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It was the spring of 2007 when Paul ‘Mudd’ Murphy and Kevin Pollard announced the arrival of the former’s Claremont 56 label with “Villa Stavros”, a magical first collaborative 12”. It seems somewhat fitting, then, that Claremont 56’s final release of its’ first decade will be N7 Odyssey, the first collaborative album from Mudd & Pollard.By the time “Villa Stavros” came out, the pair had already been regular studio buddies for a couple of years. Initially, Murphy had recruited Pollard – a hugely talented keyboardist and composer – to play on tracks he was working on for Rong Music. One thing naturally led to another, and soon they were joining forces to make music as Murphy’s home studio in Holloway, North London.As the years rolled by, further acclaimed singles followed “Villa Stavros” – the bubbly, Rhodes-laden Balearic disco shuffle of “Vincent”, and the lilting, intergalactic dub disco of “Scaffold”, most notably – before the duo’s other musical commitments began to take precedence. Murphy had his hands full running the Claremont 56 and Leng labels, while Pollard carved out a successful career as a soundtrack composer for both film and television.Now, the album they set out to make all those years ago is finally finished and ready to be released. N7 Odyssey – titled in tribute to the Holloway studio they recorded in for many years before Murphy moved – draws together freshly re-mastered versions of their previously released singles with a clutch of previously unheard tracks.Built around the duo’s own fine musicianship, with Pollard handling synths, keyboards and electric piano, and Murphy guitar, bass and percussion, the album’s ten tracks offer a musical journey through their shared love of shuffling grooves, sun-kissed soundscapes and gentle positivity.Highlights come thick and fast. There’s the swirling strings, fluttering flutes, jammed-out electric pianos and heady female vocals of “Far Away”, the enchanting new age ambience of “December”, and the rush-inducing Balearic disco breeze of “Mawson’s Walk”, a former single blessed with sublime horn solos and rising, cinematic strings. Check, too, the headnodding beats, fluid electric piano solos and jazzy guitars of “Inatin”, the gentle Eastern mysticism and vintage ambient house aesthetics of “Anura”, and the ultra-deep house pulse of “N7 Odyssey”. The album fittingly finishes with a sublime ambient interpretation of “Scaffold”, arguably the duo’s most celebrated track.It may have taken a decade to emerge, fully formed, but Murphy and Pollard have delivered an album that’s beguiling, magical, and hugely comforting. Clearly, it’s an odyssey worth taking.

CLAREMONT 56レーベル作品に多数携わる鍵盤奏者KEVIN POLLARD と主宰PAUL MURPHY ことMUDD のタッグ・プロジェクトMUDD&POLLARD が約3 年ぶりとなる新作12" をリリース!ピアノ/トランペット・ソロ にDJ/ プロデューサー/ トランペッター/ パーティーオーガナイズetc... とマルチに活動する日本人アーティストSHIBA を、そして SMITH&MUDD 作品の多くにもチェリストとして参加しているFAZE ACTION の片割れROBIN LEE をチェロ/ ローズ・ピアノ/ フルートに迎えたサウダージ感満載のアンサンブルが心地良い珠玉の一曲"MAWSON'S WALK"。軽やかなミッド・テンポのパーカッシヴ・ディスコ・ボトムを下地にバレアリックなアコースティック・ギター/ 鍵盤/ ストリングス/ トランペッ トがムーディーに連なる優雅な極上オーガニック・フュージョン・ディスコ!2013 年のアナログ盤。

立て続けにヒットを飛ばすCLAREMONT 56より、Muddの新ユニットMudd & Pollardによるコズミックなメランコリック・ディスコ大作が登場!これまでのバレアリック・フィール溢れるテイストはそのままに、淡く幻想的な世界観が色濃く反映されたチル・アウト系大推薦の一枚! "Scaffold"、"Tako yaki"、どちらも最高に気持ちよく、これからの季節にもってこいです!これまで同様、限定盤の為お早めに!

PAUL MURPHY aka MUDD主宰の新作は、前作「Scaffold / Tako Yaki」もヒットしたMUDDとPOLLARDタッグによるコズミック・フュージョン傑作!大人気、MARK Eによるリミックスも収録!期待を裏切らない黒さ太さ倍増のビートダウン・トラックで文句なしの仕上がりです!

Coyoteの[Is It Balearic?]から限定10インチで登場するのは、同系統な作風で人気のPaul Murphy主宰[Claremont 56]から昨年リリースされていた"Scafford"の新たなCoyoteリミックス!

キーボード・アーティスト、Kevin Pollardと、ハウス/ブロークンビーツを基にするプロデューサー、Paul Murphyとのコラボ12"。モタついたDisco調のベースラインに、降り注ぎ揺らめくリラクシンな鍵盤がフリーキーに絡みつく・・。ギタリスト：Dave Nobleが奏でるギターも好アクセント。もはや言うことはありません。甘露タップリのジャジージョイントです！素晴らしい！