I worked with Mr Kershaw for many years at Galaxy 102.2 at the time he was Sundissential Resident in Birmingham. I’m not a big fan of official biographies when introducing my guests, I prefer to keep the conversation as natural flowing as possible. That said, I did enjoy reading this impressive summary of Mr Kershaw’s achievements down the years.

The DJ

With a career spanning over two decades, Paul was one of the original residents at UK superclub; Sundissential. Paul has played at successive Creamfields events in the UK, has rocked arenas at Global Gathering and played consistently for the UK’s leading club brands including Crasher, Cream and Goodgreef.
Internationally, the global clubbing capital of Ibiza has seen Paul play landmark gigs for Cream at Amnesia, Slinky at Privilege, Sundissential at Eden, as well as countless other events. Mallorca’s BCM welcomed Paul back for 5 consecutive years. Paul’s sound has also taken him to Canada, Egypt, Finland, Poland and the Ukraine.

The Producer

As one third of the outfit Atlantis, Paul saw one of their earliest productions, ‘Fiji’ go straight into the UK national charts at #52. Recently re-released, the track has smashed through 1 million plays on Spotify. The track has appeared on over 50 compilations worldwide and was received by djs worldwide – including Paul Oakenfold who kept the track as his #1 for some time. The success of this track was topped off when the listeners of Radio 1 voted the track as the #1 all-time anthem of super club Cream.
Since that time, Paul has teamed up with friend and fellow dj Nick Rafferty and in 2004 gained increased success, hitting the UK charts at #48 with their track ‘Music.’
Paul has also turned his attention to remixing. His remix of Vicky Devine’s ‘Echoed Kisses’ was instantly snapped up by Drizzly Records and has already been supported by Adam White on his acclaimed Ministry of Sound radio show, where he made it his tune of the week. Further national radio support has come from Dave Pearce on Radio 1’s Dance Anthems show. Not only that, but the track was made trance tune of the month in IDj magazine.
Since then, Paul’s increasing number of remixes have been played countless times on Radio 1, and have been used by the dj elite; Armin van Buuren, Tiesto and Ferry Corsten in radio shows, mixes and at club gigs.

The Radio Presenter

Paul’s career as a radio presenter spanned over a decade, having been given his break on Birmingham’s Galaxy FM, where he gradually rose through the ranks to present the prestigious drive-time show for over 6 years, attaining official audience figures (RAJAR) greater than those of Radio 1 in Galaxy’s transmission area.
In 2003 Paul was given the opportunity to showcase his trance sound on a national level with Galaxy. His show repeatedly beat all other radio stations in the UK-wide Galaxy broadcast area, and his ‘Solid State’ show became the most listened to trance show in the UK.

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