Sun and Insanity

Adieu À L'Écurie - D.Rothon

FLIES 45-40 Giuliano Sorgini
MAD TOWN / ULTIMA CACCIA
7''

out on Feb, 25th

Four Flies is delighted to present a super juicy treat for all 7-inch vinyl devotees: the first of its 45s series singles to feature tracks from Giuliano Sorgini’s masterpiece Zoo Folle. To ensure maximum DJing pleasure, we’ve picked two of the grooviest tracks from the original recording session, never before released in this format.

The psychedelic funk number “Mad Town”, on Side A, drags you in with its infectious drum breaks and the rapid yet hypnotic flute of Nino Rapicavoli. “Ultima Caccia”, on Side B, is sheer afro-tribal bliss, with drums by Sorgini himself and massive funky percussion by legendary session player Enzo Restuccia.

If you want an ace up your DJing sleeve, look no further.

Giuliano Sorgini | Ultima Caccia

Cementing himself as an integral part of the French Indie music scene, French producer and multi-instrumentalist Crayon, real name Lauren Larue, signed to Erased Tapes in 2021 to herald in a new chapter in his life.

His two track EP, consisting of Misplaced and Ithinkso, sees him going back to his electronic, UK-infused roots. Whilst the opening song Misplaced — featuring vocals from Gracy Hopkins and Jo Lowenthal of Australian indie band Tora — maintains a clearer narrative; the second is a blend of traditional 00’s uk garage and jazz, almost fully instrumental. It’s this clear contrast the producer wanted to explore further, made possible by spending a month away in Morocco with choreographer Leo Walk and a bunch of other creatives and friends in early 2020. While Misplaced had already been recorded several months before, Ithinkso was sitting comfortably amongst a raft of other unfinished songs in Crayon’s hard drive. “It was only after seeing Leo’s excitement at first listen, and the incredible and abstract dance moves he would throw while discovering the song that I knew I had to do something with it,” the artist recalls.

As he and Leo went to spend a week at Plastician’s mystical domain Jean Francois Fourtou, in the outskirts of Marrakech, they found themselves submerged in a parallel world, surrounded by giant sculptures of insects, and a fully equipped, real sized reversed house. One quiet night they decided to experiment together with Leo repeating specific moves, almost turning himself into a human boomerang, while Crayon’s assignment was to write an assimile yet efficient electronic beat to it. After sampling a very short bit from French Soul singer Enchantée Julia (who Crayon was producing for at the time), Ithinkso was born, named after what they would both hear phonetically from the sample.

Both tracks wouldn’t have been completed without yet another collaborator, Crayon’s then roommate Bastien Brison, a Paris based jazz pianist. Together they held, when Lauren returned from the trip, what they simply called The Jazz Club in their apartment. It was a weekly jam/live painting/dancing event that they opened to a (not so) small lucky audience as a way to cope with the absence of live music, and events in general. Once again, the clear contrast between traditional jazz music and modern sounds and movements, that gave him the urge to make this project.

Misplaced / Ithinkso

Ithinkso

Crayon - Ithinkso (ft. Bastien Brison)

Love, Sex and Death Etc

Au Revoir My Dude

'Nice Town', out now on Ninja Tune: Metronomy.lnk.to/nice-townSo

Small World

J'en ai assez vu - Metronomy x Sebastien Tellier

gum v9.1

From the forthcoming 2CD compilation of remixes, rarities and unreleased tracks entitled "Memory and Matter", coming out on October 7 on Darla Records. The album can now be preordered here: www.manual.bandcamp.com

Or directly from Darla: 
darla.com/index.php?fuseaction…il&item_cat_id=43244


Blue Foundation: "Dressed in Black" (Manual Remix)

Play Your Part by Tiny Monsters of Brighton, 1987 AD.  The Tiny Monsters narrowly avoided the fickle adoration of the ignorant masses, and devoted themselves instead to a deeper understanding of the role of the sea pig in early Etruscan sculpture.

Play Your Part

The Lexicon Of Love

Theme From "Mantrap"

MOOON's Brew (cd master)

5. Intermission

Tranquil Eyes - Find Out For Yourself

Die Hornissen - Pale Blue Eyes

Arranged, performed and produced by Fernando Nuti (vocals, guitars, keys), Andrea Volpato (guitars, synthesizer, backing vocals), Alessandro Boschiero (bass) & Dario Lucchesi (drums, percussion). Music and words by Fernando Nuti. Recorded and mixed by Andrea Volpato at Fox Studio (Venezia). Additional mixing by Tommaso Colliva at Laboratorio Testone (Milano). Mastered by Giovanni Versari at La Maestà (Cesena). Artwork by Fernando Nuti & Laura Gamba.

Sun and Insanity

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