Paul Ranger

Paul Ranger

I'm Paul the Editor of DJWORX. I took over from Mark at the beginning of 2024 to use my experience in my career and as a DJ to rebuild this iconic brand.I'm a DJ, podcaster and radio veteran, with a background in technology publishing. My speciality is early to mid 90s house and harder beats, I also play upfront house and techno. I'm a DJ tutor and also teach DJing in schools as well as running DJWORX.I've presented shows on commercial, pirate and DAB radio since 1991 and am currently on the Uk's largest independent dance music station, and original London acid house pirate Centreforce 883. Tune in - Weds from 5-7am GMT via centreforceradio.com, DAB, smart speaker, app, Twitch/Mixcloud.I play at clubs and festivals across the country, I selectively choose to play at some corporate events and private parties as an open format DJ as well, as I love the challenge of having to make all ages dance.I can normally be found beatgridding and fiddling about with metadata as well as playing with the latest DJ tech.

How to DJ with Spotify

How to DJ with Spotify

Game changer alert From the AlphaTheta press release. September 24th, 2025: AlphaTheta announces that its DJ software, rekordbox for Mac/Windows, now supports playback from Spotify. Spotify is the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service, offering over 100 million tracks with…

CDJ-3000X

CDJ-3000X

AlphaTheta release the CDJ-3000X. Full review coming soon but the key features are built-in Wi-Fi (no more Ethernet cables!), cloud storage access, and music streaming support alongside a larger 10.1-inch. You can now access Beatport Streaming and Tidal directly from the 3000x…

Serato DJ 4 released

Serato 4.0 Pro

Big news today from Serato, Serato DJ 4 has been released. Serato 3 was released over 2 years ago, so it’s fair to say we were quite excited when we first heard about this. We’ve been using it for a…