Paul Hardcastle

British electronic producer, multi-instrumentalist musician, songwriter, and artist.

Born: 10 December 1957 in Kensington, London, England, UK.

Hardcastle enjoyed success on the underground dance scene in the early 1980s before, under the management of The Jazzmasters.

Due to contractual restrictions he was unable to release music under the Hardcastle name. So under the pseudonym Swing" (1990), which crashed in at #4 on Billboards 12" sales chart and was a massive hit all over Europe. Another project under the name LFO also saw massive sales.

In 1997, Paul did some work for the movie "Spice World", later working as a radio presenter in the US. He has sold over 20 million records worldwide.

He is married to his teenage sweetheart Dolores Hardcastle (born Dolore Baker) and together they have 3 children: Paul Hardcastle Jr., and Richard Hardcastle.
His younger sister is Susan Hardcastle, who lent her voice to the backing vocals for the song "Fooling Yourself".