FFWD007: Sandman feat. Jeremy Ellis – Into Your Story

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FFWD007:  Sandman feat. Jeremy Ellis – Into Your Story

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Sandman (alias of fluent musician and Louisiana native Sanford Rivers) joins forces with the enigmatic musical journeyman Jeremy Ellis (Ubiquity, Future Soul) on FastFWD’s seventh release “Into Your Story.” It’s a warm flashback to the sound of soulful house in the 90’s. Ellis, who has collaborated with fellow Detroit-izens Carl Craig, Alton Miller and Recloose and has remixed the likes of Jazzanova, Fertile Ground, and John Beltran grasps the microphone for his vocal and lyrical wizardry.

FastFWD label owner Riverside (with his own cadre of top releases including his instant classic remix of Windimoto’s “Afternoon in Rio”) delivers a remix intended to be reminiscent of some of the deeper cuts heard late at Shelter NYC. His interpretation is a smooth afro-soul mover penetrating with shuffled percussion, warbled pads, and a stirring feel vibing off of Ellis’ touch of vocal inspiration. For the Instrumental dub Riverside strips his remix of “Into Your Story” down to an outline with bullet points that emphasize the soulful house side of things.

Windimoto is Detroit-born dance music producer Scorpeze and Chicago House DJ Sean Haley. Their 2007 release of The Travels of Windimoto etched their moniker into the playlists of discerning DJs. Hot off the success of their recent release Beauty Within: Sinister Beauty Re-Imagined Windimoto re-unites with a chilled-out lovefest between Sandman’s vibe play, Ellis’ vocals, and their masterful arrangement of sultry ambiance and percussion. There’s no end to this story!

Hippie Torrales (Cyberjamz Radio / Tombah/ USA): “Loving the tune.”

Michael Ruetten (Soulsearching Radio Show / 15 Stations worldwide / various clubs and concerts/ Germany/ www.soundcloud.com/soulpatrol): “smooth and nice….5***** for the Riverside remix, a beauty !!! would be great to hear the original though…cheers, Michael”

Russell Deeks (iDJ/This Is Why We Dance/ UK/ http://thisiswhywedance.blogspot.com):
“Lush grooves and liking the effected vocal”

Ohmega Watts (Ubiquity Records / Lo-Fi/ USA/ www.myspace.com/ohmegawatts): “Yes. Dope soulful house remixes… and Jeremy Ellis has always been a powerhouse from performance with his MPC and production and vocally… collaborating with Sandman was dope and this renditions more food on the platter!”

Robert Owens (Compost / Worldwide Various/ England/ www.myspace.com/robertjowens): “love it”

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