Upfrontbeats | Aphrohead

Aphrohead

- Resurrection

Crosstown Rebels | 18.09.2015

Early nineties techno hero Aphrohead announces his ‘Resurrection’ with an innovative new album for Crosstown Rebels.

A musical eccentric, prolific US DJ and producer Felix Stallings AKA Aphrohead / Felix Da Housecat has never been afraid to take risks and break new ground, consistently captivating the electronic music field for over two decades. He first burst onto the club scene in 1993 as Aphrohead with the timeless classic ‘In Thee Dark We Live’ which was licensed countless times and is benchmarked as one of the greatest techno records of all time.

Taking an interstellar loop between the beats of techno and warmth of electro, ‘Resurrection’ is a playful psychedelic cocktail of synths and languid beats. ‘I missed making techno and Chicago jackin beats,’ explains Felix of the new project, ‘I call this sound I’m working on Train Music because once it’s on thee groove, I like it to remain on tracks, no breaks no gimmicks just straight driving force.’

The first half of the album, featuring title track, ‘Klymaxx’ and ‘Come To Me’ is an escort to higher plains, pleasing fans of Daft Punk and Giorgio Moroder. Before the previously released single ‘Let’s Prance’ brings it’s futuristic tremors shifting the album into a new gear. The second part of the album brings a long-anticipated eruption, starting with the sinister sneer of ‘Elevator’ and the bohemian cries of ‘Grown Man Cry’, also previously released on Crosstown Rebels to great acclaim.

The games commence for ‘1KING 1QUEEN’, taking it tortuous acid frequencies into the closing moments of ‘Medusa’ and ‘Sashe Sashe Sashe’. This is where the Aphrohead of old resides, bringing down the roots of the system and creating a new set of rules. ‘I was inspired by Chicago Trax label, Dance Mania and Transmat labels as well as Axis (Jeff Mill’s early imprint),’ Stallings says of Resurrection, ‘Aphrohead is my dirty of thee dirty, mixing live analogue beats capturing thee magic recording on the first take, rockin 4 walls of thee most primitive dancefloors around thee globe. Pure underground, no filter. I feel and believe thee time is NOW for thee Resurrection.’