Modified Man

MODIFICATIONS SET 2

Alberts Favourites

ALBF1203

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Kingswood Drive And Accidental Return Were An Early Teaser Of This New Set. Displaying Their Signature Analogue Sounds And Arpeggios, Alongside Broken Beats And Soul, You Wouldn T Be Alone In Hearing The Influences Of Dam Funk, Herbie Hancock Or Bugz In The Attic Coming Through On These Two. Elsewhere More Jittery, Playful Rhythms Underpin Croydon Rooftop Café Culture. As Well As In The Calming And Ethereal Prints On The Heath, A Subtle Tribute To Mutual Hero Prince, Who Passed Away On The Unusually Prolific Day This And Two Other, Currently Unreleased, Tracks Were Written And Recorded. Throughout The Ep The Duo Nod At Their London Home From The -heath- To Kingswood Drive And More Obviously Croydon Itself. The Sound Of South London Is Threaded Throughout This Record With Pride. Even Down To The Mechanical Sunset Sound Of Ep Finale Thorns, Capturing Some Of The Essence Of The Studio View Over London From Their High Point On The Hill In Thornton Heath. The First Ep From Albert S Favourites Co-founders And Synth-production Duo Modified Man Focused On Throwing Out Heavy Editing, Recording Music With As Few Processes As Possible And Grabbing Performances As Single Takes. Blending Warped Cassette Recordings That Touched Upon Early Jazz-funk/brit-funk Influences With The Energy Of Broken Beat And Experimental Electronica, Won Them Support From Patrick Forge, Osunlade, Thris Tian, Yam Who? And Titeknots To Name A Few. Since That Release They Premiered New Track Thorns Live On Boiler Room, Going On To Deliver A Full, Three-hour Live Performance And Dj Set For The Infamous Global Community. They Also Provided Remixes For Dele Sosimi, Amp Fiddler, Makadem & Behr And Hector Plimmer, Meanwhile, Busily Preparing A Series Of Four, Six-track Vinyl Eps Which Will Be Released Over The Next 18 Months.