Nu-disco Lords Faze Action @ Perla Beach, Primorsko
The beach, the disco and the smashing vocals of Mary Moore – all this on 31st of July at Perla Beach, Primorsko, thanks to the amazing Faze Action Soundsystem, who will be part of the electronic music festival Insomnia.
Brothers Simon and Robin Lee – The Brothers That Made Disco Fashionable again.
Blending disco with African, Latin, jazz, classical and good old fashioned funk they create new music that’s both deeply reverential to the past and reaches grandly for a sophisticated future. Their second album for record label Nuphonic, ‘Moving Cities’ is far more than just a follow up to their groundbreaking 1997 debut ‘Plans & Designs’, it’s a musical manifesto that sums up everything that made music the 20th century’s most inspiring art form.
1995’s debut ‘Original Disco Motion’ EP was signed to the then infant Nuphonic label and found favour in DJ name-dropping conversation’s from Hoxton to Hulme. The 1996 follow up single, ‘In The Trees’ tempered a sinuous disco groove with unforgettably soaring orchestral strings. Richly organic, but still muscular enough to move any dancefloor, it was an instant modern classic. The following year’s critically acclaimed debut album ‘Plans & Designs’ turned dance music orthodoxy on it’s head, invoking the early eighties New York underground spirits of both Talking Heads’ art school funk and the electronic disco of producer Francois K and bands such as D-Train and Dinosaur L.
If Basement Jaxx can claim punk garage as their own, this surely was its sophisticated elder cousin – new wave disco.
Faze Action have spent their recent years DJ’ing around the world and remixing many acts including Alex Gopher, David Holmes, Bebel Gilberto, Pat Lundy, Serge Gainsbourg, Ian Pooley, Rae & Christain, The Strike Boys, Tosca, Femi Kuti, Maria Alvim & Rick Udler, Victor Davis, Mr. Bongo and Francoise K. As well as being regulars on the European DJ circuit, Simon Lee has provided several radio mixes including The Breezeblock on Radio 1, Into Somethin’ Radio in Munich and Unfold in Brighton.
Back from the future, Faze Action are here to continue their quest in spreading disco fever to one and all, having put together one of the most exciting albums of 2009. We say that because not only is ‘Stratus Energy’ a truly great listen from start to finish but in 2009 there is no getting away from disco, now recognised as a key part of contemporary dance music’s fabric, referenced across the pop charts and officially ‘cool’ again, now is the time for Faze Action to return and show these young pups a thing or two at the last day of July – the 31st, Perla Beach, Primorsko!
The Bulgarian trio SECRET WEAPONS: Funkusion (Groovy Sessions), DJ Stoned (Monokom Supremes) & Andrei (Cotton Records) will take care for a truly summer disco party, part of the electronic music festival Insomnia.
It’s time to get cosmic.
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