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Album Review: Tony Lionni – As One (Freerange Records)

By | Published on Friday 20 August 2010

Tony Lionni

Lionni has been a player in the world of electronic music ever since his time immersed in Manchester’s Hacienda club scene back in the late 80s, but this album proves that he is still as fresh as ever.

The influence of the early Detroit scene is there from opener ‘Distant Memories’, but ‘As One’ still sounds very much like a 21st century album. There is some proper epic house in the form of ‘Precious’, with Marvin Belton on vocals, then some hard staccato beats on ‘Out of Sight’, before a more poppy and Euro feel with ‘Found Another Place’ and ‘The More You Give’ respectively.

‘Harmony’s Song’ provides the compulsory chill out, while ‘Waiting For You’ takes us more techy with some swirling spacious keys and synths. The stand out track, meanwhile, is ‘Deep Fried’, some brilliant deep house.

An extremely likeable and well crafted debut LP, this is a great signing for Jimpster’s east London label. PV

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