Sandman feat. Jeremy Ellis

Feed Your Mind

FastFWD continues its path of envelope-pushing dance music that defies genre, tip-toeing through house, broken beat, and jazzier sounds. The imprint’s fourth release finds the unleashing of another fiery project featuring the combined talents of Sandman and Jeremy Ellis. You may recall Sandman’s well-received « Latin Fire, » previously released on FastFWD. Here the accomplished multi-instrumentalist teams up with producer/songwriter Jeremy Ellis (Ubiquity Records), renowned for his own oeuvre as well as his work as Ayro. The fruit of their labor is « Feed Your Mind, » a sexy prescription of analog synthesizers, pianos, and keyboards mixed with a healthy dose of adept drum programming. The highlight of the track has to be Ellis’ wonderful vocals, sending out a lyrical message of openness, freedom of expression, and purification through music. Choice stuff.

Jeremy Ellis himself adds a remix of « Feed Your Mind » filled with tasty breakbeat rhythms and sparse instrumentation underneath the vocal line. The rhythm is the key here, and it’s beautifully effective on funkier dancefloors. The next remix is the collaboration of FastFWD’s own Riverside and John Beltran, a producer with a long and illustrious history balancing the worlds of techno, jazz, and more ambient offerings. This more straight-forward housier treatment is filled with vibe and soul, powered by a strong bassline and musical percussion.

tracklisting:
1. Feed Your Mind (Jeremy Ellis Dub)
2. Feed Your Mind
(John Beltran & Riverside Remix)
3. Feed Your Mind (FastFWD Vocal)
4. Feed Your Mind (FastFWD Instrumental)

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