Review: Sumsuch & Will Brock - Free Born Man (with Vincenzo Remix) (Colour & Pitch)

Seems like we've been waiting a long time for the next installment of the Sumsuch & Will Brock musical adventure but fear not, 'Free Born Man' (on Colour and Pitch) will be with us soon.

And if Sumsuch's love of "fascinating blends of deep floating house music" isn't enough, he's gone and got one of the current experts in the field, Vencenzo on the remix.

The original track is very much in their own classic style of 'There Comes A Time' as that one also has a dramatic floaty free that is the perfect vehicle for Mr. Brock's vocals and great use of uplifting bouncey synths. 

Equally essential is the reduced beach bar - piano lounge chillout house of Vincenzo's remix that fits in and at the same time, is a bit of a contrast to other recent releases like the influencial single last year on Be Adult Music, 'Extrasolar'/''The Witching Hour' - which came out at about the time of Sumsuch & Will Brock's last release, 'Don't Know Where I'm Going' (with Gavin Boyce Remix - see review HERE) that featured Kameelah Waheed who continues to keep cropping up and most surpristingly of Joseph Malik's new album on Ramrock Records (see review HERE).

Will Brock's fantastic vocals lift the soul of the track in both forms but just as mesmerising is the there's the two instrumental versions as a bonus.

This is a fantastic start to 2024 that also happens to be the 10th anniversary year of Colour & Pitch and long term readers of YATM will recall the Sumsuch/Brock opened the Colour & Pitch label's account back in 2015 with the now classic, Simpathico (see review HERE) and they've followed this up the equally essential 'All Along', 'Shine' and 'Humanity' plus remixes; perhaps there's a compilation album due?

Don't forget this months' Colour & Pitch Sessions mix that starts with the Vincenzo remix (see below) and the Sumsuch/Matty Eeles release 'Find Home' on Be Adult Music with remixes by Vincenzo  - see review HERE)

Colour and Pitch · Colour and Pitch Sessions with Sumsuch - February 2024

Artist: Sumsuch & Will Brock 
Title: Free Born Man (inc. Vincenzo Remix) 
Release date: 1st March 2024
Label: Colour & Pitch
Cat. No: CAP092
Format: Digital / Bandcamp

Review: Glass Slipper - Am I Alone EP (Colour and Pitch)

Glass Slipper back again on Colour & Pitch, this month we've got the release of their  'Am I Alone' in various versions.

After listening to this track, everyone will flock to the dancefloor with some synthy jabs and the powerful vocals of Lisa Cork-Twiss (ex-Real McCoy) with a tale of sleepness nights, this is a perfect follow up 'Love Is Feeling'. 

Glass Slipper's 'Love Is A Feeling' came out on Colour & Pitch at the beginning of last year and the Hectic/Sumsuch Extension Edit was earmarked for airing on this month's TWR Cover Show with Jo Wallace.  But as TWR unexpectedly when 'off air' the remake of the Eloise Laws' original [she of the mighty Laws 'jazz' family from Texas] will have to wait as the Glass Slipper duo of Lisa Cork-Twis and Brad Eller [also Texas, Austin to be precise] have produced their own classic.

The 'Am I Alone' question theme works well in all versions; 'Dark','Light', 'Dark Dub' and 'Light Radio Edit' [Ed: where's the Sumsuch mix?] and this is main room bizz, the light mix is almost gospel house (in my 'house' at least - she's got such a great voice). 

Whilst I'm sure that Lisa and Brad weren't going for a "CAMRA convention" vibe with the combination of Dark, Light, Dark Dub and Light Radio mixes; drink yourself silly with this one as you won't be alone for long.

Glass Slipper · Am I Alone

Artist: Glass Slipper

Title: Am I Alone EP

Am I Alone (Dark Mix)
Am I Alone (Light Mix)
Am I Alone (Dark Dub Mix)
Am I Alone (Light Mix Radio Edit)

Release date: 10^th February, 2023

Label Colour and Pitch

Catalog Number CAP086

Review: Lenz – Still I Rise EP (Colour and Pitch)

The duo of DJ Joma and German vocalist Moon Aton, collectively known as, Lenz are joined, at least in words, by the multi-award winning poet and activist, Maya Angelou for the latest release on Colour & Pitch.

It seems fitting that the last release of the year by the label should be on a high (no pun, etc) as the original version was first heard on November's Colour & Pitch Sessions 

with founder, Sumsuch (available on Mixcloud) .

And yes, those are the lyrics!

That I dance like I've got diamonds

At the meeting of my thighs?

The instrumental is not so strong but it's proper dreamy on the beach with those baleraic synth waves rolling gently on the shore.

And the mix that brings is all together in a dark basement is the Hamburg mix. Can't say I'm up to date with the Hamburg scene but this has moved from the gentle shoreline to the where the dockyards meets the red lights.

Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise

Not sure what the cover is representing (being trapped/restricted buy a hooped fishing net thing?) but as a highlight of 2022, they will rise. 

Links: Still I Rise by Maya Angelou | Poetry Foundation

Artist: Lenz

Title: Still I Rise EP

Release date: 30^th December, 2022 [Alll Platforms] (Beatport & Spotify): 16th December 2022

Label Colour and Pitch

Catalog Number CAP088