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 Judge Jules at BCM in Majorca (August 2005)
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| Birth name | Julius O'Riordan |
| Born | 26 October 1966 |
| Origin | London, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Trance |
| Occupations | Club DJ, radio DJ |
| Instruments | DJ |
| Associated acts | Hi-Gate, Angelic, VPL and several other (see below) |
| Website | JudgeJules.net BBC Radio 1 minisite |
Judge Jules (born as Julius O'Riordan on 26 October 1966 in London, United Kingdom) is a British dance music DJ famously known for his DJing prowess and popular radio show which achieved global success. Between 1997 and 2006 he didn't finish outside the top 20 in DJ Mag's "Top 100 DJ's" poll. In the 2007 poll he finished 21st.
Jules is well known for his witty one liners and eloquent speaking between tunes on his radio show. He is renowned for his gaudy dress sense, particularly his loud and garish shirts and t-shirts, which he predominantly wears whilst playing sets.
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Jules was educated at Highgate Wood Secondary School, before going onto University College School and the London School of Economics (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 LSE with lower second class honours.
He has lived in North London for the majority of his life, now settled in the Highgate area with his wife Amanda, their son Jake and daughter Phoebe. He met Amanda around 1992 and they married in March 1998 in Camden 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.
Jules is the nephew of celebrity chef Rick Stein.
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 since October 1997. When he first arrived, his show went out between 17:00 and 19:00 on Saturday evenings, ahead of Danny Rampling's show. In 2003, after the departure of Seb Fontaine from the station, his show was moved to between 19:00 and 21:00 on Saturday nights, ahead of Tim Westwood. The show was widely advertised as "The Weekend Warm-Up". The show kept this slot until September 2007.
During those four years, he played a mixture and more commercial and underground tracks. 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 and the second hour featured trance music, although if they were broadcasting the show outside the studio, the music might vary. The show gave rise to one of Judge Jules's catchphrases, "Building your appetite for a Saturday night", a phrase which he can no longer use as his show now goes out on Friday evenings.
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, whose Dance Anthems show was moved to BBC 6 Music. His show attracts a wide audience from around the world due to Radio 1's online internet connections and the Sirius Satellite Radio network out in the U.S. and Canada. Through the radio show, he is responsible for launching many popular trance 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. [1] His Radio 1 show is produced by independent production company Somethin' Else.
He also has an internationally-syndicated radio show called "The Global Warm Up" (also produced by Somethin' Else www.somethinelse.com) which can be heard across the USA, 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, which was a grouping between Judge Jules and Darren Tate. 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 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.
Jules was a contributor to the UK-based black music magazine Soul Underground 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.
Judge Jules has a regular club night in Ibiza at the club Eden called Judgement Sundays, advertised as "San Antonio's 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 it. Due to the work involved, 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.
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 (ICE) systems. He gave a short interview on Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show (11 April 2000)[1] and featured on the Richard and Judy Show in 2003 with his counterpart Paul Masterson and singer/DJ Boy George promoting their Hi-Gate album, on which Boy George made a cameo singing contribution.
Judge Jules also appeared on the BBC's Top Of The Pops show (2000) with Paul Masterson, to perform the single "Pitchin'", off their album Hi-Gate. Judge Jules also appeared in a UK series called Superstar DJs[2] and a series called Ibiza Uncovered[3]. He had his own short series "Spin Cities" on Play UK.
In 2009 Judge Jules started supporting the UK charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer joining the Breakthrough Running Club as the club dj, offering his best tracks to train to [2].
In 2008 Jules has worked with designers to produce his own clothing range 'Heroes and Villains' The current stock can be viewed & purchased at http://www.designerwear.co.uk/heroes-and-villains-judge-jules-clothing-range.
Judge Jules plays regularly at a number of nightclubs in the UK:
And has a weekly summer residency at Ibiza and Magaluf in Majorca:
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