Busy P

Busy P is the DJ name of Pedro Winter, born in Paris in 1975. He grew up on heavy metal, rock and hip-hop, and names the Beastie Boys as his favourite band. He found electronic music in 1992 through his brother Thomas, then began DJing at the What's Up Bar and promoting club nights, including Smoker The Palace with David Guetta.

In 1996, while a law student, Winter met Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk, and they asked him to manage them. He kept the job until 2008. In 2002 he set up Headbangers Entertainment, which handled artists including Cassius and DJ Mehdi.

Winter launched Ed Banger Records in Paris in 2003. Its first signing was Mr. Flash, with "Radar Rider", followed by Justice and then SebastiAn in 2004. The roster later took in Mr. Oizo, Breakbot, Uffie, Cassius, DJ Mehdi and Myd. Its look came largely from the artist So Me, who drew the sleeves and directed many of the videos.

Winter has also worked on other people's records. On Phoenix's debut album, United, he played a Rapman synthesizer on "Funky Squaredance", and his remix of Fancy's "What's Your Name Again" was a club hit. As Busy P, he plays the label's catalogue alongside rap records and older French house, mixing loud, compressed electro with the hip-hop he grew up on. His sets lean on the Ed Banger sound in its blown-out, synth-heavy form, the material that defined Paris club music in the late 2000s.