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Artist:	JONES, LEE
Title:	Electronic Frank
Label:	AUS MUSIC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	AUS 002CD

This is the debut solo album by Berlin-based Lee Jones. He lived in London until 2002, where he was producing and remixing as the successful downtempo/nu-jazz artist Hefner, but followed his heart to Berlin where he was inspired by the music and clubs to move into a new production style. Most recently, he's become known as the main creative force behind MyMy, whose debut album Songs For The Gentle on Playhouse made waves across the globe. Since 2007, he's released his beautiful solo works on Aus Music and Just, while also collaborating with Berlin local hero Daniel Dreier on releases for Upon You and releasing new MyMy material on Berlin's illustrious Ostgut Ton imprint. Electronic Frank is full of surprising and heartwarming moments that open out unexpectedly from richly-textured grooves. He pulls melody and harmony from the most abstract places and spaces, yet makes them work together like few producers can. His wistful melodies, combined with his spacious programming, allows you to drift off into your own thoughts, yet the detail in the sound design can snap you back to reality in a second. The first half of the album is a lush, rich, intricate tapestry. Quirky and playful. Inviting and detailed. The pace is gentle, the vibe relaxed. Individually sung words and vocal snippets lend a human touch, and when layered with an imaginary orchestra full of opulent harps, sweeping strings, delicate pianos, bouncy accordions and all manner of weird and wonderful instruments, it creates a dramatic effect. On "Roadwork" and "The Secret," the groove is stripped back, giving the melodies a feeling of space and power. The mood darkens with the sinister guitar licks of "Shoe Shine" before the intensity dial is cranked up fully with "Every Click Matters," which sounds like Timbaland might if he'd hung out in Berlin for the last 5 years. "It Is, Isn't It" and "Safari" are drawn from equally freakish sound pallettes -- trumpets (real and of the Elephant variety), flutes, timpani, insect sounds, bird calls, the list goes on. They are percussively explosive, rhythmically beguiling, full of surprises and packed with sounds that shouldn't work but do. Brilliantly. The climax of the album is "MDMAzing" and we think the title says it all. Don't take it too seriously -- it's supposed to make you smile.

Artist:	JONES, LEE
Title:	The Moose Mingles EP
Label:	AUS MUSIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	AUS 1136EP

Whether on his own or with Nick Höppner as My My, Lee Jones has been DJing and making music for more than a decade. Next up from him is a futuristic 4-tracker including two remixes. On "Moment," Jones offers up a bass-driven house number that hints at his jazz roots while pushing forward into garage territory. For the remix, George FitzGerald delivers his most straight-up, heads-down house production to date. Next up is the quirky "Duvel," which Midland twists into a moody, multi-genre convergence.

Artist:	JONES, LEE
Title:	There Comes a Time
Label:	AUS MUSIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	AUS 604EP

With remix and additional production by Prins Thomas. "Essex bred Lee Jones lived in London until 2002, where he was producing and remixing as the downtempo/ nu-jazz artist, Hefner. After following his heart to Berlin, he was inspired by the music and clubs to move into a new production style. For the past 2 years he has been recording and performing live as part of the successful Playhouse signed trio, My My. For 'There Comes A Time' Lee's blissed out chords drift effortlessly around a squelchy melody while chunky drums bounce in and out of the mix. The tension builds as the groove evolves, more sublime melody is introduced into the arrangement that'll have you reaching for those lasers. It's one of those tracks that just oozes its own unique character. Futuristic deep house at its very best. On the flip side, Prins Thomas gets to work. The master of the delay unit creates a build-up of feedback and meshes this into an ominously throbbing bassline that swells with intensity throughout the arrangement to create tension and impact. When combined with Lee's euphoric chords it creates real excitement. Groundbreaking modern disco. Norwegian Prins Thomas is an underdog remix champ renowned for his disco stylings. Label boss of Feedelity, where he releases with Lindstrøm, his background was in rather bad band-projects and collecting records. As well as DJing, remixing and producing, he also plays semi-live with Lindstrøm."

Artist:	JONES, LEE
Title:	As You Like It
Label:	AUS MUSIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	AUS 812EP

"Essex-bred Lee Jones lived in London until 2002, where he was producing and remixing as the downtempo/nu-jazz artist, Hefner. After following his heart to Berlin, he was inspired by the music and clubs to move into a new production style and for the past 3 years he's been the creative production force behind My My, whose debut album Songs For The Gentle made waves across the globe. 'As You Like It': a crisp lead melody leads us by the hand into a full-on old school Chicago stab fest. Lee's typically intricate tom pattern nestles underneath the taut drums, keeping the rhythm section bouncing along. Yes, it is indeed how we like it! Perhaps Lee's most peak time record to date. 'Recloose Remix': a real summer treat. Matt reinterprets Lee's stabs and adds his own p-funk infused live bass line and chords, which totally change the vibe. In the the words of Jimpster, 'a mutoid boogie rinse out.' 'The Ice Train Cometh': shimmering pads are intertwined with snippets of a female vocal EQ'd to sound eerily icy. Only Lee could make this '80s bass sound feel so contemporary. Matthew Chicoine aka Recloose, made his name signed to the fantastic Planet E label over the past decade. Having studied music at Ann Arbor and cutting his teeth as a college DJ, Recloose went on to be a turntablist for Carl Craig's Innerzone Orchestra, the esoteric Uri Caine Ensemble, globe-trotting far and wide to collect musical influences. The burgeoning musical scene of Wellington has offered fresh inspiration to a mind already brimming with talent."

Artist:	JONES, LEE
Title:	Safari EP
Label:	AUS MUSIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	AUS 813EP

Safari is the first EP taken from Lee Jones' debut album Electronic Frank on Aus Music. "Safari" evokes the sounds of a seriously twisted jungle. Elephant trumpets swathed in reverb and detuned bird calls combine with percussive loops to create something truly fresh. Stimming tweaks and twists the sounds, increasing the groove while fattening up the drums. "Roadworks"' jacking, stripped-back groove and pitch-shifted stab sequence is softened with a blissful chord sequence that changes the vibe completely -- spine-tingling.

Artist:	JONES, LEE
Title:	Soon EP
Label:	AUS MUSIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	AUS 814EP

Soon is the second EP taken from Lee Jones' debut album Electronic Frank on Aus Music. Quirky and playful, 'Soon' is full of real instrumentation with individually sung words and vocal snippets. The Mole remix cuts up the vocals and uses fragments for percussive hits with melodic textures. Reminiscent of early Isolee, "The Secret" offers a deliciously soulful lead line while the title of "MDMAzing" says it all -- don't take it too seriously, it's supposed to make you smile.

Artist:	JONES, LEE
Title:	Yoyo
Label:	CITYFOX (SWITZERLAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CITYFOX 004EP

"Lee Jones made a real masterpiece for Cityfox. Especially the title track -- 'Yoyo' is so full of melancholy and emotion, that you won't forget this song for a long time. After Gregorythme's Futurama, again this is timeless music, composed for the eternity! But there is some magic on the flip, too. 'Closed Circus' is the perfect name for the b-side track. You almost can see the deserted lonesome circus. The rusty gate squeaks in the wind and just the old chained elephant is still there because he can't walk anymore. He plays the trumpet for nobody -- the clown is gone since a long time, he is a caretaker now. There is also a story about 'Burglarized.' The file of this track was stolen with Lee's laptop a while ago, so it never got its fine-tuning. But exactly this rawness is what makes it so special! With its simplicity and its catchy bassline it already has two main components of the hit formula and will be heard on many main dancefloors for sure!"

Artist:	JONES, LEE
Title:	Kinder Country/Matt John Rmx
Label:	JUST (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	JUST 001EP

"With three My My EP's and a forthcoming album for Playhouse already finished, and our monthly night My My and Friends at Watergate up and running, myself, Nicolas Höppner and Carsten Klemann were thinking of what to do next. Matt offered to remix 'Kinder Country' and the label just was born. 'Kinder Country' is the theme to a summer that never happened. It's warm texture and subtle funkiness provide a soundtrack for warm mornings and long lazy days subdued by a melancholic cloud that dampens the brightness. Matt John's Vollbart remix accentuates that mood, by stripping down the elements and locking them down over his own, unique groove."

Artist:	JONES, LEE
Title:	Watergate 07
Label:	WATERGATE RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	WG 007CD

This is the seventh edition of the Watergate series, compiled and mixed by Lee Jones. Situated by the river Spree, known for its first-rate line-ups of international talent and, of course, its famous wall-to-wall LED dancefloor installation, the Watergate Club in Berlin has quickly become one of the world's leading dance music clubs. Only 5 years after its official opening, the club went a step further and started a characteristic mix CD series delivering only the finest DJ mixes by some of club's most exciting residents and guests like dOP, Ellen Allien and Sascha Funke. With the focus being put not only on the music but also on the packaging and design, this series quickly became a truly sought-after collector's item and surely stands out in the flood of mediocre music and mixes that often dilute the market. Artists include: Flowers & Sea Creatures, Andri, MyMy, Matthias Meyer, Ray Okpara, The Cheapers, Daniel Dreier & Lee Jones, Brandt Brauer Frick, Alex James vs. Alif Tree, Los Updates, Patrice Bäumel & Lee Jones, Mark Henning, Acid Pauli, and Gregorythm And Greenbank.

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