Float! by Auvie Sinclair
REMASTERED EDITION: RELEASED 12/4/19
ORIGINAL RELEASE: 01/08/19
featuring three bonus tracks:
20.20 (Remixed by A-Luxury)
Tracers (Remixed by New Injuries)
Golden! (feat. Chi Chi) [Remixed by Free Tillman]
Auvie Sinclair’s “Float!” EP represents what is most compelling about electronic music today: genre has no relevance, is no boundary. The EP weaves in and out of funk, boom bap, lo fi, and more experimental genres effortlessly, suggestive of the myriad of influences that “Float!” is referencing.
“All of this music: 70’s and 80’s funk, Parliament (Cosmic Slop), Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, Karriem Riggins, Dilla/Madlib of course, Actress, Zomby, Burial, Brainfeeder, Hyperdub … I’ve studied it and listened to it closely, and it all has influenced me in a huge way,” Mikey Smith (aka Auvie Sinclair) says.
Listen closely and you’ll hear how seamlessly the EP incorporates these influences to create a singular head-nod inducing vision. But this wasn’t an easy or isolated process. The EP is rooted in work and collaboration that has been going on since 2015, and can even be traced a previous Souncloud-only release “8:31.”
Creating and releasing “8:31” was cathartic for Mikey: “I went through a lot mentally, and I wasn’t really sure if I was or even wanted to move forward with certain things … I needed to reset as a person and had to find the love in making music again,” he says.
Read an interview with Auvie Sinclair here:
https://a-beat-happening.squarespace.com/s/Auvie-Sinclair-ABH-Q-and-A-Revised.pdf
Tracklist
| 1. | Paint | 4:49 |
| 2. | Beam Me Up | 1:56 |
| 3. | 20.20 | 2:23 |
| 4. | Stripes (Feelin’ It Remix) | 2:01 |
| 5. | Buzzinng | 2:08 |
| 6. | Float | 2:37 |
| 7. | Exhale | 2:26 |
| 8. | Shine | 3:09 |
| 9. | Tracers | 3:54 |
| 10. | Golden! (feat. Chi Chi) | 2:24 |
| 11. | 20.20 (Remixed by A-Luxury) | 2:18 |
| 12. | Tracers (Remixed by New Injuries) | 4:16 |
| 13. | Golden! (feat. Chi Chi) [Remixed by Free Tillman] | 2:17 |
Credits
PRODUCTION: Mikey Smith
Additional Production on Track 10 ‘Golden!’ by Eduardo Contreras
MASTERING: Quinn Jarvis-Holland (Studenets/Oligopolist Records)
ARTWORK: Mikey Smith (Photo), Luvjonez (Text/Graphics)
THANK YOU: Momma, Neesh, Derrick and Jonas (A Beat Happening), Eduardo, Darion, Brian, Quinn, Kipp (Thirsty City), Dom, Joel, Isaac, Dad, Hadley, Zack, MG Productions, Hayley, Lucas.
© ℗ 2019 Auvie Sinclair for A Beat Happening.
All Rights Reserved. This work is protected under the copyright laws
and any unauthorized duplication or distribution is prohibited by law.
Produced in Portland, Oregon.
Distributed by A Beat Happening.
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