If it’s OK for super celebrities to insure the various body parts which apparently make them who they are, then I posit Will Saul should see about having his ears insured.  Sure, everyone in the music industry needs them, but Saul’s are extra special: not only is he a revered selector and producer, but ask anyone about his labels and you’ll always get the same answer, that they are run by someone with impeccable taste and immovable ideals when it comes to the question of quality control.

Having started out as an A&R at Sony, it was roughly eight years ago that the London DJ and producer moved on to build two of his own musical empires in the form of Simple Records and, latterly, Aus Music.  The former reaches its 50^th release this month with a very attractive, double gatefold double vinyl pack which spans the house music spectrum (courtesy of tracks from the boss himself as well as remixes from Wolf + Lamb & Slow Hands and Art Department amongst others) whilst the latter, too, had a rather landmark year in 2010 releasing the first dubstep track to be remixed by one of the Detroit techno big guns (namely Carl Craig’s edit of Ramadanman& Appleblim’s hit ‘Void 23’).

To mark the occasion, we spoke to Will about all things Simple…

When Matt Tolfrey’s on the DJ bill for the night you know what you’re in for: a proper party. No matter the time and place (a dim warehouse or the cozy Marcy hotel living room), Tolfrey has the crowd in the palm of his hands. We can say this assertively because we’ve seen it with our own eyes. He’s got his DJ sets down to a science that involves just the right dose of taste, talent and Tolfrey – the mystery ingredient to his formula that separates him from the rest.

Everyone has a story about the party that changed their life. Sometimes it’s the music you hear or the characters you meet or the adventure you have that leaves an ever-lasting memory. For Greg Paulus that magical night happened at a Wolf + Lamb party with Matthew Dear in 2007, which took place at the infamous 3^rd Ward warehouse space in Brooklyn. “I moved to [this area] because of that party,” Paulus told us during our recent interview with him at the Marcy Hotel. “I went to that party and I was like ‘this is the coolest thing I’ve ever been to and this is the coolest music I’ve ever heard.’ I was so interested in it,” he said. At the time Paulus was a music school graduate contemplating his career as a jazz trumpet player and was thirsty for fresh inspiration. And he found it in Brooklyn, at the heart of it’s underground house and techno movement. Fast-forward to 2010 and Paulus is sailing on a creative streak and at the peak of his musical career. He’s currently an integral part of the Wolf + Lamb family as one half of No Regular Play and is also about to embark on tour with Matthew Dear’s Big Hands band. Isn’t ironic how some things come full circle?