Paolo Mojo
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Paolo Mojo is a London
, United Kingdom
based electronica
DJ. His style incorporates the genres of house
, funk
, techno
, breaks, electro, disco, and acid music. He was the mixer behind the Renaissance label's Renaissance Digital 01: Paolo Mojo, which was the first DJ mix
to be made exclusively for an iTunes
release. He also compiled the 9th in the Balance series of DJ mix compilations, released by EQ Recordings since 2001.
London
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, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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based electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
DJ. His style incorporates the genres of house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
, breaks, electro, disco, and acid music. He was the mixer behind the Renaissance label's Renaissance Digital 01: Paolo Mojo, which was the first DJ mix
DJ mix
A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track. When a DJ mix or DJ mixset is recorded onto some medium, it is often referred to as a mix tape...
to be made exclusively for an iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
release. He also compiled the 9th in the Balance series of DJ mix compilations, released by EQ Recordings since 2001.
Releases
- Back In The Day (12") Sabotage Systems 2003
- Dirty Bwaad (12", Ltd) Orc Music 2004
- Kunteebumm (12") Music Is Freedom 2004
- Discotech EP (12") Honchos Music 2005
- Motor Strings (12") Sensei 2005
- 1983 (12") Pryda Friends 2006
- Balance 009 (2xCD) EQ Recordings 2006
- Everybody (Drop Kick) (12") Oosh 2006
- Rukus (12") Saved Records 2006
- Darkplace (12") Oosh 2007
- JMJ (12", Single) Oosh 2007
- Renaissance Digital 01 (File, MP3) Renaissance 2007
- "Interstellar" (2008), Oosh
- Remixes:
- Cosmic Cons (12")