Hello lovely weblog freinds. Here's all the blurb about my new album. Please excuse the posh press release language & spammmage, I promise not to make a habit of this... (But if you want to help out and repost on your local forums etc, please feel free... ;-)
We've got everything in stock now, up and available on the beta webstore if you wannit:
www.beta-store.com
It's also going to be up on itunes as of Monday, with an exclusive bonus track, and you will find a full digital downloads site at www.electrostep.net in a few days with FULL LENGTH UNMIXED VERSIONS OF ALL TRACKS available.
The first single from the album "Stalking you on Myspace" is also out now, on CD, 2x12" Vinyl with Electrohouse Remixes, and Ltd Edition 7" Pink Vinyl. You can pick that up in most stores, or at www.beta-store.com
We also have a new batch in of "John B is My HomeBoy" shirts, and a few "Stalking you On Myspace" T-shirts in the webstore too...
ELECTROSTEP PRESS:
KNOWLEDGE MAGAZINE: "Electrostep is quite simply the most breathtakingly personal album by a drum & bass artist since New Forms. John B has single-handedly created a new genre in Electrostep, and it would be criminal if he didnt go on to achieve a similar level of acclaim as Roni Size did at the 1997 Mercury Music Awards."
IDJ MAGAZINE - ALBUM OF THE MONTH: "If you think drum & bass has steered itself into an artistic cul-de-sac then you definitely need to hear this album, for it is unlike any other thrown up from this scene. For the past few years, with singles such as American Girls and Electrofreeek plus Marilyn Manson remixes, John B has almost single-handedly developed a drum & bass style soaked in eighties electro, rock, grunge and trance influences and doused in tongue-in-cheek humour; and it has garnered him a fan-base few of his contemporaries could test. Alongside original compositions such as Russian Bride and Stalking You On My Space, both demonstrating his acute take on life online, the album includes covers of 80s classics such as Tainted Love and Hey Mickey, remixes of Howard Jones and Dirty Sanchez, all presented in a dynamic dance floor mix. If you buy one drum & bass album this year, make it this, as youll be playing it in years to come 5/5"
DJ MAGAZINE: "John B is drum and basss eccentric anomaly! Not afraid to uniquely express himself... open minds should investigate!"
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TEH PRESS RELEASE OMG
Electrostep, is varied, accessible, interesting, exciting & genre-bustingly electro-Robo-Tastic. John B's 7th album is more than just a collection of disposable, short-lived dumb dancefloor D&B tracks. Lots of clever, funny lyrics, robot vocals, wide-ranging musical styles, pioneering approaches to production, mainstream appeal but its still underground, raw & refreshing. The influence of modern Electro, indie/rock & 80s synthpop is noticeable throughout, but is interpreted in a way that moulds perfectly with the power and energy of Drum & Bass to define a revolutionary new direction: soon to be widely known as 'ElectroStep'!
Collaborators include: 80's superstar Howard Jones on 'For You See Me' - a powerful blend of electropunk & DnB with a gorgeous vocal & breakdown/buildup. John Bs Porn star friend Marcy Meow provides vocals on the 80s covers 'Tainted love' and 'Metro'. "We met in San Francisco - she's done around 25 movies to date including Barely Legal and Bang Bros." Marcy has her own band Suicide Tuesday and is currently working in Vegas. John performed with her this year at the WMC in miami at the soho lounge. Other collaborators include Floridian Bands Fashionista & Iowatest, Soma-signed My Robot Friend, new UK act One Life Left and LA Electro-TrannySex-Masters Dirty Sanchez.
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CD1 TRACKLISTING [Continuous DJ Mix with index points]:
1. Rendez Vous
2. Russian Bride
3. Electrostep
4. Iowatest - Timelapse (John B Remix)
5. Midnight Air 2006
6. Stalking You On Myspace (12" VIP mix)
7. Howard Jones - For You See Me (John B Remix)
8. Electronic (Radio Edit)
9. Tainted Love - (CD Mix) - (Feat. Marcy Meow)
10. Dirty Sanchez - Fucking on the Dancefloor (John B Remix)
11. Hey Mickey
12. Fashion (feat. Miss Ch33tah)
13. Take Me Home (feat. Stareyes)
14. Red Lights (feat. Shaz Sparks)
15. One Life Left - Freedom Faliure (John B Remix)
16. Remember Tonight (Radio Edit)
CD2 TRACKLISTING [Mixed] - (Limited Edition BETA CD 06 LTD Only)
1. Fashionista - My Only Joy (John B Remix)
2. Castor - Emily
3. Metro (feat. Marcy Meow)
4. Take me home (feat. Stareyes)
5. Celebrity 2006
6. American Girls (Synthpop Electro mix)
7. John B vs. Hydra Breaks - On a Mission (John B Mix)
8. Fashion (feat. Miss Ch33tah)
9. Tainted Love (Feat. Marcy Meow)
10. Dirty Sanchez - Fucking on the Dancefloor (John B Remix)
11. My Robot Friend - The Fake (John B Remix)
12. DBA vs John B - Falling 2005 (John B Remix)
13. Stalking You on Myspace - (DanceRock Remix)
BETA LP 06 (DJ-Friendly Vinyl Tracklist)
A: Midnight Air 2006
B: One Life Left Freedom Faliure (John B Remix)
C: Tainted Love
D: Hey Mickey
E: Iowatest - Timelapse (John B Remix)
F: Howard Jones For You See Me (John B Remix)
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