The Viral EP
by
Sharpster
Where live instruments, vocalists and beatbox queens collide with some heavy Zed Bias production, find Dekata Project. Already creating a stir in underground house and broken beat circles for their sassy and diverse 4 track debut, the Viral EP the Dekata Project build on their ever-growing live following with this buzzing EP that launches them on the international stage.
The Viral EP features four different vocalists, kicking off with newcomer virtuoso Chloe Morgan on the summery Change My Way, which boasts some intricate jazz-funk harmonies a la Reel People and Basement Jaxx, with hints of Steely Dan. Singer, Natalie Williams, known for her Soul Family nights at Ronnie Scott's, shines on the haunting minimal house reworking of the classic 90s indie hit Semisonic's Secret Smile with swinging beats. The final tracks feature two of London's hottest young vocal talents:Yvette Riby-Williams and Neo Josua, both members of Bellatrix and the Boxettes, the UK's first all girl vocal harmony and beat box group, and are also members of UK beat box favourites, Shlomo's Vocal Orchestra. Yvette's up first on At Least We Can Dance, a live fave that's got an 80's groove going round a great break and chorus that lifts and lifts, guaranteed to get you moving with its unceasing beats. And rounding off Neo delivers on the haunting Leave It spinning a deep vocal over some techno slides that skim across taut keys and beats making this one of the EP's essential grooves.
Dekata Project is the brainchild of song writer, sax player and producer Sam Sharp. Inspired by hearing pioneering UK garage/dubstep founding father producer, Zed Bias on Radio 1's Gilles Peterson, Sam tracked Zed down and two weeks later Zed and Sam started working together on the Dekata sound. Recorded at Sam's Loose Wind Studios in Hackney, East London, and then taken up the M6 to Manchester to Zed's Biasonics Laboratory Studio, the pair worked together to utilise Sam's obsession with composing catchy hooks, funk stylings, squelchy bass lines combined with Zed's knowledge of all things heavy, reflected in his beats, production and arrangements. Think futuristic disco, soulful house and nu-soul mixed in with influences from artists like the Basement Jaxx, Groove Armada, Daft Punk, Bugz in the Attic, Moloko, and Jamiroquai.
