01. Lay-Far – Beg U
02. Lay-Far – Pia
03. Lay-Far – New Frontier
04. Lay-Far – Looking for Changes (Pablo Valentino Remix)
05. Lay-Far – New Frontier (SoulParlor Remix)
06. Lay-Far – Pia (Steven-J aka Wobblejay Remix)

 

All tracks written & produced by Alexander Lay-Far for Soul Imago.
Release Date : 20/04/2012. Digital.

 

 

 

Infos : 

Soul Imago is proud to present its second release brought to you by the Moscow based producer Lay-Far.
In addition to his career as an eclectic Dj, Lay-Far shows his production talent with a passion from jammin‘ it out to deep, soulful & a slick perfection.
His last releases on Amplified, Development Music, Freestyle Records, Sonarpilot Audio & Shanti have been supported and charted by Joey Negro, Rainer Truby, Craig Smith, Move D, Alex Barck, Kiko Navarro, Red Rack’Em, Kev Beadle, Josh Wink, Gerd, Moonstarr among others…

Detour EP is an allusion to the poem by Robert Frost called „The Road Not Taken“.
BAD ASS Jazzy House & Broken Beat EP featuring remixes bySoulParlor, Pablo Valentino & Steven-J aka Wobblejay (both members of the Creative Swing Alliance).

TIP! For fans of 4hero (Dego), Jazzanova, Seiji…Check it out!

 

About the artist : 

Alexander Lay-Far is an obsessed music lover, crate digger, dj and producer, based in the heart of Russia – Moscow.
He’s the author of well-acclaimed „In-Beat-Ween Sessions“ Podcast and a member of „Headz.Fm“ crew, which is responsible for some of the best underground music events in Moscow – within the last years they invited MCDE, Rainer Truby, Seiji, Dorian Concept, 6th Borough Project, Prommer and Barck, Africa Hitech, Dego (4hero), Jazzanova, Dj Krush, Gilles Peterson…to name a few and he plays regularly in Cult and Shanti clubs in Moscow.

Besides deep house, broken beat and hip-hop culture in general Alex has been very much influenced by the early-mid 70’s jazz-funk and fusion era: Norman Connors, Mizell Brothers, James Mason, Johnny Hammond, Roy Ayers, Cymande, Lonnie Liston Smith, Azymuth, Patrice Rushen, Hermeto Pascoal…and the list goes on & on.

Why called his first EP „Detour“ you would say?
First of all it’s an allusion to the poem by Robert Frost „The Road Not Taken“ and the idea it expresses: there are two ways – one – the easiest and the most common way, and another – a less traveled one, which he choosed and that’s the approach Lay-Far tries to implement in music production, dj’ing and life in general.

 

Feedback:

Craig Smith (6th Borough Project):

„Excellent package, not a bad mix to choose from, very hard to pick a favourite!“

Daz-I-Kue (Bugz In The Attic):

„Really nice package. Nuff fodder for my FSR Radio Show.“

Simbad:

„FCKIN gr8 yooooooooo !!!! Beg U ??? And da 4/4 mixes ???? FEELIN DIS SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.“

Red Rack’em:

“I know most of the originals from ages ago as I am a big fan of Lay-Far – great to see these be made available to the public at last! I wil be supporting these on my radio show and at gigs.“

KaSpar:

“Been a while since I last saw someone pick up where Goya left off once it closed, particularly with so much confidence and straight-forwardness. Lay-Far draws clearly on Detroit house to instrumentalize his snappy jazzy beat patterns and gets results close to those once achieved by Yotoko, Volcov, Jazzanova, and the likes.”

Kev Beadle (Southport Weekender):

„Been following and supporting Lay-Far for a while now and he’s definitely got a unique vibe going on.“

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01. Creative Swing Alliance – Hot Future Summers

The first track on the Soul Imago Sampler is produced by the French duo „Creative Swing Alliance“, consisting of Pablo Velentino & Steven J. Both guys are located in the rustic town of Straßbourg, so for them its inevitable to doing music together! „Hot Future Summers“ is a very special song with spherical touch, slick arrangement and serious drums. Recently,they released a 12inch E.P on the Swiss label „Bonzzaj Recordings“. C.S.A in the houze!!!

 

02. Gael Blondeau – Hangover

French producer Gael Blondeau, a former member of Chamade Beat has worked with artists like Steve Spacek & King Britt and should`t missed on our Sampler.With dub-step oriented influences and crispy drums,he carried us with his track „Hangover“back to the dancefloor! Irie

 

03. Loki Laredo – all that

Producer duo „Loki Laredo“ based in Singapore subjoin their track „all that“ to our Sampler.
Traversing between boogie, electro laden inspirations, hip hop, house and beats music, Loki represents all that is golden in the past fast forwarded into the future. All That is a testament to the Loki sound. Warm analog riffs, paired with a heavy soul influence, all bundled in a deep slow boogie ripper. Tasty!

 

04. Eric English – Higher lerning

Eric English is a producer based out of Wilmington(US).His influeces stem from hip hop and house.He developed a love for the genres as a child on summer vacations to NYC. Listening to stations like WBLS on late night radio. With his style he tries to blend the two genres. Higher Lerning is a direct result of those influences,he wanted to mix hard drums with spoken word but spoken word with a strong message like old school hip hop. So there you have it Higher Lerning…

 

05. Woizer – 2074

Woizer, a Singer living in Den Bosch(Netherlands) chips in with his track“2074″.  The playful interaction between soulful voice, the undefined perfect tuned synthesizer chords and a rough bassline make it to a tour de „Space“! Intergalactic & futuristic sound experience! By the way this track is produced by the German producer „STEVO“!!!

 

06. Limyth – Sound and Sane

Limyth, living in Prague, is a exceptional artist in doing Future Jazz & Broken Beats.Eclectica released his 3 track debut E.P in 2010.  When Limyth works on a track, he`s more defensively minded into finding harmonies and melodies than just „sound engeneering“. The track „Sound and Sane“ could be an example, a track with broken rhythmics and soul harmonies,it is structured as a song and gets more dynamic in the end.

 

‚Soul Imago Sampler‘ is a 6 tracks EP, taken from the forthcoming ‚Soul Imago Pt.1‘ Compilation. Featuring music from such artists as Mndsgn (Klipmode), OL, Lithuanian Hip Hop veteran : Vaiper & Serumas aka Cafeteria, French producers : Creative Swing Alliance, Yoggyone,  Artur and Chamade Beat, UK’s : Infinite Potentials (aka Indigo Pyramid) the Swiss youngsters duo : Jazzo & Melodiesinfonie & new Japaneses beatmakers : Kazzzzz & Fitzambro$e. It’s sick, it’s deep, it’s fresh. Weither you are a beats affectionado, music dreamer or repetitive beats lover, this is for U. Check it Out!

 

feedbacks:

Jay Scarlett(Ampsoul/Spacek Soundsystem):

Great Ep with a diverse sense of soulfulness.
Favorite tracks:
Woizer -2074
Eric English – Higher Learning
Creative Swing Alliance – Hot Future Summers

 

Barry King(Lifenotesmusic):

Nice one for the music..i’m feeling this EP..i’m feeling Limyth,Loki Laredo,Woizer the most..very good beats in all kinda styles !…thx…B.K.

 

René Josquin(K7records/de:bug)

some call it fresh, some call it far out, soopadope, advanced… nerds got many other terms…
but in fact things are more simple. this a young generation really taking control over their computers and equipment (not the other way round) and doing some heartfelt beats. the result is stunning! it is not about a certain style or sound it is a sublime attitude that adds the certain something, that most of the bedroom producers lack these days.
i predict a great future for these nuskool-soulbrothers!

 

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