PAUL VAN DYK

And then afterwards, uh, There was three people standing on the corner, and they all had their awards, and they didn't have a way to get to their hotel, and I had a big SUV.

So we said, hey, you guys want a ride? And it was Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyke, and Bunny from Rabbit in the Moon.

I don't know if you guys know who Rabbit in the Moon is, but they won.

They won an award.

I'm not going to even look at the email anymore.

I've deleted it.

But it was an invite to an event with Paul Van Dyke at the ADE last week.

And I could have gone and attended.

And I missed the email.

James is a UK-based DJ and trance producer known for powerful melodies combined with strong energy and rhythm to bring that human emotion up and connect deeply.

Paul Van Dyke has named him a breakthrough DJ, so we welcome to the studio and the Rekordbox, Give It Up, James Cottle on the global warm-up.

Hi Jules, I selected your track Laid Bare, the trumpet mix here.

I picked this because I heard you played at the Empire in Millsborough around 2007-2008 and me and my friends were just enjoying the moment so much and had to go home and find out what that track was called.

Yeah

... uh, "Empty Space", and, uh, that track right there is actually is our new collab with Paul van Dyk, so there's a little, uh-

Oh, wow

... little, uh, piece for you.

I was introduced...

I came into the scene in 98 through, like, Paul Van Dyke, Paul Oakenfold.

Oh, nice.

In New York, and Twilo, and... being introduced to Paul Van Dyke had a residency.

So Binary Finary and just being part of that.

And also Kiyoki and Limelight.

Anyway, I've spent this weekend in Germany.

Yesterday I joined Paul van Dijk at the Stadtthalle in Rostock and very shortly I'm going to be playing here at Docks in Hamburg.

Coming up this week, I've got new music from Glusko, Fallberg, Dorothy, Safaris and plenty more.

But let's get underway with this week's Pure Discovery.

Mm.

So I ended up with Paul Oakenfold, Paul van Dyk, um, BT.

Then BT got to do a bunch of pretty big movies, Fast and the Furious and stuff, scoring.

So I was in the whole electronic music scene, which was exactly why I'd escaped from England, 'cause I didn't like it, but I ended up liking it.

We did, like, sunset drinks.

We did Paul Van Dyk was great.

Yeah.

Um, that's probably one of my favorite clubs ever, this outdoor club.

No, 'cause I never sat my test.

Oh.

Remember, I, I sat- I booked my test in Scotland when I was 18, right? But Paul Van Dyk came to the Ice Factory-

[laughs]

And the, the dance scene in Northern Ireland at that time, in Britain at that time, was massive.

You had bands like, or DJs like Oakenfold and Moby and, you know, Paul Van Dyk and all of these sort of touring DJs coming in.

And I'd been going to Kelly's in Portrush, which had 3,000 people turning up on a, on a Wednesday.

2,000 people turn, 2,000, 3,000 turn up at the weekend, and you'd have a superstar DJ in.