Since the early 2000’s, the Chicago born, LA based, Less Foss has been causing a stir within the underground music scene. His hugely successful ‘Hot Creations’ imprint, which he runs with long time friend Jamie Jones, has been turning heads since its inception. Over the last 24 months, Lee Foss has been engrossed in a range of exciting new projects, which has seen him collaborate with a number well established artists as well as embarking on his own independent label ‘Repopulate Mars’. However, it’s his ‘Emerald City Music’ label which sees host to Lee’s forthcoming album ‘Alchemy’.

‘Alchemy’, which is Lee’s first solo album, has been slowly brought into the public domain, over the last eight months, through four single releases; which included: Till The Light; ‘Deep Congo’; ‘Laserdance’; and ‘The Gift’. Set for release this summer, the eleven track album confirms his insatiable appetite for bringing the finest electronic sounds to light; which has to be one of Lee’s major strengths. With work beginning in October 2015, Alchemy comes at a time of inspiration and focus for Lee, after taking a hiatus from solo production.

About the album, Lee says, “I titled the album Alchemy because I’ve long been fascinated by the scientific and spiritual dichotomy it represented, sort of as the crossroads of modern science and ancient spirituality and its ethos of distilling perfection in the physical and spiritual realm. It’s dismissed as pseudoscience now but most of modern chemistry and the scientific method stems from it, and I’m interested in a world that better combines the spiritual realm with the scientific and western medicine we worship today. I feel like making music is the modern alchemy as we search for that perfect series of tones to reach our magnum opus.”

Throughout the album, it is evident that Lee’s ability to select and work with vocalists which furnish his tracks with additional flare and class is something that comes naturally to him. A firm favourite of ours has to be the title track ‘Alchemy’ which features the talents of Camile Safiya. Camile, who also features on ‘The Gift’, proves she has the right attributes to enhance the character of any track she touches. Lee previously mentioned ‘The Gift’ was a poem he had written, which in turn provided the inspiration and core element of the track. However, we can confirm, with great excitement, that Anabel Englund and Hot Natured partner in crime Ali Love have teamed up for something special – ‘Blue Is The Distance’. Furthermore, the album features guest appearances from Alex Mills, Spencer Nezey, Alex Nazar, Anjulie and Josh Taylor.

Leaning heavily on analog synths and vintage drum machines, Lee delivers a range of tracks; from space aged grooves to the more melodic tones of ‘Transit Of Venus’. The album is packed full of them Lee Foss vibes we have grown to love.

We expect to be hearing a lot of the album’s content throughout the summer months and beyond. Furthermore, in support of ‘Alchemy’, Lee will be running an album tour in the latter half of the year.