Paul Hardcastle (born 10 December 1957, London, England is an English composer and musician, specialising in the synthesizer.
In the early 1980s, Hardcastle played the keyboards on several singles on the Oval record label by the dance music groups Direct Drive and First Light, before going solo.
He achieved some acclaim for his early singles, notably in 1984, the electro-funk/freestyle/instrumental track, “Rain Forest”, which along with the track, “Sound Chaser” hit number two on the dance chart. “Rain Forest” also hit number five on the soul chart and number fifty-seven on the Hot 100.
Rain Forest 5:13
Rain Forest (Remix) 5:42
Forest Fire 4:08
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Thanks for this great post
Picked up another Paul Hardcastle 12″ over the weekend at a record sale, already cleaned and ripped so should be up over the next couple of weeks. EV
Classic UK Electro Jazz Pop, never realized it was such a huge hit on the Soul chart though.
Thanks EV!