Paula Temple
{{Short description|British techno DJ and producer}}
Paula Temple is a British techno DJ and producer born in Manchester. She has performed under the name Jaguar Woman and runs the Noise Manifesto label. Her live sets have been described as "blurring the line between DJing and producing," layering in samples, editing and remixing on the fly, a technique that "brings depth and intensity" to her sound and making the sets "unique".{{cite web|author=Steph Lee|url=https://ra.co/reviews/23762|work=Resident Advisor|title=Uniquely dramatic techno|date=2019-05-02|access-date=2025-03-07}}
Biography
= Childhood and musical beginnings =
Born in Manchester,{{cite web|access-date=20 May 2020 |author=La Miale |date=8 April 2017 |language=fr |title=Paula Temple, une curatrice féministe pour Nuits Sonores 2018 |url=http://www.heteroclite.org/2017/04/paula-temple-nuits-sonores-2018-lyon-41013 |website=tsugi.fr}}. Paula Temple grew up in Preston. She began producing music as a teenager, working for Action Records, a chain of specialist record shops, until her DJ work enabled her to devote herself to music full-time].{{cite web|access-date=20 May 2020 |author=Matt Unicomb |date=18 May 2019 |language=en |title=The inspiring story behind an electrifying debut techno EP. |url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/23780 |website=residentadvisor.net}}. In 2002, Paula Temple published her first EP, The Speck Of The Future on Chris McCormack's Material label,{{cite web|access-date=20 May 2020 |author=Maxime Delcourt |date=9 November 2016 |language=fr |title=Paula Temple, le côté obscur de la techno |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/2016/10/09/musique/musique/paula-temple-cote-obscur-de-techno/ |website=lesinrocks.com}}. in Sheffield where she lived for four years.
= Withdrawal from performance =
Faced with the misogyny of the music industry, Paula Temple withdrew from the scene4 and did not release any new material between 2003 and 20112. She then devoted herself to the development of electronic machines,{{cite web|access-date=20 May 2020 |author=Eléonore Colin |date=17 September 2019 |language=fr |title=A découvrir sur arte concert : "Paula Temple à la Route du Rock" |url=https://www.telerama.fr/television/a-decouvrir-sur-arte-concert-paula-temple-a-la-route-du-rock,n6425928.php |website=telerama.fr}}. in particular developing a MIDI controller with a crossfader, the MXF8, which made it possible to make music with a computer and eight turntables. In 2006, she gave training courses in Ableton music production software throughout the UK
= Return to music =
Since 2012, Paula Temple has been living in Berlin and back on the live circuit. In 2013, she released Colonized on R&S Records. In 2014 she released the Deathvox EP and then Oscillate in 2015 on the Modeselektor label.
Paula Temple founded her own label Noise Manifesto{{cite web|access-date=20 May 2020 |author=Alice Lanneluc |date=18 April 2018 |language=fr |title=Quand Paula Temple remixe “This Country” de Fever Ray |url=https://www.tsugi.fr/quand-paula-temple-remixe-fever-ray/ |website=tsugi.fr}}. in 2015, on which she ensures that 50% of the artists represented are women or trans.{{cite web|access-date=20 May 2020 |author=Charline Lecarpentier |date=27 June 2016 |language=fr |title=Avec Paula Temple, le genre se lève |url=https://next.liberation.fr/musique/2016/06/27/avec-paula-temple-le-genre-se-leve_1462411 |website=liberation.fr}}. On 3 May 2019, after a career spanning more than 15 years, she released her first album on the label, Edge Of Everything.{{cite web|access-date=20 May 2020 |author=Victor Goury-Laffont |date=25 March 2019 |language=fr |title=En écoute : “Joshua and Goliath”, le nouveau double-single de Paula Temple |url=https://www.tsugi.fr/en-ecoute-joshua-and-goliath-le-nouveau-double-single-de-paula-temple/ |website=tsugi.fr}}. The album, featuring twelve tracks of industrial techno, was described as critical of unscrupulous managers and an archaic vertical hierarchy.{{cite web |lang=fr |url=https://www.tsugi.fr/edge-of-everything-le-premier-album-puissant-et-engage-de-paula-temple/ |title=“Edge Of Everything” : le premier album puissant et engagé de Paula Temple |author=Lolita Mang |work=tsugi.fr |date=2019-05-03}}
With her label, she produces the collective music project Decon/Recon, where each track is released anonymously.
Discography
= EP =
= Album =
- 2019 : Edge Of Everything - Noise Manifesto