Flashbaxx - Something To Believe

    Madison
    Movin' On
    Gold
    Something To Believe (feat. Tanja Proessler & Christoph Matyascheck)
    We Just Listen To It
    So Close To Midnight

Six years after his highly acclaimed The Changing Tides EP, Flashbaxx returns with Something To Believe. In the album’s thirteen tracks the Aschaffenburg-based producer shows his impressive and versatile musical production skills gained over the years as a label manager, DJ, and studio producer licensing music for TV-commercials and motion pictures. Constantly taking on new roles came about from a dislike for stagnancy or doing thing same thing over and over, thus also explaining the wait for a new album - maintaining acclaim while continuing to make progress takes time.

The future downtempo classic “So Close To Midnight” opens Something To Believe with warm piano chords, jazzy rhodes, guitar licks, and laid back hip hop drums. This is followed by “Madison” which is a string and piano laden mid-tempo ride trough the sunrise of a beautiful summer day. Flashbaxx’s latest vocal discovery Tanja Proessler delivers some irresistibly soulful vocals on “Something To Believe.” This cut is a Rhodes-layered lounge affair with sexy wah-wah guitar, funky vintage bass, and grooving R’n’B beats. “Movin’ On” progresses smoothly with 909 samples, hand claps, and Moog fills before switching to a disco boogie with classic house piano. A bit old school but far away from being outdated, “Gold” is a true deep house joint with a squeeze of jazz. It’s flowing with spherical dub-delayed pads, muted guitar, Rhodes stabs, and a groovy synth bass line. Finally, the title “We Just Listen To It” may be a misnomer as this intoxicating Latin four-on-the-floor jam aims to set any dance floor ablaze. Flashbaxx is back … and he’ll make you a believer.

Label and Artist Links:
www.plusquam-records.net
www.soundcloud.com/flashbaxx