Paul Hardcastle (born December 10, 1957, London, England , is an English composer and musician, specialising in the synthesizer. Hardcastle is best remembered for the Dance hits "Rain Forest" and "19.
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 the Electro-funk Hip-Hop instrumental classic, "Rain Forest" (1984), but came to greater prominence in 1985.
Hardcastle enjoyed several further hits in the UK, including "Don't Waste My Time" (with vocals by Carol Kenyon) (UK #8) and the now-classic "The Wizard", a UK #15 hit that became the theme tune from BBC Television's Top of the Pops. He also had a hit with "Just For Money", which reached #19 in the UK and featured Bob Hoskins and Sir Laurence Olivier.
He won the Billboard Smooth Jazz Artist Of The Year award for 2008.
audio link
Rainforest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOsE6RXEKOI
UK Sax remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFmiLrS74HQ
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