TROUBLE’S BIOGRAPHY! Born in East London. A natural born athlete. with a passion for football, played for Charlton youth, Tottenham youth and Middlesex County and ran for Haringey. He used to dance in the pre-mixing days, and still does in the box, he would hurdle over the decks, boogie down and jump back just in time to cue the next record. Paul started of playing at the time of the Sound System days… As well as a Dj he was a soundman. He followed Chicken, Scrap Iron and Fat Man Around those days. Paul had a sound from his uncle a reggae sound that was converted in to a soul sound. They called it Troublefunk and this is where he acquired his Stage name “Trouble�. Around this time he meet George Power, one of the founders of Kiss FM, who asked him to be a warm up Dj at several venues. Who was best respected for his jazz funk at Crackers. Paul had a fresh funky sound and was playing at many clubs, to name a few, The Maize Club at Ronnie Scott’s, Bumbles and Red Box. Trouble was Instrumental in the London music scene, and helped making clubs like Crackers, Spats, The Embassy, Global Village and Electric Ballroom Legendary. In the mid 80’s he championed His ‘Trouble Funk Sound‘ and brought his sublime blend of dance music to the Warehouse scene. 1985 he was asked to join Kiss and found the prospect of promoting dance music on-air an exciting one. That is when he developed his creativity and skill. To his fans, Paul has an amazing ability to make you want to move, the way he makes the music come alive and his brilliant mixing skills. Paul also found time for the Studio, and lent his remixing skills to Nomad’s UK NO1 ’Devotion’, Junior Reid’s Jamaica NO1 ’One Blood’ and remixed for Blaze, Pet Shop Boys, Soul11Soul, Thelma Houston, Byron Stingily and many more. At his own night ‘Troubles House’ at Legends, a major star in London’s club land, he had many big name guests like Ten City, Todd Terry, Dj Pierre and David Morales. 1990 Kiss went Legal and Paul took over the Saturday Prime spot 2100-2300, which continued as ‘Troubles Original Mix Show for 8 years. Then there was changes in the Stations music policies, and Paul reluctantly decided to leave. He still delivered his sound to the fans through his night ‘The Loft’ at HQ, that run for ten years. With weekly guests like Loleatta Holloway, Jean Carne, Jocelyn Brown, Masters at Work, Tony Humphries, Rosie Gaines, Michael Watford, Darryl Pandy and Barbara Tucker. ’The Loft was voted NO1 Midweek club for 3 years running, by magazines like Time Out, The Face and the Evening Standard. Paul had a dedicated following, who made Wednesdays at ‘The Loft’ a priority. Later HQ sadly closed down.

 

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