Happy New Year and Welcome to the first Accaliberation of 2021. Since National Lockdown has been recommissioned for series 3, this month’s story time focuses on the theme of ’Never Alone’. I call on some soulful sages and wise wordsmiths from Soulclap, The Beatles, James Brown, Fame Gospel Choir, Marco Faraone, Bobbi Humphrey, Patrice Rushen, Brainstorm, Blaze and many more to channel a message of how we can make our way through this lockdown and the pandemic with dignity, a smile and a sweaty body. It’s a soul, funk, disco, house genre-hopper and tells an isolation story like only music and lyrics can.
Welcome to Episode 2 of ‘HEAR HEAR’. Consciously uncoupled from my Reform Radio show, it’s my chance to share the wisdom and joy of some extraordinary people in a lockdown regulated session that is exclusive to my YouTube channel. I am blessed and schooled this month by the inspirational and unfuckwithable Jamz Supernova. She’s a BBC 1Xtra and Selector Radio powerhouse and the brains behind the Future Bounce parties and record label and she brings the fire in some beautiful ways.
Here’s my Christmas-ish (and birthday-ish) show for Accaliberation. I’ve popped some random thoughts about 2020 and my hopes for 2021 into a blender to make a fun, super smoothie. Everyone from The Avalanches, Clarence Carter, J Boogie, Donny Hathaway provide a tangential perspective on my isolation Christmas.
I invited the powerhouse Heléna Star (Foundation FM) to do a guest mix and an interview to close out 2020’s isolation shows with a flourish.
It doesn’t seem that long ago when my Takeover was blessed with the honour of hosting French house music royalty. Enjoy the show where David Duriez schooled us all. Feel free to leave a comment and plenty of love for my 9th isolation takeover for Reform Radio.
As promised, here is part 2 of the fascinating VOICES Black Bandcamp conversation with DJ Paulette (part 1 can be found on the Black Bandcamp page on Mixcloud).
Welcome to Voices by Black Bandcamp; a mixed media series of interviews with talented Black artists and music industry members, where we champion the voices of Black people within the global electronic music sphere. Part one of a two part interview.
People keep asking me for a link to my set for the @Fac51hacienda #newyearseve2020 #nyepartyofparties Here is the @StreamGm link for the live #part1 from 10.00-18.00. I played from 14.00-15.00 so should be nestling somewhere in the middle. Enjoy.https://t.co/Fg4zM2cyTT
— PAULETTE (@DJPAULETTE) January 14, 2021
People keep asking me for a link to my set for the Hacienda NYE 24 Hour House Party #newyearseve2020 #nyepartyofparties Here is the @StreamGm
link for the live with sets from Hewan Clarke, Soul Central, DJ Woody, Tom Wainwright, DJ Paulette, Norman Jay MBE, Greg Wilson and K-Klass. Stream with conscience and please donate what you can afford to #OneGM.
Youtube Premiere for new content. Meet Heléna Star – presenter (Foundation FM and DJ). We’re accentuating the positive through the lens of the pandemic. So here it is. HEAR HEAR. the lunch break interlude you need now, full of help, blessings, advice, guidance and lots of laughter.
Here’s the stream I recorded at Hidden in Manchester for the Glitterbox: Where Love Lives virtual festival. I closed the show with sequins, signs, dancing and a lot of love.
NYE IRL – Celebrate the end of 2020 and a fresh new year of 2021 IN REAL LIFE and fully socially distanced with us for @escapetofreightisland ‘a NYE REVUE 2020.
After a year where we couldn’t hit the dance floor together, FAC51 The Hacienda teams up once again with United We Stream (GM) to produce a marathon 24 Hour House Party uniting party people worldwide.
The Christmas 🎄 Countdown starts now. Just seven sleeps to go before this bad boy hits the internet.
Anyone who loves to rave, loves what the rave and raving represents and misses it can enjoy this beautiful, short film by Manchester Metropolitan University’s Dr. Beate Peter.
Faith.london are back with their latest show, 100% house for 3 hours with Faith’s Stuart Patterson joined by special guest DJ Paulette for a 60 minute mix.
October was kind to us on the Paulette Takeover for Reform Radio as we were blessed with a phenomenal guest mix from techno legend COLIN DALE. It’s beyond awesome. We truly don’t deserve Colin Dale. 🥰🥰🥰
Dive into September’s Isolation Tier 3 Takeover on Reform Radio. My guest Stavross is royal – pure quality. Enjoy.
16 October 2020 I had the good fortune to sit at the table with a BBC 1Xtra presenter par excellence. the incredible Jamz Supernova. I sat in on her ‘Distant Dialogues’ special on the British Council’s ‘Selector Radio’ and this is what it sounded like.
To celebrate 20 years since it first opened its doors, Hard Rock Cafe® Manchester has created “Manc You For The Music,” a 20-track virtual album that highlights the city’s musical past, present and future.
Congratulations to my friend Jaguar Bingham on launching her new podcast series ‘Utopia Talks’. So honoured and proud to have sat around the virtual table with her, Lauren Flax and Sophia Kearney (Weird and The Wonderful) to discuss the issue of sexual misconduct and abuse in the music industry.
This Is DJ Mag’s ‘Black Representation in the UK Dance Music Industry’ #paneldiscussion from the BRIGHTON MUSIC CONFERENCE. Set an hour aside for you to view and reflect.
Welcome to the listen back for August’s wonderful Isolation Takeover on Reform Radio. Warehouse Project’s magnificent Krysko took the controls for the guest mix at the top of the show and I provide the live mix and bantz for the second half as usual.
100 DJs showed up #ForBeirut virtual festival for 12 hours non stop music across multiple rooms with @electroniclaborday 💚 @beatport. I am proud to have represented for Manchester.
Over three beautiful days in August, the battle cry was ‘don’t let the virus get you down’ as We Out Here Festival and Reform Radio showed everybody how it’s done, provided the online, underground contrast, powerful political platform and the shining stage for talks, djs, artists and screenings for all that’s good from Manchester to London and around the world too.
Remember how the summer passed in the blink of an eye? At least we had the We Out Here festival to soundtrack the end of the month with music, talks and live jams from all over the world.
If you missed it - here’s the link to my @sizeofficial #sessions stream https://t.co/Dgqz088AJ4
— PAULETTE (@DJPAULETTE) August 14, 2020
I joined Size? for a live stream to celebrate their 20th anniversary and this is what it looked and sounded like.
https://t.co/zg3EQhXBT6 - if you missed my stream for @DJmag @beatport #alternativetop100djs #virtualfestival here’s the watch link and please remember to donate what you can as we’re fund raising for @UNICEF
— PAULETTE (@DJPAULETTE) August 16, 2020
Here’s the watch link for my stream for the DJ Mag / Beatport Alternative Top 100 DJs Virtual Festival. It’s a fund raiser for Unicef so please give what you can afford. Thank you 🙏🙏🏾🙏🏻
For the first panel of our Dancefloor Diversity series we have assembled a group of leaders and experts to discuss the impact that black culture has had on the UK electronic music scene.
Here is your line up for this Sunday’s (16/08/20) @djmagofficial Top 100 and Alternative Top 100 DJs virtual festival 💃🏾 🕺 I’ll be opening the proceedings on Sunday in spinning in the virtual company of @joycemunizmusic @djdavidpenn @dennisferrerofficial . Big things and love all over this! Save the date. Crank up the volume. Do not miss. 🥰🥰🥰🥳🥳🥳 🍾
Join me on Size? Official, Size? Facebook and my Facebook fan page on Friday August 14th at 20:20 BST for a livestream oozing with #blackjoy and celebrating twenty years past and present and looking forward to the future for Size?.
Thank you Scotch And Soda for inviting me to play for your Summer Sessions. Crank up your speakers for a mini isolation mix that’s short and sweet and packs a mean punch. Dancing shoes mandatory.
My fourth isolation takeover for Reform Radio features a guest mix from UK house music legend Michael Gray (Full Intention).
DJ Magazine celebrates it’s first, new print copy with ‘Dance Music Is Black Music’ an issue with a 33 page cover section that sets out their pledge dedicated to fighting racism within their organisation and throughout the dance music industry and to more fully and fairly exploring the black experience across the spectrum of the music industry. ANZ and I have an isolation conversation about our experiences across the generations.
A little while ago Play It Louder messaged me on my Instagram account and asked if I would do an isolation interview for their page. Here is part two of a two part post.
A little while ago Play It Louder messaged me on my Instagram account and asked if I would do an interview for their page. Here is part one of a two part post.
.@MPeakeOfficial has guest edited .@M_Star_Online and invited a stellar array of strong women to contribute. Here is my column. https://t.co/XfG7IN5Zs5
— PAULETTE (@DJPAULETTE) June 26, 2020
Award winning actor, activist, dj and all around beautiful person, Maxine Peake was the Guest Editor of the Culture section of Morning Star newspaper at the end of June. She invited me to write an opinion piece on how COVID and lockdown has affected my work and life. Here is my column.
Glastonbury Festival as we know it did not happen this year, but in amongst the timber, paint and theatre props at Block9’s London warehouse HQ, a broadcast ran from 9pm till 3am showcasing DJ sets from Norman Jay MBE, Heidi , DJ Paulette and Batu_music for each of their Glastonbury Festival venues – Maceo’s, NYC Downlow, Genosys and IIcon. This is your link to view the show again.
I’m always banging on about how proud I am to be a Manc so it is a massive honour to be able to commit my absolute love and passion for this city and my hometown to film.