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Various Artists – City Fly Visions EP
Feat James Johnston, YSE, Tone Control & Basic Soul Unit
Label: City Fly Records
Catalogue number: CFR001
Vinyl release date: 31st May 2011
Digital release date: 14th June 2011
Country: UK
Genre/Style: Deep House & Detroit Techno
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CITY FLY RECORDS 001 ‘VISIONS EP’
Since its inception over 6 years ago, Leicester-based club night City Fly has concocted an alchemy of sounds that have drenched the city in the deeper, soulful and techier shades of house – simultaneously revitalising the city’s nightscape and gaining a reputation as being one of the finest underground house nights in The Midlands. Not content in hosting some of the finest purveyors of house including Motor City Drum Ensemble, Space Dimension Controller, Red Rack’em, Boe Recordings’ Ben Parkinson and Secretsundaze’s Giles Smith, City Fly has metamorphosed into an all-encompassing club brand, incorporating both national and international residencies and a bi-weekly radio show – City Fly Radio on www.myhouseyourhouse.net. Now expanding their vision further, City Fly HQ promises to be a nexus of activity over the coming months with the birth of their new label, City Fly Records.
Wanting to showcase the sounds synonymous with their ethos, City Fly have fully represented the house spectrum with their debut ‘Visions EP' release – featuring four artists handpicked to illustrate varying flavours of the house palette...
A1 – JAMES JOHNSTON – ‘MOVE FORWARD’
Kicking off the EP is in-vogue Glaswegian James Johnston who after rekindling his love-affair with house has released 12”s to great acclaim on labels at the forefront of the house revival including 4Lux and Kolour Recordings’ offshoots Undertones and House Is The Cure. Looping vocal snippets over a warm, shuffling bassline and tight percussion, ‘Move Forward’ metamorphoses into a multi-layered and textured effervescent groove – bubblin’ over into a dancefloor bomb. Complete with a cool, intermittent vocal sample preaching the values of ‘moving forward’, the track perfectly encapsulates City Fly’s ethos of being at the forefront in exposing and pushing cutting-edge, forward-thinking house...
A2 – YSE – ‘SAVE IT FOR LATER’
Next up is City Fly favourite YSE aka Ant Plate of infamous Derbyshire (just up the road...) deep house duo Rhythm Plate. Under his YSE alias he has released a series of EP’s on Lost My Dog records – with tracks like ‘Bounce Back’ and ‘Worry’ already future classics – and more recently the ‘Drawn At Dawn EP’ for cutting-edge house label Ornate Music’s 10th release. ‘Save It For Later’ is another signature YSE groove – complete with warm swirling pads, a bouncy syncopated rhythm and teasing vocal snippets, it’s has a typically idiosyncratic yet instantaneous and infectious vibe that will be perfect for a nocturnal jam...
B1 – TONE CONTROL – ‘ILLUSION’ (TONE CONTROL REMIX)
On to the B-side and City Fly have an exclusive in the form of re-releasing a secret weapon – Tone Control’s ‘Illusion’ complete with an unreleased remix from the guys themselves. Originally released in 2008 via their Tone Control imprint, despite its warm groove and infectious hook it went under the radar apart from those who were really in the know. Fast-forward to 2011 and City Fly are proud to be exposing the track again, with this Tone Control remix taking a far deeper trajectory than the original version. With its warm bass, lush keys, acid squelches and yearning larynx, this is definitely one for the lights down low...
B2 – BASIC SOUL UNIT – ‘THINK IT OVER’
Joining the dots between the classic sounds of Detroit Techno and Chicago House yet with an ear open to the future, Toronto-based Stuart Li aka Basic Soul Unit has a distinguished discography – featuring on many prestigious labels including Versatile, Mule Electronic, Mathematics, Ostgut Ton, Philpot and Creme Organization. ‘Think It Over’ is another deep and transcendent production with a timeless aesthetic, the track adds another dimension to the EP with its techier undertones. Submerging the listener with its deep bass and driving synths, it’s a hypnotising groove whether on the headphones or lost in the club...
BUY IT ON VINYL NOW:
Juno: http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/426200-01.htm
Phonica: http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/64410
Rush Hour: http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=59824
K Records: http://www.k-records.be/product/4926...ts-visions-ep-
Redeye Records: http://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/asp/v...t.asp?id=20284
Rough Trade: http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_...sku&sku=339733
Catapult: http://www.catapult.co.uk/products/v...isions+EP.html
Chemical Records: http://www.chemical-records.co.uk/sc...?Track=CFR001B
***DIGITAL RELEASE ON 14th June 2011***
ARTIST FEEDBACK
6th Borough Project – “quality deep tackle! All cuts sounding nice. Really like the James Johnston” 8/10
Adam Shelton (Below/One Records) – “REALLY DIGGIN THIS!! grand job on the first e.p. really nice!
Alex Agore - “This is sick”
Andrew Grant (Circo Loco) – “think it over.....very kool” 8/10
Arnaud Le Texier - Love the basic soul unit!!! 7/10
Audiofly – “Love Move Forward....super Solid....the whole EP is great tho...NIce Nice” 8/10
Bearweasel – “fucking ace - loving all four!” 9/10
Brawther – “I have extremists taste when it comes to house, this made it with flying colours”
Danny Tenaglia – “thanks!!!” 9/10
Deetron – “"I played Illusion remix at Panoramabar in Berlin, sounded amazing!"
Deymare – “great tunes, my favourite being james johnstons's track” 8/10
DJ Spinna – “I like this”
Ekkohaus – “Really nice sound.....lovin all the tracks.....thumbs up” 9/10
Ethyl – “Class, Really Solid EP”
Franck Roger – “tone control for me is good” 7/10
Giom – “Ouch!! James Johnston has just done what I believe is his finest track yet, and then YSE, well I love and play everything he does so there you go. Awesome work guys, full support” 8/10
Groove Armada – “this is brilliant. love all the trax, tho guess most likely to play out YSE its all right on the money” 9/10
Hector Moralez – “James Johnston – Move Forward, nice old school sounding jam!”
Iron Curtis – “hey guys, thanks for sending this! really hard to choose a fav in here. all over great tracks. but I guess If I'll have to: Tone Control's Illusion. Nice one !!” 7/10
Jason Hodges – “what an EP...Move Forward is the cut!!” 10/10
Jon Cutler – “Feeling !!! Move Forward and Think It Over.” 7/10
Joshua Heath – “YSE alll the way ;-)” 7/10
Kolour Recordings – “what a blinding first start for yet another outlet of proper quality house music. we're big fans of james and YSE and of course they both delivered in top form on this one. tone control and BSU joints definitely qualify the diversity and make everything come together beautifully for what is sure to be a smash hit first release for my gang at city fly. good stuff guys and nothing but the upmost support from your pals at kolour.” 8/10
Luke Solomun – “great package...full support” 7/10
Moodymanc – “nice release...JJ in particular is right up my street!” 8/10
Motor City Drum Ensemble – “Loves the tracks, will support”
Nacho Marco – “I love It”
Onionz – “Jammin” 8/10
Osunlade – “Diggin This”
Pablo Valentino – “Very Nice release! Will play and support” 9/10
Pete Dafeet (Lost My Dog) – “Whenever I play with you guys you play dope music (memories of Egg last September), so no surprise this record is fantastic... though with YSE on the sticker it was always going to be!” 9/10
Red Rack’em – “A great start for the Cityfly boys with a mixed vibe four tracker featuring some rising stars and more established names. Full support in the clubs and on the radio from me. Great A+R on this one - can't wait for number 2.” 9/10
Scope – “all tracks are nice.. but the james johnston and basic soul unit are my picks
” 8/10Shur-I-Kan – “James Johnston mix moving it for me. But all mixes are cool” 7/10
Slam – “all good trax - will play” 7/10
Soul Minority – “James Johnston's track is wicked!!!” 7/10
The Revenge – “Strong package guys ... keep it up! 8/10
Ekkohaus – “Really nice sound.....lovin all the tracks.....thumbs up” 9/10
Willie Graff – “Very nice ep from very nice artists! All the tracks have something special.Will play these trax for sure.” 8/10
CITY FLY
Web: http://www.city-fly.com
Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/cityfly
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/cityfly
Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/city-fly
Radio: http://www.myhouseyourhouse.net
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cityflymusic
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OUT NOW: V.A - Visions EP (feat James Johnston, YSE, Tone Control & Basic Soul Unit)
OUT SEPT 2011: Creative Swing Alliance - CSA EP (inc James Johnston remix)
