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Acumen, Antoine Garcin, is a French Producer / DJ with a back catalogue stemming releases on the likes of Diynamic, Last Night On Earth, Suara, Selador, Get Physical and his own Time Has Changed imprint.

Born a Parisian, but now living in his home of Avignon, Acumen has been making music since the 2000’s as a self taught artist with every creation coming direct from the musical ear. Although self taught and with parents that weren’t musically interested, music has always been at the forefront of his life whether it be Rock or Electronic. The Clash played a huge roll in the early years before the electronic and house bug took a hold, with the likes of Depeche Mode acting as that stepping stone to what is now a fully fledged career path in electronic music. DJing was the first door to open alongside friends, however the creative aspect soon appealed to Acumen as he set his sights on the studio.

"I was very quickly fascinated by musical creation, by what a good, melodious piece could do to people. The ecstasy, the trance that can be instilled on a dance floor." - Acumen

Aside from music, Acumen prides himself as a family fan, which is apparent when looking across the album releases to date. The first of which, dedicated to his first born son ‘My Superhero’, was followed by ‘My Girls’ a full LP dedicated to the women in his family, both of which dropping on his own label of Time Has Changed. His secondary career is Pharmacy, one which demonstrates the professionalism of Acumen across industries, being able to balance an impressive musical career, full time business and family.

Time Has Changed was born in 2007 at a time when the balance between studies and a passion for music were at heads with one another. Now more than ten years later the label has flourished, releasing the likes of Oxia, Betoko, Alex Niggemann, Mihai Popoviciu and Barem, and is regarded as one of the key players within the French music scene, delivering dance floor bound tech house.

Over the years Acumen has got behind the decks in some of the worlds top venues, including the infamous Panorama Bar and Paris’ Rex Club. 

With a string of recent releases on Sasha’s Last Night On Earth and Selador all landing well within the Beatport Top 100, Acumen has now demonstrated his talent as an artist, creating a pathway which is certainly bound for the top. The third in a series of album releases is set for release later into 2018 and will once again showcase his versatility in the studio and is aptly named ‘Brune’ after his youngest daughter.
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ANEEWAY JONES, né à Lille en 1984 et aujourd’hui domicilié à Grenoble, est arrivé dans le monde du hip-hop très jeune et commence à écrire des lyrics et à rapper en 1996. Il se produit sur scène pour la première fois en 2000. Par la suite, lassé d’enregistrer sur les productions des autres, et passionné de crate digging, il achète sa première MPC en 2002 et arrête l’écriture pour se consacrer uniquement à la production musicale.
Il produit son premier morceau pour Emcee Anime (un artiste américain originaire de Boston) en 2006 et sort
son premier album instrumental, «smokeen’ on the moon, vol. 1», en 2008.
Il en sortira une vingtaine jusqu’en 2015 en exploitant un concept différent par album, comme l’utilisation unique de samples de musique indienne, ou de samples de doo-wop etc.
Il produit également une dizaine d’albums pour différents artistes comme Unknown Mizery, Ali The Son of Abdul, Hobo Banditos et Illskilled (Toronto), Hastyle The Barber-Artist (New York) ou encore Sapeur (France).
Artiste international, Aneeway Jones participe à la production et conception de plus de cinquante projets différents pour des artistes d’origines variées (Grêce, Afrique du Sud/Swaziland, Canada, USA, Allemagne, Chili, Angleterre, France etc), anime une émission hebdomadaire sur News FM 101.2 (Grenoble) et a composé et produit deux génériques pour la chaine de télévision Canal Plus.
En 2010, de retour de Brooklyn, New York, il forme le groupe Allies Crew avec L.I.F.E. Long (New York) et
Iomos Marad (Chicago). Ils sortent leur première mixtape en 2010 et leur album est en cours de préparation.
Aneeway Jones sort en 2012 sur le label new-yorkais Cocoon Movements une compilation de 23 titres ou sont
présents plus d’une vingtaine d’artistes différents.
Il sort en 2013 son album avec Hastyle The Barber-Artist (New York).
En février 2013, il écrit la nouvelle «poussière d’ange» pour le magazine poétique Cristal Lyrics et collabore aux deux albums des grenoblois Béo. Il produit également des morceaux pour Petzl, une société de matériel d’escalade et d’alpinisme bien connue dans la région Rhône-Alpes.
Son plus gros succès à ce jour est l’album «Empty Handed Warrior» qu’il sort avec Unknown Mizery sur le label
Mutescream Mentaltainment en 2010 et qui restera numéro un des charts radio hip-hop au Canada
pendant plusieurs mois consécutifs.
En septembre 2014, Aneeway Jones est élu parmi les 10 artistes «découvertes» par un jury composé des magazines KR-Home Studio, L’Express, la Sacem, le Hard Rock Café et la marque
d’instruments Fender. Une compilation CD sera produite et distribuée à cette occasion.
En 2015, il produit trois morceaux dans l’album hommage à Sean Price, décédé au mois d’août de cette année-là. Il s’apprête également à sortir un album qu’il compose pour le new-yorkais Smoovth ainsi qu’un single en collaboration avec l’emblématique rappeur d’IAM, Akhenaton.

Alice Russell is natural, pure natural talent, a natural presence, a force of nature. Whether on a big stage with her 16 piece band, charming a crowd of 4000 into staying out dancing in the rain (as she did at Montreal Jazz Festival) or rocking out an intimate club set with a stripped down 6 piece band, she’s a singer who demands attention. Unfazed by taking to the spotlight after a sober Amy Winehouse or joining Roy Ayres live for ‘Everybody Loves The Sunshine’, there’s no wonder her powerful soul voice has attracted rave reviews from numerous national and international publications and praise from fans as diverse as Gilles Peterson, David Byrne, Dennis Coffey, Massive Attack’s Daddy G, and Groove Armada. 

Alice has also won over a whole brace of producers – lending her strong, emotional tones to releases by Mr Scruff, Quantic and Nostalgia 77, the latter pairing producing the ‘Seven Nation Army’ cover that demolished clubs for years. But following her first release 'Under The Munka Moon' it’s her records with longtime producer and bandleader TM Juke that she’s best known for. From their debut album ‘My Favourite Letters' through to 2008’s live-tinged ‘Pot Of Gold’, they have made some of the most arresting blues soul since the glory days of Aretha. 

“We’ve both got a very open approach to writing songs,” she explains of the prolific relationship. “And we both like so many different types of music whereas some people are more purist. Our influences run from Sarah Vaughan to Bach, Kate Bush to Arvo Part, and J Dilla to Alice Coltrane. We love everything from dirty, squelchy dub step to old school soul. We nudge each other in the right directions.”

The direction they’re nudging each other in right now is towards the synthesizer rack. A love of Prince’s upbeat ‘Dirty Mind’ album and tracks like ‘Controversy’ are leading to a new sound for the upcoming album.
“We’re writing and recording as we speak,” Alice exclaims. “It’s sounding like a cross between ‘My Favourite Letters’ and something much newer. Obviously my voice is there, which brings out that soulful, emotional sound, but there are a lot more synths. It’s a bit more punk electro soul. Yeah!”
If you’ve seen Alice perform live recently you might not be surprised; her December show at the Forum in London saw her take to the stage with her traditional horn section backed up with synths, while smaller gigs have showcased the pacey songs with a four piece set up that sounds rocky. As much as she loves being in the studio there’s something special about Alice let loose on an audience.

“Being on stage is more instant,” she admits, suggesting the reason why she limited herself to just three takes on each song on ‘Pot Of Gold’. “I like things when they’re quite free. In the studio it can be like when you know someone’s taking your photo. Writing in the studio is amazing but when you’re doing takes it can be a bit daunting, but also really exciting. Live you can’t take it back – you’ve got to go all out there.”

It has led to some great experiences, like when she stayed on in Japan to visit the village where the promoter was from: almost like a 50s teen movie, a deal was struck where Alice would have free reign of the hotel for her stay if she did a gig. 
“Of course we said yes,” Alice says with delight. “Babies and grandmas all turned up and there we were with a makeshift sound system thrown together out of amps and speakers. It was one of the most heart warming gigs I’ve ever done.”
Other live highlights include singing with The Roots in Philadelphia, while recording has seen her sing on Talking Heads leader David Byrne’s recent LP. Surely belting out the intensely emotional songs must get a bit tiring. Apparently not.

“It’s a great emotional release,” Alice smiles. “And sometimes makes you feel really high, especially when you’re singing the high notes. If you’re feeling rubbish and everything else feels like it’s going wrong you feel better if you have a good singsong.

"Working with a singer like Alice was something new, terrifying and ultimately amazing."
- David Byrne

"....one of Britain's best kept secrets"
- Independent

"...lush strings combined with Russell's intense, declamatory tones result in a strikingly soulful makeover..."
- Mojo

"Amy Winehouse will wish she could produce an album half as good as this....Alice is a wonderful soulful, bluesy vocalist backed by a band that's tighter than an Aberdonian during the credit crunch"
- Daily Express

"...her vocal style has a gritty power and authentically raw soulfulness..."
- Venue Magazine

"...powerful....soulful...fantastic..."
- Word Magazine

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Having mastered the art of modern production, Belgium’s Olivier Grégoire hasbecome one of the world’s most renowned dance music artists, with a bevy of high-profile releases under his various pseudonyms. You may know him as Kolombo, thehouse player with a discography that charts esteemed imprints like Kompakt, Turbo,Diynamic, Noir Music, Suara, Snatch!, Sweat and most recently Dirtybird, with thesummer 2018 single “It’s Gettin’ Hot.” Though he’s also made waves as the LouLouPlayers with his partner Jerome. Together they’ve toured the world, and launched theLouLou Records imprint, a house label with several releases from Kolombo and thePlayers.With shows at Belgium’s Tomorrowland, all across America, in Russia, Australia,and in the hip party capital of Berlin, the past few years have seen Kolombo’s starcontinue to rise as a DJ almost everywhere. But especially in South America, wherehe regularly plays major festivals and clubs. Grégoire’s relationship with the famedBrazilian open-air venue Warung has quickly grown, and 2019 will see the release ofsomething very special on the Warung Recordings label, along with another outing onDirtybird.Last but certainly not least, Grégoire is also part of the highly touted Mugwumpoutfit, a leftfield house duo launched with Belgian dance music pioneer GeoffroyMugwump in 2008. Together, their recordings have landed on electronic music’smost discerning labels, including DJ Hell’s Gigolo, as well as Kompakt, R&S,Cocoon, !K7, Throne Of Blood, Misericord, International Feel, Permanent Vacationand Endless Flight.It’s apparent that Kolomobo’s work ethic, consistency, and spirit of open-mindedcreativity have been the key ingredients for his success so far, and they all butguarantee his future will burn brightly for many years to come.

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