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Judge Jules at 'The Gallery'. Turnmills - Friday 22nd September 2006.
Judge Jules at 'The Gallery'. Turnmills - Friday 22nd September 2006.
Judge Jules at BCM in Mallorca (August 2005).
Judge Jules at BCM in Mallorca (August 2005).

Judge Jules is a British dance music DJ. Born on October 26, 1965 as Julius O'Riordan, he was educated at University College School and the London School of Economics. He studied law at the LSE, giving rise to his stage name "Judge Jules", though he obtained a lower second class honours in his degree. Jules began his music career as a DJ on the then pirate radio station Kiss FM before he joined BBC Radio 1 in 1997, where he now has a regular Saturday night slot. He also has an internationally-syndicated radio show called "The Global Warm Up" www.somethinelse.com which can be heard across the USA, Russia, Europe and the Middle East. The Judge is well known for his witty one liners and eloquent speaking between tunes on his radio show.

Jules is renowned for his gaudy dress sense, particularly his loud and garish shirts and t-shirts, which he predominantly wears whilst DJing in clubs.

Jules' Radio 1 show, called The Saturday Warm Up is on air 7:00pm-9:00pm. It's extremely popular with clubbers and people preparing to go out on Saturday night. As well as Pete Tong's show it's one of the most listened to dance radio shows in the UK and also attracts listeners from around the world due to Radio 1's online internet connections and the Sirius Satellite Radio network out in the USA and Canada. His show attracts an audience well in the region of 1-2 million listeners.

Because of his DJing prowess and popular radio show he has achieved global success and in the last 10 years has never finished outside the top 20 in DJ Mag's "Top 100 DJ's" poll.

Jules is forever staying ahead of the game, recently entering the digital download market with the launch of his new MP3 store www.judgemusic.net

He also works as a producer under the name Hi-Gate with Paul Masterson, and recently as a solo producer under his own DJ name, Judge Jules. He lives in Highgate, North London and is married to Amanda, who provides vocals for the group Angelic with Jules & Darren Tate. They have a son, Jake, and daughter, Phoebe.

Judge Jules is responsible for launching many huge trance tunes and acts in the UK through his show, and is a pioneer for commercial contemporary dance music.

Judge Jules has a regular club night in Ibiza at the club Eden called Judgement Sundays, advertised as "San Antonios busiest night". The night runs for the entire summer season, starting in June until mid September and as well as DJing at this night he also promotes it. Because of the work involved, Jules has a second home in Ibiza , he used to own a share in the restaurant Kazbah on the island but has since sold his interest in this.

Judge Jules has also made a couple of TV appearances. Firstly the BBC's Top Gear Show, in the 1990s, road testing In-Car Entertainment (ICE) systems. He gave a short interview on Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show and featured on the Richard and Judy Show with his counterpart Paul Masterson and singer/DJ Boy George promoting their Hi-Gate album, on which Boy George made a cameo singing contribution.

A moody looking Judge Jules also appeared on the BBC's Top Of The Pops show with Paul Masterson, to perform the single Pitching, off their album Hi-Gate. Jules has released a new solo album in the states called Proven Worldwide. This album has now been released in the UK .

A lifelong and passionate follower of football he supports Arsenal FC and was asked to remix the English Premier League's official anthem in 2005. His uncle is chef Rick Stein.

He writes a near-weekly blog on his website www.judgejules.net that provides an insight into his life travelling around the world gigging. It also provides a personal insight into how he manages to juggle a busy professional DJ career and a wife and family. Jules answers every email sent to him via this website no matter how large or small a matter. Through both these mediums, Judge Jules comes across as a empathetic, focussed and amusing person.

Contents

[edit] Production Aliases

  • 290 North
  • Angelic
  • Celine Diablo
  • The Clergy
  • Dattman
  • Hi-Gate
  • Precocious Brats
  • Restless Rockers
  • Stix 'N' Stoned
  • VPL
  • Working Class Hero


[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums (Solo)

  • 2006 Proven Worldwide

[edit] Singles (Solo)

  • 2006 Ordinary Day
  • 2007 Without Love (To be released in April 2007)

[edit] Co production

[edit] DJ compilations (DJ Mixes of Judge Jules)

[edit] Clubs

Judge Jules plays regularly at a number of nightclubs in the UK:

And has a weekly summer residency in Ibiza:

[edit] Accolades

[edit] 1998

  • Voted number three in the "Top 150 DJs in the World" by DJ Magazine.

[edit] 1999

  • Voted "Best DJ" at the Muzik Awards.
  • Voted number one in the "Mixmag Readers' Poll".
  • Won "Best DJ" and "Best Radio DJ" at the Ministry Awards.
  • Won "Best International DJ" the "Smirnoff Dance Awards" in Ireland.

[edit] 2000

  • Voted number six in the "Top 100 DJs in the World" by DJ Magazine.
  • Won "Best Radio DJ" at the Smirnoff Dance Star Awards.
  • Won "Best International DJ" at the BBM Awards.

[edit] 2001

  • For the second year running, won "Best Radio DJ" at the Smirnoff Dance Star Awards.
  • For the second year running, won "Best International DJ" at the BBM Awards.
  • Won "Best Trance DJ" at the Ibiza Pascha Awards.

[edit] 2006

  • Winner of 'Best Ibiza Trance DJ' Award at the M8 Ibiza Dance Awards on 2nd September 2006 in Eden (nightclub), Ibiza

[edit] Trivia

  • Judge Jules' favourite color is yellow.
  • Catchphrases: "The Judge will not budge" and "Building your appetite for a Saturday night"
  • Judge Jules even has a logo on Music.

[edit] One Liners

  • "Generating more hits than Securitas"
  • "Tunes so raw they should carry a Salmonella warning"
  • "like milk in the sun...we are going off!"
  • "like toilet paper.......we're on a roll".

[edit] External links

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