Paul Keeley is a Canadian DJ and producer.  He has been releasing since 2003 in a production career that has encompassed amnient, minimal techno, house and porogressive trance. More recently he has been releasing regularly on Above and Beyond’s label Anjunadeep. 

Early Years: 2003 to present

Paul Keeley’s first releases came under his production alias Gyges in 2002.  His productions and mix compilations as Gyges encompassed ambient and minimal techno.

He started releasing as Paul Keeley in 2004 and split most of his work between two Internet-only labels: Thinner and Epsilonlab, with his Epsilonlab releases more dancefloor focused and his Thinner releases more mellow.

In 2007 Keeley released his first original artist album ‘Blunt Etiquette’ (Epsilonlab 2007).

Towards the end of the noughties Keeley’s profile accelerated following the release of a number of tracks on Above and Beyond’s Anjunadeep label, particularly ‘Life Aquatic / Doormatica’ (Anjunadeep 2009).  Up to this point Keeley’s production style had meandered through house, techno and ambient.  His Anjunadeep releases saw more of a progressive trance edge creep in, though always married with a strong house feel.

By the release of ‘Disco Belle’ (Anjunadeep 2010) Keeley had started cautious step towards mainstream electro house, albeit from a leftfield perspective, with Balearic pianos fending off a mangled electro disco bass-line.

Paul Keeley’s production career has been a slow burn but has also embraced a diverse range of musical styles. Always on the more experimental edges of electronic music Keeley has pursued a principled and intelligent approach that has resulted in often high quality productions.