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Electro-boogie-machine 'Straight Line' is taken from 'Cool Cool', the upcoming third album by British multi-hyphenate James Alexander Bright. "'Straight Line' started out as a wonky homage to 80s & 90s radio", says James. "It's based on the memory of meeting someone you want to stay up all night listening to music with". James' passionate voice, pitched somewhere between Eddie Chacon, Beck and Michael McDonald, takes a confident lead over a melange of body-popping LinnDrum beats, a host of swooping, fuzzy synths, and backseat-rocking bass. Initially written and recorded at his home studio in the rolling hills of the Hampshire countryside, 'Straight Line' was completed with regular collaborator Peter Lyons in East London. It's backed on 7" vinyl with the wonky dancefloor wobbler 'Oh My', sounding something like Theo Parrish producing Arthur Russell after a sleepless night. The past six years has seen James release a veritable treasure trove of music, including 'Mallorca' and 'Strange Folk' EPs, debut album 'Headroom', joyous second 'Float', an album of collaborations and reworks with cosmic Americana-disco DJ/producer duo Flying Mojito Bros, and a new project with Groove Armada's Tom Findlay as Bright & Findlay. James balances music alongside the creative duality of a job in illustration and the responsibilities and constraints that come with raising a young family. Utilising any spare moment to write and record new ideas, his creative output under various projects had been relentless. Turning his back on apathetic major label offers in his early 20s, he's released through cult DIY label Tape Club Records, German stalwart !K7 Music and now with Scottish tastemaker Athens Of The North, presenting an evolving vision of a sound that has touched on everything from outsider art-rock to machine funk, mystic folk to experimental jazz. A dynamic set of urgent funkers, gentle soul ballads, head-nodders, fuzzy folkers and straight-up disco bangers; album 'Cool Cool' is set for release on 26th July via Athens Of The North.

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03.07.2024

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ATH183

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Track 4
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Soul
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James Alexander Bright
36.95 €
Cool Cool Athens Of The North
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James Alexander Bright
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Cool Cool Athens Of The North
Soul
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James Alexander Bright
16.95 €
Fall For You Athens Of The North
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James Alexander Bright
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Fall For You Athens Of The North
Electronica
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East Coast Love Affair
28.95 €
Musica Para Todos Athens Of The North
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East Coast Love Affair
28.95 €
Musica Para Todos Athens Of The North
Jazz
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Roland Haynes Jr. & Phenix
36.95 €
Live At The Quarter Moon Athens Of The North
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Roland Haynes Jr. & Phenix
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Live At The Quarter Moon Athens Of The North
Disco
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12"
East Coast Love Affair & BDK
17.95 €
Love Chug Athens Of The North
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Disco
12"
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East Coast Love Affair & BDK
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Love Chug Athens Of The North
Soul
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James Alexander Bright
36.95 €
Cool Cool Athens Of The North
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James Alexander Bright
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Cool Cool Athens Of The North
Disco
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12"
East Coast Love Affair & William Stuckey
17.95 €
Love Of Mind Athens Of The North
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Disco
12"
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East Coast Love Affair & William Stuckey
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Love Of Mind Athens Of The North
Soul
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Coast To Coast
23.95 €
Paula Marie Athens Of The North
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7"
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Coast To Coast
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Paula Marie Athens Of The North