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It’s one of the most interesting hook-ups in modern house music, and it’s yielded an album that will tickle ears and tease bodies for some time to come. They may live well over 10 000km apart, but the beat brotherhood between UK house legend Atjazz and SA's most promising young producer, Jullian Gomes, is clear to hear.
Their collaborative album ‘The Gift The Curse’, blends Martin “Atjazz” Iveson’s deft and experienced touch with the Gomes's keen modern ear for soulful tech. Throw in vocal cameos from the likes of Osunlade, Robert Owens, Wumni, Zano and more and you have a forward-thinking, funky-as-hell long-player.
Pretoria-born Jullian Gomes grew up alongside a record junkie of an older Cousin in Michael G (together they’ve recorded as G.Family and picked up a SAMA nomination) and was absorbing the mid-tempo sounds of Tshwane’s vibrant club scene before he was a teenager. Little wonder he graduated to represent South Africa at the Red Bull Music Academy in London in 2011, had a subsequent smash hit with “Love Song 28” (also remixed by Ewan Pearson and Charles Webster) and ended up remixing Black Coffee, The Layabouts and Omar. But it was an unsolicited remix of Atjazz featuring Robert Owens “Love Someone” that caught the ear of Iveson.
Anyone with a passing interest in house music has heard of Atjazz. The north-eastern Englander has been producing since the mid-90s,
and is responsible for hundreds of remixes, including ones for Bob Sinclar, Jazzanova and SA’s own C.9ine. When he toured the country in 2011 he met Gomes at the infamous House 22 in Sunnyside, and the two struck up a relationship that’s been blossoming ever since. The two ended up collaborating on “Overshadowed” in 2012, and the working experience and success it achieved leads to this transcontinental hook-up.
Gomes explains that the title of the album refers to the fact that with every setback, there’s an opening. It could also sum up the cross-continental
span that the two have bridged to create something this special.
Enthusiasm meets experience; Tshwane meets Derby; youthful endeavour meets well-honed aptitude. It’s a marriage made in heaven that makes for an album blessed with magical overtones.
A landmark that sets the local beat bench extremely high.
credits
released May 16, 2014
Written by Martin Iveson and Jullian Gomes
02. Lyrics and vocals by Osunlade
04. Lyrics and vocals by Robert Owens
05. Lyrics and vocals by Zano
08. Lyrics and vocals by Wunmi
09. Lyrics and vocals by Clive Astin
10. Lyrics and vocals by John Agesilas
Produced by Atjazz and Jullian Gomes
Mixed & Mastered by Martin Iveson
Executive producers Martin Iveson & Jullian Gomes
(c) & (p) 2013 Atjazz Record Company
Label Website: www.atjazz.co.uk/label
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