,Paul Mendez - Complete(Timmo & PHM Remix) - Phunk Traxx
Paul Mendez, Hitfinders, Molla - California - Digital Complex Records
Kamaura, Rob Jameson - Leave the World Behind (Paul Mendez Remix) -Spincredible
Paul Mendez - Calling My Name - UCBR
Nikki Belle - Rock This City (Paul Mendez Remix) - Spincredible
Nina Suerte - Caviani (Paul Mendez Remix) -Manufactured Music
Thomas Mengel - The Challenger (Paul Mendez Remix) -Manufactured Music
Paul Mendez - Nobody Can Stop Me - UCBR
Paul Mendez - Cockroach - (Housepital)
Paul Mendez & Nicole Chen -Lets Do It -UCBR
Paul Mendez - Lucifer -Golden Goat Records
Paul Mendez -Blacklist (Rough Night Remix) -Manufactured Music
Paul Mendez -Blacklist -Manufactured Music
Paul Mendez - Spotlight (Housepital)
Eve Gallagher - You Can Have It All (Paul Mendez Remix) -Spincredible
Paul Mendez, George F -Skytekk (Jon Rundell Remix) -Ultrachic Music
Paul Mendez, Andy Mcgirr - Sugar Free -Ultrachic Music
Des Mitchell - Every Time I See The Girl (Paul Mendez Remix) -Spincredible
Marcus Collins - Sweet Thang (Paul Mendez Remix) -Spincredible
Dehasse Ft Ice T - This Djs Reckless (Paul Mendez Remix) - Xtravaganza
Johnny Labs - Drill (Paul Mendez remix) -Pyramid Recordings
Paul Mendez & Andreas Mortiz – Silver Bullet – Housepital records
Alston – Soul Sounds (Paul Mendez & George F remix) - Play this records
Afrojack – Take over control (Paul Mendez 2013 remix)
Calvin Harris Feat Example – We'll be coming back (Paul Mendez 2013 remix)
Afrojack – Esther 2k13 (Paul Mendez Remix) – Kontor records
Paul Mendez Featuring Rachel Martin – Moondust 2013 – Spinnin star music
Paul Mendez – Colombo – Big alliance deep records
Paul Mendez & Donnie Deep – Wake Up – Big Alliance records
Paul Mendez & Duane King – Lost vegas – Spinnin Star music
Paul Mendez – Calling my name (original mix) – Play This records
JSaNZ Ft. Luis De La Fuente - The Wolf (Paul Mendez) Remix)
Paul Mendez Feat Joanna Rayes - Me & U – Inwama records
DJ Forte & Britt V-Surrender (Paul Mendez remix) – Phethouse records
Paul Mendez – Alternate Reality – Spinnin Star Music
Paul Mendez – Rock – Straight up music
Andy Mcgirr – Go kill disco (Paul Mendez & George F remix) – Sugaspin records
Paul Mendez & Andy Mcgirr – Sugar free (GF recordings)
Phunk investigation & Paul Mendez – Complete – Housepital records
Phunk investigation & Paul Mendez – Complete – Twisted Shuffle records
Paul Mendez & Danny Kors – Beachside – Straight up music
Paul Mendez & Danny Kors – Beachside – Recovery house
Paul Mendez & Dale Ellis – Hiding wont help – Phethouse records
Paul Mendez & Dale Ellis - Hiding won't help (Donnie Deep remix)- phethouse records
Max Kuba – Contraband – Spinnin star Music
Robin S – Be thankful (Paul Mendez remix) -Spinnin star music
Paul Mendez & Andy Mcgirr - Sugar free - GF recordings
Paul Mendez – Calling my name – Selekted Music
Afrojack – Esther 2k12 (Paul Mendez & Danny Kors remix) – Spinnin Star music
Paul Mendez - Inspiration - Spinnin star music
Max Kuba - Contraband - Spinnin star music
Paul Mendez & Danny Kors - Marquee - Spinnin star music
Lucas & Steve – The situation (Paul Mendez remix) – GF recordings
Alston – Soul Sounds (Paul Mendez & George F remix) – Sony Australia & Spinnin star music
Paul Mendez – Unbelievable – Label TBC
Paul Mendez & Danny Kors – Beachside – Spinnin Star
Paul Mendez & Rene Amesz – Rock this – Label TBC
Svenson & Gielen – Twisted (Dani L Mebius remix)- Big & dirty records
Exposure – Magic Impuls (Re release) - Camouflage
David Cujino – El Bigote(Paul Mendez remix) – Retorica
Edgar Hernandez – Sunset melody (Paul Mendez remix) – Kushtee
Natalino Nunes – Time (Paul Mendez remix) – GF recordings
Chris Brown – Yeah 3x (Paul Mendez remix)
Motorcycle – As the rush comes (Paul Mendez & Andy Mcgirr remix)
Chicane – offshore (Paul Mendez remake)
Svenson & Gielen – Twisted (Re release)– Armada music
Jose Castillero – Mission deluxe (Paul Mendez remix) – Technologika
Paul Mendez – 2nk Skin (Tom de neef remix) – ID&T
Paul Mendez & Phunk Investigation – Rocket ship(remix) – Absolutely
Del Horno & George F – Ice (Paul Mendez remix) - GF recordings
Paul Mendez – Freaky Frog – Stick around music
Paul Mendez – Freaky Frog (Secret groovers remix) – Stick around
Paul Mendez – Freaky Frog (Edward G remix)– Stick around music
Paul Mendez – Species – GF recordings
Paul Mendez & Zero 3 – Skytekk (George F remix) – Nicky Zimmer
Paul Mendez & Andreas Mortiz – Snatch – Miniatures records
Benny Benew, Paul Ursin –Tunputu(Paul Mendez Remix)– Mcgroove
Svenson & Gielen – Twisted (Jochen Miller remix)- High contrast2009
Paul Mendez & Phunk Investigation – Rocket ship (Ivan Pica remix) – Absolutely
Paul Mendez & Phunk Investigation – Rocket ship – Absolutely
Paul Mendez & Andreas Mortiz – Silver Bullet – Miniatures records
Paul Mendez & Phunk Investigation – Complete – Miniatures records
Paul Mendez & Phunk Investigation –Complete(Timmo & phm rmx) – Miniatures
Paul Mendez & Phunk Investigation – Complete (Maurizio Gubellini remix)
Le Ron, Yves Eaux– Rakatak (Paul Mendez remix) – GF Tekk records
Paul Mendez & Phunk Investigation – Yes you are (Danny Freakazoid rmx)
Paul Mendez & Phunk Investigation – Yes you are - Absolutely
Paul Mendez & Zero 3 – Skytekk (Jon Rundell remix) – GF recordings
Paul Mendez – 2nd Skin (geert Huunink remix) – ID&T
Paul Mendez - Surabaya – Ligaya recordings
Paul Mendez - The freaks can feel it – Bonzai records
Paul Mendez & Zero 3 -Into the light – Ligaya recordings
Paul Mendez & Zero 3 - Lost in time - Ligaya recordings
Paul Mendez & Zero 3 -Tonic – Fektive recordings
Paul Mendez & Andreas Mortiz - Fear in Miami – Lectro chik Records
The Usual Suspects - Monte Cristo – Bonzai music
The Usual suspects - Dreaming of a new world – Bonzai Music
The Usual Suspects - Restrictions Apply – Bonzai music
Paul Mendez & Zero 3 – Exotica – Drizzly music
Paul Mendez v Mark PVS – The perfect Launch – Backlashmuzik
Paul Mendez V Steve Castro – Afterhour power – Backlashmuzik
Paul Mendez - Pyscho Squirrels -Cloud 9 records
Paul Mendez - The truth is out there -Cloud 9 records
Paul Mendez - X-Killer – Beat Therapy records
Marq – In the wind (Paul Mendez & Zero 3 remix) – Backlashmuzik
Kuffdam & Plant–Maziko(Paul Mendez & Zero 3 remix) –Backlashmuzik
Paul Mendez & Zero 3 – Moondust – Backlashmuzik
Talla 2XLC – Shine (Paul Mendez & Zero 3 remix) – Technoclub
System F – Out of the blue (Paul Mendez rmx)
Avatar – Fiji (Paul Mendez rmx)
Ayla – Ayla – (Paul Mendez remix)
Paul Mendez & Zero 3 - Break of dawn - Bonzai music
Paul Mendez & Zero 3 - Gravity - Bonzai music
Paul Mendez & Zero 3 - Confusion -Bonzai music
Paul Mendez & Zero 3 -Event horizon - Bonzai music
Jacob & Mendez – Rijeka- Backlashmuzik
Jacob & Mendez – Fallen wishes - Backlashmuzik
Jacob & Mendez – Reinvent - Camouflage
Jacob & Mendez – Untouchable – Camouflage
Jacob & Mendez - Do it right - Camoflage records
Jacob & Mendez - Waikiki - Camoflage records
Golddiggerz - Isolate - Bonzai music
Golddiggerz - Hyped to death -Bonzai music
Golddiggerz - Fallen - Bonzai music
The Usual Suspects – Strings - Backlashmuzik
The Usual Suspects – Krypton – Backlashmuzik
Paul Mendez V Mark Oliver – Intercontinental – Bonzai
Ian Van Dahl – Will I (Beatcrunchers rmx)
Damon Santiago – Sensitivity - Backlashmuzik
Jacob & Mendez - City Lights – Fiberline Audio
Jacob & Mendez – Weird Science – Fiberline Audio
Ravyn - Gothika - Fiberline Audio
Ravyn - Insomniak - Fiberline Audio
Ravyn - What tha Fuck -Fiberline Audio
Ravyn - Sweet Child - Fiberline Audio
Paul Mendez – The devils playground – Fiberline audio
Fenix – Friendship – Fiberline Audio
Fenix - The City - Fiberline Audio
Rayvn - Sweet Child - Fiberline Audio
MPX - Voodoo Ray - Fiberline Audio
Fenix – Cityscape - Fiberline Audio
Jacob & Mendez - Lust & Temptation - Fiberline Audio
Paul Mendez - This Is My Sound - Fiberline Audio
Jacob & Mendez – Smallville - Fiberline Audio
Fenix – Fusion - Fiberline Audio
Fenix – Home is my heart - Fiberline Audio
Fenix – Let it rain - Fiberline Audio
Fenix – Let the juices flow - Fiberline Audio
Fenix – Manifestations - Fiberline Audio
Fenix – Me without you - Fiberline Audio
Fenix – Pyscho - Fiberline Audio
Fenix –Boys don’t cry - Fiberline Audio
Fenix –Catch my hand if u fall - Fiberline Audio
Fenix –Disfunktional - Fiberline Audio
Fenix –Do you really - Fiberline Audio
Fenix –Dreamshaker - Fiberline Audio
Fenix –Eternal hope - Fiberline Audio
Fenix –Hallucenagenic - Fiberline Audio
U2 – Bad (Fenix Remix)
Erick Morillo - Waiting on the darkness (Paul Mendez Remix)
Stonebridge - Put them high (Paul Mendez Remix)
Exposure – Magic Impuls – Camoflage
Jacob & Mendez – Deception – ID&T
Jacob & Mendez – Moondust – Alphabet city
Morpheous – Magnetica – Armada Music
Morpheous – Signs - Armada Music
Paul Mendez - 2nd skin - ID&T
Paul Mendez Feat: Notorius B.I.G - The notorius one
Paul Mendez Feat: Jay Z - The Bounce
Paul Mendez Feat: Busta Rhythmns - Party with me
Svenson & Gielen – Twisted – ID&T
Jacob & Mendez – Kabul – Green Martian
Jacob & Mendez – Telepathy – Green Martian
Futurebreeze – Mind & Motion (Jacob & Mendez rmx) - Alphabet City
Jacob & Mendez- Angels of darkness – Alphabet City
Jacob & Mendez - Chamber of Horrors - Scanner records
Jacob & Mendez - Deathrow - Scanner records
Jacob & Mendez -Depths of time – Hook recordings
Jacob & Mendez -Berksville - Hook recordings
Matchstix Men – Boom – Good As records
Eskimo – Call me poison (Matchstix Men remix) – Good As records
Dj Tom – The Message (Des Mitchell & J&M rmx) - 08:15 records
Dj Tom – No Drugz (Jacob & Mendez rmx) - 08:15 records
Beam & Yanou – The Freefall (Jacob & Mendez rmx) - Alphabet City
Boombox – To stay awake (Jacob & Mendez rmx) - Indisc records
Holyland – Saviour (Jacob & Mendez remix) – Alphamagic
Bevoets – Don't need you anymore (Jacob & Mendez rmx) - Good As
Jacob & Mendez - One breath - Hook recordings
Jacob & Mendez - Flashback - Good As records
Jacob & Mendez - Beyond the sea - Good As records
Jacob & Mendez - For the people - Good As records
Jacob & Mendez - Human Race - Good As records
Jacob & Mendez -From Above - Hook recordings
Jacob & Mendez -Louder - Hook recordings
Pet shop Boys – Paninaro (Jacob & Mendez rmx)
Kraftwerk – The Model (Jacob & Mendez rmx)
Opus 3 – Fine Day (Jacob & Mendez rmx)
Jacob & Mendez -Who are they? – Good As records
Jacob & Mendez -Sun & Rain - Good As records
Jacob & Mendez -Your Life - Good As records
Jacob & Mendez -Horizon - Good As records
Slip & Shuffle -High Energy (Jacob & Mendez rmx) - Chemistry records