Judge Jules
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Judge Jules is a British dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 DJ and producer, known for his DJ activities and popular radio show which achieved global success.

Education

Jules was educated at Highgate Wood Secondary School
Highgate Wood Secondary School
Highgate Wood School Arts College is a secondary school located in Crouch End in the North London borough of Haringey. It accommodates pupils aged 11–16, providing secondary education to 1368 pupils. The school also has a sixth form . It has partnerships with Sport England, the Haymarket Theatre...

, a state school in Highgate Wood
Highgate Wood
Highgate Wood is a 28 hectare area of ancient woodland in North London, lying between East Finchley, Highgate Village, and Muswell Hill. It was originally part of the ancient Forest of Middlesex which covered much of London, Hertfordshire and Essex and was mentioned in the Domesday Book...

 in North London
North London
North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...

 and University College School
University College School
University College School, generally known as UCS, is an Independent school charity situated in Hampstead, north west London, England. The school was founded in 1830 by University College London and inherited many of that institution's progressive and secular views...

, an independent school
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...

 for boys in Hampstead
Hampstead
Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...

 (also in North London), followed by the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

 (LSE), where he studied law. During his time at university, Jules started hosting small parties where he was the DJ. Unsurprisingly due to his field of study, the stage name of "Judge Jules" was born. He graduated from the LSE with Lower Second Class Honours. He speaks near fluent Spanish..

DJ career and radio shows

Judge Jules began DJing professionally back in 1987. He was quickly hired by the then-pirate radio station Kiss FM. He has been on Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

 since October 1997. When he first arrived, his show went out between 17:00 and 19:00 on Saturday evenings, ahead of Danny Rampling
Danny Rampling
Danny Rampling is a British House Music DJ and is widely credited as one of the original founders of the UK's rave/club scene. His long career began in the early 1980s playing hip-hop, soul and funk around numerous bars and clubs in London.-Ibiza:...

's show. From the 31st July 2004, after the departure of Seb Fontaine
Seb Fontaine
Seb Fontaine is an English house music DJ.Fontaine had his first DJ gig at Crazy Larry's on the Kings Road, London, but he soon progressed to residency at the Fridge in Brixton in 1989....

 from the station, his show was moved to between 19:00 and 21:00 on Saturday nights, ahead of Tim Westwood
Tim Westwood
Timothy Westwood is an English DJ and presenter of radio and television. He also presents the UK version of the MTV show Pimp My Ride...

. The show was widely advertised as, "The UK's Saturday Warmup", or "The Weekend Warm-Up". One of the most infamous jingles used on the show during this time described it as, "The Sound Of Saturday Night". The show kept this slot until September 2007.

During those years, his music policy ranged from playing commercial to underground tracks, and much in between. The first segment of the show were taken by the Cut-Up Boys, who did a ten-minute mix featuring several dance tracks and acappellas playing simultaneously. The rest of the first hour was generally taken up by house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 and the second hour featured trance music
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

, although if they were broadcasting the show outside the studio, the music might vary.

In September 2007, the show was moved to 01:00 to 03:00 every Saturday morning. Because of Jules' DJ commitments on Friday evenings, his show was now pre-recorded instead of being broadcast live. From September 2008, the show was moved forward by 2 hours to 23:00 to 01:00 every Friday evening. The reason for the move was the departure of Dave Pearce
Dave Pearce
Dave Pearce is a British dance DJ and record producer, who has played gigs across the UK and the world, although he is perhaps best known for his work in radio. He currently works for the BBC 6 Music...

, whose Dance Anthems show was moved to BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....

. His show attracts a wide audience from around the world due to Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

's online internet connections and the Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...

 network out in the US and Canada. Through the radio show, he is responsible for launching many popular trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

 tunes and acts in the UK, and is a pioneer for commercial contemporary dance music. Many people send their unreleased tracks to him. According to his own website, he receives between 250-300 promos per week. His Radio 1 show is produced by independent production company Somethin' Else
Somethin' Else Sound Directions Ltd.
Somethin' Else is a content design and creation company. They specialise in content across, games, interactivity, radio, TV, branded content and talent management....

.

He also has an internationally-syndicated radio show called "The Global Warm Up" (also produced by Somethin' Else) which can be heard across the US, Russia, Europe and the Middle East.

Jules produces his own music - his wife has appeared on a few of these. She provided vocals for the group Angelic
Angelic (band)
Angelic was a British trance band featuring Darren Tate, Judge Jules and Jules's wife, Amanda O'Riordan.- History :In 1999, when Judge Jules and Darren Tate launched the collaboration Angelic, Judge Jules was already a successful club and radio DJ. For Darren Tate, the project was the beginning of...

, which was a grouping between Judge Jules and Darren Tate
Darren Tate
Darren Tate is an English record producer and club DJ.-Biography and personality:As a classically trained musician, Tate has worked with international artists and songwriters with whom he collaborates regularly...

. They had two hits, "It's My Turn" in 2000 and "Can't Keep Me Silent" in 2001. In 2005, she appeared once more on the track "Without Love", which was by Judge Jules himself. This track was eventually released, with remixes, on the Maelstrom Records label in 2007. Jules has also released two albums via this label, "Proven Worldwide" in 2006 and "Bring The Noise" in 2009. Elsewhere, he has collaborated several times with Paul Masterson under the Hi-Gate
Hi-Gate
Hi-Gate is the dance music pairing of BBC Radio 1 DJ Judge Jules, and Paul Masterson.-History:In 1998, Masterson sent Jules a copy of a track he had just finished, which would later become known as 'Yomanda – Synth and Strings'. Jules noted that the phone number on the track had the same area code...

 name.

Jules is a lifelong and passionate follower of football. He supports Arsenal FC and was asked to remix the Premier League's official anthem in 2005.

In January 2010 Jules played a Royal National Institute for the Deaf promotional event for M&C Saatchi. He is set to play the South West Four Weekender on 28 August 2010 on Clapham Common, London.

Work as a journalist

Jules was a contributor to the UK-based black music magazine Soul Underground
Soul Underground
Soul Underground was a UK-based music magazine covering ‘underground’ black music and dance music, which launched in 1987 and ceased publication in January 1991....

 between 1988-1990. He contributed both as 'Judge Jules' and as 'The Dark Knight', using the anonymity of this identity to provide 'inside information' on the music scene.

Judgement Sundays

Judge Jules has a regular club night in Ibiza
Ibiza
Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...

 at the club Eden called Judgement Sundays, advertised as "San Antonio's
Sant Antoni de Portmany
Sant Antoni de Portmany is a town on the western coast of Ibiza. It is the second-largest town and municipality in Ibiza; an island described by Time Out magazine as "arguably the clubbing capital of the universe"...

 busiest night". The night runs for the entire summer season, starting in June and running through mid September, and as well as DJing at this night he also promotes
Promotion (marketing)
Promotion is one of the four elements of marketing mix . It is the communication link between sellers and buyers for the purpose of influencing, informing, or persuading a potential buyer's purchasing decision....

 it. Jules has a second home in Ibiza; he used to own a share in the restaurant Kazbah on the island but has since sold his interest in this.

TV appearances

Judge Jules has also made a couple of TV appearances. Firstly the BBC's Top Gear show, in the 1990s, road testing In-Car Entertainment
In car entertainment
In-Car Entertainment, , is a collection of hardware devices installed into automobiles, or other forms of transportation, to provide audio and/or audio/visual entertainment, as well as automotive navigation systems...

 (ICE) systems. He gave a short interview on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

's The 11 O'Clock Show (11 April 2000) and featured on the Richard and Judy Show in 2003 with his counterpart Paul Masterson
Paul Masterson
Recording as Amen! UK he had a hi-NRG hit with "Passion", released by Deconstruction Records in 1995, and as Paul Masterson presents Sushi, had another hit with "The Earthshaker" in 2002...

 and singer/DJ Boy George
Boy George
Boy George is a British singer-songwriter who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by...

 promoting their Hi-Gate
Hi-Gate
Hi-Gate is the dance music pairing of BBC Radio 1 DJ Judge Jules, and Paul Masterson.-History:In 1998, Masterson sent Jules a copy of a track he had just finished, which would later become known as 'Yomanda – Synth and Strings'. Jules noted that the phone number on the track had the same area code...

 album, on which Boy George made a cameo singing contribution.

Judge Jules also appeared on the BBC's Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...

show (2000) with Paul Masterson
Paul Masterson
Recording as Amen! UK he had a hi-NRG hit with "Passion", released by Deconstruction Records in 1995, and as Paul Masterson presents Sushi, had another hit with "The Earthshaker" in 2002...

, to perform the single "Pitchin'", off their album Hi-Gate. Judge Jules also appeared in a UK series called Superstar DJs, and a series called Ibiza Uncovered. He had his own short series Spin Cities on Play UK
Play UK
Play UK was a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel was launched on 10 October 1998...

. In addition to this, Judge Jules has appeared twice on UK Channel Five's 5th Gear in 2005 and 2009. In 2005 he was filmed while at the Global Gathering dance music festival where he was interviewed in a Bentley, and again by the same presenter in 2009 whilst being chauffered in an Aston Marton to a gig in Bournemouth. He also appeared on Channel Five's "The Gadget Show" reviewing various DJ equipment including a remote hand held Dj-ing device known as a "pacemaker".

Charity work

In 2009 Judge Jules started supporting the UK charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Breakthrough Breast Cancer is a United Kingdom charity committed to fighting breast cancer through research, campaigning and education. Its vision is "to work for a future free from the fear of breast cancer".-History:...

 joining the Breakthrough Running Club as the club DJ.

Clothing range

In 2008 Jules has worked with designers to produce his own clothing range 'Heroes and Villains'.

Production aliases

  • 290 North
  • Angelic
    Angelic (band)
    Angelic was a British trance band featuring Darren Tate, Judge Jules and Jules's wife, Amanda O'Riordan.- History :In 1999, when Judge Jules and Darren Tate launched the collaboration Angelic, Judge Jules was already a successful club and radio DJ. For Darren Tate, the project was the beginning of...

  • Celine Diablo
  • The Clergy
  • Dattman
  • Hi-Gate
    Hi-Gate
    Hi-Gate is the dance music pairing of BBC Radio 1 DJ Judge Jules, and Paul Masterson.-History:In 1998, Masterson sent Jules a copy of a track he had just finished, which would later become known as 'Yomanda – Synth and Strings'. Jules noted that the phone number on the track had the same area code...

  • Precocious Brats
  • Restless Rockers
  • Stix 'N' Stoned
  • VPL
  • Working Class Hero
  • JJ

DJ compilations (DJ mixes of Judge Jules)

  • 1990 The 1990 MixMag /Kiss FM
    Kiss 100 London
    Kiss is a UK radio station broadcasting on FM and Digital Radio, specialising in hip hop, R&B, urban and electronic dance music. It also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio around the UK & nationally on Freeview, Sky and TalkTalk TV...

     Mastermixes Track 1
  • 1993 Journeys By DJ Volume 2: In The Mix With Judge Jules
  • 1995 Essential Mix 3 Disc 2
  • 1995 A Retrospective Of House 91'-95' Volume 1 Disc 2
  • 1995 A Retrospective Of House 91'-95' Volume 2 Disc 1
  • 1995 Havin' It Dancefloor Classics Volume One
  • 1995 The Sperm Bank
  • 1995 Journeys By DJ Dance Wars Disc 1
  • 1996 Manifesto Records
    Manifesto Records
    Manifesto Records is the name of an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California that has released records by The Wedding Present, Dead Kennedys, Tom Waits, Tim Buckley, Lilys, Concrete Blonde, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and others. Manifesto released the entire catalogue of Dead Kennedys...

     Monster Mix (With Luke Neville)
  • 1997 Ministry Of Sound
    Ministry of Sound
    Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...

     Classics
  • 1997 Ministry Of Sound Dance Nation 3 Disc 2
  • 1997 Ministry Magazine Presents Hooj Choons
  • 1998 Ministry Of Sound Clubbers Guide To. .. Ibiza Disc 2
  • 1998 Ministry Of Sound The Ibiza Annual Disc 1
  • 1998 Ministry Magazine Presents The Annual IV - Six Track Sampler
  • 1998 Ministry Of Sound The Annual IV Disc 1
  • 1999 Ministry Of Sound Clubber's Guide To. .. Ninety Nine
  • 1999 Ministry Of Sound Clubber's Guide To. .. Ibiza - Summer Ninety Nine
  • 1999 Ministry Of Sound The Ibiza Annual - Summer Ninety Nine Disc 1
  • 1999 Ministry Of Sound The Annual - Millennium Edition Disc 1
  • 2000 Ministry Of Sound Clubber's Guide To. .. 2000
  • 2000 Ministry Of Sound The Annual 2000 Disc 1
  • 2000 Ministry Of Sound Clubber's Guide To. .. Ibiza - Summer 2000
  • 2000 Ministry Magazine Presents Superstar DJs Judge Jules
  • 2000 Ministry Of Sound The Ibiza Annual - Summer 2000 Disc 1
  • 2001 Clubbed
  • 2002 Clubbed 2002
  • 2002 Judge Jules Presents Tried & Tested
  • 2003 Judgement Sundays - Ibiza 2003
  • 2003 Ministry Of Sound Trance Nation Anthems
  • 2003 Ministry Of Sound Trance Nation Harder
  • 2004 Judgement Sundays 2004
  • 2004 Ministry Of Sound Trance Nation Electric
  • 2004 The Very Best Of Tried & Tested Euphoria
    The Very Best Of Tried & Tested Euphoria
    The Very Best Of Tried & Tested Euphoria is a compilation album, released by Ministry of Sound in 2004.-Disc 1:*Mixed by Judge Jules#Lustral - Everytime #Eric Prydz - Call On Me #DT8 Project - Winter...

  • 2005 Judgement Euphoria
    Euphoria (compilations)
    Euphoria is a series of dance music compilations that debuted on the Telstar Records label in early 1999. During the first year, Euphoria focused primarily on Trance music until mid-2000 when Euphoria release the first Chill-out album in the series and the first Hard House album in late...

  • 2006 The Global Warm Up Mix CD
  • 2006 Ministry Of Sound Judgement Sundays - The True Sound Of Ibiza
  • 2007 Ministry Of Sound Judgement Sundays 2007
  • 2007 Gatecrasher Immortal
  • 2007 Pacha Sharm, Ministry Of Sound featuring Mohamed Ali Hussein aka DJ Moeali
  • 2008 Ministry Of Sound Judgement Sundays - The Mix 2008
  • 2009 Gatecrasher's Trance Anthems 1993-2009
  • 2010 Judgement Sundays Presents Ibiza 2000-2010

1999

  • Voted "Best DJ" at the Muzik Awards.
  • Voted number one in the "Mixmag
    Mixmag
    Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...

     Readers' Poll".
  • Won "Best DJ" and "Best Radio DJ" at the Ministry Awards.
  • Won "Best International DJ" the "Smirnoff
    Smirnoff
    Smirnoff is a brand of vodka owned and produced by the British company Diageo. The Smirnoff brand began with a vodka distillery founded in Moscow by Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov , the son of illiterate Russian peasants. It is now distributed in 130 countries.Smirnoff products include vodka, flavored...

     Dance Awards" in Ireland
    Ireland
    Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

    .

2000

  • Voted number six in the "Top 100 DJs in the World" by DJ Magazine.
  • Won "Best Radio DJ" at the Smirnoff Dance Star Awards.
  • Won "Best International DJ" at the BBM Awards.

2001

  • For the second year running, won "Best Radio DJ" at the Smirnoff Dance Star Awards.
  • For the second year running, won "Best International DJ" at the BBM Awards.
  • Won "Best Trance DJ" at the Ibiza Pacha Awards.

2006

  • Winner of 'Best Ibiza Trance DJ' Award at the M8 Ibiza Dance Awards on 2 September 2006 in Eden (nightclub), Ibiza

Personal life

He has lived in North London for the majority of his life, now settled in the Highgate
Highgate
Highgate is an area of North London on the north-eastern corner of Hampstead Heath.Highgate is one of the most expensive London suburbs in which to live. It has an active conservation body, the Highgate Society, to protect its character....

 area with his wife Amanda, their son Jake and daughter Phoebe. Jules has a villa in Ibiza and during the summer months he and his family split their time between there and North London. He met Amanda around 1992 and they married in March 1998 in Camden
Camden Town
-Economy:In recent years, entertainment-related businesses and a Holiday Inn have moved into the area. A number of retail and food chain outlets have replaced independent shops driven out by high rents and redevelopment. Restaurants have thrived, with the variety of culinary traditions found in...

with much of it covered in the British press. Their son Jake was born in June 1999 and daughter Phoebe was born in September 2004.

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