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Yes peeps, the infamous purveyors of dope beats, heavy bass and mellow vibes are back on the block... from the good ol’ days at the garage in nottingham right into your eardrums in 2009. most of you will be familiar with their legendary late 90s stand out lounge tunes like "funky for you", taken from the groundbreaking longplay album "lounging" on 20/20 vision... making it onto heaps of compilations (among them buddha bar of course)... getting THE DEADBEATS some serious remix work for the likes of richard dorfmeister’s TOSCA project (on the "suzuki in dub" album or mark rae to name but a few). after a decent chronic break of over half a decade and their lovely contributions to the NIGHTMARES ON WAX presents WAX ON records comps in 2008 and 2009, damian stanley and his cohorts have finally finished their upcoming album for WAX ON called "made in the shade".... all album tracks decently mixed by mr. E.A.S.E. (N.O.W.) himself at his lovely WAX ON studios in ibiza. the recent album pre cursor EP "loafin’" got massive support from djs / tastemakers, compilerand radio jocks alike...on a global scale: no doubt, THE DEADBEATS are back indeed - and sure they constantly deliver dope tunes in their trademark sound for real. on "made in the shade", heavenly downtempo vibes mingle perfectly with soopayummy butter beats, supreme funkyness and overall headnod activity... while both the new single "breathe" as well as the deep house influenced "turtle" also stress the slamming dancefloor pop appeal of THE DEADBEATS in 2009. Even if its middle eastern ("pearl") or balearic ("la savina") influences, THE DEADBEATS do what THE DEADBEATS do... music to make you smile. with his partner in crime ged day now more in the business background of things, damian stanley holds responsible for the main ideas and the overall concept, with multi instrumentalist david estella on guitars, bass and keys turning damian’s beats, samples and visions into an ultra delightful musical reality. former DIY soundsystem member and long term DEADBEATS allie (dj) emma (kirby) provided vocals and lyrics on "swing me like a hiphop song" and "breathe". yes, the timeless sounds of THE DEADBEATS are made in the shade indeed. WAX ON records is happy to bring back the purveyors: back for good - and oh so funky for you! About WAX ON records Honest music .. truly a rare thing in times like these. George Evelyn aka DJ Ease, the positive force behind Nightmares On Wax, obviously knows a lot about musical honesty.. and so it comes as no surprise that finally the man decided to take the next step to complete artistic freedom by creating his very own label imprint: WAX ON records.
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Break Reform's sound is distinctly London in the early Nineties, which, it is becoming apparently clear, is no bad thing in 2003. And it would be no surprise if the trio of JJ Webster, Nana Vorperian and Simon S cut their formative musical teeth during that musical high point when hip hop, jazz, funk and street soul climbed into the same bed and got hot and sexy. It's a formula that is now, almost ten years to the day, re-emerging as a sound of the Naughties. The band's soul intentions are laid out from the start with 'Metropolis', a warm Latin ballad that introduces Nana Vorperian's husky but delicate vocals. From here it gets hard to pull out particular tracks, as we're carried by hypnotic clicking snares through a seamlessly intimate flow of jazz-not-jazz, hip hop not hip hop and funk not funk. The one exception to this being the Portishead-like 'Lady Sings', a single in waiting that has future hit written all over it. Expect to hear this in movies and adverts sometime soon. The amazing thing is that although 'Fractures' barely moves from its mid-paced funky street soul format, there is enough intricacy, variation and melody to keep you locked-on all the way. Ten songs in and the magic actually starts to increase, rather than dissipate, with a flow of superb tracks that starts with 'Mercy', 'Surreal Moments', 'Don't Break This' and rolls into 'Medusa' The tempo rarely shifts beyond a head nodding, pelvic centred groove, but that's what makes this album so addictive.
by Ben Osborne
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