Special Request

One of several aliases used by Paul Woolford (aka Bobby Peru, Hip Therapist, Wooly, and Skip Donahue), Special Request was inspired by the breakbeat techno, drum'n'bass, and other underground dance music forms the DJ and producer encountered on pirate radio stations in his native U.K. The project followed several white label 12" singles with an acclaimed full-length debut, 2013's Soul Music, released by Houndstooth. While generally continuing to produce club-based material, the project has occasionally branched out on releases like 2017's cinematic, experimental Belief System, but others like 2019's Vortex focus on tear-out hardcore. He's also demonstrated his range as a DJ with mix sessions like 2021's DJ-Kicks.