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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Envoy ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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█████▄ ▐█▌▐███▄ TITLE: Shoulder 2 Shoulder ▄███▌▐█▌ ▄█████
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▀████≥▄▄▄█▓█████▌ LABEL: Soma/EMI ▐████≥▌█▄▄2█████▀
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▄▄▀▀ ▄██████▀ RIPPER: <..:*$u|LeN b0y*:..> ▀██████▄
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▀██▄ ▀█████▌ 1hr 13min total-115.2mb ██████▀
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≥ ▀▀██▄ ▀██▄ RELEASE DATE: 2004-05-31 ██▀
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐█≥ 01 4 Absent Friends 6:30 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄2▓≥▌ 02 Red Mist 7:51 ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 Move On (Full Strings Mix) 6:41 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 04 Into The Arena 5:09 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 Shoulder 2 Shoulder 7:44 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ 06 Intervals 5:34 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 07 U Can Go 7:33 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓█≥ 08 Night Moves 7:24 ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 09 Stargazer 5:32 ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ 10 Is Time... 7:43 ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
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▐████▌ ▄2▓≥▌ Who exactly is Envoy? Is he the modern ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ day techno soul man, the singer who ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ pours out his heart on tracks like ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Emotional? Or is he the king of strings, ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ the musical genius who makes club ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ symphonies like Dark Manoeuvres? ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓█≥ Perhaps hes a sexy, Chicago house ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ legend with a penchant for carnal ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ classics like Sex Drive or a robotic ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐█≥ machine funker with little regard for ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ 2▓≥▌ humanity? Maybe Envoy is really the fly ▓≥▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ in pop musics ointment, the vocalist who ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ looks to shatter the manufactured boy band ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ stranglehold with his soulful, spiritual ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ intonations on the soon to be huge Move ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ On? ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓█≥ ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ The reality though, is that Envoy, real ▀███████≥▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ name Hope Grant, is all of these things ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐█≥ and much more, an enigmatic electronic ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄2▓≥▌ music character, as complex and ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ unpredictable as his multi-faceted work. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ His new album Shoulder 2 Shoulder is ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ released on Soma Records May 2004. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Fabric, London, 21st Feb 2004. Its a ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓█≥ full house and the atmosphere in the ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ venue is bristling with anticipation as ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Envoy prepares to take to the stage. If ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐█≥ you could bottle and sell the mood in ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ 2▓≥▌ the crammed venue, youd never need to ▓≥▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ work again. This is Envoys first live ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ performance in two years ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ since he was the lead vocalist on a ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ year-long world tour to promote Slams ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Alien Radio album, but now hes ready ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓█≥ to take the UK capital in style. As the ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ intro to Into the Arena seeps through ▀███████≥▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ the speakers, a familiar voice from the ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐█≥ back of the venue introduces himself. ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄2▓≥▌ Even before the initial ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ applause has subsided, Envoy is centre ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ stage, working the crowd into a second ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ wave of frenzied acclaim. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Stamping the mike stand in time to the ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓█≥ beats and flicking his dreadlock mane ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ up and down and from side to side, Envoy ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ is radically different to his ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐█≥ softly-spoken off stage persona. Hes the ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ 2▓≥▌ front man, a role hes visibly ▓≥▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ comfortable with. Hands outstretched and ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ with a mile wide toothy grin, like a ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ techno evangelist, he points to the sky ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ and urges the sweaty throng to come ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ into the light and let yourselves go. ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ At other times during the performance, ▀███████≥▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ his voice is moody and ominous, like a ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐█≥ deranged preacher announcing the coming ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄2▓≥▌ of the apocalypse. Centre stage ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ throughout, Envoy also uses his vocal ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ talent to deep effect and, on other ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ occasions, his singing is sleazier, ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ twisted and darker, a different sound ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ to the utopian feel of classic Envoy ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓█≥ material like Emotional. ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ Envoys live shows, as well as his ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐█≥ imminent second album Shoulder 2 ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ 2▓≥▌ Shoulder, will serve to confuse anyone ▓≥▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ who had Hope Grant as just a producer ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ who merely tried to spice up his tracks ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ with the odd vocal. He has been signed ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ to Scottish label Soma since 1995 and, ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ unsurprisingly, originally comes from ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓█≥ a singer-songwriter background. ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ ▀███████≥▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ When I was young, I was hugely into ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐█≥ Prince and wanted to write songs. Im ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄2▓≥▌ still just as comfortable playing Elton ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ John songs on my piano at home, he ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ laughs. I used to hate acid house because ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ it didnt have a chorus, but then I ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ started going to clubs and buying tunes ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ and it began to make sense, he ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓█≥ recalls. I had an affinity with Detroit ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ techno - although I didnt know what it ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ was called at the time - and put song ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐█≥ writing on hold. ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ 2▓≥▌ ▓≥▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ However, before he began creating his ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ own techno symphonies, bizarrely, Envoy ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ enjoyed a stint in rave combo Bizarre ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ Inc who now work as Chicken Lips. ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓█≥ They wanted to turn into a jazz-funk ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ band and wanted me as the singer, he ▀███████≥▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ explains. But I was only in the band for ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐█≥ six months. The major label wanted them ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄2▓≥▌ to churn out loads more versions of ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Playing With Knives and werent ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ interested in them progressing. The ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ experience left me with a sour taste in ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ my mouth towards major labels and drove ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ me towards independent labels. ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓█≥ ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ When Hope started releasing dance music, ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ his first outlets were respected ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐█≥ underground imprints Peacefrog and Plink ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ 2▓≥▌ Plonk - where he released as St Vitus ▓≥▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ Dance and Urban Groove Alliance ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ respectively. Then, in 1995, Hope met Slam ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ and his first demos became his debut EPs ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ for the label, Solitary Mission and ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Heart Of The Soul. ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ Envoys name became a byword for soulful ▀███████≥▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ techno, but Hope says that when Carl Cox ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐█≥ used the dramatic string groove of Dark ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄2▓≥▌ Manoeuvres from the Coalition EP for ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ his FACT mix CD, things started to take ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ off. Hope also believes that being signed ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ to Soma made his ascent a smoother ride. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ But when Soma released their Soma 50 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ compilation, Hope felt it was time for ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓█≥ a change. ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ It was a real turning point, I could ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐█≥ sense a shift in the label, he explains. ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ 2▓≥▌ It seemed like the standard went up. ▓≥▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ Once I heard that album, I knew that I ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ needed to do something to set me apart. I ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ thought there were people who did ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ instrumental stuff better, so I decided ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ to start singing. ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ He may hail from a musical background, ▀███████≥▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ but Hope says that he never received any ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐█≥ formal training for his soaring vocals. ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄2▓≥▌ Hopes high pitched vocal on Emotional, ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ the taster single for his 1998 debut ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ album, Wheres There Life, was ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ characterised by a soulful tinge. But it ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ was his sleazy, nocturnal narrative on ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Sex Drive also taken from his debut ▐███ ▐█████
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▐███▌▄█████▀ second album, he embarked on a ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ into an eighteen month global trek and ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ then joined Slam on their year-long ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ tour to promote Alien Radio. ▐███ ▐█████
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ nearly three years, Envoy managed to ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐█≥ record his second long player, due for ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄2▓≥▌ release in May 2004. Shoulder 2 ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Shoulder is a more diverse work than its ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ predecessor and casts Envoy as an ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ enigmatic, unpredictable character. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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█████▌ ███▌ string-led Detroit techno of Is This ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓█≥ with the dark drums of Into The Arena ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ an eerie sounding Envoy spurns a lover. ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
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▀ ▀▀███▄ 2▓≥▌ open up a more sinister side to his ▓≥▓▄ ▀███████▀
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█████▌ ███▌ androgyny. Theres a hip-grinding feel ▐███ ▐█████
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ futuristic seduction - and Envoys ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐█≥ resuscitation of the Ricksters classic ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ it back to the old skool for a version ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ unbridled passion. Title track Shoulder ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐≥ 2 Shoulder is one the true album ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ highlights, an outstanding example of ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓█≥ stirring vocals combined with hi-tech ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ funk which also features live sax. ▀█████████
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▐███▌▄█████▀ rekindle Hopes love of lush techno and ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ sensuous vocals, with Grant pointing to ▀█████▄
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▀█████▄ ▓█≥ the emotive musicality of Move On, ▓█≥ ▄█████▀
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▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ label-mate Ewan Pearson its mellow and ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Grants soft, sexy vocals will woo even ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ classical/film composer Craig Armstrong. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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