Name: Stratos Bleu
Brand: Smoove and Turrell

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LJAL340CD

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-06-12

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Kudos

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UPC / Barcode

5050580730663

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Smoove and Turrell

Genre GB

House / UK Garage

Label GB

Jalapeno

Smoove and Turrell's 6th studio album and a slightly different direction for the boys as they take influences from their infamous DJ sets where they fuse northern soul with funk and electronica. The production is a marriage of everything that they grew up on fused with elements of modern music, taking influences from Chicago House to Massive Attack, Inner City to Kruder &amp; Dorfmeister but with the distinctive drum heavy dancefloor production Smoove is famous for. For lyricist Turrell the album is a throwback to the rose-tinted halcyon days of his youth, from stealing his Dad's aftershave to hearing house music for the first time. The challenge for both was about finding the right balance between the Smoove &amp; Turrell sound that has brought them such a fanatical following and the raw dance music they grew up on, while always striving to be original. Do It - the first single from the album is recognizably a Smoove &amp; Turrell dancefloor destroyer and leads into the glorious analogue bubbler It Ain't Working – slated as their second single. The tougher electronic sound will be a surprise to some but those denizens of the night who have seen these guys work a crowd from the DJ booth will know what to expect – extraordinary lyricism and tight beats. The ecstatic breakbeat fueled This Time keeps the album peaking but of course there is always shade with the blinding light on a Smoove &amp; Turrell album and downbeat tracks like Never Wanted You More and Talk About Nothing bring you back to a balearic heyday for vocal electronic dance music.

Stratos Bleu

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