While the last album Labfunk was underpinned by detailed instrumentals, Full Circle is bumper to bumper with hip shakingly soulful songs, as Atjazz collaborates with an impressive selection of superb vocalists. The much lauded singles Put It On featuring Swedens Ernesto, and Love Someone with house music legend Robert Owens were the perfect precursor to this long player Full Circle. Other guest vocalists who deserve recognition include Hospital Records Mr J from Phuturistix, who appears on Together, … Read More »Dawne B who also featured on Harmony, (one of the critically acclaimed tracks from Atjazzs previous album,) The Communards and Test Dept. collaborator Sarah-Jane Morris, and Sonar Kollektivs siren Clara Hill, who lends her strong vocal talents to Before (gaining plays from BBC Radios Trevor Nelson along the way,) and Sense Of Life. With more singles from the album and new remixes to come, Atjazz has also had recent releases for labels Innervisions, Plastic City and Reincarnation. Mantis Recordings was born in the UK’s East Midlands; a place rich in dance music history (Charles Webster, DiY, Bent, the UKs first house music chart hit by Krush, the birthplace of the Renaissance club and a fast footed past of Northern Soul all nighters). A background in hip-hop and house music led to the first releases by key artist and co-founder Atjazz.

Charles Webster is also joining forces with Atjazz, on a project under the name ‘Version’ . They already have several remixes in the bag and a EP’s coming soon for Miso, Mantis and Jazzanova’s prolific Sonar Kollektiv label. Atjazz has also produced songs for Clara Hill’s second album album ‘All I Can Provide’, released the massive track ‘For Real’ on their then sub label Innervisions run by Dixon & Ame and produced 2 exclusive releases for Germany’s ‘Plastic City’ and I-soul8’s new imprint ‘Slam Jam’

A busy man indeed you may say, well, there’s plenty more coming from his studio in the shape of a collaborations album which will see Atjazz hooking up with some big guns of house music. and a full album of Jerky Soul & Hip Hop produced along side Clyde & Si Tew, Watch this space…

“The album is simply stunning, absolutely Beautifull soul music” - Laurent Garnier
“This record is amazing” - Minus 8
“It is a timeless modern soul record” - Domu
“Honestly its a doooope album” - DJ Simbad
“Fantastic Album” - Michael Rutten
“Amazing Album” - Borja, Lovemonk

Tracklisting:
01. One Featuring Amalia 04.55
02. Together Featuring Mr. J 05.33
03. Underlined Featuring Ernesto & Cee Rock The Fury 04.23
04. Parallels Featuring Dawne B 04.55
05. I Forgot You Featuring Clyde 06.24
06. Love Someone Featuring Robert Owens 07.10
07. Put It On Featuring Ernesto 07.26
08. Before Featuring Clara Hill 05.07
09. Fantasy Featuring Sarah Jane Morris 06.25
10. With You Featuring Dawne B & Hernandez 05.38
11. Sense Of Life Featuring Clara Hill 06.38