Following all this wonderful journey of Lee Jones, we can only conclude that his work is above a line followed by most artists. We can observe this fact if we listen to all his music so far, noticing that Lee Jones always allow us pleasant emotions, a great musical feeling letting anyone charmed by the beautiful musicality produced. Thus here we have another example of his professionalism called YOYO, edited by the recent Cityfox. The first single YOYO, is marked by its daring bass and a perfect rhythm with the adequate percussion within a dramatic melody, in turn, very catchy which is typical Lee Jones musical line. CLOSED CIRCUS is what we call minimal in its pure state. A good evolution of music, with the essential breaks giving the accurate vivacity to the music. Great deep for a cold late afternoon with the sun shining. BURGLARIZED is the last track on this release, and brings with it a feeling of some suspicion and fear, yet not wanting to sadden anyone, because right after is added a killer bass, giving the sign of high hopes and soul to us all. I strongly recommend to all lovers of this musical style.

Label: Cityfox
Catalog#: CF004
Rls: 4.11.2009

Tracklist:

a. yoyo

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b. closed circus

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bb. burglarized

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AIRDROP & MUSICAL MISSIONARY present DECKED OUT @ WMC 2009

Friday, March 28th
Double Grand Waterclub, Downtown Miami
Two Rocking Open Air Decks
From 11 AM To 11 PM

MAIN DECK
Magnet Muzik & Musical Missionary

MY MY – Live (Playhouse – GER)
BUTANE (alphahouse – GER)
LEE JONES (Aus Music – GER)
WILL SAUL (Simple Records, Aus Music – UK)
BILL PATRICK (Robots/ Weekend Club – US/ Berlin)
NIKOLA BAYTALA (Kontrol/ Tweekin’ – SF)

UPPER DECK
Hello?Repeat & Airdrop Records

JAN KRUEGER (Hello?Repeat – GER)
DAZE MAXIM – Live (Hello?Repeat – GER)
TANNER ROSS vs. SERGIO SANTOS (Airdrop – US)
SOUL CLAP (Airdrop – US)
PUNISHER vs. CONNIE (Airdrop – US)
LUNATIK (Airdrop – US)

AIRDROP and MUSICAL MISSIONARY host the exclusive Miami showcase event for Berlin’s Hello?Repeat label, Buenos Aires/ NYC based Airdrop Records, and Berlin’s Magnet Muzik.

Airdrop Records is a hybrid creation that managed to unite the most talented producers North and South America has to offer, bringing forth an elegant conglomerate of eclectic electronic music releases that range between various forms of Techno and House. In the last two years, Airdrop has grown into a global network, a neuronal connection between local scenes, effectively connecting the most driving underground forces. Amongst them Berlin’s Hello?Repeat label as well as Miami’s underground music advocate Musical Missionary.

Joining forces, they have managed to organize one of the most breath-taking events during this year’s WMC, in a beautiful bayside venue full of good sunny vibes and fresh air blown in from the bay. With two outdoor areas practically hovering over Biscayne Bay, The Double Grand Waterclub offers a welcoming atmosphere without the hassle of South Beach congestion and inflated prices.

Among the headlining talents are Berlin’s über-producers MY MY who will perform an exclusive live performance to give you a precise idea of the most stunning sounds around. Drawing from the same geographic talent pool, you can add BUTANE, JAN KRUEGER, and DAZE MAXIM to the list. Sets from amazing artists like LEE JONES, BILL PATRICK and WILL SAUL can be sampled while the sun is kissing the water. And rounding out the diverse line-up are American dance music providers NIKOLA BAYTALA, LUNATIK, SOUL CLAP, PUNISHER, CONNIE, TANNER ROSS, and SERGIO SANTOS.

Last but definitely not least, you will be able to admire the crystalline sound of VOID AUDIO’s exclusive debut installation in the US on both decks! Amongst other notable projects, Void constructed the sound system of Fabric’s new club, Matter, in London.

Every element of this party has been tweaked for maximum pleasure – a diverse talent lineup playing on amazing sound systems in a beautiful outdoor atmosphere with no hassle or attitudes to deal with. Sometimes clichés work. This is one of them. You really don’t want to miss this party!

Location

The Double Grand Waterclub / 1717 North Bayshore Drive / Miami, FL 33132

The Double Grand Waterclub is located behind the DoubleTree Grand hotel in downtown Miami just across the Venetian Causeway from South Beach. Its two outdoor floors overlook Biscayne Bay — the ideal party space.

Time

11 AM to 11 PM
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Tickets available trough Resident Advisor,  HERE!
Get your discounted presale tickets now while they are $15.

Directions

There is a free school bus shuttle to and from The Standard hotel on South Beach available, a cab ride from anywhere on South Beach is around $10.

The Double Grand is located one block NE of the downtown Omni station, and there is a free MetroMover that will get you to the Omni station from downtown.

More informations

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This post and new ones will be constantly updated on the next days. Stay tuned!

Lee Jones is probably one of the artists most followed here in the minimaland in the last months. With so many things appearing on the scene everyday, it’s just our excuse to Lee and trying to explain why we didn’t realised before his genius! Is a truly musician, and even if we noticed that My My had great releases in the past, and we posted it in our old blog, Lee Jones reveals now as one of the major keys to My My’s trio (Carsten Klemann, Lee Jones, Nick Höppner) magnificent productions. We’ve heard and thinked “This guy has the gift”, cause he shows so many personalities in music, great production patterns and haves the power to metamorphose. Definitely a great attention to details, unexpected sounds in fitted patterns, positive vibes and well worked rhythms mark the huge passion that Lee can pass in his tracks to the listener.
This Album, released on Aus Music, it’s a demonstration of his roots and his influences since he started his career as a musician in different music records. Every music here haves a personality and a harmony as itself. You can say an artist haves it’s own fingerprint producing, and Lee, for sure haves it, but the way he can mould the musics in such different ways and patterns confuses even the best ear. One thing is certain, they have an individual character.
Because I don’t wanna get lost describing the Album, here are the release notes:

“Lee Jones lived in London until 2002, where he was producing and remixing as the successful downtempo/ nu-jazz artist Hefner. After following his heart to Berlin, he was inspired by the music and clubs to move into a new production style over the past 6 years. Most recently he’s become known as the main creative force behind MyMy, whose debut album ‘Songs For The Gentle’ on Playhouse made waves across the globe. Since 2007 he’s released his beautiful solo works on Aus Music and Just, whilst also collaborating with Berlin local hero Daniel Dreier on releases for Upon You and releasing new MyMy material on Berlin’s illustrious Ostgut Ton imprint. Having recently returned from the US and Japan performing live dates with Nick Höppner as MyMy, he also has a busy DJing schedule around Europe and continues to promote the popular monthly clubnight at Watergate ‘MyMy and friends..’. His debut solo album ‘Electronic Frank’ nearly never was after his apartment was burgled the week of mastering, but happily its been rescued and will be accompanied by two 12”s featuring remixes from Stimming and The Mole.

‘Electronic Frank’ is full of surprising and heart warming moments that open out unexpectedly from richly textured grooves. Every Click Matters – there’s no padding in Lee’s music. He pulls melody and harmony from the most abstract places and spaces, yet makes them work together like few producers can. His wistful melodies combined with his spacious programming allows you to drift off into your own thoughts, yet the detail in the sound design can snap you back to reality in a second.

The first half of the album is a lush, rich intricate tapestry. Quirky and playful. Inviting and detailed. Full of real instrumentation and uplifting, yet introspective and often melancholic melody. The pace is gentle, the vibe relaxed. Individually sung words and vocal snippets lend a human touch and when layered with an imaginary orchestra full of opulent harps, sweeping strings, delicate pianos, bouncy accordion’s and all manor of weird and wonderful instruments it creates a dramatic effect.

From ‘Roadwork’ onwards the intensity increases giving us an insight as to why Lee’s MyMy alias works so well in a club context. On ‘Roadwork’ and ‘The Secret’ the groove is stripped back giving the melodies a feeling of space and power. The mood darkens with the sinister guitar licks of ‘Shoe Shine’ before the intensity dial is cranked up fully with ‘Every Click Matters’, which sounds like Timbaland might if he’d hung out in Berlin for the last 5 years with fabulous fruits in fancy dress……’It Is Isn’t It’ and ‘Safari’ are drawn from equally freakish sound pallets – trumpets (real and of the Elephant variety), flutes, timpani, insect sounds, bird calls and the list goes on. They are percussively explosive, rhythmically beguiling, full of surprises and packed with sounds and influences that on paper shouldn’t work but in practice do. Brilliantly. The climax of the album is ‘MDMazing’ and we think the title says it all. Don’t take it too seriously, it’s supposed to make you smile.”

Making my own perspective in this album, I must say that reminds me a lot the Peter Kruder & Richard Dorfmeister productions. Not in the style of music, but because this is one of the few albums that always feels fresh when you listen it… And, well, I’ve been listening to Lee’s Album since a couple of weeks, and everyday I simply cannot resist to put it again. This album is pure and simply to delight our senses and free our mind… It’s incredible the harmony that transmits to the listener, and probably, in exception of the last three tracks that are a little bit more “moved”, the registry maintains pretty much the same. Who is expecting something to share clubbing around, could be disappointed. In this record I really imagine feeling it in a beach, closing a party and the sun rising on a gorgeous horizon! Really happiness and good vibe tracks. Who can really understand and open the senses to this album, and Lee’s productions, understand why I’ll say that this is gentleman’s music… How it feels? Well… Feels happy, feels fresh, feels Lee :)

Tracklisting:

01 Beginn
02 Theme for Frank
03 Soon
04 White Rabbit
05 Fun Runner
06 Honey & Ginger
07 Kinder Country
08 Roadwork
09 Shoe Shine
10 The Secret
11 Every Click Matters
12 It Is Isn’t It
13 Safari
14 MDMAzing

#Catalog: AUSCD02
Rls Date: 29.09.2008

Listen to the entire album HERE!