Physics
First Flight
GRAMMY nominated in Sweden....
Deep, sexy house music with loads of influences of Jazz, Soul, Latin. For you fans of Naked Music, Hotel Costes, Hed Kandi
Hailing from the Swedish city of Malmoe, Physics have recently become the name on many a house gourmets lips, due to their unique sound and interesting blend of house beats and deep jazzy grooves. It is not the blend as such that has given them cred, but the way in which they mix their different components. With a general respect and love for music and particularly the genre within which they operate, Physics aim to please both the club visitor and the fuzzy listener by using live as well as programmed elements in order to convey the true vibes of what house is all about. This is the very foundation on which both their studio-produced and live-performed music are based. First Flight is the two childhood friends Mikael Surdi and Toby Olsson debut album. They started composing and playing together around the mid-eighties in the wake of the successes of groups like Depeche Mode, Human League and Ultravox to name but a few. Then, some three and a half years ago their paths incidentally met once more, and they decided to get together again and start producing music. The facts that Toby was a frequent visitor at the local house clubs and that both were familiar with keyboards and the machine environment in which modern dance music is created meant that the step towards producing house was nothing but natural.
After some 12-inch releases on Deeplay Music, of which the song City Lights has been licensed to Eric Kupper's Hysteria and already been featured on many compilations. 7 AM Sessions is another highlighted making its way into several compilations, Beach House 2 on Hed Kandi and Klubb Jazz vol 3 on Slip N Slide to name a few. This album's Don't Deny Me Love has already been featured on two different Hed Kandi comps. Es Vive and Stereo Sushi and Leaving Monte Carlo will be included on one of the best selling compilations ever, French label Pschent's Hotel Costes Vol 5.
First Flight is all about subtle textures of deep house engulf percussive beats, smokey back-room-bar delicacies, instrumental filters of sax and flutes together with molten lava female vocals to produce 12 sublime stand-alone tracks. A calculated blend of percussion and lazy grooves which blurs the boundary between house and jazz eloquently. Musical Prozac for the soul.
Singles from the album are: The Most Beautiful Boy in Brazil (DPLAY- 010) and Don't Deny Me Love remixes by Jay-J of Moulton Studios (DPLAY-011)
"Most beatiful album in dance this year"
5/5 Kate Wildblood, DJ
"Not a duff track in sight, well worth the cash"
4/5 Russel Deeks, IDJ
(Also voted as top 15 albums 2002)
"Enjoy their soulfully deep approach, give you a
complete musical experience"
4/5 Greg Fenton, 7 Mag
"Air, St Germain and Röyksopp gets competition"
4/5 Ben Osbourne, Dot Music
"Just excellent, delighted through the whole album"
8/10 David Drazdil, Dagens Skiva
"Excellent artist album, much love for the soul"
4/5 (DN) Blues & Soul
Nomitated to P3 Gold, National Swedish Radio award for best dance album 2002.
Airplay: JazzFM BBC - United Kingdom, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian national radio.
Physics previous singles has been reviewed in Musik, DJ, IDJ, Mixmag, 7 Mag, M8 + many more.
Single DJ support from Francois Kevorkian, Miguel Migs, Jon Cutler, Mark Doyle, Mr Scruff, Nik Weston, Eric Kupper, Joe Claussell, Swag, Ben Watt, Dubtribe Sound System, Kerri Chandler, C&M + many more.
Electronic: Down Tempo