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Release info:
Polish label Exotic Refreshment has been doing its independent thing since 2007, releasing high quality house and techno music that gets spun by the likes of Sasha and Tensnake. Now they look to young Italian-Venezuelan talent Ricardo Baez for two new tracks that come with expert remixes by Edgar Peng, Fragile Signal and David Jach. 

Inspired by Chicago house and Detroit techno, Baez debuted in 2012 and has gone on to impress with releases on Toy Tonics, as well as holding down his high profile residency at Tropical Animals.

‘Butoh’ opens the EP in steely, nervy fashion with skittish synths scurrying over rooted house drums. There’s a shiny progressive like vibe to the synths that really suck you in and give off the air of flying through the cosmos whilst a heavenly vocal cry only adds fuel to the fire. Remixer David Jach is a someone who often has tracks in the Beatport Top 20, as well as having done an electronic concert with members of a philharmonic orchestra. His version of ‘Butoh’ is a stripped back and bumpy deep house cut with subtle vocals used as a repetitive hook. Chord stabs add warmth but this one is all about lo-key, high impact grooviness. An instrumental mix comes as a digital bonus.

The other original is ‘I Need You’, a soft edged and supple roller with rubbery synths and rounded drums. The sound of footsteps adds intrigue to the groove and when the bassline drops again amongst the sound of rainy melodies, you really get swept up. 

Berlin based Edgar Peng then turns out a deep and atmospheric remix that has whispered vocals, smeared, soulful chords and oodles of late night charm. Buy the EP digitally and you’ll also get treated to a more kinetic and upright tech house re-rub by Fragile Signal. 

Every mood and dance floor is catered for with this excellent new EP from one of Poland’s best labels.

Artist: Ricardo Baez
Title: Forbidden Colors
Label: Exotic Refreshment 
Cat#: EXRV009
Format: Vinyl / Digital
Release Date: 6th April 2015
Genre: Deep House, Tech House
Mastering by Exotic Mastering
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Tracklisting:
1. Ricardo Baez - Butoh (Original Mix)
2. Ricardo Baez - Butoh (David Jach Remix)
3. Ricardo Baez - I Need You (Original Mix)
4. Ricardo Baez - I Need You (Edgar Peng Remix)
5. Ricardo Baez - I Need You (Fragile Signal Remix) – digital only
6. Ricardo Baez - Butoh (Instrumental Mix) – digital only


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Co-founder @ ByeByeDisco Beijing

pei@byebyedisco.cn

Music Production - Sound Design - Sound Art - Synthesizer, FX & Sampler Patch Design - Film & TV Composition - Mixing - Mastering - Sound System Installation & Engineering - Live Sound Engineering - Audio Visual Experiments...

Projects:

South London HiFi
Robot Redfoot
Dub War
Warp Technique
Friends Electric
Freeq Unique
Bill&Ben
Back Yard Brew
Oligo
Lost Sector
Sonik Man & The Drunken Master
The Fugitive
Markarian 205
Sonar Audio Research

Discography:

Andy Martin feat Gavsborg - Plato & Caves Dub War Remix (Mole Audio DE 2022)
Oligo, Sonar Audio Research, Markarian 205, Lost Sector - MINERALCOMP01 (Mineral Cuts NL 2022)
Misled Convoy x Kat Five - Apply the Pressure South London HiFi Remix (Dubmission UK 2022)
South London HiFi - Like This (CoOp Presents UK 2021)
Didier Dlb - Why Worry - South London HiFi Remix (Compute Music DE 2019)
Robot Redfoot - Ghost Notes (Compute Music DE 2016)
Bill Robin feat ABCWellington - The Hunted (Compute Music, DE 2016)
Dub War meets Infra - If It's Not The Police (ZamZam USA 2014)
Rebel HiFi meets Nanoplex - Biotix (Bill Robin's Ishtar Dub) - (Shifty Disko UK 2013)
Rebel HiFi - Accept The Change (Open Recs, AUS, 2013)
Warp Technique - Mutate Light Year (Broken Recs, UK)
Dub War - The Funky Deal / To The Depths (Tempa, UK 2011)
Rebel HiFi - Purr / Dragon Dance (RHFPROMO01, DE 2010)
Friends Electric - Pondlife (Organic Records, UK 2010)
Warp Technique - Ethic Gradient (Organic Records, UK 2010)
Pitch Black - Sonic Colonic (Warp Technique Remix) (Dubmission Recs UK)
Vieux Farka Toure - Wale (Warp technique Remix) (Six Degrees Recs USA)
Pitch Black - Please Leave Quietly - Friends Electric Rmx (Dubmission, UK)
Pitch Black - Sonic Colonic - Warp Technique Rmx (Dubmission, UK)
Pitch Black - Free Fall - Friends Electric Rmx (Dubmission/Remote, UK/AUS)
Warp Technique - Big Trouble Remix (Dubmission/Remote, UK/NZ)
Warp Technique - Make Animals Happy (Dubmission, UK)
Freeq Unique - Who R We? / Mind & Soul (Bitasweet, UK)
Dub War - Murderous Riddim / Generation (Tempa, UK 2001)
Bill & Doc vs Nitin Sawheny - Voices (Outcaste, UK)
Makako Project vs E.Motta & J.Oliviera - Amore E Saudade Remix (Nova Vida, Brasil)
Makako Project - Na Favela (SambaLoco, Brasil)
Makako Project vs Patricia Marx - Earth Remix (Trama, Brasil)
Bill & Ben vs Hardfloor - Mahogony Roots Remix (Harthouse, Germany)
Backyard Brew - EP 4 (Backyard Brew, UK)
Backyard Brew - EP 3 (Backyard Brew, UK)
Backyard Brew - EP 2 (Backyard Brew, UK)
Backyard Brew - EP 1 (Backyard Brew, UK)
Bill & Ben - South Of The River (Harthouse/Eye Q, Germany)
Bill & Ben - 10" Of Funk (Harthouse UK, UK)
Bill & Ben - 12" Of Funk (Harthouse UK, UK)
Bill & Ben - 4 More (Harthouse UK, UK)
Bill & Ben - No 1 EP (Harthouse, Germany)
Oligo - Oligo 5 (Oligo, UK 1997)
Megalurb - Blurb / Klurb (Think! Records, UK 1996)
Sonic Man - Sonic Dub (IZM records, UK 1996)
Oligo - Light Orbit (Oligo, UK 1996)
Sonic man - Untitled (IZM records, UK 1996)
Oligo - Oligo II (Oligo, UK 1995)
Oligo - Destrukt (Oligo, UK 1995)
Lost Sector - Groove Trax Vol.1 (Fishtank, UK)
Lost Sector - My Bionic Rainforest / The Sysrem (Fishtank, UK)
Lost Sector - Power Up EP (Fishtank, UK)
Lost Sector - Funky ESP (Fishtank, UK)
Lost Sector - Midnight Journey EP (Fishtank, UK)
Lost Sector - Blueshift EP v2 (Fishtank, UK)
Lost Sector - Redshift EP (Fishtank, UK)
Lost Sector - Blueshift EP (Fishtank, UK)
Sonar Audio Research - Fusion / Blunt (SAR, UK)
Markarian 205 - EP (SAR, UK)
Sonar Audio Research - 101 Science Experiments (SAR, UK)
Sonar Audio Research - Do You Believe In Ghosts? (SAR, UK 1993)

I love all different genres of music and I like to try to play connect the dots in musical interludes and influences as queer child of the great and wide African Diaspora.


Biography
My love affair with music began when I was just a kid. Living with a father who was a musician, he fostered an interest in a wide spectrum of musical genres from the time we could crawl.
    When I was a teenager, I got into making mix tapes for friends and myself. Music inspired me and was my rock when I came out as a queer teen. One Friday night I had the opportunity to play some music at my queer youth group's coffeehouse. It ignited something in me and I decided this was something I 've got to do.
    For a couple of years due to the lack of opportunities I was relegated to making mix tapes and the coffee house nights. I moved to Toronto in the mid 1990's and stumbled into a wonderful place called CKLN 88.1 fm. The station offered training workshops in being a technician and on-air programming. I was soon volunteering there as a tech and doing the occasional on-air fill in. To my good fortune a slot opened on air and soon I was programming a weekly show with Karen Augustine called B.A.S.S (blak Afrikan sistas of soul).
    
    From spinning on air I was asked if I would play a few gigs. I accepted it with joy and have been creating vibes since then. After a year and half on B.A.S.S, I moved onto my own show on CKLN - RedLight Special (Tuesday's 12:30 A.M. -2:30AM) and then now Afrotransit(Thursday’s 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M) I continued with Aftrotransit on radioregent when CKLN folded.  I am no longer on Radio Regent  but will have a Podcast coming soon!

Personal Information
zest for life and a uncanny knack for stepping in muddy
I get great joy of seeing people respond and participate in whatever fashion they may choose. I like my music to reflect the diversity of the community I live in for me that means pushing the boundaries of race, sexuality and gender. It is how I live .... It is how I play. The key to this is to reach higher and respect always

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