Bruise is the brand new musical project of Christian Campbell aka Sona Vabos and Darren House aka Diesel (X-Press 2). 
 
Under his Sona Vabos alias, Christian has released House, Dub and Techno on labels like DFA, Mad Decent and Southern Fried Records, and has remixed artists including Todd Terry, Chicken Lips, and The 2 Bears.  
His music has been supported by Radio 1 (Annie Mac, B-Traits, Diplo and Monki) and DJ’s such as Kerri Chandler, Sinden, Shadow Child, and many more.  
 
Diesel, together with Rocky and Ashley Beedle, formed house music titans ‘X-Press 2’ in the early 90s and rose to underground prominence through classic tracks such as ‘Muzik Express’, ‘London Xpress’ and ‘Smoke Machine’ (Junior Boys Own & Skint Records). Gaining plaudits on the club scene with their multi-decked DJ sets and performing everywhere from Ibiza to Brazil, Japan to New York, X-Press 2 shot to fame with their Ivor Novello award winning single ‘Lazy’. Featuring vocals by David Byrne (Talking Heads) the single reached No 2 in the UK singles chart.  
Diesel is also a founding member of the jazz electronic band the ‘Ballistic Brothers’ and as a solo artist ‘Yellow Sox’ on Nuphonic Records. Diesel also presents an irregular radio show on know-wave.com as well as co-running legendary re-edit label Moton Records Inc.

Bruise - Presentation EP

There were a lot of onlookers who looked down from the floating clouds up above. Jagged angels they were called, for they might be as likely to cut you as they would save you on any given day. Soaring amidst the blue skies they were a pearly white and glimmered in the glow of the radiant sunlight which beamed down upon earth from up above. Some had always felt that they might like to dance and fly amongst the clouds, a new life accompanied by angels and ghosts. For him, he was simply happy down here on earth. 

Bruise are set to release a new EP on Meda Fury, a duo made up of Christian Campbell (Sona Vabos) and Darren House aka Diesel (Xpress-2, Ballistic Brothers). This one is an ode to Detroit of sorts, drawing upon dusty influences from the glory days of house and techno.

Presentation EP

PREMIERE: Bruise - Jagged Angels [Meda Fury]

Bruise is the brand new musical project of Christian Campbell (Sona Vabos) and Darren House aka Diesel (Xpress-2, Ballistic Brothers). Born out of a shared love of the Motor City and all things deep, dusty and electronic, Bruise aims to present a broad palette of stirring electronic soul.

We feature 'Portrait', a rolling dusty tip that meanders calmly between sonic structures - melodically gliding on the surface of a familiar electro step, flaunting a combination of space-age motifs and jazz-tinted flair.  This cut rounds off another fantastic EP from Meda Fury, once again introducing a future familiar name to the sphere.

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PREMIERE: Bruise - Portrait [Meda Fury]

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A2 Bruise - Dark Sun (Clip)

* Read more / Interview:  https://boltingbits.com/bruise-grand-hi-meda-fury
* Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/g4qNAk2-1Uk
* Pre-order: https://bruisebruise.bandcamp.com/album/presentation-ep

Bruise, the new duo consisting of British underground upstart Sona Vabos and 90’s UK House stalwart Diesel (of X-Press 2 fame), are on a mission with their sprawling, ecstatic debut, Presentation EP. Despite occupying different niches and career points in the ever-shifting landscape of underground UK electronic music, these two clearly share an affinity in their approach to music-making; no-punches-pulled, unadulterated, classic-House indebted dance-floor igniters. 
	Case-in-point: the first track off the B-side of Presentation, “Grand Hi.” After the explosive, choir-vocals-infused A-side opener, “Jagged Angel,” and the more subdued, yet pummeling dub-techno of follow-up, “Dark Sun”, “Grand Hi’s” opening disco piano chords feel like a warm ray of sunlight bursting through the grimy clouds. What’s so remarkable about this track is how it incorporates many of the elements so commonly found in early-90s Detroit or Chicago House, and yet makes it into something other than just pure revisionism, something wholly exciting and expansive. The key here lies in the simplicity of the structure and the attention paid to each arrangement. As the piano undergirds the whole track, Bruise seamlessly introduce more and more elements, including, most notably, a Nile Rodgers-esque guitar line, swelling orchestral strings, and, of course, those crisp hi-hats that simply beg dancers to clap along while being swept away amongst the rushes of euphoria.
	With this track, the duo seems to have tapped into the essence of what makes house music so timeless. There’s not a single detail that feels out of place here, yet there is no fussiness or overwrought tinkering either. This speaks to the kinetic chemistry of the collaboration itself and the meeting of two minds on the same tireless, party-starting wavelength.

PREMIERE: Bruise - Grand Hi

Bruise is the brand new musical project of Christian Campbell (Sona Vabos) and Darren House aka Diesel (X-Press 2, Ballistic Brothers). Born out of a shared love of the Motor City and all things deep, dusty and electronic, Bruise aims to present a broad palette of stirring electronic soul. 

Under his Sona Vabos alias, Christian has released House, Dub and Techno on labels including DFA, Mad Decent and Southern Fried Records, and has remixed artists including Todd Terry, The Black Ghosts, Chicken Lips, and The 2 Bears. His music has been supported by Radio 1 (Annie Mac, B-Traits, Diplo and Monki) and DJ’s such as Kerri Chandler, Sinden, Eats Everything, Shadow Child, and many more. 

Diesel, together with Rocky and Ashley Beedle, formed House music titans ‘X-press 2’ in the early 90s and rose to underground prominence through classic tracks such as ‘Muzik Express’, ‘London Xpress’ and ‘Smoke Machine’ (Junior Boys Own & Skint Records). Gaining plaudits on the club scene with their multi-decked DJ sets and performing everywhere from Ibiza to Brazil and Japan to New York, X-Press 2 shot to fame with their Ivor Novello award winning single ‘Lazy’. Featuring vocals by David Byrne (Talking Heads) the single reached No 2 in the UK singles chart. 
Diesel is also a founding member of the jazz influenced electronic band the ‘Ballistic Brothers’ and as a solo artist ‘Yellow Sox’ on Nuphonic Records. Diesel also presents an irregular show on know-wave.com as well as running legendary re-edit label Moton Records Inc. He can also be found playing DJ sets at Spiritland and ‘We Are The Sunset’ parties as well as running his own parties under the name Heavy Disco.

Bruise - Wildflower [digi only] (Clip)

Contact and bookings:
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Meda Fury is a new London based label, bringing new and established producers together from across the globe. 
House music is a broad artform - and over each release we will be exploring the infinite possibilities within this genre.  
Using the extended player as a story-telling canvas we hope to create a breeding ground and network for disparate artists from many different countries. 
Limited vinyl followed by digital download.