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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOADDisillusioned and indifferent to the musical climate that surrounded their creative visions, Fitzgerald Fyne & Matt Childs (KARMAMOTIVA) realised they had a lot in common during a chance collaboration in early 2006. Individually they have been involved and have a vast knowlege and experience with in the music industry.Fitzy's music background started as a 14 yr old reggae sound system MC apprentice in Liverpool performing at Blues parties, Sound system clashes, Carnivals and Liverpool University.In 1992 the jungle music scene started developing out of london and along with two friends he promoted and hosted the first ever jungle night in Liverpool called "Jungle Love" @ The Lomax. After recognition of their talents by Jungle Fever they went on to play at venues nationwide alongside some of the then movers and shakers such as Brockie & Det, Kenny Ken, Roni Size & Grooverider.In 1998 Fitz teamed up with good friend Drum n Bass DJ/Producer FUTUREBOUND, together they Hosted & Co-promoted the now infamous X Drum n Bass Manouvers night in Liverpool. For three years they ripped up Liverpool's undergound scene hosting nights such as; A Tribute to Kemistry with Goldie & Storm, Radio One Live with Fabio & Grooverider ,EZ rollers & Roni size's Represent Crew. X moved to legendery club Cream but in 2001 after three years of running the night, the guys decided to disolve the event due to the changing climate in the city's club cultureFrom 2000 Fitz was recording with various house producers under the name Raul achieving massive success with a number 7 chart position in the U.K charts and top ten hits in 4 diffrent countries with Indian house fusion hit single Bhangra Knights (EMI). With this track he performed on shows such as Top of the Pops, MTV, Pop world , GMTV and toured the world over.Further success was to follow with his collaboration with House Heads (Desert)on Mute recordings dance label FUTURE GROOVE , achieving an American billboard dance chart number one single, Letting ya mind go. Mix's were included by by Doc Martin, D Ramerez & Lottie. Their follow up single, I see the Light, was voted best dance single at the Miami Winter Music Confrence.After a few years working within the house music scene he always knew his love and passion for music was in his Reggae/ Urban roots so he invested in a small production studio and began producing and writting his own eclectic material thus bringing him together on a collabiration with Matt Childs."Working with matt has been eye opening, his approach is refreshing in pushing the boundries and being meticulous in developing our live/studio sound."Matt Childs started his musical journey very early on, going through the paces that so many of us do by playing recorder in the school band. But something stuck, and many years later he found himself travelling away from his home just outside London to Liverpool, to study music at University. Our story may well have ended then if it weren’t for the fact that it was 1994; and Liverpool was experiencing what was probably one of its finest hours. The clubbing explosion, fuelled by clubs such as Cream and Voodoo, having the city buzzing every weekend.Electronic music had taken hold. Inside the clubs, on the weekends, Matt was listening to the close of Acid House, still influenced by the screech of the TB303. At home however, it was a different story. Around the same time a close friend introduced him to the sound of Autechre. “It was like nothing I had ever heard before. I remember thinking over and over again: how do they do that, how do they do that.....†Inspired by all this, his University degree finally had a reason:Slowly but surely, Matt began to get the hang of the studio. He began to buy his own little pieces of gear, mostly the old analogue synths he still owns today and by the time he had finished his degree he was making all the noises that had so inspired him to start learning in the first place.Fast-forward to 2000 and an invite to join a new band trying to burst it’s way out of Liverpool and onto Radio 1. Having shared a rehearsal room with friends for some time, the approach came from mutual acquaintances ( singer / songwriter) Carl Brown to join his band “Sizer Barker†very quickly he realised that he was out of his depth. “I had over-sold myself. These guys had expected a studio wonder but I was still trying to find my feet in what quickly became a very professional setting†Long studio sessions, intense rehearsals and over 6 months of putting together an album with no experience of how to do it; this was a trial by fire.When it was over however he was very close to becoming the musician both he and the people around at the time had assumed him to be. Working with such professionals as Mark Fivian (Coldplay) and Marcus Dravs (Bjork) was both an inspiration and a lesson, but after a year things began to become jaded and he left the band. Very quickly, Matt got involved in (his old love of) Drum and Bass. Hooking up with the wealth of local producers appearing in Liverpool at the time, under the watchful eye of Brendan Collins (DJ Futurebound) he quickly put together a couple of tunes that sparked the interest of his peers. Within the course of 3 months, he had released his first single on the mighty Infared (owned by J Majik) and his second on his own label, started with Futurebound and fellow producer Jaquan.However, nothing more was forthcoming and eventually, the relationships broke down with Matt leaving the label to continue on his own. It was at this time that a chance hook up with Fitzy (a close friend of Futurebound's) led to a chance collaboration. “What was different was that he seemed to get where I was coming from and where I was trying to go. Those early things still sound like what they are: fresh, inventive and braveâ€Collectively they have now found a partnership that allowes them to express their experiences and frustrations through really positive channels. When the guys hit the studio, there was no blue print, formula or discussion regarding what was going to happen, just a quick found love of recording down what ever props, instruments, sounds and lyrics inspired by the world around us But most importantly, they were brought together by the need to be as real, in both actions and words, to the honesty and individuality of their music making.The recent addition of WhiteNoiseBoy (Synths , Dex n effetcs) and sisters karma sheeva (Vocals) has allowed karmamotiva to development their sound out of the studio and into a live sound system enviroment.