Soul Avangerz UK
Paul Gardner and Wayne O’Connell are no newcomers to the industry, being an integral part of the London house scene for over 20 years now. But it is only recently that the guys have earned the long overdue, and much deserved, worldwide recognition they have been striving for.
In today’s climate most artists carve out a production profile before proving themselves as DJ’s. It is this that often leads to most artists’ productions being more dance floor orientated the more experienced they become, as they gain that all important first hand knowledge of what it takes to rock a packed dance floor. As DJ’s first and foremost, Paul and Wayne already had intimate knowledge of what worked in the main rooms up and down the country, so it was a simple case of applying this knowledge to their production work, and it
is this that has led to their imidiate rise to fame.
House music has come to attract all manner of less than complimentary connotations as the scene has grown up, but at its core the term still implies crowd pleasing main room music..
They soon became known for their love and devotion to all things house and 10 years on there still here,passionate as ever and still love struck with “house music”
The moral of this story is that through all the genre twisting monocles that have been administered to different types of house that have become popular. The Soul Avengerz have followed
their hearts and made music for the house coinnissure. Having had to ride the wave of house coming and going in & out of fashion over the last decade..And what a decade it was for the soul avengerz:
No one does peak time floor fillers better than the Soul Avengerz. Quickly establishing a staggering production profile, the boys caught the attention of some of the UK’s major record labels, with remix work for CR2, Positiva, Ministry of Sound, Manifesto, Sony BMG, Mn2s, Gut, Hed Kandi, Milk&Sugar,
Universal and Strictly Rhythm promptly following...
From the anthemic funk of ‘Love You Feel’ & ‘One Love’ to remixing for Marshall Jefferson, Queen, Lee Caberra, Axwell, Bootyluv, Inaya Day, Nightcrawlers, George Benson, Kaskade, Kid Massive, Beyonce, Chris Lake, Blondie, Tom Novy, Alison Limerick & Michelle Weeks.. the guys have also been writing with artists Katherine Ellis, Peyton, Angie Brown, Max’C, Krysten Cummins all this plus many exciting projects on there newly launched very own label Soda Recordings, the Soda label’s joint venture with Strictly Rhythm has already enjoyed early success and continues to go from strengh to strengh With 4 no.1’s and several top 10’s amongst the 12 releases out on SODA the boys are more than pleased with the progress and still pinch themselves everyday that are in bed with the legandary Strictly Rhythm.
That is apart from the one they thought had got away and arguably there favourite label in the form of the mighty Defected records, End of 2009 saw that well and truly put to bed with their awesome remix of“Generate power” that is currently sitting top of tree No: 1 on Traxsource.
Having played around the globe at some of the worlds biggest and best clubs, the boys soon caught the attention of worldwide super brand Pacha... Playing the largest ever opening of Pacha in Ibiza, Shanghai, Egypt, Lithania, Russia and many more
“Having booked the Soul Avengerz on many occasions I have to say they have always impressed and really rocked the pacha dance floor. Some of our most important dates have
been made very special by the sounds of the Avengerz, from New Years Eve to first opening parties of the summers they have always made a huge impression on the dance floor. Also on
the occasion they remixed the IMS anthem they not only did an amazing job but also got there message across brilliantly to the knowledgeable audience watching and listening to them.
Keeping it very educational and musical but at the same time very entertaining and in parts very funny. Great guys, great DJs and brilliant ambassadors for the world of house music “
Danny Whittle (Director, Pacha Ibiza & IMS Partner) 2010 is under way and they are continuing to spread the Soul Avengerz love worldwide. From continent
to continent including Australia, China, Russia, Spain, Ibiza, Serbia, Moldova, Ukraine, New Zealand, Greece, Cyprus, Lithuania, Poland, Montenegro, America, Singapore, Shanghai the list goes on. They have now bolstered themselves as one of the most crowd pleasing DJ duo’s and boast an array of residencies and re-bookings that keep them occupied when not in the studio.