Artist.......: Flevans
Album........: Unfabulous
Label........: Jack To Phono
Genre........: Lo-Fi
Catnr........: JTDC 004
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Oct-23-2007
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.jacktophono.com
track title time
01. The Greeting Song 04:20
02. Loose Gardener 03:58
03. Newton's Blues 04:25
04. Apostles 04:22
05. To Wonder Why 04:36
06. The Funz 04:29
07. Lost/found 03:57
08. Sounds Good 05:19
09. Cold Hands 04:20
10. Picknit 04:52
Runtime 44:38 min
Size 64,1 MB
Release Notes:
Flevans began making music in his home town of
Brighton using a 4 track cassette recorder on which
he'd spend hours looping breaks and hooks to create
tracks. It was on the back of a demo created solely
using this and a 10 second sampler that Tru
Thoughts initially snapped him up, commissioning a
number of EPs and an album. It's been 3 years since
Tru Thoughts released the highly successful "Make
New Friends" album. Combining disco and funk with
cut and paste sampling sensibilities and infectious
bass lines, the album- a collection of his EP
singles- was instantly likable and irresistibly
danceable. It proved very popular on the so called
"electric-soul" scene, with the piano tinged,
disco-tasti "Notion" scoring a place in the
Unabombers highly respected Electric Souls Vol. 3
compilation.
A departure from Tru Thoughts meant a new home for
Flevans. His move to Jack to Phono was set in stone
after the release of two 7s under the moniker
Mooch, after which he set about working on his new
album. Retaining the cheeky, dancefloor friendly
attitude of his earlier releases, "Unfabulous"
additionally benefits from an altogether more
polished sound, unashamedly merging his trademark
use of eccentric samples with the funkiest of
breaks, a smattering of horns, and plenty of
wah-wah of guitars. Essentially, it has all the
ingredients you need to get the party started.
Flevans' knowledge of what works on a dancefloor- a
knowledge that has greatly expanded having DJ'd
worldwide and at gigs such as the Big Chill and
playing bass for Backini at Glastonbury - has
influenced the sound of the new album. There's a
new found focus on live instrumentation, with
Flevans- a trained musician - playing keys, guitar
& bass on almost all the tracks.
"Unfabulous" showcases Flevans' keen ear for a
great hook, and covers a huge range of styles; from
the electo-tinged party breaks of first single
"Cold Hands", the summer funk & strings of "The
Funz" to the cinematic sounds & beats of "Newton's
Blues". There's an emphasis on structure
throughout, feeling more like an album rather than
a collection of tracks. Most importantly however,
it's an album which never takes its eye off the
dance floor, remaining uniquely musical and
listenable from start to finish.