Hi-Gate is the

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pairing of

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Judge Jules Julius O'Riordan (born 26 October 1965), better known by his stage name Judge Jules, is a British dance music DJ, record producer and entertainment lawyer. He is known for his DJ activities, music production and long-running radio show which ac ...

, and

Paul Masterson Paul Kevin Masterson is a Northern Irish DJ and record producer, originally from Belfast and now living in London. He is best known for recording as Yomanda. He is also part of the dance music duo Hi-Gate, along with BBC Radio 1 DJ Judge Jul ...

History

In 1998, Masterson sent Jules a copy of a track he had just finished, which would later become known as 'Yomanda – "Synth and Strings"'. Jules noted that the phone number on the track had the same area code on it as that of Jules, the

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area of London. Jules suggested removing the

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on the track, and with the assistance of him playing the track on his BBC Radio 1 show, "Pitchin' (In Every Direction)" was elevated to the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Following this, they co-produced "I Can Hear Voices" / "Caned and Unable" (2000). The songs saw them appearing on ''

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''. "I Can Hear Voices" included the vocals of Jina. In 2001, "Gonna Work It Out" became their third top 40 UK

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. Future work saw them collaborating with

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on the tracks "Out of Fashion" and "Poverty", which appeared on their

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, ''Split Personality'' (2003).

References

External links

Official Judge Jules website
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