- Digital
Jacques Bon, Drux
A Long Way
Smallville
- Cat No: SmallvilleLP14
- Release: 2022-07-01
Track List
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1. Jacques Bon, Drux - Distant Voices
07:08 -
2. Jacques Bon, Drux - Celeste
05:14 -
3. Jacques Bon, Drux - Mirage
07:06 -
4. Jacques Bon, Drux - Space Ways
06:40 -
5. Jacques Bon, Drux - Radiance
07:13 -
6. Jacques Bon, Drux - Your Wings
07:09 -
7. Jacques Bon, Drux - Elevate
05:55 -
8. Jacques Bon, Drux - Sandstorm
08:38
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It's been a long way. All seems to blend naturally with 'A Long Way', the debut album from Parisian duo Jacques Bon & Drux. Jacques is a long term friend, who was running the Paris branch of the Smallville record store for 13 years (2006 2019). He made himself a name also outside of Paris as a DJ and with music released on Giegling, Kann, Mule Musiq and of course Smallville. Jacques shares his studio in Paris with Vincent Drux, a producer and sound engineer, who recently started his own imprint Cabale Records. Both got together naturally in the studio for hour-long sessions to craft an album together. House music at its most meticulous form. First, as a short form, in which every track captures another time zone of the dancefloor experience. And then as longform, as a whole album with a narrative that combines futuristic aesthetics, classic ethos and human warmth. From the rolling percussion and windy-city style bassline of opener 'Distant Voices', with its cut yet longing distant voices, through deepy, dubby and raw 'Celeste', the haunting synths of 'Mirage'; The snares that arrive mid through 'Space Ways' and launch into another level; 'Radiance's' Techy vibe ride; The late night chords and peak time beat programming of 'Your Wings'; And then final couple stick the landing with enough energy, deepness and beauty - 'Elevate', which channels Bon and Drux's inner Fred P, and 'Sandstorm', a mastery percussive tale with a long, repetitive chord that opens and closes, teases until it disappears and remains nothing but a whispery dying effect. Words by Niv Hadas