The South West's answer to Cut Chemist is back with a different sound. On the A side he's taken a classic soul track and brought it right up to date whilst on the flipside he gives us another of his signature sound uptempo breakbeat with a touch of added soul.

Following his debut album "Fallen On Def Ears" released in late 2009 Para has been working hard on his next album. His debut was a breakbeat heavy trip into new school funk. The follow up is heading deeper into soul territory as Para's sound matures.

Side A - The Dock Of The Bay ('Sittin On')

This track came about after Para happened across a small bar pretty much empty aside from a man in the corner singing and playing the piano. That guy was Badfoot Brown, A man with seriously deep soul and rawness to his vocals. After talking they agreed to work on a song together. Badfoot hails from San Francisco and naturally Sitting On the Dock of The Bay is one of his all time faves. He couldn't resist suggesting that he and Para take on Otis Redding's huge hit. Para employed his usual approach of heavy drums blended with funkier than thou bass and a bluesy, jazzy organ. All the elements plus Badfoot's vocal combine to breathe new life in what is a stone cold classic track. Now updated for 2012 and ideal for the dancefloor and soul boys alike. Swindon meets San Francisco!

B - The Night That Stole My Mind

The Night That Stole My Mind is a hard uptempo psychedelic track with bouncy drums, head-nodding riffs and nerve shredding guitar. The track features Para's favourite vocal partner Caitlin with her unique soul, jazz vocal style. For the first time Para has also brought in the legendary blues man Bob Bowles on lead guitar. What results is a breakbeat workout that's got a live analogue sound feel with fuzzboxes, live scratching, wah wah's and Para's unmistakable use of drums. Caitlin takes us thru the story of a night with an altered mind state that fits beautifully with the overall feel of the track.

Background:

Para, a DJ and producer from Swindon, was introduced to hip-hop around 1988, having a local scene that was active in all elements of Hip Hop Para quickly learnt about the history and was instantly hooked. After experimenting with all elements he decided to focus on Djing. Para began by making a series of Mix -tapes which he would hand out locally. These developed into a series of cut and paste mixes that took the idea of cut and paste to the next level. One of Para's releases "The Saxton Collection" (put out in 2005) received great reviews in this country and across the pond and even earned the tag of "mix of the year" in some media. This was followed by "Feats per Minute" feat DJ Yoda, another cut and paste style mix that fuses snippets of records from many musical genres in an innovative and original style. His love for digging breaks also led to the realms of production.

Para joined the Breakin Bread stable in late 2007 to release his first production on 7". "You Never Change" turned heads worldwide with its sheer funkiness, dancefloor focus and mysteriously familiar vocal. He followed that up with "It's the Hornet" a beats heavy ride backed with "Hideaway" a festival favourite in 2008. In early 2009 he released his first single featuring the vocals of Caitlin, "Rescue Me" quickly became Para's bestselling single with its catchy hook and infectious beats. Making sure to keep his hip hop fanbase happy the mix CD "Smack My Pitch Up" came out at the same time. The mix is a fast and furious ride thru some of the best hip hop tracks of all time, deftly mixed, scratched, blended and remixed by a master of the game. His debut album "Fallen On Def Ears" was released in late 2009 and is now on its second repress.