| Paul B | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Russian |
| Genres | Drum and bass |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Step2Zero Recordings Juno Records (UK) Redeye Records (UK) |
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Step2Zero Recording Moscow, Russia
The Story of Moscow based STEP2ZERO RECORDINGS began in 2003 with its first release (U & Me / Massacre) from a label owner Paul B. It set a new era in Russian drum´n´bass scene as the only Russian dnb label releasing 12-inches worldwide. The idea behind STEP2ZERO was to bring the new quality sound from Russia and all around the world to everyone who is open-minded and focused on the future. Paul B unites sharp, experienced artists like Chris. Su, Nothing, Purple Unit, Subwave, Dissident, Overturn and many others in their effors to re-open what the dnb scene is all about. STEP2ZERO talks little but says much.
Having his first track written in 1997 Pavel Burakov (Paul B) left his fingerprints on many local dnb-hits. He was the one who initiated Moscow´s well-known project, The Sounds of Infinity where he was responsible for scoring and mixing the tunes consequently combined in an album. Then, united with Alexey Sta in year 2001, one of the first in Russia has climbed up the world dnb-arena.
The Duo worked purposely on original sounding to reach that goal. Thanks to Alex's experiements with synthesizers and experience of Paul B (time to mention, that Paul took piano lessons in the childhood), guy's have drawn attention of English producer and DJ Trace. In some 3 months he signs them to his label DSCI4. That became the pure breakthrough for whole Russian dnb-scene.
Their first release "The Lick" and "Gladiators" instantly gets to the leaders of the UK sales-charts. These and their other tracks occupy the places of honour in bags of top drum and bass DJs. Andy C, Grooverider, Bad Company, Kemal, SS, Stakka & Skynet, J Majik, Optical, Marky and others spun duplates of Sta & Paul B on radio shows and parties.
The main aspiration has been reached. Paul B continues his growth as a DJ, having started to release his studio mixes in the Web (under a label of "Nuborn Mixes") with the freshest material of well-known and yet climbing artist. One of the first in Russia Paul has started to go for the tours and trips across whole Europe and rest of the world: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine.
Besides his solo works Paul doesn't forget to cooperate with other Russian musicians (headliners of the local scene: Subwave, Dissident, Nothing and Electrosoul System). He had enough time to release under a number of imprints (including Renegade Hardware, Sonix, Human Imprint and many more) before launching his own one named STEP2ZERO recordings which keeps him busy at this time.