Treex returns to Soul Deep for another funked up, Liquid extravaganza. The EP kicks off with the title track, "Melancholy Man," which features snappy drums, soft pads, rolling sub, uplifting strings, and an energetic mid-range bassline layer that adds the right amount of grit to the tune. 

Next up is "Funked Up," in which Treex takes a very funky approach to writing a dancefloor filler. The song starts out with a shrieking classic funk sample, layered with funky guitar riffs, and popping drums. When the drop hits, the funky backdrop is layered with an Amen loop, which adds energy to the drums, and a busy bassline that plucks along underneath the groove. The vocalists sing out the word, "Funkdafied," which is a great description of what the listener is hearing. "Craving," is up next and features an intoxicating guitar loop, snappy drums, echoing whispering vocals, deep sub bassline, and an aggressive mid bassline that adds a sense of urgency to the tune. 

The EP is rounded out by the flavors of "Tremble," which is highlighted by a looping synth line, soft Rhodes chords, harmonic Rhodes stabs, groovy drums, and a rolling sub bassline. Overall, this is a wonderful, funked up composition from the French producer, Treex. Rolling!!

* Soul Deep Website : https://souldeeprecordings.com/
* Treex on facebook : https://www.facebook.com/DjTreex/

Melancholy-Man-EP

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★  Born 1984, Dj & Producer from Paris now based in Lille (Fr). Brice aka Treex is involved into Drum & Bass scene for over a decade, organizing events and appearing in several french night-clubs.

After mixing and experimenting with the dark side of DNB in french raves, he's started to produce Liquid Drum & Bass in 2011 cause he felt at ease with this genre as he could mix all his musical influences together. From US Soul to 70's Funk & Jazz and also a touch of hip-hop! 

Since then he has released tracks on several labels starting with Totaal Rez records (FR) then Liquid Tones and now some of the most important liquid-dnb labels like Soul Deep (his home-label since 2013), Offworld (2019) and Smooth-n-Groove (2023).  He was also behind the 'LIQUIDZ-SPIRIT' Partys and Podcasts helping the liquid-dnb scene growing in France (2016 to 2022).

* SUPPORT FROM : LTJ Bukem, Technimatic, John B, Intelligent Manners, Furney, Patife, Silence Groove, Stunna, Ledge Sounds, Majestic DNB..

★ Bio (French) : Né en 1984, originaire de Paris/77 et maintenant installé à Lille, Brice aka Treex est présent sur la scène Drum & Bass depuis plus de 15 ans. On l’a aperçu au coté de nombreux crews comme Amplitude (77), EN2, Exploration, Forever DNB, Kosmo et DNB France.

Au départ influencé par la techno et les ambiances froides et industrielles du neurofunk qu'il mixait en free-party, il se met à la production en 2011 et choisit plutôt la Liquid DNB pour s’exprimer. Il peut ainsi piocher dans sa culture musicale sans borne entre Soul, Funk 70's et Hip-Hop!

Depuis il a sortit une quinzaine d'EPs sur différents labels, à commencer par Totaal Rez pour ensuite enchainer plusieurs sorties remarquées par quelques grands noms de la DNB comme LTJ Bukem, John B, Intelligent Manners ou encore Technimatic. Soul Deep est son label de prédilection depuis 2013, une évolution musicale bien méritée qui s'est confirmée avec la sortie d'un EP sur Offworld (2019) et Smooth-n-Groove(2023) ainsi que 4 morceaux sur les compils 'French-Plates' de DNB France.

Il est aussi à l'origine des events 'LIQUIDZ SPIRIT' (actif à Paris de 2016 à 2022) qui visaient à faire connaitre la Liquid-Dnb à un plus grand nombre, au coté de ses compères Mossa, Induktiv et H.A.X.