Ian Preece - Jazz Vibes EP13

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Released 9^th October 2006

The final instalment in the Jazz Vibes EP series features two brand new jazz-tinged offerings from the musical maestro Ian Preece.

Ian began producing music back in 1994 at the tender age of 18 under the name Solar Budd for Megadog’s Planet Dog Records. Since then he has recorded under various guises, producing house and electronic funk. As well as the tracks featured here, he also has a standout disco-house hi-bred track "Superfuzz" featured on the upcoming "Disco Vibes" album & 12” sampler, with another track "Soulboy" in the pipeline for a digital release in the "Disco Vibes EP" series.

With Mettle Music’s touch firmly on the pulse of fresh music in 2006, this "EP13" is a personal referee from the leading taste-makers in the game to one talented unsung producer. With the high standards already set here, we're looking forward to hearing the nu-jazz/ funk album he's currently working on to be released early in the new year.

The first track "Natural Conditions" is a sublime slice of evocative, soulful music that pleasingly blurs the boundaries between drum & bass, nu-jazz and chillout. This really is a lovely piece combining evocative rhodes chords, soothing pads, a hooky bass line with jazzy trumpet and spoken word samples into a classy, stylish soundscape.

"In Time" is a stylish downtempo groover with its roots firmly in 70s jazz-funk, it has a real live feel with dynamic drums, deep bass and a catchy hook underpinning atmospheric synths & some sublime rhodes playing. Superb.