Paradox (artist)
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Paradox is the pseudonym of Dev Pandya, a producer from the UK who has in recent years championed a new sub-genre of drum & bass known as drumfunk, which focuses on either finding obscure breakbeats or re-sampling much used drum & bass breakbeats from their original source and transforming them into constantly shifting drum patterns, noticeably different from traditional drum & bass.
He also records as a duo with producer Nucleus. He also has regularly collaborated with artist Seba
.
He also records under the pseudonym Alaska.
From 1994 to 1996 Pandya went by the alias Brown in collaboration with Rhymeside (Scott Williams), DJ Trax (David Davies) and Dangerman, which is another alias from Davies. Under the artist name of DMR Pandya released tracks as Paradox & DMR on the label Certificate 18 in the year 1998.
Pandya runs four record labels: Paradox Music, Esoteric, Outsider, and Arctic Music. He also ran the labels Mob Handed, Stronghold Records and Offset Recordings together with Davies from 1994 - 1997. Those labels are inactive, which means that there are no more records released on them.
Paradox released his first full length album 'Musician As Outsider' in the year 2000 on Reinforced Records as single artist. Both the CD and LP releases have ten tracks on them, but the CD version had a bonus CD with live PA-footage from paradox's 2000 tour. There was a special Japan
version of the CD, released by Sony
Japan, which featured changed patterns, different run times and the bonus-track 'The Unspoken Divide'.
In 2002 the second Paradox album, again on Reinforced Records came out, called 'What You Don't Know'. The LP version features ten tracks and the double CD release has 12 tracks on CD 1 and video footage from the 2002 live tour on CDVD (CD 2).
Again two years later in 2004 the album 'The Esoteric Funk' by Nucleus & Paradox was released on Reinforced Records. Nucleus' real name is Dave Sims. Sims and Pandya have released a CD album before in 1997 which is called 'Noise & Paradox - Transmograpfication'. At that time Simms went by the name 'Noise'.
Paradox released the first CD 'Seba & Paradox - Beats Me' on his label Paradox Music in 2006 featuring tracks from Seba, Paradox and Seba & Paradox collaborations.
In 2007 paradox released the first CD on his label 'Outsider' called 'Paradox Presents: The Age Of Outsiders' featuring selected tracks from all releases on Outsider. CD 1 is mixed by Nucleus and CD 2 is mixed by DJ Trax.
July 2006 saw the 100th release of Paradox. On this occasion the 12" release was a special red vinyl featuring remixes of the Paradox-tracks 'The Unspoken Divide' and 'Give The Drummer Some'.
In collaboration with Bill Laswell
and Herbie Hancock
Paradox is featured on the album "Method Of Defiance - Inamorata" on the label Ohm Resistance with two tracks. While the track 'Panepha' has Paradox programmed the drums, Hancock plays the keyboard and Laswell the bass. The track 'Humanoid' has Paradox, again drum programmer, Toshinori Kondo
on the trumpet, Bernie Worrell
(Parliament Funkadelic) on the keyboards and Laswell as usual on the bass. The album was released in 2007.
Altogether Pandya released circa 320 tracks on 42 labels from 1993 - 2008 using different aliases and in collaboration with many artists like Nucleus/Noise, Volcov, Alaska/DMR, Seba, DJ Trax, Marc De Clive-Lowe and Subject 13
.
He also did remixes not only of his own tracks but from artists like Deep Blue, Resound, Shobha Gurtu
, LTJ Bukem
, Materia, Ultra-Violet, James Hardway, Kirsty Hawkshaw
, Ill Logic & Raf, Duo Infernale, DJ Trax, NXS, Boom Boom Satellites
and Justice.
He also records as a duo with producer Nucleus. He also has regularly collaborated with artist Seba
Seba
Sebastian Ahrenberg, better known as Seba is a drum and bass producer and DJ hailing originally from Ingarö, an island just outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Seba is also the owner of Secret Operations, a drum and bass record label.-Musical career:...
.
He also records under the pseudonym Alaska.
From 1994 to 1996 Pandya went by the alias Brown in collaboration with Rhymeside (Scott Williams), DJ Trax (David Davies) and Dangerman, which is another alias from Davies. Under the artist name of DMR Pandya released tracks as Paradox & DMR on the label Certificate 18 in the year 1998.
Pandya runs four record labels: Paradox Music, Esoteric, Outsider, and Arctic Music. He also ran the labels Mob Handed, Stronghold Records and Offset Recordings together with Davies from 1994 - 1997. Those labels are inactive, which means that there are no more records released on them.
Paradox released his first full length album 'Musician As Outsider' in the year 2000 on Reinforced Records as single artist. Both the CD and LP releases have ten tracks on them, but the CD version had a bonus CD with live PA-footage from paradox's 2000 tour. There was a special Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
version of the CD, released by Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
Japan, which featured changed patterns, different run times and the bonus-track 'The Unspoken Divide'.
In 2002 the second Paradox album, again on Reinforced Records came out, called 'What You Don't Know'. The LP version features ten tracks and the double CD release has 12 tracks on CD 1 and video footage from the 2002 live tour on CDVD (CD 2).
Again two years later in 2004 the album 'The Esoteric Funk' by Nucleus & Paradox was released on Reinforced Records. Nucleus' real name is Dave Sims. Sims and Pandya have released a CD album before in 1997 which is called 'Noise & Paradox - Transmograpfication'. At that time Simms went by the name 'Noise'.
Paradox released the first CD 'Seba & Paradox - Beats Me' on his label Paradox Music in 2006 featuring tracks from Seba, Paradox and Seba & Paradox collaborations.
In 2007 paradox released the first CD on his label 'Outsider' called 'Paradox Presents: The Age Of Outsiders' featuring selected tracks from all releases on Outsider. CD 1 is mixed by Nucleus and CD 2 is mixed by DJ Trax.
July 2006 saw the 100th release of Paradox. On this occasion the 12" release was a special red vinyl featuring remixes of the Paradox-tracks 'The Unspoken Divide' and 'Give The Drummer Some'.
In collaboration with Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
and Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
Paradox is featured on the album "Method Of Defiance - Inamorata" on the label Ohm Resistance with two tracks. While the track 'Panepha' has Paradox programmed the drums, Hancock plays the keyboard and Laswell the bass. The track 'Humanoid' has Paradox, again drum programmer, Toshinori Kondo
Toshinori Kondo
Toshinori Kondo is an avant-garde jazz and jazz fusion trumpeter. He resides in Tokyo, New York City, and Amsterdam....
on the trumpet, Bernie Worrell
Bernie Worrell
George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic...
(Parliament Funkadelic) on the keyboards and Laswell as usual on the bass. The album was released in 2007.
Altogether Pandya released circa 320 tracks on 42 labels from 1993 - 2008 using different aliases and in collaboration with many artists like Nucleus/Noise, Volcov, Alaska/DMR, Seba, DJ Trax, Marc De Clive-Lowe and Subject 13
Subject 13
"Subject 13" is the 15th episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 58th episode overall. Inspired by fan reaction to the show's previous flashback episode, "Peter", "Subject 13" occurs 25 years before the show's current timeline, in 1985 a...
.
He also did remixes not only of his own tracks but from artists like Deep Blue, Resound, Shobha Gurtu
Shobha Gurtu
Shobha Gurtu was an Indian singer in the light Hindustani classical style. Though she had equal command over pure classical style, it was with light classical music that she received her fame, and in time came to be known as the Thumri Queen, and for the ‘Abhinaya’ ang in her full-throated voice...
, LTJ Bukem
LTJ Bukem
LTJ Bukem is the stage name used by the drum and bass musician, producer and DJ Danny Williamson . He and his record labels Good Looking and Looking Good Records are most associated with the jazzy, atmospheric side of drum and bass music....
, Materia, Ultra-Violet, James Hardway, Kirsty Hawkshaw
Kirsty Hawkshaw
Kirsty Hawkshaw is a British dance/electronica/house/trance musician and songwriter. She is known for her participation as lead vocalist for the group Opus III, and her collaborative work with other musicians and producers....
, Ill Logic & Raf, Duo Infernale, DJ Trax, NXS, Boom Boom Satellites
Boom Boom Satellites
is a Japanese electronic music duo consisting of guitarist and vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima and bassist and programmer Masayuki Nakano. While their music can be mostly classified as big beat or nu skool breaks with heavy jazz influences, they are famous for the heavy usage of electric guitars in...
and Justice.