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Bohemian Idol

Hidden Fees is Ivan Berko and Thomas Gluibizzi, lifelong friends and conductors on New York City’s underground dance music railroad. Travelers in multiple decades of the City’s ever-evolving time and space, the duo curate a perfect combination of grit and groove from each corner of the five boroughs and filter through the funky, spunky So What EP for Beats In Space Records.

Stricken of samples, loops and other tools typified in present day dance track crafting and screen mapping, “So What” is “organic music for the modern dance floor.” Berko and Gluibizzi depend on real humans – friends and fellow musicians – to originate proper live studio room works / workouts that breathe, smoke, snort and contort to the body clock’s unpredictable rhythm.

“So What” revels in this communal groove. The minor chord shuffle and percussion pump along rough n’ ready riffs rocketing from saxophone and guitars alike, each element stuffed in-the-pocket by a disco-indebted bassline. The spit-soaked vocals of Christopher Exits strut “So What” from the sweaty depths of a Brooklyn studio and onto the laser lit floor of a legendary night club in NYC’s disco party pioneers’ collective memory (or to the b-side of a Some Girls-era Stones single). Exits’ lyrics examine a narcotic urban codependence from the advantage of a man lost in his own sort of space, an experience we can all identify with or at least dream to believe still happens as cities sterilize.

On the flipside, Tiago touches “So What’s” humanity with acid reflex and a heavy-hitting kick over two strobe-ready remixes. “So What (Tiago’s One Good Mistress Deserves Another Mix)” dune buggies the original’s riffs into sparse terrains before introducing a rich, reverbed Rhodes melody to bring us back home. “So What (Tiago’s One Good… Dub)” embraces the house tendencies of Tiago with a little more pep in its step. The icey colorations of the original track form a slippery but solid glacial floor, while the hand-held rhythms mutate between alien and human pulses.

Each 12″ from Beats in Space Records features original artwork in considerate and serial form. Brian DeGraw of Gang Gang Dance contributes the glass-eyed tropicalia cover art for So What. The 12″ packaging constructed by Will Work For Good features a removable vinyl BIS logo cling.

Hidden Fees’ So What EP will be released on February 11, 2014 on Beats In Space as a limited edition 12” EP and digitally.

Buy the 12" or Digital

Hidden Fees "So What" BIS012

"The album was recorded in 3 consecutive days in which we just jammed - hence the name of the album - JAM - and was the initiative of Harake - a project of Kol HaCampus 106fm radio.

The general idea was to get into the studio, without any songs in advance, and jam using our equipment and some extra instruments to create a live album.

The result is a collection of intuitive tracks all made on the spot, very different from the trio's usual work process - in layers and over time.

Thanks to this process, the tracks got a dynamic living character that compliments the electronic format, giving the album its unique colour.

The sessions got an unexpected twist due to the November 2012 bombings in Israel/Palestine. Alarms that set off at peak moments got us all into a very specific zone which gave birth to some of the songs - Master Of Rockets, I Cried, What Is Madness are among its' children.

A few amazing musicians and good friends joined us in this session - Shuz (3421), Nomok (L.B.T), Roy Chen (Malox)." -- KerenDun
credits


Music by Buttering Trio (KerenDun, Beno Hendler, Rejoicer)

Additional Keys by Shuzin (3421) and Nomok
Drums on "Juno Juno" by Roy Chen

Recorded by Uri MixMonster Wertheim @ 106 FM studios

Mastering by Marko Gurkan @ Kicha Studios, TLV

Art and Design by Jengo

Executive Producer - Osbourne "Ease" Green 

Buttering Trio - Jam - 06 I Cried For You

Taken from Laura's 'Committed Language' EP

Buy: https://deekrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/committed-language-ep


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Spiral Staircase (AFX Remix) [London 14.09.2019]

Thank You Dean Blunt for Saving My Life

Protected

Protected (Ms* Gloom Remix)

soft touch

‘There is a thin line between desire and obsession, Misty Dreams plays across both fronts. When being close to someone just isn't enough, wanting them so badly that you would chase them into their dreams…’

'Misty Dreams' - the debut single from Gonzo Jones

Purchase // Stream track from https://caroline.lnk.to/MistyDreams

Released by:
Good Manners Records
Release date:
8 March 2016

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Misty Dreams

The Conservation Of Energy is taken from the forthcoming Vanishing Twin album on Soundway Records. 

Vanishing Twin - The Conservation Of Energy

from the upcoming album 'Digging A Tunnel' March 10th 2017

sir Was - In The Midst

Nothing Changes Under The Sun

Daystar

The Unnatural World

Dan and Tim, Reunited by Fate

Belambra - Alligator

Do Ya Like

Blue States accidentally established themselves at the forefront of the burgeoning wave of downtempo acts way back in 1998. Their debut album 'Nothing Changes Under the Sun' was released on Memphis Industries in September 2000, stunning critics and punters alike with its glorious retro-futurism.

In 2002 the second album "Man Mountain" was released on XL Recordings, which saw Blue States up the anti somewhat with the addition of vocalist Ty Bulmer. Including a string quartet, horn section and a kids choir "Man Mountain" was an all together grander affair, the standout track being 'Season Song' which ended up on the 28 Days Later soundtrack.

Never one to try and replicate his past endeavours, the third album "The Soundings" released in 2004. With Chris Carr taking on lyrical and vocal duties The Soundings saw Blue States once again morph into something new. The layers of strings and brass were stripped back to reveal something darker and more personal.

September 2007 saw the release of the fourth album 'First Steps Into..' on Memphis Industries. For this album Andy did a Michael Palin and went full circle, returning to the ethos of Nothing Changes and becoming a one man band again. "Allies' became the standout track, with its mix of otherworldly vocals and dense strings, all wrapped up in electronic sensibility. A solely written and produced album it sonically borrows from all three previous albums.

'Sum Of The Parts' was released in 2009, an Itunes only album comprising of b-sides from all of their releases from 1998 to 2007. A new album is being concocted at the moment planned for a 2013 release.

Daystar

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