Artist Bio:

Justin Paul is in a sense the renaissance man of electronic music. It’s not just that he’s an experienced DJ and producer or because of his successful run as the founder and CEO of Philadelphia, PA based Playloop Records. Playloop was originally conceived as a party promotion company in the early 90s when Justin Paul and Steve Waller booked King Britt, DJ Dozia and other big name DJs to play in Huntington, West Virginia near the Marshall University campus. Despite a dominating the West Virginia DJ and promotion scene, Justin Paul sought a bigger and better challenge. His 1996 move to Philadelphia proved to be the life changing experience he was looking for when a friend introduced Justin Paul to "King Britt & Dozia Blakey", hosts of the legendary "Back 2 Basics" party. Justin eventually befriended King Britt & Dozia Blakeley and took over the decks at the B2B parties as one of the feature DJs.

Paul was also featured alongside King Britt as part of the DJ Times sponsored “America’s Best DJ” contest and tour when it stopped in Philadelphia during the summer 2007 campaign Justin Paul and his band of Playloop artists have also found great success with fans on the “jam band” and “Burning Man” circuits. A New Year’s Eve 2008 performance in Philadelphia with the Disco Biscuits and others drew critical praise for the Playloop crew. In fact, Jambase writer Jake Krolick wrote “Playloop recording artists Justin Paul, Kezner and DJ Everyday were easily equal to, if not better, than all of Bassnectar's hype.” In addition to DJing two consecutive years at Burning Man, Justin Paul also hit the festival circuit with DJ performances at SXSW and the 2008 installment of Camp Bisco. Justin Paul held his own alongside the heavyweight talents of The Disco Biscuits, Snoop Dog, MSTRKFT and DJ Shadow, among others.

Links:

http://www.myspace.com/justinpaul
http://justinpaul.podomatic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/playlooprecords