DJ Koopa is Paul Watton (born 1985), a UK house and UK garage producer, remixer and DJ.
In his youth, Watton learned to play the piano, and attended the Royal Academy of Music in East Ham, London.

DJ Koopa is a popularly regarded as a promising DJ of the 2Step or UK Garage sound, popular during the late 1990s and early 2000s. However, his roots lie in Baleric House, the format in which he created many of his early records. He has worked with various artists such as Ultrabeat, Uniting Nations and Artful Dodger.

DJ Koopa now regularly plays UK Garage, Funky House and predominantly R&B/Hip-Hop to hundreds of people a night with his residency at Alex's Bar in Magaluf - possibly the most popular and well known venue in Magaluf.

Koopa has also featured heavily in the rise of internet radio, with various popular shows and promotions on stations such as Evolution, Tease and UrbanBreakz FM playing to a vast audience around the world.

In 2005 he produced a remix of Gangster's Paradise, that was very well received around clubs both in the UK and abroad. At the same time he produced a comical funky house version of the advert jingle "I Love Horses", which receives regular play on Chris Moyles' breakfast show on Radio 1.

Along with DJ's Kunckle5 and Essence, DJ Koopa is now setting up a club night called What The Funk. It wll initially be based at Club XES, Bora Bora in Magaluf and then expanded back to various venues in the UK. The night will specialise in Funky and Electro House, and Old Skchool Garage. A hugely successful "test night" in September 2007 has led What The Funk to being one of the most highly anticipated club nights in the Balerics.

He is currently releasing new material on his own record label LTF Records.

Links

DJ Koopa Official Website

LTF Records

What The Funk Official Website

DJ Koopa videos at YouTube.com

www.essexuncovered.com

Alex's Bar at MySpace.com

Evolution FM

Tease FM

DJ Koopa at the DJ List

www.worlddj.com