Paul Hardcastle is a artist, songwriter and producer who has been making music for the last 30 years. He started out in the electro/dance sphere, and in recent decades, his musical journey has led to him more of an ambient, smooth jazz sound, evident on last year’s 19 Below Zero album.
There have been plenty of diversions and collaborations along the way, with Hardcastle often recording under aliases, to avoid contractual problems. He is best known outside the US for his enormous hit single 19, which reflected on the plight of veterans who served in the Vietnam War in the late 1960s. It would reach number one in 13 different countries around the world.
Demon Music Group through their Music Deluxe imprint, released Electrofied 80s: Essential Paul Hardcastle at the end of last month. This two-CD retrospective highlights some of Hardcastle’s best work with much focus on the music produced in the 1980s-era.
We recently caught up with Paul and spoke to him about this new release…
SuperDeluxeEdition: How did the new compilation come about?
Paul Hardcastle: Demon Music contacted me to say they were interested in getting together a compilation of my old electro and ’80s type of stuff, and to be honest with you, I thought that’s would be great, because number one I’d have a CD of all my stuff (laughs).
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