Biography of Paul Hazendonk
Born in 1982 in the suburbs of Rotterdam, Paul Hazendonk is considered to be one of the fresh talents Holland has to offer at the moment. Eventhough his young age, he has already built up a solid name for himself, playing at numerous parties and festivals throughout Europe since the tender age of 18.

During his career he has played in well known Dutch clubs such as Nighttown, Las Palmas, Asta, Winkel van Sinkel, Patronaat, De Rechter, Doornroosje, Offcorso, Poema and many many more, and for well respected organisations such as Awakenings, MAW, Club Risk, Extrema, Techno Vision and Fast Forward Dance Parade. He has also played in countries such as Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Spain, France, Belgium, Sweden, Hungary, Switserland and Estonia.

Paul’s style has changed throughout the years. In the first years of his active DJ career he was mostly known to do uptempo funky techno sets, playing next to loads of key players in the techno scene such as Chris Liebing, Valentino Kanzyani, Rush, Billy Nasty, Joel Mull, Marco Carola, Luke Slater etc., but nowdays his style has evolved into a deeper and more intense sound with a lower tempo, blending elements of minimal, techhouse, progressive and techno into his sets.

Paul Hazendonk has compiled and mixed three mix cd’s; ‘Technique’ (2002), ‘TASTE’ (2004) and ‘Sound Shifting’ (2006). Furthermore he is doing the A&R for techno labels such as Adult Records, Relatives and Work Hard Play Hard. Next to this he is also running his own label Manual Music which is distributed by Kompakt and releases tracks and remixes from artists such as Petter, Jeff Bennett, Jesse Somfay, Avus, 3 Channels, Daso, Darko Esser, Huggotron, Umek, Giorgos Gatzigristos, Piet van Dongen and some fresh Dutch talents.'

Paul’s productions and remixes were released on labels such as Manual Music, Kill Brique, Shadow Fax, Technique, Adult Records, Smoke Records etc.. Same as with his DJ style, his production style has evolved from funky techno stuff into deeper intelligent minimal / techhouse stuff. Last but not least he is currently hosting a radio show every fridaynight at Smart FM named ‘Scratch’ together with his collegue and good friend Francesco Pico.

In 2007 you can expect loads of his productions and remixes coming out on several labels + a brand new mix compilation on the German label Next Essence (digital only). Paul Hazendonk is establishing himself more and more as a highly reputed dj and producer, so be sure to keep your eyes and ears wide open!