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Posted by RJT on Feb-10-2006 23:52:

Layo & Bushwacka - Feel Closer

Taken from http://www.progressive-sounds.com:

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[PS] News:
'Feel Closer' with Layo & Bushwacka

Layo & Bushwacka are set to return with their new album 'Feels Closer' in March on their new label Olmeto Records. Featuring collaborations with Green Velvet, Groove Armada's Tim Hutton and the vocals of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, the album builds on the foundations set by their previous work. 'Feels Closer' however will showcase a more diverse and cohesive set of music than either of their previous LPs.

With plenty of releases lined up for the new label and their first single 'Life2Live' already receiving widespread support, 2006 looks set to be a promising year for two of London's favourite sons. We have all the information on the album right here.

- Simon Jones | 2/10/2006 |

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Layo & Bushwacka! have been responsible for some of dance music's most ground-breaking and unique moments and they herald 2006 with the release of 'Feels Closer', their third and finest album to date. Fans of their sound will be more than satiated but also excited with the fresh approach they've taken, adding live musicians to their palette which unites such disparate worlds as techno, jazz, pop and even opera. It's a compelling proposition.

Layo Paskin and Matthew 'Bushwacka!' Benjamin concluded 2003 with their 'Night Works' album having sold over 100,000 copies, propelled by top ten single 'Love Story'. Their live show had wowed crowds from Sonar to Homelands. They launched their residency at The End where they play 'All Night Long' every month showcasing eight hours of cutting edge sounds from an arsenal of electronic music.

For the recording of 'Feels Closer' they decided to re-charge their batteries by leaving London for Brooklyn, New York. It was a city they had found inspiring and they hoped to harness its energy and creative buzz. It's a city famed for making things happen. They found a studio, Good and Evil, steeped in atmosphere and lined with old guitars. It boasted a live room that had been tailored over many years to capture magic moments. A world of talented musicians have passed through their doors to play or hang out. Layo and Matthew just wouldn't know about, or have access to, this sort of talent in their small West London studio. Instead in NYC they found a pizza delivery boy with a talent for the sax and even managed to utilise the genius of Mino Cinelu, one of the world's most legendary percussionists, whom they found passing the studio on the street when they popped out for a fateful sandwich!

'Feels Closer' is not only their best work, it's also their most catholic while maintaining a coherency perhaps lacking from their last album. Despite the often pick and mix culture of dance music, 'Feels Closer' should be enjoyed as a full body of work. Their unique sound has been fleshed out and encompasses as many styles as you may expect from this well traveled pair, and will be released in March 2006 on their own label Olmeto Records.

Definitely looking forward to this as I'm a HUGE Layo & Bushwacka fan, and with some classic Jazz vocalists appearing on the disc this already has potential to be AMAZING...

Can't wait to hear this...

Posted by montana on Feb-11-2006 02:06:

if they fuck up with an ella fitzgerald vocal again like they did with their horrid & stale remix of angel eyes they should have their balls cut

Posted by tjpatel on Feb-11-2006 03:30:

Layo & Bushwacka - Feels Closer

1. Life2Live (Feat Green Velvet)
2. Feels Closer (Feat Mino Cinelu)
3. Ride The Train
4. Me And You (Feat Tim Hutton)
5. Smith Street
6. Sunshine In Ipanema (Feat Rogerio Flausino)
7. Dr. Teeth
8. Isn't This A Lovely Day (Feat Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong)
9. We've Been Here Before
10. Hang Tough
11. Saudade (Longing) (Feat Jessy Molnar)
12. K (Feat Alison Jiear

Posted by Hanki on Feb-11-2006 14:26:

Can be something good.

Posted by RJT on Feb-15-2006 07:17:

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Originally posted by montana
if they fuck up with an ella fitzgerald vocal again like they did with their horrid & stale remix of angel eyes they should have their balls cut

agreed.

Armstrong ought to be interesting as well. I don't particularly care for his voice to begin with, and can't really imagine how they'll use it, but will be most definitely be interested in hearing it.

Really looking forward to hearing this in the weeks to come... I've been listening to "night works" about twice a day this week...

Posted by Phortastic on Feb-15-2006 13:36:

I heard Life2Live (Feat Green Velvet) and its nothing special AT ALL. So if that is any indication...

Posted by RapidFire on Feb-15-2006 23:46:

read about this in DJ mag. l&b know their stuff so Ill definetly be picking this up

Posted by Tadz101 on Feb-16-2006 02:43:

is this supposed to go...im gettn my hands on the promo of this cd

Posted by Phortastic on Feb-16-2006 14:11:

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Originally posted by Tadz101
im gettn my hands on the promo of this cd

no your not, your leeching the promo mp3 from p2p.

Posted by rawbound on Mar-21-2006 22:35:

Great album! Dr. Teeth is awesome!

Posted by Zenchowdah on Mar-22-2006 01:22:

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Originally posted by Phortastic
no your not, your leeching the promo mp3 from p2p.

shhh dont tell nobody.

Posted by RJT on Mar-22-2006 01:24:

For the record, I dig it

Proper review after a few more listens...