panekk

About Me

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Paul Lehr (aka Panekk) began his music career at the young age of 12 with the purchase of a Tama drum set. By the time Paul was 14 years old he was already in a band called CoreLord. CoreLord was doing performances at various events such as school dances. After a few years of band hopping, Paul settled in with a group called Requiem. The group was pretty successful, playing gigs all over Louisiana. Requiem also recorded their debut CD called Suffering at Dave Fortmans (the guitarist from Ugly Kid Joe) studio. After 5 years of playing and recording with Requiem, Paul left the group. Bored without music in his life, Paul began to mix vinyl and produce techno tracks. Paul played around for awhile before he actually bought his first set of tables and took it to the next level. In 1993, after about a year of playing at house parties and such, Paul decided to expand on this hobby. He labeled himself Panekk. In 1996 Paul started a group of DJs and gave the group the name Dizzy Records. The original DJs in the group were Panekk, Mike Edwards, Stress, Roll and X-Con. Dizzy Records started to produce events like "Skools Out" at The University Commons, with crowds of 200 plus people. In 1999 the "Skools Out" event had a record 400 plus people in attendance. After a few years with Dizzy Records, Panekk started a side group called Phatt House Productions (P.H.P.). P.H.P. produced events at Gate 7 called Phatt Assed Patio Parties. After a few months of these events, P.H.P. started another event at The Spanish Moon, called Frequency. Then in 2001, Phatt House Productions and Dizzy Records threw arguably Baton Rouges best party to date, called Independence Day. The venue, a beach, set the vibe for this event. The two production companies threw another party on the same location called Phatt Beach Party. To many, many people these are considered to be the best events ever in the Capitol City. After two more events and around Thanksgiving of 2002, there was a house fire that destroyed everything. Paul had just put together a live P.A. with roomate and fellow band member Heath H. They lost it all -- Groove Box, Groove Sampler, Electric drums, Turntables and records were all destroyed. After this, Paul decided he had enough and decided to retire from the music business. Then on Jan. first, 2004, Dizzy Records along with Club Fringe Productions produced Jack Off The New Year. Panekk has since then come out of retirement and has several bookings this summer, so be on the look out for Panekk in the future. The Baton Rouge native was inspired and influenced by such DJ greats as Kimball Collins, Rabbit in the Moon, Paul Oakenfold, DJ Hardware, Christopher Lawrence, Paul Van Dyke, Carl Cox and many more. Panekk describes his music as a means by which people from different places can be brought together to share a positive and common adventure. He is a complete embodiment of the live dance experience, as his sets stream a current of energy through the ears and hearts of those who hear him spin. He combines brilliant progressive house with uplifting trance as he layers his sounds, creating the basis of a musical journey that unfolds into a total mind and body meltdown! However, the versatile DJ has a variety of musical styles, such as Acid House, Breakbeat, Deep House, Disco House, Freestyle, Hard House, Hard Trance, Progressive House, Progressive Trance, Tech-House and Trance.

Instruments I play

drums, keyboards and the almighty turntables

Software I Use

rebirth, pro tools, cubase, acid

Hardware I Use

groovebox, groovesampler, v-drums, roland keys, shure mics, roland v-5 processor