Beats & Pieces by Catching Flies
A few months ago, I gave myself two weeks to start and finish a Beat Tape. I hired an Airbnb in Ojai after a tour of the US West Coast and set about making ‘Beats & Pieces.’ Ojai is a sleepy but beautiful town about 2 hours drive from LA. This is the result. In many ways, Beats & Pieces is an ode to the 90’s/2000’s ‘Downtempo’ scene I grew up listening to (Lemon Jelly, AiM, Kruder & Dorfmeister etc)… Enjoy!
Catching Flies - aka multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ George King – is the very model of a modern musician. He blurs the boundaries between mainstream and underground, and between electronic and ‘real’ music, as easily as the biggest and the best. His music is a bass heavy yet melodic mesh of broody electronics and intricate rhythms, containing shades of everything from hip-hop to house, from soul to jazz. He has released music on the likes of Ninja Tune, Anjunadeep, and Cercle.
Catching Flies debut album ‘Silver Linings’ contained shades of everything from hip-hop to house, from soul to jazz, and was hailed as ‘a soundtrack to Summertime’ by the 405 - and was awarded album of the month by Future Music who described it as ‘a brilliantly eclectic record… a moving journey that will last long in the memory.’ Clash Magazine praised the LP’s ‘killer beats’ and ‘artfully orchestrated introspection,’ whilst London In Stereo praised it’s ‘exceptional production.’ Other press coverage for the album included The Guardian, Complex, Nowness, Mixmag, iD Magazine, Dazed & Confused, The Line of Best Fit and more. He has received radio support from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Pete Tong, Benji B, Annie Mac, Lauren Laverne, Mary Anne Hobbes & Huw Stephens. Artist support for ‘Silver Linings’ has come from the likes of Diplo, Bonobo, Caribou, Loyle Carner, The Blessed Madonna, Keinemusik, Rufus Du Sol, George Fitzgerald and Lane 8. He toured the album performing headline Live shows throughout the UK, Europe, Asia and North America, as well as DJ shows at Bonobo’s ‘OUTLIER’ event series in Europe and North America.
Tracklist
| 1. | Sundial Avenue | 2:24 |
| 2. | All Night | |
| 3. | IMY | 2:28 |
| 4. | Citrus | |
| 5. | I Do | 2:11 |
| 6. | Oh! | |
| 7. | Nice Time Type Beat | |
| 8. | Proud | |
| 9. | Ojai | 3:30 |
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Catching Flies has gathered the consistent support of Gilles Peterson, Annie Mac, Lauren Laverne, Julie Adenuga & Huw Stephens and a growing fanbase which has seen him perform across the UK, Europe, the USA and Asia. He also took his live show on the road as European tour support for electronic-jazz behemoth Bonobo.