TIM DAVISON : A Long Way From Home
Release Date – May 2008. Format: CD album & digital download
From James Zabiela and Nic Fanciulli at Creamfields to Carl Cox at DC10 and John Digweed in Osaka, no peak time set was complete last year without Tim Davison’s reworking of the Chemical Brothers ‘Hey Boy, Hey Girl’. With almost ten consecutive weeks on Radio 1, including the Essential Mix, this rapidly became one of the biggest underground hits of 2007 and a failsafe floor filler for headline DJs the world over.
Tim first came to the attention of the London scene when he was selected by Dave Seaman and Nick Warren as one of their Gallery 'Future Heroes' in 2003. Now, with over 45 tracks signed to labels including Baroque, Re*brand, Plastic Fantastic, and Mashtronic and remixes of Grammy Award winners, Deep Forest and New York house legend Lenny Fontana - not to mention his eagerly anticipated official remix of Cevin Fisher's seminal You Got Me Burning Up - Tim has definitely emerged as one of the most promising producers of recent years.
With so many accomplishments tucked under his belt, an album was long overdue and Long Way From Home is the debut offering that so many have been waiting for.
"The freedom afforded to me by Baroque was incredibly liberating,” says Tim “and a great opportunity to not only create further dancefloor orientated tracks but, more excitingly, to also create more eclectic and diverse sounds and structures. This album truly represents my greatest influences.”
The range of sounds and styles on this full-length offering certainly bear testament to this mission statement and go a long way to illustrate just why his music is continually held in such high regard by everyone from Paul van Dyk and Marco V to James Zabiela, Deep Dish and Max Graham. His rise to prominence as a producer, coupled with an increasingly punishing DJing schedule goes some way to explaining the title of this body of work, with much of its content being conceived in hotel rooms, planes and airport lounges throughout the world.
"I'm really into Tim's stuff," says Hernan Cattaneo, and Paul van Dyk is equally complimentary about the London-based artist, saying: "You can hear Tim in my sets again and again." With support like this it's easy to see why his work is finding favour from all quarters and why the main players have all been rocking dancefloors across the world with his productions.
The album delivers a journey through an usually wide range of sounds from the outstanding drive and power of Rattle and Hum to the laidback, Balearic ambience of Headlights in the Clouds and onwards to the classical, orchestral breaks of Dolce and the trip hop grooves of Beckoning Silence.
Aware of the fact that people listing to this at home, or in the car, won; to hear the eight minute version with two minute DJ-friendly intros, he has produced two versions of the album. The tracks on the physical CD album release have been produced by Tim with ‘sofa’ listening in mind - shorter ‘to the point’ versions - while the digital release will feature extended club versions, to satisfy the DJ fraternity.
Tracklisting:
01: Gateway
02: Rattle and Hum
03: Brass Monkeys
04: Dolce
05: Sticks & Stones
06: Headlights in the Clouds
07: SU242
08: Absolute
09: Dance Move 87
10: Smash & Grab
11: Idle Vice
12: Beckoning Silence |
