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 PAUL HERON Sometime while I was in Ibiza during the summer of 2003, bouncing DJ Paul Heron went from being a good DJ, to being a great DJ. One-time Crash and Trade PR star Steve Simmonds has a lot to answer for, not only drawing to my attention the genius of Steve Pitron at Crash, but also introducing me to Paul Heron for the first time, telling me that Paul was a DJ to keep an eye on. As Beyond took over my London clublife in 2003, it was Paul and Brent Nicholls Then, late in 2003, I stumbled into A:M - trust me, there's no other way of getting into the club - where, bouncing even more than usual, Paul kept the dancefloor rocking through two encores and into my ranks of great scene DJs. Then, during three successive visits to Action, it was Paul's bouncing closing sets that kept me and many others glued to the dancefloor until the very last record, instead of joining the thronging throngs rushing to beat the coat-check queue as they left Action, in order to get to the queue for the coat-check at Crash Aftersome... The Fusion opening party at the revamped Fridge in March 2004, saw another significant notch in Paul's massive quiver - Or is it his bow? Where do DJs notch things? Anyway, it was one of those parties where you'd kick yourself if you missed it, particularly the New York stylings of a harder, sharper Paul Heron. Paul's now to be found playing at Crash Afterhours, Beyond, Orange, A:M, Fusion, back-to-back with Boy George in New York, which is at best a very disturbing picture, and as Masterbeats with Rob Sykes at Action, and has five minutes free on the third Wednesday of every month for any extra gigs that can be thrown his way... Special rates negotiable for weddings and bar mitzvahs. Seriously, have sex with this man now, before he becomes bigger than Madonna.
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That first meeting was at No Name, which also has a lot to answer for, when Paul was making a name for himself playing somewhere respectable (and probably with decent toilets and air-conditioning) such as the Sweet Shadow Sanctuary, or his gym... places you wouldn't find me basically. But, trusting Steve Simmonds' judgement on such things, I tucked Paul's name away until such time I could hear for myself. And, when Paul became the funky DJ at Action, as well as being the funky DJ at Crash, I eventually got to hear what Mr Simmonds had been on about.
who provided the funky backbone to my Sundays, keeping me and the circulating masses in the Funky Backbone Room on our toes. And across the road at Action, Paul's funky sets were the perfect opening salvo for a really good night at the Mayfair Works. He was very good at what he did.
Playing after Alan Thompson at his farewell Action gig, Paul proved he could easily wear Alan's crown, when most DJs would happily just settle for Alan's ring
