Vermillion is the lead single for the forthcoming album from Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons. Channeling the magic of those hazy, sunrise parties Vermillion captures the globetrotting influences of Damian lazarus's new album. Featured here is a exclusive limited 7" version, released especially for Record Store Day, on the flip is the psychedelic opus "Mourning Of The Passing Flamingo". Please note this is limited to 100 copies.
Transported to glistering new realms, the bubbling deep house rolls beneath the revelatory soul of LA singer-songwriter and guitarist Moses Sumney, is the first of two appearances from the singer on the forthcoming album "Message From The Other Side". Album out May 18th.
A career spent Djing across the globe was the catalyst for Lazarus's latest project - Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons. Co-produced by James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco, the new album brings together an assortment of vocalists, collaborators and players from around the world, all taking inspiration from his Lazpod series, Get Lost events and Day Zero Festival in Mexico.
Pete Tong’s ‘Essential New Tune’ last week, ‘Vermillion’ is the lead single for the forthcoming album from Damian Lazarus & the Ancient Moons. Channeling the magic of those hazy, sunrise parties Vermillion captures the globetrotting influences of Damian Lazarus’s new album.
Transported to glistening new realms, the bubbling deep house rolls beneath the revelatory soul of LA singer-songwriter and guitarist Moses Sumney, is the first of two appearances from the singer on the forthcoming album ‘Message from the Other Side’. Album out May 18th available to pre-order - http://geni.us/MessageFromTheOtherS
Released on 30th of April, ‘Vermillion’ lands with an inter-stellar remix package. French techno connoisseur Agoria leads us on a minimal, spaced out trip through shining synths and swift vocal echoes. Acclaimed house maverick and Hot Creations head honcho Jamie Jones has been closing his DJ sets for the last few weeks with his own remix. Its bouncing, old school house tip bounding beneath bright gospel turns of phrase, approaching near classic status with arms aloft receptions on the dancefloor. And finally Berlin’s Deniz Kurtel, who pulls her penchant for polyrhythmic percussion to the fore, casting sweet tribal grooves across an original surely destined to become a dancefloor anthem this summer.
A career spent DJing across the globe was the catalyst for Lazarus’s latest project – Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons. Co-produced by James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco, the new album brings together an assortment of vocalists, collaborators and players from around the world, all taking inspiration from his Lazpod series, Get Lost events and Day Zero festival in Mexico.
Continuing a string of impressive releases, Crosstown Rebels off-shot label RebelLion welcomes Berlin based David Pher to the imprint with the double hitter 'Right Here'
"I was speaking to Damian about a release, so I decided to make something that was Crosstown / RebelLion through and through. I found this amazing spoken word poet called Chronfused and everything just clicked" David Pher.
On the A-side 'Right Here' showcases David's ability to produce dark grooves perfect for the dance floor and particularly the after party with twisted vocals and chugging yet sultry beats. On the B-sidde, ' Overpowering Space' grabs you with a bouncing bassline and melodic bell chimes, using percussion and eerie vocals to full effect.
Growing up close to Frankfurt, David Pher discovered his passion for electronic music in Ibiza, which soon led him to move to Berlin after studying Popular Music and Media. His first EP was released in 2008 - 'Harare' quickly becoming a big hit.
From 2009 to 2013, David was part of Steve Lawler's Viva Music family, playing numerous parties worldwide, honing his impressive DJ skills and playing alongside some great artists. His releases can be found on the likes of Ministry Of Sound, Tsuba, Gruuv, Viva Music, Harthouse and many more. This next venture on RebelLion sees David at his best and sets the way for more to come.
Skream has finally signed to Crosstown Rebels, with an album set to arrive later this year.
He remixed Ali Love's 'Perfect Picture' on Damian Lazarus's label at the fail end of 2014 and made his official debut on the imprint on Feb. 23 with 'Still Lemonade' and a remix by Redshape.
Talking about the release, Skream said "'Still Lemonade' was the first track I finished in a long time that I felt completely happy with and was ready to play out, I didn't tell anyone it was by me when I first started playing it and the reaction was explosive".
"It's a perfect example of the direction I'm taking with my productions".
We knew he had an album due this year after sharing 'Pernicious' on Soundcloud, but it's now confirmed it'll be released on Crosstown.
"Message From The Other Side" is the title track from the forthcoming album by Damian lazarus & The Ancient Moons.
A career spent DJing across the globe was the catalyst for Damian Lazarus's latest project - Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons. Masterminded by Lazarus, the album brings together a wide assortment of vocalists, collaborators and players from around the world. Taking inspiration from Lazarus's Lazpod series, Get Lost events & Day Zero Festival in Mexico, this is music for deserts, jungles and sunrises.
Kicking off in L.A., Lazarus was joined at the production controls by James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco, Arctic Monkeys, Florence) as the album moved to London, and then final recordingsessions completed in Mexico. The resulting album, "Message From The Other Side", is a revelation. It runs the gamut from the wonderful Qawwali-flavoured techno of last year's alternative dance hit 'Lovers Eyes (Mohe Pi Ki Najariya)' to the African-tinged house of 'Sacred Dance Of The Demon', dense dark ambient of 'Inner Core', and the bubbling depths of forthcoming single 'Vermillion', this is a rich and ambitious album.
"There is nothing that compares to DJing under the stars Lazarus explains. "In the night air or being responsible for soundtracking the rising of the sun and I wanted to create an album that reflects these beautiful moments".
Lazarus brought together the widest range of musicians to achieve his goals. Initially there was Moses Sumney, an LA singer-songwriter and guitarist whose vocals light up the dynamic deep house groove of 'Vermillion', and the epic closing number, 'Tangled Web'. lazarus's long-standing friend and associate Ali Love, contributes vocals to the soulful groove of 'We Will Return'.
Other collabs came from further afield, Hossam Ramzy, an Egyptian master-percussionist, most famous for his work on Jimmy Page & Robert Plant's 'No Quarter' album laid down the amazing rhythm tracks for The Ancient Moons. ELEW (Eric Lewis), an American jazz pianist palyed a 'treated piano' in an unexpected, experimental way. Lazarus and Ford turned to Andrew Waterworth, double bassist, with the acclaimed Penguin Café for the album's lush string arrangements courtesy of Mexico's Yucatan Symphony Orchestra.
Meanwhile, Fareed Ayaz, Abu Muhammad & Hamza Akram, are Pakistan's leading exponents of Qawwali singing, the hypnotic sacred Sufi music that Lazarus fell in love with after hearing it on the soundtrack of political thriller 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'. They appear not only on 'Lovers Eyes (Mohe Pi Ki Najariya)', but also the spaced out, sitar-laden 'Amber Palace', a piece that features the sitar work of Sidartha Siliceo, a former student of Ravi Shankar.
Keen to include an Afro-beat flavour, Lazarus turned to the studio owner brother's wife, a princess of Guinean origin whose vocals became the centerpiece of the bubbly, joyful 'Sacred Dance Of The Demon'. Adding to the vibe on the same track is an appearance by Mozambican guitar prodigy Neco Novellas.
By gatherring this gumbo of music from across the globe lazarus has created a collection that's as happy on the dancefloor as off, a set of songs and moods that work both as an album and, when cherry-picked, as a groove that would move from Ibiza to San Francisco to the UK festivel circuit. It's also a body of work which will be coming to life and touring when they hit the road in 2015.
