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Collection of Paul Hardcastle 10 December 1957, London, England. This producer, mixer, composer and keyboard wizard was one of the UK dance music scene’s first crossover successes. He first worked in a hi-fi shop and developed an interest in electronics in his teens. Hardcastle made his recording debut in 1981 on ‘Don’t Depend On Me’, a single by UK soul act Direct Drive. He subsequently formed First Light with vocalist Derek Green, with whom he had worked on the Direct Drive sessions. First Light’s output included a deplorable cover version of America’s ‘A Horse With No Name’. Hardcastle then formed his own Total Contral Records label and enjoyed two number 1 dance hits in 1984 with ‘You’re The One For Me’/‘Daybreak’/‘A.M.’ and ‘Rainforest’.

The latter was released on the Bluebird label in the UK, and became a big club hit in America on the Profile Records label. Hardcastle’s big breakthrough came with the following year’s ‘19’, a record about the Vietnam conflict utilising samples of spoken news reports.

The single went to number 1 in 13 countries, including his native England, and received the Ivor Novello award for The Bestselling Single Of 1985. The follow-up, ‘Just For The Money’, was based on the Great Train Robbery and boasted the voices of Bob Hoskins and Sir Laurence Olivier.

Further singles were progressively less successful before he scored with ‘Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag’ under the pseudonym Silent Underdog. He also wrote the Top Of The Pops theme, ‘The Wizard’, in 1986, before switching to production for young funk band LW5, providing remixes for anyone from Third World to Ian Dury. Another production credit was the last ever Phil Lynott single, coincidentally called ‘Nineteen’. Other engagements came with Carol Kenyon (previously vocalist on Heaven 17’s ‘Temptation’) most notably on the 1986 Top 10 hit ‘Don’t Waste My Time’. Hardcastle subsequently ‘retired’ to his Essex home studio, where he continues to release records under pseudonyms such as the Deff Boyz, Beeps International, Kiss The Sky (with vocalist Jaki Graham), and the bestselling Jazzmasters (with vocalist Helen Rogers). The latter showcases his preference for smooth jazz grooves, and is particularly popular in the USA and Japan.

He is also founder of the labels Fast Forward and Hardcastle Records, and has written the theme music to two BBC nature series, Supersense and its sequel, Lifesense, and contributed to the soundtrack of Spiceworld - The Movie and the S Club 7 television series. Album: Daybreak (1984) 01. I Don't Care 03. Don't Be Mistaken 04. Explain The Reasons 05. Wish You Were Here 06.

Time Machine 07. She's A Mystery 08.

Stop The Clock 09. Album: Zero One (1985) 01.

Forest Fire 02. Rainforrest 04. Sound Chaser 05. Ready Ready Go 07.

Drum Beat 08. Hip-Hop Beat (street mix) Album: Rain Forest (1985) 01.

Rain Forest (Remix) 02. Forest Fire 05. Loitering With Intent 06. Sound Chaser 08. Rain Forest (Original Mix) Album: Paul Hardcastle (1985) 01.

In The Begining 02. Don't Waste My Time 05. Central Park 06. Just For Money 07. Moonhopper 08. Strollin' 10. Rainforest Album: No Winners (1988) 01.

No Winners 02. Walk In The Night 03. On The Run 04. The Wizard (Jazz Mix) 05. The Last Jam 06. Lost Summer 07. Voices Of The World Album: The Definitive (1994) 01.

Autodesk Robot 2013 Crack Chomikuj. You're The One For Me-A.M.-Daybreak 02. Sound Chaser 05.

Rainforest 06. Eat Your Heart Out 07. Don't Waste My Time 09. Foolin' Yourself 10.