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EDDA 052CD
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All Welcome on Planet Ree-Vo could only really have been made in one city steeped as it is in Bristol's decades of less conventional hip-hop and bass music. Tweaked and fine-tuned during the summer of 2020 the record punches with a mix of red eyed paranoia to a playful future funk. The album was all recorded, produced and mixed by Andy Spaceland at Christchurch Studios, Bristol (home of Mezzanine era Massive Attack) with all vocals written and performed by T. Relly. During 2021 the first two singles from the LP were released. The first was the juggernaut that is "Groove With It". T. Relly growling out polemic against the relentless cacophony spun by Andy, the brutality of the bass and horns is temporarily smoothed with Relly's soulful, swaggering placation of "Turn your speakers on/ Till ya speakers blown baby/ If you're feeling strong baby/ We can keep it going baby". This was followed in April by the 12" release of "Combat" featuring a thumping remix by Surgeon and an extended electro remix by Ree-Vo themselves. "Spacebox" which will be the last single to be released in time with the album is their hookiest, a party throwing chorus spinning tipsy visitors around the intergalactic control booth of mission control. "Lift off, blast off, shirt off, dance off! Naked in the dancehall SPACE BOX!" is the beamed mantra, Relly transmitting to all occupants of the galaxy. "We wanted to make a hedonistic and colorful dancehall track, a bold response to the suppressive circumstances of the last two years."
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EDDA 052LP
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LP version. Black vinyl LP with 7" of remixes of "Spacebox" by NØISE and Batbirds, gatefold sleeve. All Welcome on Planet Ree-Vo could only really have been made in one city steeped as it is in Bristol's decades of less conventional hip-hop and bass music. Tweaked and fine-tuned during the summer of 2020 the record punches with a mix of red eyed paranoia to a playful future funk. The album was all recorded, produced and mixed by Andy Spaceland at Christchurch Studios, Bristol (home of Mezzanine era Massive Attack) with all vocals written and performed by T. Relly. During 2021 the first two singles from the LP were released. The first was the juggernaut that is "Groove With It". T. Relly growling out polemic against the relentless cacophony spun by Andy, the brutality of the bass and horns is temporarily smoothed with Relly's soulful, swaggering placation of "Turn your speakers on/ Till ya speakers blown baby/ If you're feeling strong baby/ We can keep it going baby". This was followed in April by the 12" release of "Combat" featuring a thumping remix by Surgeon and an extended electro remix by Ree-Vo themselves. "Spacebox" which will be the last single to be released in time with the album is their hookiest, a party throwing chorus spinning tipsy visitors around the intergalactic control booth of mission control. "Lift off, blast off, shirt off, dance off! Naked in the dancehall SPACE BOX!" is the beamed mantra, Relly transmitting to all occupants of the galaxy. "We wanted to make a hedonistic and colorful dancehall track, a bold response to the suppressive circumstances of the last two years."
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EDDA 052X-LP
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LP version. Turquoise blue vinyl LP with orange 10" featuring remixes and collaborations from The Bug, Object Object, NØISE, and Dälek, gatefold sleeve. All Welcome on Planet Ree-Vo could only really have been made in one city steeped as it is in Bristol's decades of less conventional hip-hop and bass music. Tweaked and fine-tuned during the summer of 2020 the record punches with a mix of red eyed paranoia to a playful future funk. The album was all recorded, produced and mixed by Andy Spaceland at Christchurch Studios, Bristol (home of Mezzanine era Massive Attack) with all vocals written and performed by T. Relly. During 2021 the first two singles from the LP were released. The first was the juggernaut that is "Groove With It". T. Relly growling out polemic against the relentless cacophony spun by Andy, the brutality of the bass and horns is temporarily smoothed with Relly's soulful, swaggering placation of "Turn your speakers on/ Till ya speakers blown baby/ If you're feeling strong baby/ We can keep it going baby". This was followed in April by the 12" release of "Combat" featuring a thumping remix by Surgeon and an extended electro remix by Ree-Vo themselves. "Spacebox" which will be the last single to be released in time with the album is their hookiest, a party throwing chorus spinning tipsy visitors around the intergalactic control booth of mission control. "Lift off, blast off, shirt off, dance off! Naked in the dancehall SPACE BOX!" is the beamed mantra, Relly transmitting to all occupants of the galaxy. "We wanted to make a hedonistic and colorful dancehall track, a bold response to the suppressive circumstances of the last two years."
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EDDA 054R-EP
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Ree-Vo release their Spacebox single on 7" with remixes by NØISE and Batbirds and stunning original artwork by Shepard Fairey. In 2021, Bristol hip-hop duo Ree-Vo released two singles from their forthcoming album All Welcome On Planet Ree-Vo. The first was the electro-hop, LFO-surfing "Combat" with a remix by Surgeon. The second -- dropped as a digital double A-side -- was the dark, submersive "Groove With It" remixed by New Jersey's legendary Dälek and "Protein" remixed by The Bug. Ree-Vo begin 2022 in contrast with this their hookiest track on their album, a party throwing chorus spinning tipsy visitors around the intergalactic control booth of mission control. "Lift off, blast off, shirt off, pants off, bra off, Dance off! Naked in the dance hall space box!" is the beamed mantra, rapper Relly transmitting to all occupants of the galaxy. "We wanted to make a hedonistic and colorful dancehall track, a bold response to the suppressive circumstances of the last two years." Helping them on this seven's mission are two remixes, one by NØISE (the musical collective of Joe Cassidy, Shepard Fairey, Merritt Lear, and John Goff) and Batbirds (the duo of Joe Cassidy and Aaron Miller). Common to both of course is Joe Cassidy who recorded for Dell'Orso as Butterfly Child. These mixes were made at the end of 2020, the record sent off to print in February 2021, five months before Joe's incredibly sad departure from this planet, at least physically. Red vinyl.
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EDDA 056CD
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Bristol hip-hop duo Ree-Vo drop the first of three releases in 2022 beginning with this stunning mix of original tracks, remixes and collaborations. Newark, NJ's Dälek (Will Brooks, Deadverse) drags T. Relly's growl through the quicksand, a cacophony of whiplashed beats and visceral loops spurring our protagonist on. It's a gaggle of Ghostface Killas trapped in a hall of mirrors; it's next door's MBV heard through the walls whilst submerged in a low-lit bathtub. And Wu Tang are pulling the plug out. Kevin Martin, aka The Bug, released one of 2021's most fierce and focused albums with Fire on Ninja Tune. In his hands "Protein" becomes a submarine bass, head n' rig wrecker opting for more of his hooky "In Blue" style Bug mix. As Kevin eludes -- "to my fantastical mind it sounds like Bug dirt'n'grind Vs Yin Yang Twins' swagger and Neptunes funk." Eight track, very limited CD release featuring Surgeon, The Bug, Dälek and Rob Smith (RSD, one half of Smith and Mighty) along with two original exclusives by Ree-Vo mastered by Stefan Betke (aka Pole).
Ree-Vo are rapper T. Relly and DJ, producer Andy Spaceland. Relly is known in the Bristol community for his links to the city's major club nights, compering stages at St Paul's Carnival, his classic 2018 LP with DJ Rogue (Let Them Know) and his passionate social work with Bristol's most disadvantaged. Andy (Spaceland) Jenks has been involved in Bristol bass music beginning with Static Sound System and a collaborative 12" with Rudy Tambala (A.R Kane) before his group Alpha was signed to Massive Attack's label Melankolic (also becoming one of their tour DJs). He also currently releases music with US producer Butch Vig and is working on new tracks with Mark Stewart (The Pop Group).
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EDDA 053EP
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Bristol hip-hop duo release their debut 12" ahead of an album featuring a thumping electro remix by Surgeon and an extended remix by Ree-Vo themselves. The forthcoming LP All Welcome on Planet Ree-Vo could only really have been made in one city steeped as it is in Bristol's decades of less conventional hip-hop and bass music. Tweaked and fine-tuned during the summer of 2020 the record punches with a mix of red eyed paranoia to a playful future funk. T. Relly is pure Bristol hip-hop royalty -- known in the community variously for his links to all of the city's major club nights, his passion and support for the most disadvantaged (through his work with the youth and prison leavers), through to compering stages at St Paul's Carnival and his seminal 2018 LP with DJ Rogue, Let Them Know. Andy Spaceland (AKA Andy Jenks) got involved in Bristol bass music as soon as he moved to the city with Static Sound System and a collaborative 12" with Rudy Tambala (AR Kane) as Sugarboat Vs Sufi, before his band Alpha were signed to Massive Attack's label Melankolic, whilst he also became one of their tour DJs. His CV of collaborations range from Smith and Mighty to Madonna, and he is currently releasing music with US producer Butch Vig in the band 5 Billion in Diamonds, and working on new tracks with Mark Stewart (The Pop Group).
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