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Alexis Raphael

- Digital Music Almost Killed Me

PHS Records | 14.02.2020

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Paella Hair Sex is the beginning of a new chapter in Alexis Raphael’s musical story. The first two EPs will be from the label boss himself, kicking off with ‘Digital Music Almost Killed Me EP’. Then attention turns to new artists joining the PHS family – please send demos to info@paellahairsex.com

Alexis came to prominence in 2011 with his seminal track ‘Spaceship’ and followed with a series of lush, sexy and warm house records that gained universal praise and put Alexis’ sound all around the world. As the music and scene evolved, so too did Alexis’ sound becoming somewhat harder whilst still retaining some of his signature elements; references to acid house, hardcore and jungle, deep pads and vocals.

However, by 2016, Alexis had become somewhat disconnected with the path of the music and scene he was involved in. It took a long time to put together what was wrong but what followed was a three year path to this point now of launching PHS.

A return to and playing vinyl at the end of 2016 was the first step to finding his love again and feeling good about the music. This was followed by a halt to gigs where the music expected from him was different from what he wanted to play which created a feeling of disconnect from the crowd. Then came the gradual move away from constant social media output.

The final and most important part of this transition was going back to making music simply without any thought of where it can fit or who can play it, or what label it will go into. In essence, this is a return to how Alexis started – making music solely from the feeling inside.

And so PHS returns to some of that more sexy, emotive house music that Alexis was originally known for but with a fresh sound for the new decade.

Paella Hair Sex is set to be a representation of the music Alexis loves, both his own and other artists.

The first EP: PHS001 ‘ Digital Music Almost Killed Me kicks off with the main room groover ‘Respect & Belief’. A jazz-infused bass line underpins chunky rolling beats, punctuated with vocal samples calling for unity and love and laden with floating classical pianos and warm pads. A definite party banger!

The second A side track ‘Sex Appeal’ references back to Alexis’ original signature House sound. An emotive and sexy track bound to get temperatures rising on the dance floor.

Flip to the B-side and find the after party brother of Respect & Belief – ‘Liberty’. A seminal minute long speech paves the way to the single breakdown moment of the track when lush Jupiter-8 chords make way for an epic moment as the beats drop back in. A unique piece of minimalistic House music for the after hours.

The bonus track, House of Chorge. ends the EP with a bang. An upbeat cheeky groove that stays in your head long after the turntable stops spinning. But who is Chorge.’

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Tracklist

  • Alexis Raphael - Respect & Belief
  • Alexis Raphael - Sex Appeal
  • Alexis Raphael - Liberty
  • Alexis Raphael - House Of Chorge. (Bonus Track)

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