Paul B is Pavel Burakov, a Moscow drum & bass DJ and producer and one of the first Russian artists to break into the UK scene. He started making music in 1997 and formed The Sounds Of Infinity (The S.O.I.) with Maximus and Breakz. In 2001 he left the group and teamed up with the Moscow producer Sta. DJ Trace signed the duo to his London label DSCI4, and in July 2002 Gladiators / The Lick came out on vinyl, the first official European vinyl release by Moscow drum & bass musicians. Ed Rush & Optical put the tracks at number one in their DJ chart in Ministry magazine, and Grooverider played them on his radio show. The Secrets Inside EP followed on DSCI4 in 2003.
He went on to work with Subwave and Dissident. Something Sick / Break Through with Subwave came out on DSCI4 in 2003 and What You Want with Subwave on Sonix, while Technecium, made with Dissident, was signed by Renegade Hardware. Dieselboy asked Paul B and Subwave for an exclusive remix of Tiësto’s Flight 643 for his mix CD The Dungeonmaster’s Guide on Human Imprint. Paul B also appears on Bes’s 2006 TAMRECORDS album Rogue.
In 2003 he launched his own label, Step 2 Zero Recordings, with vinyl featuring his own tracks and music by Nothing, Purple Unit and Chris.SU. He published monthly studio mixes as Nuborn Mixes and toured widely as a DJ, playing Austria, Estonia, Norway, Slovenia, Israel and many other countries; at home he played the big St Petersburg raves Pirate Station and Vostochny Udar. Later releases include the Touch Of Silence EP on Kos.Mos.Music in 2013 with Electrosoul System, NClear and Pryzma, and Galactic Glider with BOP on Microfunk in 2020.
