News Solid Steel Hits Close to Home
posted by on March 16 at 9:17 AM
AC Lewis (left): On DJ Food’s menu.
Seattle producer/promoter AC Lewis (of those broken-beat warhorses SunTzu Sound collective and co-host of City Soul on KBCS 91.3FM with fellow SunTzu-ers Atlee and J-Justice) giddily informed me that his soulful, staccato-funk track “Tickles” (featuring vocalist Ndidi Cascade) has been selected by DJ Food & DK to appear on the vaunted Solid Steel mix CD via Ninja Tune Records in April. This is huge news, as just about anything associated with Ninja Tune is widely respected worldwide. Placement on the disc, titled Now, Listen Again, could seriously boost Lewis’ career. (He’s already noticed a major increase in interest in his activities since the promo disc was mailed to press.)
On this sixth installment in the Solid Steel series, “Tickles” occupies a niche between Giorgio Moroder’s “Tears” and Aphex Twin’s “Nannou.” It’s heady company, for sure. Let’s hope that this high-profile break prompts more excellent tracks from Mr. Lewis.
Strictly Kev has some dope promo pictures for the release here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/strictly-kev/
We're working on getting them both to come thru for a 2x4 set which would be DJ Food's first appearance here since 2001, I think!
"Now listen!", the first Solid Steel release featuring DJ Food, is pretty awesome. The rest are worth cheking out as well, oparticularly the Herbaliser and Amon Tobin outings.
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