Man Ray
“Tokyo Joe” EP
Released 26th April 2011 / HAC 006
Available via www.fac51theHaçienda.com
...Track Listing
1: Tokyo Joe (Radio Edit)
2: Tokyo Joe (Phil De Gap Remix)
3: Tokyo Joe (Si Brad Remixed)
4: Man Ray versus Si Brad – Phil De Gap Remix
Haçienda Records is proud to release the second Man Ray Ep “Tokyo Joe” which see’s Joy Division and New Order’s Peter Hook and production partner Phil Murphy (aka Phil Da Gap) unleash a four track Ep which crosses punk, house and indie styles in an upfront and bass driven dance tune.
A version was originally recorded for the opening of The Factory club in Manchester in February 2010 but this has been reworked and a vocal line added as well as a host of remixes being commissioned. Already being picked up by various DJ’s, this post punk, funky house crossover track is set for a much wider audience on release and dancefloor action across the better indie leaning clubs.
The Stranglers styled bassline is pure Hooky and lies at the centre of the track, having formed the prime inspiration for the tune. A surgent, driving percussive beat and a staccato guitar line compliment the bass underpinning the track with elements of synth pop also lending the track club appeal.
Remixes come from Phil Da Gap and Si Brad, Phil (Murphy) being Hooky’s long time production partner across Freebass, Man Ray and The Light. Si Brad also is highly respected Manchester based musician who has worked extensively with major artists since the early 90’s as a producer and remixer with the likes of T-Empo, Salt City Orchestra, Paper Recordings, Layo And Bushwacka and Derrick Carter. Si is much sought after on the Chicago House scene for his productions skills and deftly original touches and is regarded as one of the unsung heroes of the Manchester Dance.
The first EP track, “Tokyo Joe - Radio Edit” is the original version, re-edited and with vocals added as the anthemic keyboard and crashing percussion create a rock dance hybrid which the subsequent remixes spin off into directions of their own. Track two the “Phil De Gap” remixes takes the looping bassline and gated vocals in a bass-y, stripped down, grungey, dubbed out workout which has more than a shade of mid Eighties New Order to its soundscape.
Third track and second remix, “Tokyo Joe – Si Brad Remixed” sees Si give the record a rockier yet more tuneful treatment which gives more depth to the subtler elements which lie within. With a modern electro take and almost live feel to the mix, a fake drop mid way through gives way to an original and arresting improvisational workout as the end section which takes the track into deeper and dubbier territory.
The final EP track sees Phil De Gap and Si Brad together on production duties as a darkly indie and electroclash mood takes hold with new wave and acid house flavours thrown into the mix to create a bleep house, modern floorfiller of slightly twisted techno.
“Tokyo Joe” is the first 2011 release by Haçienda Records on its updated and revised download section at www.fac51thehacienda. With the label set to release Peter Hook And The Light’s debut EP “1102 / 2011” on early May 2011, the label is already gearing up other and new artists to publish over coming months.
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