	The Normalites are chillout dons Steve Miller aka Afterlife and DJ / producer Chris Coco.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-normalites/id735990150

The music reflects the pairs’ background in making mellow music but also the slightly awkward nature of both their personalities. Their desire to push the boundaries of a genre they have made their own, their desire to come up with new sounds and ideas, their love of dub guitars and bass.

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ABSOLEM AFTERLIFE MIX CLIP

NIGHTCRAWLER CLIP

CHRIS COCO & AFTERLIFE
MASTERED FOR iTUNES PLUS

HOW DOES IT FEEL CLIP

Res freq: Inspired by an old Les McCann track called Soaring at Sunset. 

RES FREQ CLIP

Shortwave: I love listening to shortwave radio in the middle of the night when signals from around the world bounce off the ionosphere and end up in my studio, sometimes like a crazy moog, snippets of music fading in and out depending on the bounce, lots of found sounds...

SHORTWAVE CLIP

“....“Sunburn” is all about that moment when you decide to take control of your life and decide to live in a place that makes you happy rather than where you thought you needed to live for your work”

SUNBURN CLIP

I always preferred Tonto to The Lone Ranger, maybe he chewed peyote...

TONTO CLIP

Here's my take on the last 12 months which includes two tracks that appeared on the physical release of "Speck of Gold" in 2003 but were never released digitally as they didn't seem to fit the rest of the album. Now I know why, for me they resonate far more with present day issues and how people feel about life then they did back in the "noughties". Both tracks were co written with Matt Black and Jonathan More from Coldcut and Holly Chand. I also made a cover of "The World is a Ghetto" by War who I met at a gig in Los Angeles and by far one of the best bands I have ever seen live.

THE WAY TO SAN JOSE

Here's my take on the last 12 months which includes two tracks that appeared on the physical release of "Speck of Gold" in 2003 but were never released digitally as they didn't seem to fit the rest of the album. Now I know why, for me they resonate far more with present day issues and how people feel about life then they did back in the "noughties". Both tracks were co written with Matt Black and Jonathan More from Coldcut and Holly Chand. I also made a cover of "The World is a Ghetto" by War who I met at a gig in Los Angeles and have to say they are one of the best bands I have ever seen play live.

DISPARU

We’re happy to announce that Afterlife is back with another full length offering entitled “String Theory”. This time, Miller seems to shed a bit more of the White Isle in his productions, with the album presenting a deeper, more introspective angle of his musical prowess. As per usual, plenty of different influences are to be found within, from the impeccable flamenco-inspired tremolo guitar of the title track to the driving rhythm and vivid textures of Give It Up, there is not a single flaw to be found. The album is diverse yet remarkably coherent, rightfully demonstrating why Afterlife is a name that hasn’t faded for 20 years.

STRING THEORY

SPANISH FLY

LIBERATION DAY

LAST SUNSET

BARBUDA

GIVE IT UP (MEDLAR MIX)

GIVE IT UP

When Mike Boorman got inspired by the true story of a reluctant hippy drug lord who went on the run from the biggest drugs bust in Spanish history, he came to Afterlife’s studio in deepest Cornwall to make it happen. 
Formentera Fugitive is a moody and tense Balearic journey. It is the sound of a man cracking up in paradise, hiding out in a villa with the shutters down and only psychoactive substances for company, waiting for four agonising weeks to be rescued and smuggled out of the Balearics by boat. It has the blessing of the original fugitive himself, the eminent author Damien Enright.

FORMENTERA FUGITIVE

#ModernBalearic
Into The Heat is the next instalment of modern balearic musical enquiry by the legendary producer Afterlife, and oozes the kind of liquid-funk that proves almost too hot to handle. Sunshine is sprinkled rigorously across the rhythms compelling the breeze of intention to explode over the anticipation of summer madness, as carefree yet carefully choreographed drums pulse and the deft touch of keyboards shine brilliantly. 

The first of two remixes by esteemed producer DJ Rocca then retouch Si Si Si, initially appearing on last year’s brilliant Naif EP. Chopping out lines of 1980’s inspired grooves taut basslines dance around the pulse of handclaps complimenting that decades defining keyboard sound, offset by stuttering vocal edits on his Erodiscomixx.

Wanderlust, eerily created 6 months before the lockdown, dives into the expanse of deeper waters setting sail for the heart of the soul. Emotive pianos spell out loose direction as the complimenting shift of timely pads expose the terrain to scrutiny. Driven by the elastic electronic beats this sees the effortless shift between gears which only Afterlife captures so readily, completing the emotional roller-coaster of life: lived and loved. 

Jolly Up, then suggests an antidote via its chiming infusion of African repetition tastefully sequencing powerfully addictive melodies. Feeling free of worldly constrictions the music is at one with the positive flow of information leaving the haunting breath of a bass clarinet to offer resolve at the end. Accompanied by the worldly-wise chug of drums and bass satisfaction is always guaranteed.

And finally the second remix of Si Si Si sees DJ Rocca conjure up the stunning Dark Arts Mix. Extending blissful, probing keys out across the edges of synthesized sound the whisper of voices question what remains of the past while notes are reimagined, then reignited.

SI SI SI (DJ ROCCA'S DARK ART MIX)

INTO THE HEAT

JOLLY UP

WANDERLUST

SI SI SI (DJ ROCCA'S ERODISCO MIX)

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