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ABOUT
Paul Murphy a.k.a Mudd, Pablo.
Paul Murphy a.k.a Mudd, Pablo. From his early days breaking on the mean streets of Hertfordshire, through his introduction to house music in the late 80s and his involvement with UK nu-house pioneers Akwaaba, Paul has always lived and breathed music. Growing up in St.Albans, Paul was initially enthused, like so many of his generation, by the twin delights of the early hip hop sounds emanating from New York and the reckless pleasure of BMX. Joining him in these youthful pursuits were good friends Tom Lee & Steve 'Fela' Kotey. As the 80s drew to a close Paul & friends were naturally drawn to the emerging acid house scene and all the hedonistic pleasure it had to offer. Nights were spent dodging Yardies at Labyrinth and indulging in underage hardcore delights at raves such as Telepathy. Around this time Mudd's DJ career started to take off and he had the dubious pleasure of spinning at the Tudor Oaks, a rather dodgy Hertfordshire club where he and old mucker Tom made an all too brief appearance on the famed late night TV show 'The Hitman & Her'!! The early 90s brought a maturing in taste for Paul and a renewal of his love for the house sounds of New York & Chicago. Trips to clubs such as Release The Pressure, Bang The Party and the sounds of DJs such as Kid Batchelor, Linden C & Rhythm Doctor eventually led Mudd and compadres to the Cross and the Idjut Boys legendary Phreek nights. Paul felt he had at last found his home and immersed himself in the new homegrown house scene that was growing at a steady pace in London. It wasn't long before Paul and old friends Tom & Steve had fallen in with the Idjuts and with their encouragement and guiding hand Akwaaba was born. Putting their own dubbed out spin on the traditional house sound the boys' music went down a storm and it wasn't long before NYC legend Francois Kevorkian had beaten a path to their door, licensing the track 'Jus' Pilau' for his Essential Mix compilation. High praise indeed. 2 albums and numerous 12s and remixes for labels such as Nuphonic, Tummy Touch, Strutt & Discfunction followed alongside DJ dates at clubs UK & worldwide. At the turn of the century the three Akwaaba musketeers decided to go their separate ways and explore pastures new and Paul knuckled down in the studio to develop his unique style. Edits on Noid & Big Bear followed until the Mudd we know today was ready to be unleashed on the world. With backing from good chum Ben Cook, head honcho of Rong records in California, Paul released 'Adventures In Bricket Wood' to great acclaim amongst the cognescenti. More releases for Rong followed and a dream chance to work with Latin legend Chico Hamilton soon appeared. The resulting track 'Kerry's Caravan' has gone down a storm in many a varied circle of musical quarters. Paul's DJ work has not taken a back seat during this time and his take on the house & disco sound can be heard in many a club worldwide and not forgetting Paul's involvement with Silver Bob's Disco Meltdown, a random drunken pub disco he organises with good friends Trent Longbridge & Andre Tous Les Jours


LINKS
Rong Music
Bam Bam Club
Carvery Cuts
Bocajito Records
Jigsaw Music
Cynic Records
Mudd Myspace
Muddsworld site


CREDITS
Artwork: elph
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007


Smith & Mudd - Shulme (Lexx Remix) only 200 of these available and they'll be out in March


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This will be in the shops early Jan, limited to 500


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We've finally finished the album and it's available now at piccadilly/juno/phonica and sounds of the universe. Track listing is; 1. 24/7 2. Tanglewood 3. Blue river 4. The start 5. Shulme 6. Elsewhere 7. Plot of Land 8. Vegetable square 9. The secret 10. Shulme (lexx remix


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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Shulme remixes!

I've enlisted the incredible talents of Recloose and Lexx from Switzerland to remix claremont 56 002. I'm hoping to release it before christmas and it will be limited so keep them peeled!


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Rong ep news...

I've nearly finished a new ep for Rong with kevin pollard. It will feature 3 tracks, one dancefloor, one chuggy number (Tako Yaki) and a mellow balearic piece called 'Elsewhere' It should be out on November


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Ben Murphy 24/7

I've recently become a proud uncle and here's a picture of the little dude. He'll be tinkling (on) the ivories before you know it


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Claremont 56 003 is out now!

Side A sees another balearic sunshine adventure from us with floating acoustic guitar melodies riding along the head nodding groove which takes you to a place far better than the english summer.

Side B see’s one of the best Idjut boy remixes I’ve ever heard.
An epic 22 minute journey that sucks you in and out of your
cosmic consciousness. A blissful gem of a track. This is sure to
become a classic. Limited to a run of 800 copies.


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Monday, July 09, 2007



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I'm busy recording the Smith & Mudd album at the moment with Ben, Huw Costin and Kevin Pollard. We've pretty much recorded everything for it now, it's just all got to be arranged and produced. The next one is coming out on Claremont 56 in August and it has an idjut boys mix on it - 'Tranquil eyes'


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Thursday, April 12, 2007


Claremont 56 number 2 is finished and will be out in the first week of May. Limited to 500 one sided 12's this balaeric number should be a lovely edition to the summer soundtrack.


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Friday, February 23, 2007


Here's the artwork for rong019. It should be out next month.


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Thursday, January 25, 2007


I've printed some Claremont 56 high quality T-shirts with non fading ink. It's got the Claremont 56 logo on front, Keep it carpet logo on back. Check here for all the details... http://claremont56.bigcartel.com/


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Thursday, December 07, 2006


I'm starting a new label and the first ep is finished. I'm only pressing 300 copies and selling them from here http://claremont56.bigcartel.com/ Go to www.myspace.com/claremont56 to hear the samples ('Villa Stavros' and 'Dub Stavros')


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