James Fox is a name that heads the growing list of up-and-coming UK producers offering their take on the warmer side of house music. And although it may be just a few weeks late, "Close Your Eyes" comes loaded with enough summertime vibes—thanks to its sun-kissed pads, soulful organ blips, playful percussion, and sultry vocal refrain—to make us fondly remember the not-so-distant nights where a cold beer and a deep, rolling tune like this would have made just the right combination. It's a shame this track didn't see a proper release, as was planned before Fox ran into some "sample clearance issues," but we know for certain that Fox will have plenty more pieces of glowing house in the days ahead.
It's been doing the rounds in mixes for a while and due to the unforseen issues mentioned above, it's now been offered up as a free 320 courtesy of XLR8R.
Fresh off the back of his hit release “New Jack Swing” on the brand new Well Rounded Housing Project, The Daily Street welcome James Fox to their mixtape series.
Over the last year James Fox seems to have rocketed and is now a rather familiar household name to most people into the House and Bass Music scene that’s bubbling along at the moment. With his first release on TAKE Records receiving a remix from Ramadanman on the flip, he made a strong arrival. Moving on from that, his debut for the brand new sub-label of Donga’s infamous Well Rounded too the scene by storm, easily making it’s way onto the list of top tunes for 2011. It seemed like the perfect time to get James involved in the TDS mixtape series. Away from his music career, James is also a passionate man when it comes to fine clothing, loving nothing more than a good browse of Liberty’s, so it makes twice as much sense.
For mixtape 015 James takes us on a smooth House trip that draws music from the likes of Maya Jane Coles, Photek, Julio Bashmore, Cosmin TRG and Doc Daneeka’s super-exclusive unreleased remix of Skream’s “Where You Should Be”. Overall it’s a very fluent mix that sums up what’s going on in the UK underground House scene at the moment. Wise up your ears with this mix and keep them tuned for a remix for Jack Dixon & Robin Card which is due on TAKE Records very soon..
01. Kevin McPhee – One52 [Unreleased] 02. Deadboy – Heartbreaker (Julio Bashmore Remix) [Forthcoming Well Rounded] 03. Dorisburg – Emotion [Kann] 04. Cosmin TRG – Bijoux [Hessle Audio] 05. James Fox – Close Your Eyes [Unreleased] 06. dOP – I’m Just A Man (Jackmate’s Rejacked Version) [Eklo] 07. Brawther – Do It Yourself [secretsundaze] 08. Skream – Where You Should Be (Doc Daneeka Remix) [Unreleased] 09. Maya Jane Coles – Little One [20:20 Vision] 10. Dennis Ferrer – Transitions [Defected] 11. Ike – Free To Fly [Philpot] 12. Photek – Mine To Give [Astralwerks] 13. Gel Abril – Spells Of Yoruba (Kaytronik Remix) [Strictly Rhythm] 14. Midland – Bring Joy (Youandewan’s Warehouse Dub) [This Is Music] 15. Rhythm & Sound – Free For All (Soundstream Remix) [Burial Mix]
First mix of 2011 from James Fox here for your enjoyment, featuring quite a few juicy dubs and unreleased heaters - watch out for the Jack Dixon & Rick Grant bit in particular.
Be sure to head over to Second To None in order to catch the interview.
forest swords 'hjurt' (pariah remix) [no pain in pop] photek '101' (boddika's drum machine mix) [photek productions] kidkut & arkist 'one year later' [forthcoming hotflush] axel boman 'purple drank' [pampa] appleblim & october 'ny fizzzz' [forthcoming schmorgasboard] jack dixon & rick grant 'running man' [unreleased & exclusive] norrit 'ngbekinho' (martin kemp remix) [dub] aphrodisiax 'unfinished business' [jus'house] bad autopsy 'nice & slow refix' [unreleased] joy orbison 'ladywell' [doldrums] 2000 & one 'work' [podium] breach 'man up' [PTN] maya jane coles 'rugged' [realtone] james fox 'new jack swing' [forthcoming well rounded housing project]
