We start 2012 as we finished it: with a sublime 4 tracker which will tickle your ear drums and make you want to put on your favourite dancing shoes. Tamoki Tamura, Japanese producer based in London and responsible for a host of excellent releases on Nite Grooves and Plastic City, to name but a few, presents two quality tracks, “My Place” and “Oh Sax”. Funky and uplifting, “My Place” ignites the dynamite from the “get go” with a rude and dirty bass line, with and explicit, deep and sensual vocal. “Oh Sax” is a slightly more tamed track, extremely groovy, contemplative and poetic, reminiscent of an Allen Ginsberg poem/mantra, comparison which even more accentuated by the saxophone riff’s presence in this composition. His music is intelligent bin it’s construction but also in its intuitive and spontaneous nature.

Matt Star’s version of “My Place”, is a more broken down and purified version, in a minimal style that characterises him best, but notwithstanding the “booty shaking” bass line that projects us into the echoes of the ever present sensual and perverted vocal and leading us straight into Paranoid Dance land.

Finally, we go back to techno with Tom Dazing’s old school version of “Oh Sax”, in which the saxophone becomes our unique tie to the words natural & organic, in a world of Machines and Drum Machines reign supreme. George Orwell Revisited.

Text by Benjamin Gueret
Translated by Andrew A. Bean

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FEEDBACK:

Radioslave (Rekids Rec.)
Fav mix : My Place (original) or Tom Dazing remix
interesting EP - really like it - thanks!

Alex Kid (F-Communication)
Fav mix : My Place Matt Star's mix
I like both versions of My Place, have to try them :) thx

Mathias Kaden (Vakant Rec.)
Fav mix : all!!!
great ep

Richie Hawtin (Minus)
Fav mix : 1
download for r hawtin

Alejandro Vivanco (Cadenza Rec.)
Fav mix : Matt star My place remix
super nice beats amigo

Paco Osuna (Plus 8)
Fav mix : Tomoki Tamura
downloaded thank you

Luciano (Cadenza)
Fav mix : 1
Thanks for the music

Mikael Stavoestrand (Clink Rec.)
Fav mix : Matt Star - My Place (Remix)
love all the mixes, will play for sure .. full support

Michel Cleis (Cadenza)
Fav mix : Matt Star - My Place (Remix)
Nice and Interesting Thank you.

Nicolas Duvoisin (Fantastic Friends Rec.)
Fav mix : Matt Star - My Place (Remix)
really nice one !

Varoslav (Rootz Rec.)
Fav mix : matt star
nice ep i will try matt star's mix ! thx !

Someone Else (Foundsound)
Fav mix : all
nice ep!

Andrew S (Melisma Rec.)
Fav mix : Tomoki Tamura - Oh Sax (Original)
Great pack as always

Cosmic Cowboys (Back & Forth)
Fav mix : My place original
Really nice ep!!! My place original for us!!! Thank's

Joachim (Sound Architecture rec.)
Fav mix : Love the originals and Tom Dazing remix
Nice EP, full support.

Blind Minded (Trapez ltd)
Fav mix : Tomoki & Matt Star
Tomoki's work & Matt rmx are good !

Patrick Bateman (TicTacToe)
Fav mix : 2
The 2 original tracks are pretty cool. Will try them out for sure, tomorrow

Nico Lahs (Ovum/Culprit)
Fav mix : Original’s
Nice remixes! i will try!

Mike Wall (Der Hut)
Fav mix : Tom Dazing
great track.

Orde Meikle (Soma Rec)
Fav mix : All
Cool EP - playing thanx

Jules & Moss (Fantastic Friends Rec.)
Fav mix : Matt Star - My Place (remix)
Really nice EP, with cool original mixes. Will play Matt Star remix. Great one Full support.

Plastic FM (Fantastic Friends Rec.)
Fav mix : Whole EP
all are nice

Philipp Wolgast (Igloo Records)
Fav mix : Matt Star Remix
Solid EP again, very nice originals, but the Matt Star Remix is unbeatably good.. thanx.

Matt Brown (Supernature Friends Rec.)
Fav mix : My Place (Matt Star Remix)
Matt Star Remix is a real dancefloor bomb..!! One of his best track for sure.

Kim Kemi (Fantastic Friends)
Fav mix : 2. Tomoki Tamura - Oh Sax (Original)
Strong,sexy, lovely release!!

Brian Ffar (Siteholder Records)
Fav mix : Matt Star Remix
Matt's remix is AWESOME! Love his work, and LOVE LOVE LOVE the label.

John Buckley (Antiqua Music)
Fav mix : Whole EP
Great stuff lads love this whole release, will chart!

Paride Saraceni (Trapez Rec.)
Fav mix : Matt star remix
i like Matt's remix sounds cool

Opuswerk (Mescene Rec.)
Fav mix : oh sax (original mix)
Really like Oh Sax original and remix. thx

Phil Dark (Fantastic Friends)
Fav mix : Matt Star
Like the energy of the ep! also great original

Nomhad (wOm)
Fav mix : N°1 is very nice!
Good ep

Cyril Léger (Fantastic Friends)
Fav mix : My place Original
Great EP & Full support!

Master Seb (Affolaï)
Fav mix : My Place (original)
Nice track playlisted

Jon Donson (Sirion Records)
Fav mix : My Place (Original)
Tomoki Tamura's "My Place" is my fav.
another great release from the Fantastic Friends Family
full support!

Samu (Novo Music)
Fav mix : My Place (Original Mix)
Another nice release of Fantastic Friends. Like "My Place" original.

MEDA (Neverending)
Fav mix : mat starr rmx
thank's

Guido Nemola (Recycle Records)
Fav mix : Matt Star, Tom Dazing remixes
cool tracks

Kane Roth (Lessizmore )
Fav mix : Matt Star
Matt star's remix is nice, my favorite track.

Marasco (Orion Muzik)
Fav mix : My Place original
Tomoki always deliver...! Same as Matt Star, great producers. My favorites mixes. A Great EPthanks!

Gols (thrill recordings)
Fav mix : Original (my place) & Tom Dazing (oh sax rmx)
Really loving the happy feeling in 'My place' and a outstanding Dazing remix. nice ep!!! well done FFR

Mourece (Bubbles On The Air)
Fav mix : Tom Dazing - Oh Sax (Remix)
Awesome guys... i think that is one of the most groovy release of FFR... perfect for to shake dancefloors!!!
Congrats my friends!!!

Massimo Girardi (Circle Music)
Fav mix : Matt Star
both remixes are dope! will play them for sure, thx!!

Raphael Raban (Fantastic Friends Rec.)
Fav mix : clock & no lines remix
super release

Benja (Hive Audio)
Fav mix : Tom Dazing
Full support for the Tom Dazing remix! Will play this one for sure. Also will try out the Original of My Place.
Thanks!

Luluxpo (let's dance)
Fav mix : Tomoki Tamura - My Place (Original)
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