Search Results for:

JOY ORBISON

Jorja Smith & Joy Orbison

Rose Rouge (RSD23 EDITION)

    THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2023 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON SATURDAY APRIL 22ND ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

    IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM ON MONDAY APRIL 24TH).


    Joy Orbison stamps his sound across Jorja Smith’s incredible version of ‘Rose Rouge’ “This remix reminds me of my earlier work - but maybe a more realised take on what I was trying to do back then,” says Joy O. “I was conscious of how the original track had been sampled many times in house & garage records and wanted to incorporate a bit of that while taking Jorja's version in a new direction.” He most certainly does that. Her sultry vocal mixes perfectly with his UK garage take on the classic St Germain track, taking a turn towards the dancefloor after a breezy, hypnotising intro. Now on a limited run of heavyweight etched black vinyl exclusively for Record Store Day 2022.

    ‘Still Slipping Vol.1’ is the debut full length project from Joy Orbison. Fans of Joy O’s DJ sets and radio shows will already be aware of his diverse tastes and inspirations, represented here through a roll call of delicately curated, mainly UK, collaborators that include Herron, James Massiah, Bathe, Léa Sen, Goya Gumbani and TYSON.

    Just as important are the voices of Joy Orbison's family - mum, dad, sister Sarah, uncle Frankie, uncle Keith (recently departed), auntie Helen and cousins Lola and Mia, as well as Leighann, who was the first person to introduce him to drum and bass and garage as a kid and stars on the mixtape’s cover art.

    They appear throughout the record via a series of voice notes, his only contact with his family during this year of worldwide lockdown and an intimate, vicarious glimpse into the personal world of an artist who has generally side-stepped the public gaze. 

    It's a long time coming since 2009's "Hyph Mngo" revolutionized and married the worlds of bass and techno together. Instrumental in advancing dance music and merging tribes of different electronic genres together, his Sunklo items have become treasured artifacts of dance music lineage and it seems utterally bewildering that it's taken him until now to release a full length album.

    Painfully succinct, delicately poised and highly advanced; all the trademarks that mark this singular and innovative producer / DJ. Sequenced to perfection and playing more like a mixtape tape than a collection of individual tracks, you'll struggle to take the needle off the record until its completion I can assure you! Highly recommended!  

    STAFF COMMENTS

    Matt says: Can you believe this is Joy-O's first long player?! His tracks seem to have influenced and soundtracked the better dancefloors of the last decade on a near-permanent basis. Over a transient, constantly-morphing LP we get the skitty, advanced kinetics; emotive washes and his shadowy, blurred vox all showcased at their most intimate and astonishing. One of our royal treasures of electronic music.

    TRACK LISTING

    W/ Dad & Frankie
    Sparko (feat. Herron)
    Swag W/ Kav (feat. James Massiah & Bathe)
    Better (feat. Léa Sen)
    Bernard?
    Runnersz
    Rraine (feat. Edna)
    Glorious Amateurs
    S Gets Jaded
    Froth Sipping
    Layer 6
    In Drink
    Playground (feat. Goya Gumbani)
    Born Slipping (feat. TYSON)


    Latest Pre-Sales

    205 NEW ITEMS

    E-newsletter —
    Sign up
    Back to top