Mr. Sam

Mr. Sam
Background information
Birth name	Samuel Paquet
Born	28 February 1975 (1975-02-28) (age 36), Tourcoing, France
Genres	Techno, Trance, House, Progressive
Occupations	DJ, Producer, Remixer
Years active	1998–present
Labels	APPIA, Black Hole Recordings, Magik Muzik
Associated acts	As One, Blue Screen, Gangster Alliance, Green Screen, Human Angels, Madrid Inc., Mojado, Pure Harlequin, Red Karma, Red Screen, Tribute, The, Yellow Screen
Website	http://www.mrsam.tv/

Samuel Paquet (born February 28, 1975 in Tourcoing, France), better known by his stage name, Mr. Sam, is a French techno/trance music DJ and producer.

Biography and career

Early career (1990-2002)

Born in a small town listening to music from Giorgio Moroder, Klaus Schulze and Elvis Presley he began to get in touch with the outside world and later grew up with his first Depeche Mode purchase which dragged him into the synthesizer based genre of music. Electronic dance music became his aspiration, at age sixteen he decided to pursue a musical career in Belgium. By age eighteen he had begun playing at underground clubs in which he played trance which was a fast growing style at the time. He later received an invitation to play at a major club, La Rocca, in Belgium. He embarked on tours in which he played with other DJs at Portugal, Holland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Corsica; he met Andry Nalin and played for 12 consecutive hours with him at a concert. Moving around Europe he managed to become resident at the clubs Lagoa, La Nova, Tour & Taxi, Pacha. It was not until 1999 when he was able to master and create his own remix for Diki Records which was Circuit Boys's "The Door", with the years he improved his remixing skills. In early 2000s he met Frederic de Backer and both worked under the alias Madrid Inc. with the song My Sunday’s Love which became a success and also marked his first steps to one of the most important dates in his life when Black Hole Recordings heard the July Summer Edition of Ministry Magazine’s free covermount CD with My Sunday's Love.^[1]

Rise to fame (2003–2007)

In 2003, Sam was contacted by Magik Muzik which is a sub-label from Black Hole owned by Tiësto. Mr. Sam and Fred Baker presented a new alias, As One, with one song known as "Forever Waiting" which was released the same year. Learning did not stop for Sam as he and Tim Coltrane decided to collaborate together as The Tribute; the track was picked up by Soundpiercing Records and it included a remix by Sam and Backer. Even though his first officially released single was "Pressurize" in 2002 as himself, it was not until 2003 when he collaborated with Rani Kamalesvaran to create his first vocal song; Fred Backer assisted him with the mastering and writing but was not part of the project. The single was released through Yeti Recordings with a remix by his close mate Tim Coltrane. In 2004 he and friend Dimitri Andreas released the first song from a list of popular songs as Mojado through Magik Muzik which was "Naranja". Even though Sam had begun the Mojado project, he still continued to create music as Mr. Sam on Black Hole such as Flying Around which featured "Crash Course In Science"; the song was arranged, produced, and written with the help of Coltrane. He was asked to create his first studio album for 2006, and he began working with the first single "Lyteo", which featured the vocals of Kirsty Hawkshaw and was his only release in 2005. The second single prior to the album was "Insight", which also featured Kirsty Hawkshaw and guitarist Benjamin Desmet. In 2006 his first studio album Lyteo was released with 14 songs, two of them pre-released. His first single released after the album was "Split" which also contained vocals from Hawkshaw and remixed by T4L and Jonas Steur. In 2007 Black Hole released a remix album known as Lyteo Interpretations which was also released through Maelstrom Records once it gained fame. Before 2007 ended he released his first DJ mix compilation known as "Opus" in which he featured many unreleased tracks then and later became world-known single such as the B-side by Andy Duguid Dreamcatcher, Global Experience's Madras and JES' In Ohm, all members of the Black Hole family.^[2]

APPIA Music (2008-present)

In 2008, Mr. Sam founded his own label known as APPIA, the sub-label belongs to Black Hole Recordings and it was created to release Sam's own work and to bring new talent selected by Sam himself, which also mades it possible for him to release his forthcoming album and his new Opus Secundo compilation.^[3] The first single from APPIA Music was Anasthasia which consists of Sam and T99, the second release is Dominator made by Mr. Sam and Human Resource which is the first single from his new album. Recently he released Opus Secundo through Black Hole where Opus was given birth, the compilation has opened the door to new talent like Emilio Fernandez who has recently joined the sub-label SongBird from Black Hole, and Vernal, dPen, Issues as well as one of his latest collaboration with Andy Duguid and Richard from Solarstone known as Hold My Breath.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums 2006: Lyteo 2010: Pop Model Remix albums 2007: Lyteo Interpretations

Compilation albums 2007: Opus 2008: Opus SECUNDO 2009: Opus TERTIO

Singles

Production singles 2002 Mr Sam - Pressurize (Yeti) 2003 Mr Sam - Surrender (Yeti) 2004 Orbit Catcher - We Are Free (Intensive) 2005 Mr Sam - Flying Around (Black Hole) 2005 Mr Sam - Lyteo (Black Hole) 2006 Mr Sam - Insight (Black Hole) 2006 Mr Sam - Split (Black Hole) 2009 Mr Sam - Tantra (APPIA) 2009 Mr Sam - Mixi (APPIA)

Co-production singles 2002 Mr Sam vs. Flatner - Chemical Adventures Vol. 1 (Yeti) 2002 Mr Sam vs. Fred Baker - I Miss You (Axe) 2003 Mr Sam vs. Fred Baker pres. As One - Forever Waiting (Magik Muzik) 2003 Mr Sam vs. Tim Coltrane pres. The Tribute - One More Day (Soundpiercing) 2008 Mr Sam vs. T99 - Anasthasia (APPIA) 2008 Mr Sam vs. Human Resource - Dominator (APPIA) 2008 Mr Sam feat. clAud9 - Cygnes (APPIA) 2009 Mr Sam vs. Andy Duguid - Hold My Breath (Black Hole) 2009 Mr Sam ft. T4L - Menkayo (APPIA) 2009 Mr Sam ft T4L - Rydem Koba (APPIA) 2009 Mr Sam ft Andy Duguid - Tra Zomas (APPIA)

References

1. ^ Mr. Sam Biography
2. ^ Mr. Sam Discography
3. ^ APPIA Music

Persondata
Name	Paquet, Samuel
Alternative names	Mr Sam; Mr. Sam
Short description	French DJ and record producer
Date of birth	1975 June 26
Place of birth	Tourcoing, France
Date of death
Place of death