About Me
Join Our Mailing List!!!!
About The Music.........
Somewhere between the beguiling dream-inducing electronica of Zero 7 and the musical flare and sharp production savvy of Crazy P sits Colourblind. The studio pairing of Steve Travell and Andy Jones - both seasoned producers and dance aficionados having chalked up an impressive discography under a multitude of guises over the years.
Colourblind, their latest nom de plume pulls together an ensemble of guest vocal collaborations that include former Sub Sub songstress Melanie Williams, Soul II Soul's Caron Wheeler and '60s soul legend Geno Washington amongst the line-up.
Opening with a modern day folk interpretation of Roberta Flack's finest five minute, "The First Time", Melanie Williams' melodramatic delivery is blended with unfussed warm ambience, subtle touches of analogue electronica and acoustic strumming; sung with so much heartfelt passion and emotion that it could melt the polar icecaps! Williams, who previously enjoyed solo success with Joe Roberts, also features on the midtempo dancer "Keep It Real" - a rich and subtle pairing of blessed-out beats, sharp musicianship and lazy grooves.
It epitomises the Colourblind sound, which is further reinforced by John Okane oak-smoked deliver on a trio of cuts that ooze of a timeless quality fused. "This I Know", "Establish A Connection" and "Butterfly" perfectly suiting Okane's almost Chris Rae-like delivery underscored with Balearic-kissed beats.
Tempos at best are never more then toe tapping: Caron Wheeler's lone contribute, the attention grabbing "Home", epitomising Colourblind's unhurried sound. The Soul II Soul singer shows her star quality here and why she remains one of the most gifted British soul singers to emerge in the last two decades. "Steal You Away" eases the beats up a notch over a deep insinuating house groove that marks the return of '60s soul shouter Geno Washington. His rich bluesy vocal perfectly suiting the sparse arrangement of the track with echoes of Bobby Womack warm velvety nuances.
Of the newcomers featured Colourblind have unearthed a burgeoning new star in Craig Lancaster who features on the hip swaying "Walkin'" - a beautifully crafted deep and metaphorically rich song that harks back to the conceptual days of the roots of the movement called house.
"Loveseesnocolour" can best be described as tautology in motion: the complex and simple rolled into one. The art of true greatness is making the hard look simple, and this the act do with much aplomb. As with the aforementioned Crazy Penis, Zero 7 and even Neon Heights, Colourblind's music is bio-conceptual, with their album best viewed as a whole, rather then dissected into edible three-minute radio edits. Yet that won't stop almost every track on this kaleidoscopic soundscape of sonic textures (particularly "Timeless" and "Stay") being a candidate for the next twelve months worth of Chill Out collections.
About The Act.......
Colourblind is a new project from successful dance Producers and re-mixers Steve Travell and Andy Tex Jones. Whether in the studio or behind the turntables they are established Artists, Andy with over 15 years of DJ experience and Steve scoring the UK Top 40 hit "I'm Rushing" by BUMP back in 1992.
The pair met in 1994 when they found themselves DJing at the same parties in London. (Among others, the legendary LOOSEN UP). They soon ventured into Steve's London studio, Dada and realized that they shared the same Musical passions. Their first release was "Its All About Love" as Climax Inc. on Goodboy Records. Throughout the Nineties the duo released music under many aliases such as MSPR, Funkzentrale, Superbangdeluxe, and more notably, Pussy 2000.
The latter and most popular guise to date produced the excellent Daft Punk mash up "Ain't No Love Around The World". The follow up was even bigger The Clash sampling worldwide club hit "Its Gonna Be Alright". The impact of this record prompted DJ magazine to hail it as "one of the best Bootlegs of all time".
As PUSSY 2000 the duo have also established themselves as "in demand" Remixers, mixing such diverse artists such as Artful Dodger, Ultra Nate, First Choice and Shaggy to name a few. They scored three UK club number ones and their remix of Phats & Small Tonight went straight to to the top of the Club Charts with a bullet. Inbetween remixing the stars, Andy and Steve even found time to start their own record label SPACEFUNK RECORDINGS which set out to launch new and fresh talent. The BeatManiac , Khetama and Zoo Brazil where some of the artists launched with the likes of DJ Sneak, Rhythm Masters and Funk Investigation providing remix services.
After clinching a deal with V2 America in 2003 the boys released the much-acclaimed progressive House track Evilmoogafooga (in the U.K. on Whoop records). A DJ mix CD called Spectrum followed and presented the new Artist guise of Spacefunk . Second single The Love Connection out in 2004 became a Steve Lawler favourite and Ibiza burner with its trancy B-side Alemannia. Andy is working with Steve on a Spacefunk Album at the moment and tracks can be heard on their myspace website.
Steve and Andy have taken their DJ talents worldwide too with gigs in America, Mexico, Spain and Australia. Highlights include the Ministry of Sound in London. Centro Fly in New York, the 2000 Love Parade and Tresor in Berlin, playing at Moby´s album release party in Miami in 2002 and hosting their own Spacefunk sound system for the past four years at Notting Hill Carnival in London. A record of their early Djing skills can be heard on the four volumes of the DJ mix compilation HOUSEZONE 1-4 between 95 and 98 on ID+T.
The boys set up a new label ln 2004 called Montblanc Records and the first release put them back on the map. The track What you Do by Satellite Love was a guaranteed floor filler and was licenced to many Ibizan Club compilations in the same year.
Steve Travell & Andy Tex Jones are long veterans of the Global House Music scene and are regularly heard spinning at some of Europes hottest clubs.
