New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Crosstown Rebels Official Website) In a stellar year for the Crosstown Rebels that saw them become the most groundbreaking underground dance music label in the world, surpassing even their own expectations their illustrious founder and musical director Damian Lazarus picks up the baton for their infamous Get Lost series and delivers a perceptive fusion of future dancefloor classics, illuminating the reason they came to be the most important label of the moment and unveiling the next chapter of their story.
Following in the wake of Dinky and Jamie Jones Get Lost albums, and due to public demand the series is reignited with Get Lost's ringmaster Damian Lazarus. Now a notorious 17 hour event at Miami's WMC that features the whole army of Rebels artists (21 artists in 2011), Lazarus now captures some of its magic on CD.
Damian Lazarus is a visionary, a caped crusader for underground music with an eye for detail and an ear for true talent. Since cutting his teeth as music editor at Dazed & Confused, to his days as A&R at legendary London imprint City Rockers spotting the likes of
Felix Da Housecat and Tiga, through to more recently introducing Seth Troxler, Jamie Jones and Art Department to the world via his Crosstown Rebels imprint, Lazarus has continually shaped the face of underground dance music as we know it.
The fourth episode of Get Lost while typically broody and eclectic steers heavily into Lazarus' dancefloor nature, unraveling a hybrid blend of dubby, rumbling cuts touching on everything from deep house to UK garage, techno to futuristic bassline mayhem that each journey into the spirit of his enigmatic brood of artists. Lazarus makes characteristically calculated risks with his track selection, a largely unknown collection of exclusive records that give foresight into the next generation of
Rebel artists, introducing an arsenal of fresh faces in Left, Fosky, and new Toronto talents Nitin and Iranian Amirali (with an album coming next year on the label). He also calls upon old label friends Dinky and Nico Purman and some peers from his past in Avey Tare of Animal Collective, dOP offshoot Aquarius Heaven, Ostgut Ton's Dana Ruh and Caribou's Daphni, fresh from their remix of Art Department.
Featuring ten exclusive tracks including an unheard track from 2011's biggest newcomers, Art Department who give a hint at their future evolution in a grand vocal climax. Delving into his own future material as an accapella over Berlin cult figure Acid Pauli, set to release an album on Nicolas Jaar's label later this summer), Lazarus carefully balances the experimental with the insightful in this intricately woven mix.
Damian gave birth to his own imprint, Crosstown Rebels 8 years ago with the intention of nurturing a younger generation of talent and bringing them to the forefront of global consciousness. The label has gone since beyond its intentions, releasing the debut album from Jamie Jones, one of the first records from Seth Troxler and in 2011 three of the best dance albums of the year came from the Rebels camp;
Maceo Plex; Deniz Kurtel; and Art Department. Damian's
Rebel umbrella now encompasses a global booking agency, various sublabels, and even a film series about the group of musical misfits.
'I'm so excited to relaunch the Get Lost mix cd series. The album has so many highlights for me and it seems to get better and better with each listen - and believe me I´ve heard it many times. I have taken a lot of risks in introducing unknown artists in the selection and I am confident some of these guys will be household names before long. I am very proud of the Get Lost series and I think this session, number 4, will mark a beginning of the next level for our music.� Damian Lazarus
The collection of unreleased tracks made exclusively for the album will also be available as a limited double vinyl package. Damian Lazarus and his Crosstown Rebels vessel are true vehicles of reinvention and Get Lost 4 is their finest voyage.
Tracklist
Amirali - My Way
Nitin - Blink Twice
Aquarius
Heaven - So Low
Left - Please Don't Come Alone
Mikael Stavostrand & Cesare vs Disorder -
Massive Attack (Makael & Cesare Rework)
Kowton - She Don't Jack
Fosky feat
Shiva -
Shiva (Original Mix)
Nico Purman - Fade Away
Dance Disorder - Metallic Italic (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)
Dana Ruh - Night Till Dawn
Dinky - Owls
Acid Pauli - Japan
Daphni - Ye Ye
Avey Tare -
Oliver Twist
Art Department - All Mine
Mario & Vidis - Kashyyyk
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