"Totally in line with the new house/rock sound..." Hot new 12" from Freddie Mas a.k.a. "Mad Mike N.Y.C." with production credits going to the Champion Soul crew. Absolutely Prince-a-licious vocal acrobatics on top of house tracks with a real funk. A more sincere form of Super-Collider? "Detail of a Detail" sports an ass-bobbing, superfly bassline and some neck snapping, eyes closed sex-soul/rock vocals. Totally in line with the new house/rock sound of, say, the Rapture, Outhud, Morgan Geist maybe...kinda.... Anyway, remix credits go to Codek's Cosmic Rocker who melts the track into a looping space-hippie groove, stretching the vocals into an mist of angel dust floating through the mix. Bravo. -SM, Repellent Sounds www.repellentzine.com

CR018 - VINYL 12" FREDDIE MAS 1: WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT YOU 2: DETAIL OF A DETAIL 3: DETAIL OF A DETAIL (COSMIC ROCKER MIX) Produced by Champion Soul.         click on pic for large image

Citing Freddie Mas' biggest influences as "dreams, coincidences and house parties...", the Chicago native is determined to forge a new level of expression in popular music. for the last 5 years he has been introducing a physical dynamic to his productions, collaborations, infamous DJ sets and performances. something that, he feels, has long been missing from a rather stoic NYC dance scene. he describes his sound as "motion motivated" and considers music as "inseparable from the phenomenon of gravity, yet a living art capable of greater possibilities beyond...". Freddie says "the era of music I romanticize most is the period of transformation between disco and house music, when so many disparate elements were incorporated on the same dance floor."