Paul Thomas has been on fire this year some fantastic new singles, their label Ultraviolet has been belting some amazing tracks and now hes announced the launch of his new label FSOE UV with a new single UV. We had a chat with this humble yet very ambitious man about UV and what more can we expect in 2017.

I actually first discussed it with Fadi at the Supersonic show in Pune, India show we both played earlier in the year. He mentioned he really liked my music, said he wanted to launch a proper progressive label. I then went to meet him in Amsterdam ahead of his open to close show there to discuss and we were totally on the same page for everything so it was very easy to work out. As for the artists and music, its going to be just great underground works. Theres a lot of my own stuff on there, as well as some really cool acts that both myself and Aly & Fila already support.

Well with this one I am running it with Aly & Fila. I have great respect for their wide ranging of music tastes and also for their knowledge and input, so its going to be more of a bringing together of the minds of 2 artists. UltraViolet took a long time to build up to where it is now, but due to the nature of what weve already got in terms of backing at FSOE, we are able to make a massive splash straight away, as youll hear with the music in the coming months.

I think its a great basis to tell people what we are going to be about for sure. I dont think we have a very strict output on the style. Its not like I am expecting everyone to deliver me a rolling underground melodic prog track for the label. It will be varied, but it will stay very underground. As for another collab, I have no idea! Its not something we have discussed as we havent got this track out yet J The guys are working on a new artist album so I am sure they have a lot of commitments to stick to. But who knows in the future J

That doesnt surprise me. Theres a definite upward trend around the world with trance at the moment so I am pleased thats reflecting in sales as well. Top 3 would be a massive ask. I would say house, deep house, tech house and techno are way too far ahead in terms of sales and exposure but who knows. I think youll definitely see a big rise in progressive house sales though. That will be taking off massively for sure.

I am toying with the idea of an album, but after spending 18 months writing one and then scrapping it last year because of the change in my musical direction, I am a little more sceptical now. But I have some great singles lined up. After the UV track with Aly & Fila I have one called Goliath out on FSOE UV at the end of August, a track called Dark Heart on Armada in September, and my first solo single since switching to progressive in October also on FSOE UV. We also have the Diablo remixes coming on UltraViolet later in the year too.

I cant wait for this. Its probably my biggest show to date, and I have done a lot of big shows in my career. I have already started editing tracks, doing some reworks and organising music especially for this show. Itll be a one-off set I wont play anywhere else. I dont think there will be a B2B at the main show. Obviously its Aly & Filas home city so I think everyone will be so excited for their set on their own. But as for at an after party, who knows! J

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Curator of Edm4Pune, sports enthusiast assisted by having a taste bud for delicious food. Open to all genres of music yet staying close to his first love, Trance.

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