New Showcase - Marcello Totti:

Marcello Totti was born in February 2,1977 in Liberec in the Czech Republic. He inherited his love for music from his father,who is well known as one of the best Czech pianists.



This was the main reason, why Marcello entered the ZSLU (The music school) in 1983. He began his music career by playing piano and singing in the worlwide known choir Severacek.



He started to compose his own music during the eight years at ZSLU. He composed his first song in the age of 10. It was a song for his first school love. His style was influenced a lot by his father and his father's Jazz band.



He was really interested in music styles like RAP,R&B and Hip Hop.



Read more about Marcello and listen to one of his mixes here

JAckDs from Blackbrain Records joins Paragon

- Jack Ds was born in Milan (IT) on 24 March 1985. Raised in a family where music is present in every moment of the day, he reached the age of 12 years demonstrating an early interest in electronic music.



By the age of 13 the music then became increasingly important to him and he started listening to pure techno and trance music, genres that from then on will accompany him forever.



At the age of 19 years his passion for music led him to experiment with his first turntables and from 2004 onwards this began to build the path that led him to become a professional DJ.




Read more about Jack and listen to one of his mixes here

Andy Wallace from Blackbrain Records joins Paragon

-Andrea a.k.a. Andy Wallace was born in 1984 in Italy. He started his music career when he was very young. His father was the owner of an Italian radio station and this enabled Andrea to get closer to the world of music from a very young age.



At the age of 13 years Andy was actively dedicated to the world of music and decided to take up his first electric guitar. So he began to enter the world of rock / metal and started to play covers of world famous artists such as Guns' n, Ozzy Osbourne, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple.



Read more about Andy and listen to one of his mixes here

Brad Machado joins Paragon

Live Production DJ Brad Machado joins Paragon

- Ever since the young age of five, Brad has always demonstrated a passion for music. His parents enrolled into piano lessons with the Royal Conservatory of Music when he was about 7 years old.

Throughout his years with the Conservatory, Brad also joined a rock band as a lead singer and keyboardist. The group stayed together for about 4 years touring around Southern Ontario, and entering band competitions.

At the age of 13, Brad began to unfold his interest for electronic music. Learning on a 3-track synthesizer, he slowly began to learn the foundations of production.

At the age of 16, Brad also began to learn the art of Dj'ing. He slowly started to get himself gigs at Christmas parties, weddings, etc. Still today, Brad has a dream of getting into the club scene, playing his own music live.

In 2003, Brad produced and released his first debut single called “Want You Now” Radio icon Tony Monaco (Z103.5) heard the track and pitched it over to SPG Music to feature it on their next freestyle compilation called “Freestyle Heaven Vol 5”, alongside other artists Voodoo and Serano, Joee, Ellissa, and the one and only Stevie B, were also featured on the compilation.


Read more about Brad and listen to one of his mixes here

Maxine Hardcastle Joins Paragon

Maxine Hardcastle is the latest fresh faced talent to hit the DJ scene but is no stranger to the music industry, with five house tracks signed to Hed Kandi, Ministry of Sound.

At 18 years old Maxine left training at the Italia Conti Acadamy of Arts to write her own musical material. Setting up a 'mini' studio in her bedroom, she took on the task of teaching herself a professional music program and was determined to become musically self sufficient and able to be involved in each step of the making music process.

Maxine's first track 'It's gunna happen' was immediately signed by record label Hed Kandi, appearing on the albums 'Summer Sampler' and 'Beach House'.


Read more about Maxine and listen to one of her mixes here