Future Classic Attractions

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  • Future Classic Attractions marks the first compilation CD from the label Future Classic, and it perfectly showcases some of Australia’s finest new producers. Featuring 12 previously unreleased tracks, the CD aims for "sophisticated dancefloor sounds". I can imagine this CD working equally well in the home, or down at your favourite coffe or bar joint. The CD is mixed by Future Classic label boss Nathan McLay, with the aim of introducing their stable of artists. They are well chosen artists too, people who are quickly making an international name for themselves through worldwide twelve-inch vinyl releases on Future Classic and its club-oriented offshoot Risky Disko. The CD opens with soulful broken beats from Eddit featuring deep warming vocals from Jon Lou, before sliding into a collaboration by Deepchild and Gauche that sounds reminiscent of Herbert's quirky bleeps and beeps with a warm house undertone and angelic female vocal. More deep house follows with Jamie Lloyd's "The Spoon Master". Lloyd is one to watch for the future, and his sound is comparable to Metro Area. Tight and full of quirky percussion this song kicks. Track four sees the album take a turn into funk with Meem's "Rumpski", where the piano carries the flow from the previous song but the guitar funk sees us awake from reveries. Track five Kidzen's "Superpeople" is the standout tune of the album for me. It's time to start some dancing going with this epic future jazz track from Kidzen, who's just returned from working in the UK with 4Hero and Bugz in the Attic. This song has lush melody, jazz vibes, delightful keyboards and building strings all finely tempered. It's time for a tempo change as we go back to a deep house broken beat number Deepchild that's moody and dark. The electro by Stick Figures follows on perfectly with the dance floor oriented "Upshot" and continues with a song by Melbourne DJ/producer T-Rek. In the third phase of the album, "Wriggle" lightens things up with it's cute little spoken vocal, soul singing and deep house rhythm. "Kromatik" continues this sound, but seems to serve mostly as a transition track. The album then winds down with a great broken beat rework of Amphibian by Marlow from Germany’s Moon Harbour imprint. This tune is another on the album that just stops you in your tracks, as Kidzen's does. Be it the gorgeous singing or fine use of bells and percussion, it moved me. The album wraps up with some slow nu-disco sleeze from Touch Sensitive, who is the alter ego of ARIA #1 dance producer Moustache. Perfectly crafted, Attractions fills a gap in my record collection covering music I love to hear when I'm out but never seemed to purchase for home. Add the fact that many of these artists are on the way to becoming future stars and the whole package takes on a new and special meaning. Future Classic. Attractions Tracklist 1. Eddit feat. Jon Lou – Preshus Nerves 2. Deepchild Vs Gauche - Mutual Sigh 3. Jamie Lloyd – The Spoon Master 4. Meem – Rumpski 5. Kidzen – Superpeople 6. Deepchild – What’s Going Wrong (Mako Remix) 7. The Stick Figures – Upshot 8. T-Rek – Freakshow Disco No. 3 8. Andrew Maher – Wriggle 9. Mike Ross – Kromatik 11. Amphibian feat. Natalie Elizabeth Gay – Empty (Marlow Remix) 12. Touch Sensitive – Body Stop
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