Fabric 04

• Artist: Tony Humphries
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• Release Date: May 07, 2002
• Type: Mix-album
• Genre: Electronica

Review

The fourth in a series of mixes inspired by the rangy East London club provides an opportunity (always welcome) for seminal garage DJ Tony Humphries to prove that his mellow, celebratory style of house music is one of the most natural-sounding fusions of dance and R&B. Though the "Drafted By:" credits and the fact that this isn't slotted in the FabricLive series means there's a small question of whether Humphries ever actually played these records on a turntable in this order, the parade of lush selections does much to calm any fears regarding authenticity. Humphries gets into the Garage (with a capital "G") vibe with "Play Back" by Yukihiro Fukutomi and "Tafina" by DJ Fudge, both sporting mad flute solos (which, on the latter, deliciously morphs into the main line of the next track, Partial Arts' "Canopy"). Humphries occasionally detours into darker house territory -- even grabbing a Force Tracks production -- but always returns to his disco roots, best of all when he resurrects what should've been a sure-fire classic from 2001: the sweet, disco-fied "Drive On" by Soldiers of Twilight. Though he (perhaps unwisely) seems to be controlling his urge to drop some seriously unhinged American-style house for this staid British audience, Fabric 04 is still an excellent mix of rangy deep house by the style's giant talent. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Love Birds	Sebastian Döring, Marie Tweek	Tony Humphries, The Lovebirds, Marie Tweek, Marie Tweak	(6:48)
Tafina	DJ Fudge	DJ Fudge	(6:50)
Canopy	Ewan Pearson	Tony Humphries, Partial Arts	(4:53)
Play Back		Yukihiro Fukutomi	(4:00)
If You Fall	Greg "Stryke" Chin	Ad Finem	(3:23)
Drive On [Extended Mix]	DJ Rork	Soldiers of Twilight	(4:22)
Late Night	Syd Barrett	Floppy Sounds	(5:30)
I Can't (... You Know)	Alex Krüger	Dub Taylor	(5:47)
I Miss You [Air-Knee's Jazz to Face Mix]		Sandy, Tony Humphries, Mimmo Mix, Mimmo M.	(4:45)
How Does It Feel? [U.C. Vocal Mix]	Dennis Ferrer	Tony Humphries, Househeadz, Jacque, Househedz Presents Jacque	(5:46)
Believe	DJ Rork, Demon Ritchie, Julie "Ladybird" Monnin	Soldiers of Twilight	(7:07)
Sunshine Yellow	Bertrand Burgalat	Bertrand Burgalat	(4:55)
Kingsburg		Projections	(4:08)
Zoology [Su-Paka-Pooh Mix]	Ryota Nozaki	Jazztronik	(5:35)

Credits

Jazztronik (Performer), Ad Finem (Performer), Ewan Pearson (Mixing), Al Usher (Producer), Bertrand Burgalat (Performer), Lianne Carroll (Vocals), Sandy (Vocals), Rob Rives (Producer), Alex Krüger (Producer), Sebastian Döring (Producer), Floppy Sounds (Performer), DJ Fudge (Producer), Marlon D. (Producer), Ryota Nozaki (Producer), Chris Flowers (Illustrations), Soldiers of Twilight (Performer), Ewan Pearson (Engineer), Tony Humphries (Illustrations), Yukihiro Fukutomi (Producer), DJ Fudge (Mixing), Heidi Ackerman (Illustrations), DJ Rork (Producer), Mimmo Mix (Performer), Takuo Yamamoto (Flute), Shigeharu Sasago (Guitar), Little Big Bee (Mixing), Little Big Bee (Engineer), George Mena (Keyboards), Love (Illustrations), Ewan Pearson (Producer), Greg "Stryke" Chin (Producer), Shinji Nakamura (Keyboards), C. Muzik (Guitar)

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