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artist · atjazz
release · lab funk sampler
year · 2000
genre · lo-fi
label · mantis recordings
catalogue · mant 007
website · www.mantis-recordings.com
date · 30-jul-2004
quality · 199kbps/44,1khz
source · vinyl
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a1 harmony 7:13
b1 illumination 7:19
playtime · 00h 14m 32s
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in the mid æ90Æs, uk artist martin iveson aka atjazz found himself
in the middle of a burgeoning midlands dance scene quite by
accident. drawn to derby from the north east for his day job
(iveson produces music and sound effects for some of the worlds
leading computer games including tomb raider) he soon started to
look to dance music as another creative outlet. he began
recording under the atjazz guise in 1996 (named after an episode
of the cartoon ôtopcatö), and released his first ep ôstoryö that
same year on mantis recordings (www.mantis-recordings.com), a
label iveson set up with record shop manager andy mccandless.
this downbeat gem (ôstoryö) brought him to the attention of
nottinghamÆs diy who went on to release several atjazz twelves
over the next few years, including his debut album that something.
the album was picked up by sony japan and hit a nerve with music
lovers across the globe. this attention brought iveson/atjazz
remix work from labels such as naked music, and japanÆs flower
records, as well as artists charles webster, miguel migs, and bob
sinclair for yellow productions.
after atjazzÆs successful work with diy, partners iveson and
mccandless resurrected mantis recordings in 1998 for atjazzÆs
musical output and that of their friends. the first track to be
released in two years was atjazzÆs ôfifth quarterö, which found
itÆs way into the hefty boxes of terry francis, kenny hawkes, and
luke solomon.
working with various local musicians on his productions, he found
he was linking up with one guy in particular, pete wraight. pete
had been writing and playing live with charles websterÆs presence
project and more recently on herbertÆs new album. pete, a pure
jazzman, was the perfect collaborator for atjazz and as labfunk
took shape it became clear that he was firmly on board for the
duration.
labfunk is a term martin iveson and andy mccandless use to
describe music that isnÆt quite ôpure this or pure thatö but is
instead quite simply something else. a perfect label for this
series of tracks from atjazz; new musical genre or just a great
album? either way labfunk should be remembered!
please take note the track "illumination" is exclusive to this
vinyl release, it was not included in the album "labfunk" which
was already released.
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