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ZBZ 006EP
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A two-track precursor to Jon McMillion's 2015 album on Zoombézoom, forthcoming at the time of this release. Limited edition of 300. Music written and produced by Jon McMillion. Mastered by Rashad Becker at D&M, Berlin.
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NEK 013EP
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"Don't It Make You (edit 1)" is a relentless house rhythm bolstered with congas, massed claps, synth-bass raspberries, and a badass male singer, over which a miasma of enigmatic tones bubbles and swirls. On "edit 2," McMillion strips things down to dancefloor essentials and erases some of the free-floating background weirdness. Fred P emphasizes the track's mysterious drones and loops a female vocalist while dropping in some echoed male chatter to gently disorient. Orson Wells layers and pitches up the original's cascades of bleeps, which become the dominant motif, and subtly modulates said bleeps while keeping that irrepressible rhythm strutting.
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NEK 004EP
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After having debuted on Nuearth Kitchen with his critically-acclaimed Jon McMillion LP, Jon McMillion now returns to the label on a provocative six-track sound cloud. For those who know McMillion's musical prowess, they won't be surprised to find late-night musings lathered in left-field sensibilities, comedic soundscapes with dancefloor leanings, exquisite sound design, and an ongoing exchange of darkness unto light. McMillion is an aural frontiersman with a passion for free-form composition, complicated sonic layering, and a particular nostalgia for retro ephemera. On the Flier EP, McMillion returns to these elements, perpetually rendering what dance music is and could be.
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ZBZ 002EP
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Jon McMillion steps aboard the Zoombézoom ship as it sets sail into a sea of dreams of future past. He gently weaves the sounds of jazz piano and disco organ loops with darkly glittering garlands of drum computer sequences and moody bass lines; he journeys far to shine light onto deep emotions and inner beauty.
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ORAC 024EP
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Back On That Road is Jon McMillion's second 12" on Orac. The title track has solid beats that build patiently, somewhere in between Detroit and the Latin techno of Villalobos, Luciano and friends. "Land's End" features muted synth colors that wash over and under, bearing a powerful melancholy. Quenum remixes the title track, raising the energy, but keeping all of its charm. The vocal turns into a chant, as organic synth plunks and buzzes weave into and build on each other until, OMG, you're raving.
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ORAC 019EP
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"After a long wait, the second record on Orac's 'Black and White' series is finally available. Called Inner Floor, it's the debut EP from Seattle's own Jon McMillion. Like unclassified computer funk before it, Inner Floor is an experiment for the dancefloor, adventurous and abstract. Without relying on obvious melodic hooks or retro rhythms, McMillion sifts beats out of a very personal collection of sonic material, and the result is ear-bendingly danceable. Sonically, Inner Floor owes something to the 'clicks and cuts' school but its beats are definitely aware of new minimal techno. McMillion coaxes confident dancefloor beats out of unlikely scraps of material, from the pervasive microfunk samples to the interdimensional choral slush of the title track and the wry guitar abuse of 'Make It Worms.' There are melodies here, but mostly hidden ones, darting in between parallel strands of distinct sounds."
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