Line-up
Black Affair
Black Affair’s stunning debut - “Pleasure, Pressure, Point” – is released on V2/Cooperative Music in July, preceded by the infectious new single - “It’s Real” - which comes backed by a fantastic PLAYGROUP remix…
For the whole of last year the man behind The Beta Band and King Biscuit Time was at work in his studio, writing songs about obsession, dangerous sex, the beginning and end of a relationship, rediscovering his teenage love for early house and electro, before heading to New York to mix the white-hot results with fellow maverick genius JIMMY EDGAR.
And how does it sound? Like a magical trip round the best 80s underground clubs… retro yet modern, dark yet euphoric, sexy and sophisticated… like the finest electronic soul. Some artists cut themselves off from the outside world when they’re making a record, but Mason did the opposite. He plugged himself directly into a whole world of R&B, electro, hip-hop, house and techno. This specifically involved digging out old Jodeci, Montell Jordan, ‘80s electro like Kleer, Neneh Cherry’s first album, early hip-hop a la The World Class Wrecking Crew and Detroit techno and weaving it all into his heady electronic mix-up. Some might also detect some classic 80s influences… shades of early New Order, Depeche Mode, Japan etc… while the idiosyncratic melodic style that Steve brought to his earlier work is still very much on display…
