Judge Jules

Judge Jules
Julius O'Riordan in 2015
Background information
Birth name	Julius O'Riordan
Born	(1966-10-26) 26 October 1966 (age 50)
Origin	London, United Kingdom
Genres	Trance
Occupation(s)	Club DJ, radio DJ, entertainment lawyer
Instruments	DJ
Associated acts	Hi-Gate, Angelic, VPL and several other (see below)
Website	JudgeJules.net

Judge Jules (born Julius O'Riordan, 26 October 1966) is a British dance music DJ, producer and entertainment lawyer. Known for his DJ activities, music production and popular radio show which achieved global success. He was voted the No. 1 DJ in the World by DJ Magazine in 1995.

Jules was educated at Highgate Wood Secondary School, a state school in Highgate Wood in North London and University College School, an independent school for boys in Hampstead (also in North London), followed by the London School of Economics (LSE), where he earned a degree in law. During his time at university, Jules started hosting small parties where he was the DJ and also earned the nickname "Judge Jules" due to his field of study.

Judge Jules began DJing professionally back in 1987. He was quickly hired by the then-pirate radio station Kiss (UK radio station). He began his show with Radio 1 in October 1997. When he first arrived, his show went out between 17:00 and 19:00 on Saturday evenings, ahead of Danny Rampling's show. From 31 July 2004, after the departure of Seb Fontaine from the station, his show was moved to between 19:00 and 21:00 on Saturday nights, ahead of Tim Westwood. The show was widely advertised as, "The UK's Saturday Warmup", or "The Weekend Warm-Up". One of the most famous jingles used on the show during this time described it as, "The Sound Of Saturday Night". The show kept this slot until September 2007.

During those years, his music policy ranged from playing commercial to underground tracks, and much in between. The first segment of the show were taken by the Cut-Up Boys, who did a five or ten-minute mix featuring several dance tracks and a cappella tracks playing simultaneously. The rest of the first hour was generally taken up by house music and the second hour featured trance music, although if they were broadcasting the show outside the studio, the music might vary.