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Andrew Emil // Change Request
A preeminent artist of Chicago's 3rd wave, Andrew Emil is one of house music’s most staunch stalwarts. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, he earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony before eventually moving to Chicago.
As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions, cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios.
Credited on over 200+ recordings, his composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions.
After a life in live music performance, from orchestra percussion sections to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones.
One of the earlier innovators of the “Jackin House” genre under the Broadway & Wilson moniker with Jeff Bloom, Andrew is never content to stay in one place or style of musical thought for very long.
He is the only recording artist to do production work simultaneously for Derrick Carter’s Classic Music Company, Mark Farina’s Great Lakes Audio, Gene Farris’ Farris Wheel Recordings, and four-time GRAMMY nominee Steve “Silk” Hurley’s S&S Records.
A string of double-digit singles for prominent labels, including remixes for artists such as Common, Kanye West, Little Louie Vega, Jamie Principle, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Iz & Diz, Fast Eddie, Shalamar, Roland Clark, David Morales, Colette, Amp Fiddler, JT Donaldson, and Gene Farris, to name a few.
2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion.
Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records.
The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext.
Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions.
www.andrewemil.com
Wyser | You Gotta Be (Andrew Emil Dreamix) [Cheap Talk]As the sun hits oh so sweetly during the ever-expanding summer evenings, Cheap Talk is proud to present the perfect companion in ‘You Gotta Be’ by Wyser, which is served up multiple times via some stellar remix work from some supremely talented producers. Returning to the label once again as a follow-up to the effortlessly joyous ‘I Need’ (released alongside Petty Davis), Wyser adds further to the sound and spirit of Cheap Talk on ‘You Gotta Be’, which exudes all that is found at the soul of House music. The Chicago-based label, headed by Ilana Ariella with Shmoo on A&R duty, speaks to the city’s House traditions whilst keeping a firm eye on the future. ‘You Gotta Be’ is yet another commanding step forward for the label, with the title track complemented with four musically diverse and hyper progressive remixes - all of which is reflective of the label’s ethos of releasing ground-breaking, thought-provoking dance music. The original cut is lavishly presented with a simmering, incisive rhythm section, which is allowed to roll on and on until the deep-set melodic sequence comes into view, with an emphatic breakdown that will lead to endless smiles and warm hearts all round. Angel Alanis and Maria Goetz are up next with their spin on the title track, which draws greater focus to the impressive bones that make up the overall structure. A percussive work-out of the highest order, each element is delicately considered in terms of its tone and feel, with great emphasis placed on when to release energy, when to take a breath, and when to ensnare the senses of all those present on the dancefloor. Jason Merle’s ‘Kerfuffle Shuffle’ version is up next, which shifts towards the deeper side of House. A slightly stripped-back rhythm section provides a solid basis for the melodic features to shine, which drift and sweep across the top ends with a pulsating, magnetic kind of feel and tone. The Dub Mix lands next, and as it says on the tin, takes things down into the depths. A certain kind of euphoric atmosphere takes over, shifting the walls of the club with a feverish and captivating presence that merges with the shared spirits of the dancefloor. To wrap things up, Andrew Emil’s ‘Dreamix’ arrives to take spirits away to new plains of bliss. A sultry, easy-breezing vibe takes over, with new melodic patterns presented that are reminiscent of star-kissed skies, hazy mirages, and deep blue hues. A perfect way to end an EP filled to the brim with vitality, presence, and meaning.With summer days on the horizon, ‘You Gotta Be’ has all that is required to soundtrack a myriad of experiences, places, and spaces, with favourite people or a dancefloor full of like-minded individuals. There’s a spot for all, so why not jump onboard….
Artist: Saucy Lady Track: Baby Tell Me Why (Change Request Dreamixes) Label: Star Creature Universal Vibrations Cat No: SC 5008 Released: 18 Aug 23
Artist: Janet JacksonTrack: Got 'Til It's Gone Remix: (Armand Van Helden vs. Ae's Bonus Dub)Label: Virgin Catalog (V81)Release date: 7 October 2022℗ A Virgin Records Release℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC© 2022 Black Doll Inc.Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/40uU4ly Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/3zhEjCE
Change Request & Saucy Lady - Be Dramatic
“20/20 Vision have enlisted disco overlords Crazy P to curate a brand new series of records for the label, with exclusive tracks produced by some of their favorite artists on the cards. Designed to stretch beyond the world of disco and showcase the band's wide-ranging and eclectic musical tastes, there'll be Balearic moments, downtempo beats, indie dance, and electronica spread over four vinyl records.
Volume One kicks things off in style with a brand new track from Crazy P themselves, 'People (We Can Transform)', a slinky medium-paced groove run through with a slowly opening acid line, funky guitars, and an uplifting vocal.
Elsewhere, Ashley Beedle declares 'War On The Bullshit (Revive)' with a barnstorming dance floor stomper and Felix Dickinson remixes ASHRR's 'Fizzy' into a classy noir instrumental where jazz funk keyboards swirl around a rock solid b-line. Change Request & Saucy Lady close the whole affair with soul-drenched diva-fest 'Be Dramatic', definitely the most old skool of the lot. It all bodes very well for the next three installments.”
Artist: Change Request & Saucy Lady Track: Be Dramatic Release: Crazy P Curate Volume One Label: 20/20 Vision Format: 12" Single Cat No: CRAZYP C1 Released: 07 Nov 22
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3dfwZQA 12” Pre-Sale: https://bit.ly/3RLfyGE
Dave + Sam | Facts (Ae's Extended Acid Edit)
I have for you, yet another, unnecessary audio file to add to your already disorganized life. A better tool than the one that the manufacturer provided here, it's built for the discerning programmers, the ones who wish to be heard more than scene.
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3RyTJKk Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3xcfpE1
Headsnack | House Poppycock (Change Request Dreamixes)
Here are a few Change Request Dreamixes that were just released today! This is for a former co-worker of mine while at #EventideAudio. Brett Isler aka Headsnack makes a variety of NYC-influenced Electronic Music and Hip-Hop. The first single off his upcoming LP, “Hip-Hop Poppycock” was produced by Grammy award-winning producer Phil Nicolo. This single features two different Dreamixes from myself and many others across its eleven tracks.
Artist: Headsnack Track: House Poppycock (Change Request Dreamixes) Remixer: Andrew Emil Album: Hip-Hop Poppycock Label: blocSonic Release Date: 12.08.22
LinkTree: https://bit.ly/3K7PBhD Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3JTHS6n Apple Music: https://apple.co/3C4PG3B Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3SQXsUo Amazon: https://amzn.to/3w2ELmY FREE DOWNLOAD: https://bit.ly/3K7PBhD
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Headsnack | House Poppycock (Change Request Dreamixes)
Here are a few Change Request Dreamixes that were just released today! This is for a former co-worker of mine while at #EventideAudio. Brett Isler aka Headsnack makes a variety of NYC-influenced Electronic Music and Hip-Hop. The first single off his upcoming LP, “Hip-Hop Poppycock” was produced by Grammy award-winning producer Phil Nicolo. This single features two different Dreamixes from myself and many others across its eleven tracks.
Artist: Headsnack Track: House Poppycock (Change Request Dreamixes) Remixer: Andrew Emil Album: Hip-Hop Poppycock Label: blocSonic Release Date: 12.08.22
LinkTree: https://bit.ly/3K7PBhD Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3JTHS6n Apple Music: https://apple.co/3C4PG3B Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3SQXsUo Amazon: https://amzn.to/3w2ELmY FREE DOWNLOAD: https://bit.ly/3K7PBhD
music #blocsonic #mp3 #flac #ogg #independent #netlabel #recordlabel #download #free #musicindustry #futuremusicindustry #ccmusic #hiphop #beats #rhymes #cuts #headsnack #regeneratedheadpiece #cdoc #cheesenpotc #housemusic #chicagohouse #deephouse
Headsnack | House Poppycock (Change Request Dreamixes)
Here are a few Change Request Dreamixes that were just released today! This is for a former co-worker of mine while at #EventideAudio. Brett Isler aka Headsnack makes a variety of NYC-influenced Electronic Music and Hip-Hop. The first single off his upcoming LP, “Hip-Hop Poppycock” was produced by Grammy award-winning producer Phil Nicolo. This single features two different Dreamixes from myself and many others across its eleven tracks.
Artist: Headsnack Track: House Poppycock (Change Request Dreamixes) Remixer: Andrew Emil Album: Hip-Hop Poppycock Label: blocSonic Release Date: 12.08.22
LinkTree: https://bit.ly/3K7PBhD Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3JTHS6n Apple Music: https://apple.co/3C4PG3B Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3SQXsUo Amazon: https://amzn.to/3w2ELmY FREE DOWNLOAD: https://bit.ly/3K7PBhD
music #blocsonic #mp3 #flac #ogg #independent #netlabel #recordlabel #download #free #musicindustry #futuremusicindustry #ccmusic #hiphop #beats #rhymes #cuts #headsnack #regeneratedheadpiece #cdoc #cheesenpotc #housemusic #chicagohouse #deephouse
“It goes from, ‘Cool Beat, Thx…’ to… ‘This Sounds Like a Record, Let Me Rap on It!” — Paul ‘Willie Green’ Womack (Wiz Khalifa, The Roots, Billy Woods)
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This Anthology XII plug-in bundle video features my remix of the MicroPitch Dot9Pedal product video, created by the home team below! It’s such an honor to work with an inspiring, innovative, and astute team of colleagues, and I am very grateful! I love you all so much!
MicroPitch Dot9Pedal H3000 Secret Sauce (Change Request Dreamix)
MUSIC CREDITS (Eventide Product Managers)
Vocals: Donavon Bryan Bass/Guitar: Patrick Flores Guitar: Christian Colabelli Synths: Collin Bevan Drums: Ryan Keller
REMIX CREDITS (Eventide Plug-in Strategist)
Remix: Change Request Dreamix Performer: Neal Gustafson Producer: Andrew Emil
MORE INFO (Marketing Communications)
Learn More + Try It FREE: https://etide.io/AXII Product Videos: https://etide.io/AXII-Videos Press Assets: https://etide.io/anthologyxii-pr Full Song Audio Mix: https://bit.ly/3tnChgZ
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Cei-Bei | Be Who You Are
One of the last projects he worked on before his untimely passing, and our last project together, this single from the iconic singer, and brother of the legendary Chicago musical force, Lil Louis, shows Cei-Bei aka Curtis Harmon reflecting on his trials of adolescence, and the pressures of this seminal and impressionable time in any young adult's life.
Known for his numerous classics, including 'House Music Will Never Die' and 'Take Me Back' with Glenn Underground, 'Keep Reachin', 'I Live', 'Come Back Baby', and so many more performances, like his background vocals for his brother's iconic hit, Lil Louis 'Club Lonely (Lonely People)',
Cei-Bei digs deep into his own vulnerabilities on this song, and public service message, 'Be Who You Are'. Harmon stays the course with his resolve to remind everyone that they have all that they need with them already.
Empowering the self-confidence to Be Who You Are, Be What You Wanna Be... because LOVE is an INSIDE JOB. Jump Recordings is honored to bring this single to light, with Andrew Emil offering up 3 Dreamixes, and Demuir dropping one of his infamous Playboi Edits.
Rest In Power, Friend
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Artist: Cei-Bei Track: Be Who You Are Writer: Curtis Harmon Producer: Andrew Emil Remixer: Demuir Release Date: 2022-02-25 Record Label: Jump Recordings Cat No. [JUMP192]
TRACKLISTING:
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Andrew Emil Dreamdub)
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Andrew Emil Dreamstrumental)
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Demuir Playboi Edit)
Cei-Bei | Be Who You Are
One of the last projects he worked on before his untimely passing, and our last project together, this single from the iconic singer, and brother of the legendary Chicago musical force, Lil Louis, shows Cei-Bei aka Curtis Harmon reflecting on his trials of adolescence, and the pressures of this seminal and impressionable time in any young adult's life.
Known for his numerous classics, including 'House Music Will Never Die' and 'Take Me Back' with Glenn Underground, 'Keep Reachin', 'I Live', 'Come Back Baby', and so many more performances, like his background vocals for his brother's iconic hit, Lil Louis 'Club Lonely (Lonely People)',
Cei-Bei digs deep into his own vulnerabilities on this song, and public service message, 'Be Who You Are'. Harmon stays the course with his resolve to remind everyone that they have all that they need with them already.
Empowering the self-confidence to Be Who You Are, Be What You Wanna Be... because LOVE is an INSIDE JOB. Jump Recordings is honored to bring this single to light, with Andrew Emil offering up 3 Dreamixes, and Demuir dropping one of his infamous Playboi Edits.
Rest In Power, Friend
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Artist: Cei-Bei Track: Be Who You Are Writer: Curtis Harmon Producer: Andrew Emil Remixer: Demuir Release Date: 2022-02-25 Record Label: Jump Recordings Cat No. [JUMP192]
TRACKLISTING:
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Andrew Emil Dreamdub)
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Andrew Emil Dreamstrumental)
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Demuir Playboi Edit)
Cei-Bei | Be Who You Are
One of the last projects he worked on before his untimely passing, and our last project together, this single from the iconic singer, and brother of the legendary Chicago musical force, Lil Louis, shows Cei-Bei aka Curtis Harmon reflecting on his trials of adolescence, and the pressures of this seminal and impressionable time in any young adult's life.
Known for his numerous classics, including 'House Music Will Never Die' and 'Take Me Back' with Glenn Underground, 'Keep Reachin', 'I Live', 'Come Back Baby', and so many more performances, like his background vocals for his brother's iconic hit, Lil Louis 'Club Lonely (Lonely People)',
Cei-Bei digs deep into his own vulnerabilities on this song, and public service message, 'Be Who You Are'. Harmon stays the course with his resolve to remind everyone that they have all that they need with them already.
Empowering the self-confidence to Be Who You Are, Be What You Wanna Be... because LOVE is an INSIDE JOB. Jump Recordings is honored to bring this single to light, with Andrew Emil offering up 3 Dreamixes, and Demuir dropping one of his infamous Playboi Edits.
Rest In Power, Friend
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Artist: Cei-Bei Track: Be Who You Are Writer: Curtis Harmon Producer: Andrew Emil Remixer: Demuir Release Date: 2022-02-25 Record Label: Jump Recordings Cat No. [JUMP192]
TRACKLISTING:
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Andrew Emil Dreamdub)
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Andrew Emil Dreamstrumental)
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Demuir Playboi Edit)
Cei-Bei | Be Who You Are
One of the last projects he worked on before his untimely passing, and our last project together, this single from the iconic singer, and brother of the legendary Chicago musical force, Lil Louis, shows Cei-Bei aka Curtis Harmon reflecting on his trials of adolescence, and the pressures of this seminal and impressionable time in any young adult's life.
Known for his numerous classics, including 'House Music Will Never Die' and 'Take Me Back' with Glenn Underground, 'Keep Reachin', 'I Live', 'Come Back Baby', and so many more performances, like his background vocals for his brother's iconic hit, Lil Louis 'Club Lonely (Lonely People)',
Cei-Bei digs deep into his own vulnerabilities on this song, and public service message, 'Be Who You Are'. Harmon stays the course with his resolve to remind everyone that they have all that they need with them already.
Empowering the self-confidence to Be Who You Are, Be What You Wanna Be... because LOVE is an INSIDE JOB. Jump Recordings is honored to bring this single to light, with Andrew Emil offering up 3 Dreamixes, and Demuir dropping one of his infamous Playboi Edits.
Rest In Power, Friend
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Artist: Cei-Bei Track: Be Who You Are Writer: Curtis Harmon Producer: Andrew Emil Remixer: Demuir Release Date: 2022-02-25 Record Label: Jump Recordings Cat No. [JUMP192]
TRACKLISTING:
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Andrew Emil Dreamdub)
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Andrew Emil Dreamstrumental)
- Cei-Bei - Be Who You Are (Demuir Playboi Edit)
Andrew Emil & Jp - Blue Gene
Artist: Andrew Emil Artist: Jp Track: Blue Gene Album: Spittin' With Instrumentz Release Date: 2003-01-01 ℗ FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) © 2003 Jonathan Keller
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3LFfVA2 Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3Bn7dRU Apple: https://apple.co/3Bp6TCh Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3oPWSZT
Marvin Gaye | Sexual Healing (Ae's RePhunked Dreamix)
I updated this rework — Akay | Sexual Healing (Rob Hardt Rephunked Mix) — to a full-released dance-floor focused Extended DJ Edit of the dope rework from Rob Hardt. Cool Millions’ main man takes on Marvin Gaye’s iconic Sexual Healing, bringing it into a modern dialect. The Selectors Selector — For Programmers Only.
Artist: Marvin Gaye Track: Sexual Healing Release: Funk Jams Label: Peppermint Jam Catalog: PJ250 Release Date: July 2, 2021 Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3G5uLMU Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/31BV4eE
Tommye | I Need To Go Away (Change Request ReDream)
Written: Tommye Curtis Miller Produced: Jump 'Chico' Slamm ReDreamed: Change Request Motion Pictured: Andrew Emil https://www.andrewemil.com
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3CUuASQ Instagram: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3bJNH6r
PROMOTIONAL ITEM [NOT FOR RESALE]
Change Request | Elusive Impression Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson
Some solace while moving emotions around, readjusting, upgrading, and coping. Is it that I get stronger with everything that happens, or is it that I have just seen more of it.
Artist: Costela Track: Believe Me Remix: Change Request Label: Plastik People Digital Catalog No. PPD197 Release Date: 09.23.21
Stream: https://bit.ly/39cE9iW Pre-Order: https://bit.ly/3khaZFS Artist Site: https://bit.ly/2XnLBpj
Artist: Mikko Lindqvist Track: The One Remix: Change Request Label: Campo Alegre Productions Catalog No: CAP137 Release Date: 09.16.21 Press: MIL-MGMT
“Mikko Lindqvist's "The One" gets the remix treatment in this spectacular package from Campo Alegre Productions. Andrew Emil came back with no less than three stellar remixes in his unique Dreamix / Dub style. His work as usual has a classy classic edge to it. Also on the EP are Twolegs and Funky Blackman remixes which take things up a notch.”
Article: https://bit.ly/3AknGFf Video: https://bit.ly/3AtIKJm Stream: https://bit.ly/2Xro4mE Beatport: https://bit.ly/3Cig9Hz Artist Site: https://bit.ly/2VLoPqm
Artist: Mikko Lindqvist Track: The One Remix: Change Request Label: Campo Alegre Productions Catalog No: CAP137 Release Date: 09.16.21 Press: MIL-MGMT
“Mikko Lindqvist's "The One" gets the remix treatment in this spectacular package from Campo Alegre Productions. Andrew Emil came back with no less than three stellar remixes in his unique Dreamix / Dub style. His work as usual has a classy classic edge to it. Also on the EP are Twolegs and Funky Blackman remixes which take things up a notch.”
Article: https://bit.ly/3AknGFf Video: https://bit.ly/3AtIKJm Stream: https://bit.ly/2Xro4mE Beatport: https://bit.ly/3Cig9Hz Artist Site: https://bit.ly/2VLoPqm
Artist: Mikko Lindqvist Track: The One Remix: Change Request Label: Campo Alegre Productions Catalog No: CAP137 Release Date: 09.16.21 Press: MIL-MGMT
“Mikko Lindqvist's "The One" gets the remix treatment in this spectacular package from Campo Alegre Productions. Andrew Emil came back with no less than three stellar remixes in his unique Dreamix / Dub style. His work as usual has a classy classic edge to it. Also on the EP are Twolegs and Funky Blackman remixes which take things up a notch.”
Article: https://bit.ly/3AknGFf Video: https://bit.ly/3AtIKJm Stream: https://bit.ly/2Xro4mE Beatport: https://bit.ly/3Cig9Hz Artist Site: https://bit.ly/2VLoPqm
Paul Johnson | Emergency (Andrew Emil Beatdown)
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Percebes Música | Produto Interno Bruto II
A year has passed since the last Produto Interno Bruto compilation on Percebes Música. Therefore, we thought it was time to make a new volume of the series on the label. For this sequel, we got inspired by the great eclectic compilations from the '90s, where deep dance tracks were intertwined with less obvious cuts.
Musical documents of the era when the concepts of Rap, Jazz, Dub, and Breaks meet the ideas of Techno, Downtempo, Drum & Bass, Leftfield House, and even Indie Dance vibes made central appearances in the electric portrait of the artist period and movement.
We asked our local friends, as well as our family of producers from around the world to pitch in, and we couldn’t be any happier with the results. This compilation is a fitting homage to this long-lost spirit of variety, abstraction, and experiential excitement.
This coherent collection of diverse musical selections by established artists and new talent alike, features some of Portugal’s truest underground artists who’s contributions are too often overlooked.
From the serious Hip Hop of Ninguém feat. Bambino & DJ Kronic, The Chilled Electronic Jazz and Dub of Change Request, 2Jack4U, Terra Chã, and Renas Sense, to The Broken Electro Deepness of Basic Soul Unit, The Disco Boogie of Leonidas & Tk1, The Proper Rollers of AL:X & Daino, as well as Portuguese Veteran DJ Flick.
Compiled & Mastered By Ka§par:
- Ninguem feat. Bambino & DJ Kronic - Recpresent
- Leonidas & TK1 - Vanilla
- Daniel Monaco & Marco Spaventi - Prophet Mysteria
- Terra Chã - Quem Eu Sou
- AL:X - Can't Handle It
- Change Request - Elevated Trains
- Basic Soul Unit - Right Now
- DJ Flick - River Riff
- Daino - Razorback
- 2Jack4U - Seamless Dub
- Renas Sense - All I Want
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Artist: Change Request Track: Elevated Trains Writer: Neal Gustafson Producer: Andrew Emil Release: Produto Interno Bruto II Release Date: Aug 6th, 2021 ℗ FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) © 2021 Percebes Música
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Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3fpw8us Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3AaIoam Artist Site: https://bit.ly/3jiYBDw
Luke Million Feat. Sam Sparro | Back to the Rhythm (Jafunk+LeDreåMix)
From his 2017 album “Come Together EP”, this sultry runner features one of modern music’s great RnB artists, Sam Sparro.
The Australian Synth Wunderkind, Luke Million, pulls off a wonderfully contemporary take on Electric Funk for “Back to the Rhythm”. Topping it off with a personal favorite, LA-based by way of the UK’s modern soul sensation, Sam Sparro.
This song gets reworked by Berlin’s Jafunk, who takes the song into another world of low-slung cosmic funk. For this LeDreåMix, I made a DJ Friendly cut for the discerning programmers out there.
Artist: Luke Million Feat: Sam Sparro Track: Back to the Rhythm Remixer: Jafunk Editor: Andrew Emil
Roland Clark | Resist (Jason Jinx Soul Power vs. Andrew Emil Dreamix)
Ran across this while cleaning out an old hard drive and it got me all in the feels. I formed a friendship with Jason well over sixteen years ago when I had a monthly residency at Zentra.
No one ever brought him out to Chicago, but myself from what I can remember, as I always wondered why he didn’t make it here more often. What started as friendly booking direct, turned into a friendship and musical dialogue just as long.
Jason Zambito aka Jason Jinx was among the first wave of artists, along with other early 90s NYC Rave Stalwarts, such as UK transplant DJ DB and DJ Dara —who went on to open Breakbeat Science, the store and label—launched Sm;)e Communications, and the short-lived F-111 Records.
My first introduction to his work was a Sm;)e 10” release I got in 1996, and I was just a fan of his multidimensional musical vibes. We played together often in Chicago, and it was a few years since I spoke to him before his untimely passing in 2019. A Long Island native, Jason was such a sweetheart, kind soul, and Uber-talented man of music.
I made this a long time ago as a personal DJ Tool and totally forgot about it until I just found it. I am just posting this up for FREE as a tribute and forget me not from one of the pillars of New York City’s house music sound for an era.
Liked below are the streaming and DL links, as well as lovely journaling about his life and early 90s NYC Rave—No School Like the Old Skool—from one of Jason’s best mates over the years—DJ DB—and it’s very endearing. Certainly read that, grab this edit, and play his music more often.
A Dear Friend, Gone Too Soon, Never Forgotten: Jason Jinx
Caius | In The Sun (Change Request Fantasy)
Hope This Message Finds You Summer Off To A Great Start!
Here's heavy summer vibing joint that needed the treatment, so it was done, and now we can all Dance In The Sun!
Topical Shit; Re-Freaked; Twice Over; Re-Deux
The Weeknd | As You Are (Change Request Dreamix)
My top-shelf favorite production by the OVO team with Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd, "As You Are" is the eleventh track from his sophomore studio album, 2015’s “Beauty Behind the Madness”.
I have always loved this work, as it’s an excellent example of traditional musical ideas and musicianship—songwriting, harmonies, and arrangements—meeting by contrasting the contemporary sonic world of subtle, and sparsely lush sound emanating from the TDot Crew: October’s Very Own.
I have always wanted to remake this track—as an instrumental—after knowing it so well. I still use this as one of my many reference tracks for calibrating and acclimating myself to a new room or space. It’s just sublime.
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3wDmUR5 Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3hE7CXZ
Written By Tesfaye, Balshe, Montagnese, Schofield, and Quenneville Produced By Abel Tesfaye, Carlo Montagnese, Jason Quenneville Released By Republic Records (2015) ReVisioned By Change Request Produced By Andrew Emil
Modern Music Tips | The Instant Flanger
Eventide Article Link: https://www.eventideaudio.com/blog/neal-gustafson/modern-music-tips-instant-flanger
Examining the many practical use cases as well as illustrating the endless creative ways, Modern Music Tips is an episodic content series that focuses on how to leverage modern studio effects processing in your contemporary music productions.
In this first article, we take a look at how you can use one of the oldest studio effect tricks in the books to bring more life and imagery to your music with the use of flanging.
The world’s first studio flanger—now captured into a faithful plugin—the Mk II model offers much more than just recreating the notorious tape-based short delay effect it was named for.
Spreading The Sound Around Create Vivid Sonic Imagery with Flanging
For this example of how to apply the sonic spreading and character widening features of this processor to instrument parts of a track, I have picked a production of mine entitled “First Avenue”, which is an homage to the timeless and highly influential Minneapolis Sound.
Using only stock plugin presets in this music example, we take a look at how the flanging effect—in particular, The Instant Flanger—can quickly add motion, width, and depth to make your music more enveloping, immersive, and pleasurable to make and listen to.
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Gorgon City | Elevate Feat. Anne-Marie (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
English music production duo consisting of the North London producers Kye "Foamo" Gibbon and Matt "RackNRuin" Robson-Scott, Gorgon City are currently signed to Positiva Records, the UK-based label which is a division of Universal Music Group.
Their 2013 debut single "Real" peaked at number 44 on the UK Singles Chart with their 2014 single "Ready for Your Love" reaching number 4 on that same chart one year later. Released in October of 2014, their debut album 'Sirens’ peaked at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart.
Featuring guest vocalist Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson aka the English singer and songwriter Anne-Marie—four-time Brit Awards nominee and a regular name in the UK Charts—in 2018 she signed with Warner Bros. Records and has been a coach on the tenth series of The Voice UK, since the start of 2021.
For this Dreamix, I made an extended mix of this song around the time when the full-length “Sirens” was being released in 2014/15. It features additional drum and rhythm section programming, extra spatial sound designs, and has a more DJ-Friendly arrangement, that feels more like a dance single than the three-minute forty-one-second original mix.
Written By K.Gibbon, M.Robson-Scott, E.Thomas, and M.Baker Produced By Gorgon City aka Foamo and RackNRuin Remixed By Andrew Emil aka Change Request
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A PATTERN INTEGRITY FILM WRITTEN BY PIPPIN BEARD ℗ (Pattern Integrity Films)
MUSIC BY ANDREW EMIL COMPOSED+PRODUCED BY Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson ℗ FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
Change Request | Kinetic Reflection
Armed with a set of ideas such as “making gear that uses ideas and technologies that others are not”, while achieving immediate right out-of-the-box extraordinary musical results, NEWFANGLED AUDIO has just released the VERSION 1.2 UPDATE to their flagship polyphonic synthesizer—GENERATE—after making huge impressions musicians, beat-makers, and producers alike, since it’s release just last year!
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Giving users the ultimate flexibility, the GENERATE 1.2 update adds three brand NEW distinctive CHAOTIC GENERATOR flavors to the synth. Choose between the DOUBLE PENDULUM, VORTEX, PULSAR, DISCHARGE, TURBINE CHAOTIC GENERATORS, or explore the NEW HELIX, CRESCENT, and MAGMA generators for truly unprecedented synthesis experiences. Keep Reading To Learn More!
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S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Noga Erez | Story Feat. Rousso (Change Request Dreamix)
Noga Erez (נגה ארז) is an Israeli singer, songwriter, and producer, who began her career with intentions of only releasing singles. Since many of the singles she created paired, thematically, extremely well, her label—City Slang—convinced her to take on a full-length album concept.
In 2017, Erez released her first full-length record "Off the Radar" with her partner Ori Rousso to critical acclaim. Labeled as "very high rhythmic dance music with political content”, Erez has been compared to artists such as M.I.A., FKA Twigs, Björk, and Grimes.
For this Dreamix, I wanted to work on a song from this duo that I really love. I find their artwork to be compelling in every way—the concepts, characters, plots, musical styling, production, and elaborate videos—telling emotive narratives which always have a deeper meaning than their face value.
A single from her second full-length effort, 2021’s ‘KIDS’—released March 26—“Story” sees Erez having an internal dialogue with herself—that ultimately turns external with her companion—following around her inner thoughts.
Going from exclamations of confidence to laments of self-doubt, “Story” was the perfect song for creating a more dancefloor-oriented version—adding new drum programming, extended sections—navigating the intricate transitions, and agile arrangements of the original in a more connected and smoother way.
For just her second outing on the world stage, Noga Erez—along with her partner in crime, Ori Rousso—demonstrates their musical aptitude through wielding the power of perception, deception, and retribution.
Written By Erez and Rousso Produced By Ori Rousso Remixed By Change Request
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3gXgd8b Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3b36UA2 Official Video: https://bit.ly/33jZJil Artist Website: https://bit.ly/3egtHuf
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
S&S Records Chicago Presents | The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions
A preeminent artist of Chicago’s 3rd wave of House Music artists, Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in the vibrant and diverse music scene for two decades. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, Emil earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony but eventually moved to Chicago in the late nineties.
Credited on over 100+ releases, as well as countless writing and engineering session work, Andrew has developed and produced a prolific catalog of releases on some of dance music’s most respected institutions, including OM Records, Seasons Recordings, Farris Wheel Recordings, Look At You, Panhandle, and Cafe Del Mar Music.
Emil’s sound reflects an eclectic and mature marriage of classic and contemporary elements of Chicago House, infused with the jazz and soul undercurrents that have been with him since his early days as a budding musician, keyboardist, and sound engineer.
The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions is the product of Emils’ decade-long relationship with the A&R team of S&S Records, GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. The full-length effort is a compilation of the remix work he has produced for the S&S Records catalog, showcasing their all-star cast of multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-Winning artists and legends of contemporary music.
This comprehensive compilation highlights Emil’s extensive remix work for the label, including main vocal mixes, dubs, and instrumentals, this collection features many mixes never released before, as well as the official premiere of his previously unreleased reworks for Malik Yusef, Kanye West, Common, JV, Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston, Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Terry Dexter, Jump Chico Slamm, and Tommye.
Andrew Emil takes on remix duties for a host of artists from Cece Peniston’s iconic record “He Loves Me 2”, which brought Steve Silk Hurley his second GRAMMY® Award nomination and Jamie Principle’s classic “Baby Wants To Ride”, to the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning combination of Malik Yusef, Common, Kanye West, and JV.
This compilation also sees him rework R&B music sensation Syleena Johnson’s “Peace Pipe”, and a mix of the international collaboration between Steve “Silk” Hurley, DJ Skip, Zonum, and Anthony Poteat for their effort, “Reason”. This collection features his modern anthem rework of members from the GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic musical group, Shalamar, featuring Howard Hewett, and Carolyn Griffey, with DJ Skip’s “Don’t Go”, and rounds it out with two versions of “You're The One For Me” by Christopher Williams, Carolyn Griffey, Steve Silk Hurley, DJ Skip, and Zonum.
S&S Records, Inc. (and S&S Chicago, Inc.) was established in 2005 by 4-time GRAMMY® nominated producer Steve “Silk” Hurley and global DJ/Producer Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas. Merging Hurley’s worldwide commercial success and Syas’ strong global following, the dance label has become home to numerous musical greats and one of the most respected blogs on the internet.
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Artist: Andrew Emil Release: The S&S Sessions Label: S&S Records Inc. Cat No: SSR2100500 Release Date: 13/05/2021 Press: MIL-MGMT
@AndrewEmil | @SnSChi S&S Records Inc: bit.ly/30B4QHR Artist Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Artist Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Artist Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Artist Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Yolanda Wyns | I Know You, I Live You (Change Request Extended Fantasy)
Written By A. Mardin & Y. Stevens Performed By Chaka Khan ReImagined By Yolanda Wyns Produced By Joey Negro ReEdited By Change Request
LTJ Bukem | Horizons (UNCLE CRUNK vs. Ae Dreamdub)
Written By LTJ Bukem ReMixed By UNCLE CRUNK ReImagined By Andrew Emil
Ron & Chez D | Untitled (Andrew Emil 2M19 Dub)
The is the very first record I ever bought from Ron Trent & Chez Damier. This record quickly became a blueprint of a further excursion into the Deep House that Larry Heard established just a few years before.
It was just after this release, that Ron and Chez really hit their stride with Prescription and Balance. This record got re-named and re-released under a few different names (“Don’t Try”, “Never”, “Untitled”, etc.), but this Dub Mix only came out on this original release from KMS.
I updated this track sonically a few years back for contemporary fidelity standards. It’s never left my bag since I acquired it over twenty years ago, and I can’t think of a more defining House Music record to my teenage self.
Ron & Chez D | Untitled (Dub) Written By R.Trent/A.Pearson Produced By Ron & Chez D Remixed By Andrew Emil Record Label: KMS (KMS-054) ℗ WITCH DOCTORS MUSIC (BMI) © 1994 KMS RECORDS DETROIT
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/2OpQWI8 Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3fE6rqS
James Blake | I Need A Forest Fire Feat. Bon Iver (Change Request Dreamix) by Andrew Emil
The Weeknd | Rockin’ (Change Request ReVision)
The fourth single off of his third studio album, "Rockin'" was written by a "Cardigan Combination" of Max Martin, Peter Svensson, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Belly, and Abel Makkonen Tesfaye. Released in 2016, the “Starboy” album was produced by Payami and Martin, with the Weeknd serving as a co-producer.
For this ReVision, I wanted to explore the feel of the original early-90s KMS/Inner City/Detroit-styled mid-tempo groove. Layering this high-tech soul fabric against a vocal puzzle, this extended arrangement struts a mid-tempo shuffle over dreamy 8-bit melodics.
Produced by Andrew Emil ReVisioned by Change Request
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The Blackbyrds | Mysterious Vibes (The Change Request Dreamix)
Inspired by their teacher—Howard University professor and musical maestro, Donald Byrd—The Blackbyrds are a jazz-funk fusion ensemble from Washington DC. Signed to Fantasy Records in 1973, they would go on to record 8 studio albums for the label over the next decade.
Their 1975 hit "Walking in Rhythm”—from their Unfinished Business LP—received a Grammy nomination, selling over one million copies by May 1975, and certified gold. Following up to this success, “Mysterious Vibes”—from 1977’s Action LP—was written by bandleader, Keith Killgo, and produced by their mentor, Donald Byrd.
The group’s work has became a major influence on Hip-Hop sound culture, particularly NYC’s Golden Era, coming from NYC, with artist’s such as Gang Starr, MF DOOM, De La Soul, Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Heavy D, Nas, Grandmaster Flash, and Tone Lōc to name a few.
One of the more sampled songs in their catalog, “Mysterious Vibes” has been sampled religiously over the years, appearing in 67 songs—to date—since it’s initial release in 1977. Keith Killgo reunited the band in 2012, and a lot of their work saw long-overdue represses, finally making their vast discography available to a new generation of funk fans and collectors.
Artist: The Blackbyrds Song: Mysterious Vibes Writer: Keith Killgo Producer: Donald Byrd Remixer: Change Request Release: Action LP Release Date: 1977 Label: Fantasy Cat. No: F-9535
Change Request | Lowdown Feat. Brian Lucas [Midnight Riot Records]
It’s time for Midnight Riot to dock a fleet of remarkable tunes inspired by the Yacht Rock phenomenon of the late 70s and early 80s.
Reimagining this renaissance of this highly produced Disco, Jazz and R&B inspired era are some of Riots finest contributors including Mark Brickman, Yam Who?, Ron Basejam, Brian Lucas, Platinum City, Lee Wilson, Andrew Emil aka Change Request, Saucy Lady & U Key, Sweetooth, Chas Bronz, Bad Business Club & many more.
A true landmark in every sense for Midnight Riot as we launch our armada of yacht-infused disco on the high seas. A standout on this release is a lovely remake of the classic, “Lowdown”, by Chicago’s Andrew Emil aka Change Request featuring the brilliant stylings of Brian Lucas.
Artist: Change Request Track: Lowdown Feat. Brian Lucas Release: Yacht Rock & Disco Vol.1 Catalog: MIDRIOTDYACHTVOL1 Label: Midnight Riot Records Release Date: April 2nd, 2021
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/2QTqyqX Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3m5EBoM Traxsource: https://bit.ly/30zxTgV Artist Site: https://bit.ly/2PFxUxy Press & Licensing: midnightriotrecords@gmail.com
You Discovered Corporate America Ain’t Enough The Government Ain’t Enough The Community Ain’t Enough Your Education Ain’t Enough And You’re Trying To Get To Your Place
Here’s One From The Personal Vault! Shout Out To George Bensen On His Birthday!
George Bensen | Love X Love (DJ Fudge X Andrew Emil Dreamdub)
MicFreak & Coco Street | So Happy (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
Groovy Riddim Records (Palma De Mallorca, Espana)
Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/391ohAb Soulful Essentials: http://bit.ly/3157Le7 Traxsource: http://bit.ly/3f4vhzX
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Change Request | Deafening Distraction
Official Video: https://bit.ly/31aiwMi Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/392MJRO Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/3cc0Hma
Written By Neal Gustafson Performed By Andrew Emil Produced By Change Request ℗ FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
William Kurk | Willionaire (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
Written, Arranged, and Produced by William Kurk (BMI) Remixed By Andrew Emil for Change Request Productions
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Neil Frances | Music Sounds Better With You (Change Request Dreamixes)
The Los Angeles-based Indie-Pop duo, Neil Frances, covered the Thomas Bangalter-produced original, which features the vocals of Benjamin Diamond. Released in 2017, this version takes a new approach to a very well-known tune, recreating the magic without the cliche. Taking this version into a more DJ-friendly place, I rearranged it, added quite a bit more drum programming, and layered many pads, strings, and a square lead to top it off. Enjoy!
Artist: St∆rdust (T.Bangålter / B.Diåmond) Track: Music Sounds Better With You Cover: Neil Frånces (2017) Remix: Ch∆nge Request Dreåmixes
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William Kurk | The Midnight Riot Remixes
William Kurk is a multi-talented cosmic karma chameleon from The Great City of Chicago, pianist, vocalist, music director, recording artist & session player. Kurk hails from a musical family, offspring of divine intervention, his great grand uncle is none other than Thomas A. Dorsey, the father of gospel music.
Throughout his career, Kurk has toured with The Dells, The Marvelettes, Platters, and Coasters & has accompanied an array of notable artists over the years including Dionne Warwick, Melba Moore, Martha Reeves, Stanley Jordan, Kindred The Family Soul, Chico DeBarge, Eric Roberson, KRS-ONE, Steve Arrington, Kool Moe Dee, Ronnie Laws, and Julie Dexter.
The Midnight Riot Remixes EP features 2 songs from his 2019 album ‘Willionaire’. The story starts with one of the UK’s top-shelf purveyors of the gospel sound, Toni Rossano aka The Showfa. In his Black Gospel quest, he discovered Kurk’s album & set about re-editing the track ‘Highway To Humanity’ & then gave it to label boss Yam Who? to license. Fast forward to 2021 & The Showfa has conjured up a 21st Boogie remix of William Kurk’s ‘Highway To Humanity’ keeping the Chi-Town church spirit of the song but with an uptown, Saturday night feels.
Taking it back to The Home Team in The Great City of Chicago and no stranger to Midnight Riot Records, Andrew Emil aka Change Request comes with an entirely new vibe with his take on William Kurk's 'Willionaire'. Changing up the groove of the original, preferring to present a strong 90s NYC-era swing, Emil extends this formula across the whole track, crafting a modern club classic that will sound just as good tonight as it does in the daytime.
Artist: Captain William Kurk Tracks: Highway To Humanity / Willionaire Remixes: The Showfa & Andrew Emil Record Label: Midnight Riot Records Catalogue No: MIDRIOTD293 Release Date: March 12th, 2021 Artist & Repertoire: Andy Williams ____________
@williamkurk Website: bit.ly/2rAk83q Facebook: bit.ly/2ruZ3qU Soundcloud: bit.ly/34y8PaA Instagram: bit.ly/2soxO1M Get Album: bit.ly/2rC2ZGf
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
William Kurk | The Midnight Riot Remixes
William Kurk is a multi-talented cosmic karma chameleon from The Great City of Chicago, pianist, vocalist, music director, recording artist & session player. Kurk hails from a musical family, offspring of divine intervention, his great grand uncle is none other than Thomas A. Dorsey, the father of gospel music.
Throughout his career, Kurk has toured with The Dells, The Marvelettes, Platters, and Coasters & has accompanied an array of notable artists over the years including Dionne Warwick, Melba Moore, Martha Reeves, Stanley Jordan, Kindred The Family Soul, Chico DeBarge, Eric Roberson, KRS-ONE, Steve Arrington, Kool Moe Dee, Ronnie Laws, and Julie Dexter.
The Midnight Riot Remixes EP features 2 songs from his 2019 album ‘Willionaire’. The story starts with one of the UK’s top-shelf purveyors of the gospel sound, Toni Rossano aka The Showfa. In his Black Gospel quest, he discovered Kurk’s album & set about re-editing the track ‘Highway To Humanity’ & then gave it to label boss Yam Who? to license. Fast forward to 2021 & The Showfa has conjured up a 21st Boogie remix of William Kurk’s ‘Highway To Humanity’ keeping the Chi-Town church spirit of the song but with an uptown, Saturday night feels.
Taking it back to The Home Team in The Great City of Chicago and no stranger to Midnight Riot Records, Andrew Emil aka Change Request comes with an entirely new vibe with his take on William Kurk's 'Willionaire'. Changing up the groove of the original, preferring to present a strong 90s NYC-era swing, Emil extends this formula across the whole track, crafting a modern club classic that will sound just as good tonight as it does in the daytime.
Artist: Captain William Kurk Tracks: Highway To Humanity / Willionaire Remixes: The Showfa & Andrew Emil Record Label: Midnight Riot Records Catalogue No: MIDRIOTD293 Release Date: March 12th, 2021 Artist & Repertoire: Andy Williams ____________
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@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Erik Satie | Gnossienne No. 3 (Change Request ReVision)
Official Video: https://bit.ly/3clpSSj
For this ReVision, I reimagined one of the more poignant pieces in his Trois Gnossiennes piano works from 1890, “Gnossienne No. 3”, the final “Lent” free-time piece, following the “Gnossienne No. 2 - Avec Étonnement”.
An abstract French Impressionist and influential artist of the early 20th-century Parisian avant-garde, Éric Alfred Leslie Satie aka Erik Satie (1866–1925), broke ground with his work for future artistic movements such as minimalism, repetitive music, and ambient music with his innovative “Musique D’Ameublement” works, dating from 1917.
An accomplished art and cultural journalist, publishing works for outlets as wide-ranging as the Dadaist 391 to Vanity Fair, he wrote under his own name as well as Virginie Lebeau and François de Paule during his most active years.
The first Trois Gnossiennes are piano compositions that are highly experimental with form, rhythm, and chordal structure. The Gnossienne form and its name was the original invention of Satie, a rare occasion in Western Music—however, common with the French Impressionism movement, seeing Claude Debussy, among others, reinventing the Esquisses Symphoniques, with his triptych approach—where a composer employed a new term to describe the form of their work.
These Gnossiennes were first published in Le Figaro musical No. 24 of September 1893, with the piano solo versions of the first three Gnossiennes are without time signatures or bar lines, with the “Gnossienne No. 3” returning to the thematic material of “Gnossienne No. 1”
Inspired by another master of French music, Francis Poulenc, whose orchestration of this work in 1939 completely transformed it. Conceiving a fresh contemporary sonic cosmos for this standard piece of repertoire, Poulenc transfigured this work dynamically and motivated me to take it into even another realm.
This arrangement features a return to Da Capo twice, with a Mozart-styled-minuet to conclude. I orchestrated this through synthesis and not traditional orchestral sections but organized the sound design around their respective sonic statements. Using a variety of Oberheim pads, Sequential Circuits brass, and Roland Juno strings and bass, this was embellished with modern percussive accompaniments.
Written By Erik Satie in Paris, France (1893) Orchestrated By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson (2019) Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL (2020) Video By Andrew Emil (www.andrewemil.com)
Howard Shore | The Game (Change Request Extended Edit) Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3dKDZlT
Primary Radio 006 - Andrew Emil // Change Request
To Begin The Countdown To The Grand Reopening, The Club Has Handpicked New Resident DJs & Those Artists Will Be Announced Weekly. This Week It Is Another Two Chicago Staples, From Two Different Eras, Under One House! I am really honored to be announcing this with my man, Paul Johnson, right beside me on this one. It’s going to be awesome to present to the world a much more candid approach to live music in a nightclub as I will curating these types of acts on my night as well as performing some Change Request live shows.
Meet The Resident: Andrew Emil - http://bit.ly/3v9rK9d
Primary Radio 006 Track Listing:
- Change Request - Convex Prism [AstraVox Music]
- China Charmeleon - Spoil My Night [Stay True Sounds]
- Dego & The 2000 Black Family - Don't Stop (Let It Go) [2000Black]
- Los Charley’s Orchestra - Fly Away (Instrumental Rework) [Imagenes]
- MangaBey - Wooden Flowers [Nomoda Records]
- Cajmere Feat. Terence FM - Stay Around (Cajmere's Stay Mix - Andrew Emil DubEdit) [Unreleased]
- Roy Davis Jr. - What If? (Andrew Emil Acid Remix) [Creative Limited]
- Fouk - Gloriole [House Of Disco Records]
- Ben Hixon & JT Donaldson - Experiences [Dolfin Records]
- Ben Hauke - One Year Dance [Woop Records]
- DJOKO - Hooked On You [Shall Not Fade]
- Dego - Just Give It A Long Shot [2000Black]
- Low Noise Funk - I’m In Love Girl (Homero Espinosa Remix) [Moulton Music]
- Malachi Feat Moji - How It Feels [Full Intention Records]
- Moon Boots Feat. Nic Hanson - Clear (Garrett David Remix) [Anjunadeep]
- Janet Jackson | Love U 4 Life (Groove Assassin Remix - Andrew Emil Edit) [Unreleased]
- The Deep - Love Your Brother [Basenotic Records]
- Daz-I-Kue - Rokstone (Bugz Co-Operating In The Attic Remix) [ZRecords]
- MAW Featuring Roy Ayers – Our Time Is Coming (The Guestlist Remix) [MAW Records]
- 2000BLACK - Make It Hard [2000Black]
- Róisín Murphy - Never Enough (Fusion Groove Orchestra Jazz-a-pella) [Peppermint Jam]
- Róisín Murphy - Never Enough (Fusion Groove Orchestra Vocal Mix) [Peppermint Jam]
- Word Of Mouth - Reach Out (Reprise) [All About House]
- MicFreak Feat. Coco Street - So Happy (Andrew Emil Dreamix) [Groovy Riddim Records]
- Kenny Hawkes - Ashley's War Part 2 (Kenny's Space War Mix) [Paper Recordings]
- Tommye | I Need To Go Away (Andrew Emil Dreamapella) [S&S Records / ID Records]
- Daft Punk - Around The World (MAW Mellow Mix) [Virgin Music]
- Crazy P - Heartbreaker (Original Mix) [OM Records]
- Change Request - Replicant Reprise [AstraVox Music]
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Change Request & André Espeut | All We Have Is Time
Written By Neal Gustafson & André Espeut Vocals By André Espeut (London) Produced By Change Request (Chicago) ℗ FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) © 2021 New Math Records (Dallas)
Change Request Shattered Daydreams __________________
// Light Flashes Blurry Visions // // Mental Metaphors Soaring Shadows //
// Floating Ghosts Glittering Globes // // Growing Lights Auras Ignite //
// Manifest Destiny Prefiguration Sanctity // // Vestige Testimony Apathy Emnemy // __________________
Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL Published by FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
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Change Request | Fantasy Voyage Written By Neal Gustafson Produced By Change Request ℗ FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) Official Video: https://bit.ly/3bmlKAX Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3szgYXL Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3bKluvB
Alex Hernandez Feat. MC Party Mouth Hot Hot In My Twat (Andrew Emil Dreamstrumental)
Written By Alex Hernandez Vocals By MC Party Mouth Remixed By Andrew Emil ____________
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Alex Hernandez Feat. MC Party Mouth Hot Hot In My Twat (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
Written By Alex Hernandez Vocals By MC Party Mouth Remixed By Andrew Emil ____________
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Audio Angel & Andrew Emil | Taken Written By Rashida Clendening & Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Audio Angel & Andrew Emil
Change Request | Vivid Vision
Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request Published By FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) Released By Plastik People Digital Released On Plastik People Deep Vol.4 Catalogue No. PPDCV04
Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/37oIE9B Traxsource: http://bit.ly/2ZrWaVu Artist Site: http://bit.ly/3quGZ9T
Josh Kramer Winter In Paris (Change Request Edit)
Written By Josh Kramer Edited By Change Request Released On Feb 18th, 2021 Released By 1631 Recordings
DJ RUH-SON Hiding In Plain Sight (Andrew Emil Remix)
Written By Rahsaan Dean Produced By DJ RUH-SON Remixed By Andrew Emil Label: Plastik People Digital Release: Plastik People Deep Vol.4 Catalogue No. PPDCV04
Soundcloud: bit.ly/37nZvcE Traxsource: bit.ly/37n4nij Artist Site: bit.ly/3qvthn7
Le Knight Club | Holiday On Ice (Andrew Emil Dreamix) Written By Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Eric Chédeville Remixed By Andrew Emil // Change Request
Le Knight Club was founded in 1997 with this release by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Eric Chédeville. This two-track debut would also premiere the first release on Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo's new house label, Crydamoure (CRYDA 001).
Easily one of the more definitive French Touch records of the late nineties, this was written and produced in the same period that saw Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter release their debut album, "Homework", as Daft Punk.
I dug into this one merely to crate a modern programmable personal DJ Tool and fabricated something that I feel others might also leverage for their curative play-listing.
Change Request | Sidewalk Feat. Gil-Scott Heron [Maxi-Single]
Originally released in June of 2018, Change Request's "Emotive Emotion EP" on Natural Rhythm Music (NRM019) featured three unique originals—span the range of house music—that would be the debut of the inaugural release of my first musical Etudes and written almost three years before, in self-imposed creative isolation.
These three tracks represented the first three to be released from my multi-year long compositional exposition into sound design and discovery. During this period, I was getting burned out on the process I had developed over two decades to make top-quality records that were highly effective at what they were designed for.
The Etudes Of Isolation | Process-Oriented Production Series By Change Request // Andrew Emil [Premiered On June 22nd, 2018]
I essentially stop taking on production projects for hire and dedicated myself to the commitment that was going to composer a piece of incidental music every day—every emotion I was feeling right there, regardless of BPM, mood, feel, tempo, etc—and archive it with no plans to release any of it. The goal was to keep collecting all of these momentary Etudes that captured these momentary experiences and feelings until I had enough assets to start conceiving what types of stories I wanted to tell with many long from album formats.
Full-length LPs that could cover a lot of emotional ground, dynamically and effectively, I would write the album concepts/scripts at a later date, then reach into my archives and pull out the music that fit the narrative, a sort of reverse scoring process. This multi-year segment of work saw the more prolific period yet of my record production career, as I wrote 187 pieces of archived music in just under thirty months.
This would later form the foundations for six-length LPs, 2019’s “RiteOnRed” on Dufflebag Recordings, 2019-2020’s Multi-Part LP Collection Of Nocturnes, “Neural Nocturnes”, 2020’s Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP, 2021’s Change Request's All We Have Is Time LP, 2021’s The Andrew Emil S&S Sessions LP, 2021’s Change Request | Dance Odyssey EP (Prélude à Trois Poèmes Sonores), 2022’s Change Request | Inharmonic Equivalent LP, and finally an EP with Claude Young and out friends from Austin, TX, Glass Slipper.
Change Request | Emotive Emotion [Extended Play]
Artist: Change Request Composer: Neal Gustafson Performer: Andrew Emil Release: Emotive Emotion EP Label: Natural Rhythm Music Catalogue No. NRM019 Release Date: 2018-06-22
- Pieces Of A Dream (Original Mix)
- Sidewalk (Original Mix)
- This Time Around (Original Mix)
- This Time Around NRMs Love Odyssey Mix
- This Time Around (NRMs Deep Time Mix)
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Change Request | Sidewalk Feat. Gil-Scott Heron [Maxi-Single]
Artist: Change Request Composer: Neal Gustafson Performer: Andrew Emil Title: Sidewalk Feat. Gil-Scott Heron Label: Change Request Music Catalogue No. CRM002 RePub Date: 2021-05-29
- Pieces Of A Dream (Original Mix)
- Sidewalk Feat. Gil-Scott Heron (Poetic Dub)
- This Time Around (Original Mix)
- Sidewalk (Original Mix)
Soundcloud:
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Change Request | La Puerta Para Siempre (The Remixes)
Taken from the Change Request’s 2019 Dufflebag Recordings LP, “RiteOnRed”, this single features the original rare-groove mix of “La Puerta Para Siempre” alongside a motley menage of remixes. Natural Rhythm’s Thomas White shows out with a DJ Toma version of this song that comes right out of the Soul II Soul beat lab with a modern medley of Acid Jazz. Reinterpreting this original stepper cut into Smooth Jack Swing.
San Antonio’s House Music staple, John Pridgen comes correct with a straightforward dance floor dub. Speeding up the original and priming the cut for a late-night dance excursion. Rounding out this collection of remixes comes a version from the Dallas trip-hop duo known as The marsSaturn Sound. Truly embarking on a totally different sonic landscape, this last remix delivers a soulful sonic symphony, ensuring something for everyone on this well-rounded single.
Released February 5, 2021
- La Puerta Para Siempre (Original Mix)
- La Puerta Para Siempre (DJ Toma Remix)
- La Puerta Para Siempre (John Pridgen Remix)
- La Puerta Para Siempre (The MarsSaturn Sound Remix)
Written By Neal Gustafson Produced By Change Request ℗ FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) © ChangeRequestMusic (2021) Release Date: 05/02/2021 Catalogue No. CRM001
Off The Album:
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings (DBD057)
“RiteOnRed” an explicit emotive journey into the depths of a Québécois fable of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest
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Change Request | La Puerta Para Siempre (The Remixes)
Taken from the Change Request’s 2019 Dufflebag Recordings LP, “RiteOnRed”, this single features the original rare-groove mix of “La Puerta Para Siempre” alongside a motley menage of remixes. Natural Rhythm’s Thomas White shows out with a DJ Toma version of this song that comes right out of the Soul II Soul beat lab with a modern medley of Acid Jazz. Reinterpreting this original stepper cut into Smooth Jack Swing.
San Antonio’s House Music staple, John Pridgen comes correct with a straightforward dance floor dub. Speeding up the original and priming the cut for a late-night dance excursion. Rounding out this collection of remixes comes a version from the Dallas trip-hop duo known as The marsSaturn Sound. Truly embarking on a totally different sonic landscape, this last remix delivers a soulful sonic symphony, ensuring something for everyone on this well-rounded single.
Released February 5, 2021
- La Puerta Para Siempre (Original Mix)
- La Puerta Para Siempre (DJ Toma Remix)
- La Puerta Para Siempre (John Pridgen Remix)
- La Puerta Para Siempre (The MarsSaturn Sound Remix)
Written By Neal Gustafson Produced By Change Request ℗ FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) © ChangeRequestMusic (2021) Release Date: 05/02/2021 Catalogue No. CRM001
Off The Album:
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings (DBD057)
“RiteOnRed” an explicit emotive journey into the depths of a Québécois fable of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest
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Change Request | La Puerta Para Siempre (The Remixes)
Taken from the Change Request’s 2019 Dufflebag Recordings LP, “RiteOnRed”, this single features the original rare-groove mix of “La Puerta Para Siempre” alongside a motley menage of remixes. Natural Rhythm’s Thomas White shows out with a DJ Toma version of this song that comes right out of the Soul II Soul beat lab with a modern medley of Acid Jazz. Reinterpreting this original stepper cut into Smooth Jack Swing.
San Antonio’s House Music staple, John Pridgen comes correct with a straightforward dance floor dub. Speeding up the original and priming the cut for a late-night dance excursion. Rounding out this collection of remixes comes a version from the Dallas trip-hop duo known as The marsSaturn Sound. Truly embarking on a totally different sonic landscape, this last remix delivers a soulful sonic symphony, ensuring something for everyone on this well-rounded single.
Released February 5, 2021
- La Puerta Para Siempre (Original Mix)
- La Puerta Para Siempre (DJ Toma Remix)
- La Puerta Para Siempre (John Pridgen Remix)
- La Puerta Para Siempre (The MarsSaturn Sound Remix)
Written By Neal Gustafson Produced By Change Request ℗ FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) © ChangeRequestMusic (2021) Release Date: 05/02/2021 Catalogue No. CRM001
Off The Album:
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings (DBD057)
“RiteOnRed” an explicit emotive journey into the depths of a Québécois fable of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest
RiteOnRed Dufflebag: bit.ly/2HlBxlD Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH iTunes: apple.co/2JE3m9S Beatport: bit.ly/2JFHLho Traxsource: bit.ly/2XXRRyd Amazon: amzn.to/2Z0PPhR Juno: bit.ly/2GjJo2h YouTube: bit.ly/2XRIBQN
Change Request | La Puerta Para Siempre (The Remixes)
Taken from the Change Request’s 2019 Dufflebag Recordings LP, “RiteOnRed”, this single features the original rare-groove mix of “La Puerta Para Siempre” alongside a motley menage of remixes. Natural Rhythm’s Thomas White shows out with a DJ Toma version of this song that comes right out of the Soul II Soul beat lab with a modern medley of Acid Jazz. Reinterpreting this original stepper cut into Smooth Jack Swing.
San Antonio’s House Music staple, John Pridgen comes correct with a straightforward dance floor dub. Speeding up the original and priming the cut for a late-night dance excursion. Rounding out this collection of remixes comes a version from the Dallas trip-hop duo known as The marsSaturn Sound. Truly embarking on a totally different sonic landscape, this last remix delivers a soulful sonic symphony, ensuring something for everyone on this well-rounded single.
Released February 5, 2021
- La Puerta Para Siempre (Original Mix)
- La Puerta Para Siempre (DJ Toma Remix)
- La Puerta Para Siempre (John Pridgen Remix)
- La Puerta Para Siempre (The MarsSaturn Sound Remix)
Written By Neal Gustafson Produced By Change Request ℗ FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) © ChangeRequestMusic (2021) Release Date: 05/02/2021 Catalogue No. CRM001
Off The Album:
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings (DBD057)
“RiteOnRed” an explicit emotive journey into the depths of a Québécois fable of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest
RiteOnRed Dufflebag: bit.ly/2HlBxlD Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH iTunes: apple.co/2JE3m9S Beatport: bit.ly/2JFHLho Traxsource: bit.ly/2XXRRyd Amazon: amzn.to/2Z0PPhR Juno: bit.ly/2GjJo2h YouTube: bit.ly/2XRIBQN
Lenny Fontana | Spread Love (Andrew Emil's Gil-Scott BluEdit)
A fully re-rubbed stripped-down dubbed-out Chicago Blues Information. From the prophetic gospel of the one and only, Gil-Scott Heron.
Spread Love Produced By Lenny Fontana Released On Karmic Power Records Re•BluEdited By Andrew Emil Vocals Gil-Scott Heron
Rest In Power. One Of The Best. To Ever Do It.
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFHv
Morris Day | Headrush Feat. Trinidad James (Change Request Edit)
In recent years, while keeping the show on the road, his production output has been almost inexistent outside of a few projects with E-40 and Snoop Dogg—just forget that those things ever happened—Mr. Morris E. Day returns in 2020 with two singles.
A long ways away from the Billy Sparks, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Apollonia, Vanity, André Cymone, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Jellybean Johnson, Jerome Benton, Dez Dickerson, Jamie Starr, Grand Central, Monte Moir, Jesse Johnson, Jill Jones, The Original 7ven, The Revolution, Flyte Tyme, First Avenue, Paisley Park, Purple Rains, and Graffiti Bridges heydays, this first single of the year features the Trinidadian-American rapper from Atlanta, GA, Trinidad James aka Trinidad Jame$.
This track “Headrush” however, does quite a good job of putting this magic back together with the featured artist, with all the right elements orchestrated, well-conceived vocal writing in the fashion of a Flyte Tyme production.
Well known for their highly effective multi-hook chorus/verse /pre-chorus vocal arrangement techniques, “Headrush” sees Morris summoning that same Jam & Lewis signature style to great effect.
This fun little track just needed to get a functional arrangement for curation use in DJ set,—extending some musical ideas, whilst truncating others entirely—which also had me beefing up the drum programming in all the right places.
What Time Is It? Anyway...
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Artist: Morris Day Featuring: Trinidad James Song Title: Headrush Remix: Change Request Edit Record Label: MDE / KES Dist Released Date: 12/08/20 Published By: ℗ 2020 MDE
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Andrew Emil | Retrospect Allstars Vol. 3
Continuous Original Music Production MixedSet LIVE @ Retrospect (10.24.20)| Milwaukee, WI _________
Retrospect Allstars Vol. 3 TrackList:
- Change Request - Always In A Silent Way Feat. Adr Brazill (New Math Records)
- Change Request - Prélude á L’après - Midi D’une Penseé (Dufflebag Recordings)
- Change Request - Minneapolis Magic (Main Mix) (Unreleased)
- Change Request - You're The DayLight Feat. Lailah Reich (New Math Records)
- Change Request - Ravaged Romance (Campo Alegre Productions)
- Change Request - Inharmonic Equivalent Feat. Adam Pickrell (Unreleased)
- Change Request - Dance Of Deceit (Campo Alegre Productions)
- Change Request - Retour Vers Le Futur (Dufflebag Recordings)
- Change Request - Late Night Lessons (Campo Alegre Productions)
- Change Request - The Work Of The Weary Feat. Audio Angel (Unreleased)
- Mikko Lindqvist - I’m Movin! (Andrew Emil Dreamstrumental)(Campo Alegre Productions)
- DJ RUH-SON - Hiding In Plain Sight (Andrew Emil Dreamix)(Unreleased)
- Andrew Emil - Birth Of A Nation (Original Mix) (Apollo Music Group)
- Don Dayglow - Gimme Dat Feat. Andre Espeut (Andrew Emil Beatapella) (ISM Records)
- Change Request - Retour Vers Le Futur (Dufflebag Recordings)
- Change Request - Dance Of Deceit (Campo Alegre Productions)
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Infinite Sonic Output Download: https://bit.ly/37ReWef Twitch Broadcast(First Hour): https://bit.ly/3e6TmDK Soundcloud Stream: https://bit.ly/3ozksbv _________
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFHv
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
Official Video: https://youtu.be/E8iyd2iFY18
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
Official Video: https://youtu.be/5r-Pxh3hqPg
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
Official Video: https://youtu.be/_6Wfm-Aj_rE
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
Official Video: https://youtu.be/8-VCU_iKE7Q
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP
Official Video: https://bit.ly/3rjnVv3 Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3lVEAUj Artist Site: https://bit.ly/3vXbrNi 2x12" LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
“The Mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Has Put Together an Exquisite LP of Introspective Abstract Musical Ambience on 2x12” Double Pack” Releasing October 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically. This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Long time Chicago House Music DJ/Producer Andrew Emil has been a respected fixture and familiar face in his vibrant local and the global music scenes for over two decades. A preeminent figure in Chicago’s 3rd wave of house music artists, his musical background begins with being a concert-trained percussionist since age 11. Originally from KCMO, he earned a chair in the Kansas City Symphony before moving to Chicago in the late nineties to attend Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, taking a step back from strictly releasing dancefloor-oriented singles—combining up-tempo, mid-tempo, downtempo, and cinematic ambient musical offerings into a new project—Emil debuted the Change Request project and production moniker. After the release of this project’s first EP, the Change Theory on four play music, came the project’s debut single on Seasons Recordings with “After All”, then another single featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”—which included a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground—on Glenview Records. Still continuing to work as a keyboard session player, music arranger, and orchestrator—on projects ranging from concert works to film and TV—Andrew began to write a large number of experimental tracks, compositional etudes, and abstract productions which he archived for yet unknown future releases. Eventually, he created a home for these extracurricular pieces by birthing an electronic-orchestral imprint—in partnership with celebrated media composer, Nathaniel Smith—AstraVox Music. This effort saw Emil exploring what he refers to as “incidental dramatic music” with a string of releases that have come to define this unique type of tone poem. Beginning with the Light Years EP, then crafting more atmospheric sound designs with the Long Distance EP, as well as exploring longer format sonic spaces with the Kinetic Propulsion EP, his ideas on abstract musical presentation and sonic painting became much more poignant and vivid.
A culmination of this on-going explorative artistic development led to the next logical step in this creative process: the creation of a conceptual long-play for the Change Request project, formatted in this style of musical storytelling. And this is where the idea behind the Theoretical Certainty LP on the Minneapolis record label, Abstrakt Xpressions, was initially conceived from. ____________ Artist: Change Request aka Andrew Emil Album: Theoretical Certainty LP Label: Abstrakt Xpressions Formats: 2x12" LP + Digital Release Date: Oct 22nd Catalog Number: AX008 Artwork: Olivia Arthur Design: Chris Nalbandian
Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | LIVE @ Even Furthur
"This Change Request LIVE set together upon the request of the team at Abstrakt Xpressions in Minneapolis. In partnership with The Headspace Collective, they were asked to curate running a stage at the popular Even Furthur music festival in the summer of 2019.
Having just signed a full-length album to their imprint, for release the following year, they took this opportunity to request an exclusive Change Request LIVE performance from me for their headlining slot on their stage at the Wisconsin event.
I wanted to make this very first Change Request show distinctively reflective of the current musical worlds I was writing in my Chicago studio. Exploring a myriad of musical genres, from mid-tempo RnB and ambient pieces to trip-hop and cinematic tone poems for films that don’t exist.
What came out was a two- hour journey into atmospheric sound designs and emotive sonic paintings, ideal for the northern wilderness backdrop of the event."
- Andrew Emil
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Change Request | Theoretical Certainty LP Releasing Oct 22nd, 2020 on leftfield Minneapolis' imprint, Abstrakt Xpressions, the LP is a comprehensive collection of diversely interesting music from a modern avant-garde musician and contemporary music producer who is at the top of his game, both creatively & technically.
This seventeen track album by the mainstay Chicago House DJ/Producer Andrew Emil, under his Change Request moniker, spans an eclectic voyage of musical abstraction through explorative spatial designs, experimental dissonant harmonic schemes, and lucid song structures, featuring a group of global guest artists, from Belgium, San Francisco, and Chicago. Streaming Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jijX1D Purchase LP/Digital: https://bit.ly/3l8t4U4
Change Request | Land Of Disillusion Feat. Keter Darker
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Inspired by the iconic life and work of Chicago Acid House innovator Armando Gallop, Change Request aka Andrew Emil teams up with the venerable Keter Darker to paint a vivid tribute to the city’s deep and spiritual Blackness of its historic southside with “Land Of Disillusion”.
An homage to "Land Of Confusion", this story sees Chicago poet Keter Darker reminiscing of his childhood growing up in the Roseland neighborhood, vividly illuminating the sites and sounds and he feels on an afternoon visit back to the place that formed his most seminal and impressionable years.
A true Chicago Acid House journey, “Land Of Disillusion” is everything you expect in a project from these two Chicago House Music stalwarts—raw, gritty, and visceral—with enough mood to lose yourself in the intoxicating groove.
Southside Soliloquy By Keter Darker
here I am I still remember
Evergreen Plaza. Ford City. Riveroaks.
just to be clear
I pride myself on my roots those roots made the branches of my life
not in the way that some may posture or align with the notions of black hardship as somehow authentic blackness
while that is there for me it isn't the entirety
what really stands out more was the love
Evergreen Plaza. Ford City. Riveroaks.
the black love of my block of my neighbors the families the elders the children
the old folks that sold candy out of their homes as we walked to school
the dirt road alleys the distance sounds of trains the manufacturing the echoing ghosts
Evergreen Plaza. Ford City. Riveroaks.
I remember leaving the southside finding myself in lakeview through this miltonesque fall
the paradise of a black place was lost not never to be found again very close to leaving me
I met a man we would chat he said I was an expat
the truth and it’s weight condensed into mere words pricked me
Evergreen Plaza. Ford City. Riveroaks.
here I am I still remember
the sweet air the dandelions of summer the black children
running unafraid
alive and loved
here I am I still remember
Evergreen Plaza. Ford City. Riveroaks.
SLOPE114 | Are You Truly (Andrew Emil Dreamix) Written By SLOPE114 In San Francisco, CA Remixed By Andrew Emil In Chicago, IL ______________________________
@slope114 Website: bit.ly/2xfwNM4 Facebook: bit.ly/3a0X5yV Soundcloud: bit.ly/2UY3BlX YouTube: bit.ly/2yOyil0 Bandcamp: bit.ly/3c38TlR ______________________________
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Conga Radio | Right Beside You (Change Request Dreamix)
Written By Roberto & Jex Opolis Remixed By Change Request ____________
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/2ZCJWtO Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3iK9X1X ____________
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Komorebi | Rebirth (Change Request Dreamixes)
US label Chicken Ranch, present a stunning remix of Komorebi’s “Rebirth” by esteemed electronic artist Change Request (aka Andrew Emil). Komorebi is a Japanese term meaning “sunlight filtering through leaves.” It’s a fitting moniker for Tarana Marwah, a New Delhi-based electronic artist, whose lush Bjork and Radiohead-inspired soundscapes are described as “hypnotic,” “haunting,” and “otherworldly”
The follow-up to her well-received sophomore release ‘Soliloquy’ is the single “Rebirth” (released on Austin-based label Chicken Ranch Records), an ethereal and captivating 90s-electronic-influenced standout peppered with traditional Indian flourishes. With its “layered harmonies”, “and larger than life pop dynamism” (Rolling Stone). Following on the heels of “Ninshiki”, a remix album consisting of friends and fans of Komorebi, aka producer/composer Tarana Marwah.
Artist: Komorebi Track: Rebirth Remix: Change Request Dreamix Label: Chicken Ranch Records Press: MIL-MGMT
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Komorebi | Rebirth (Change Request Dreamixes)
US label Chicken Ranch, present a stunning remix of Komorebi’s “Rebirth” by esteemed electronic artist Change Request (aka Andrew Emil). Komorebi is a Japanese term meaning “sunlight filtering through leaves.” It’s a fitting moniker for Tarana Marwah, a New Delhi-based electronic artist, whose lush Bjork and Radiohead-inspired soundscapes are described as “hypnotic,” “haunting,” and “otherworldly”
The follow-up to her well-received sophomore release ‘Soliloquy’ is the single “Rebirth” (released on Austin-based label Chicken Ranch Records), an ethereal and captivating 90s-electronic-influenced standout peppered with traditional Indian flourishes. With its “layered harmonies”, “and larger than life pop dynamism” (Rolling Stone). Following on the heels of “Ninshiki”, a remix album consisting of friends and fans of Komorebi, aka producer/composer Tarana Marwah.
Artist: Komorebi Track: Rebirth Remix: Change Request Dreamix Label: Chicken Ranch Records Press: MIL-MGMT
LISTEN —> https://bit.ly/2JhgrIF INFO —> https://bit.ly/3dgwjWU AMAZON —> https://amzn.to/2HNc33J
Dirty Sole | What's Going On (Change Request Extended Remix)
Written By Dirty Sole (Dan X & Richie Heller) Remixed By Change Request (Andrew Emil) Published By ℗ 2019 Dirty Sole Music ____________
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Tatiana Owens Feat. DJ Ayres | Beautiful People (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
Singer Tatiana Owens and UK Garage producer DJ Ayres did an updated cover of Barbara Tucker's 1994 classic house anthem, “Beautiful People”.
Originally written by India, Lem Springsteen from MOOD II Swing, Louie Vega, and Mz. Tucker, this original was produced by Masters At Work, but using their individual names for the credits.
For this Dreamix, I took this reworked New York City classic from Strictly Rhythm’s early catalog and brought it right back into an American form. Pushing a mid-tempo house track through the RnB embrace and back.
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Roy Davis Jr | What If? (Andrew Emil Acid Dream Remix)
Written & Produced by Roy Davis Jr. Spoken Word Performed by Juliet Mendoza Remix & Additional Production by Andrew Emil Published by Roy Davis Jr. Music (ASCAP) © Creative Limited Recordings 2020 ____________
Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3gSvW4U AndrewEmilSite: https://bit.ly/3i09jgj ____________
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Change Request | Breakaway
Exactly How It Could, Should, And Has To Be Anything, Everything—All The Time—And Nothing At All Just Let Go, Without Regret, Remorse, Or Reservation
Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) ____________
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/30pThpx Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/33n7e9C ____________
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HousepitChi Records | Various Artist EP #2
HousepitChi's second 12" Various Artist EP—focused on advancing Chicago inspired sounds and artists—features Bai-ee, Deepsmith, Change Request, Grey People and Chrissy. Alongside a thoroughly well-balanced offering of darker sounds in parallel to the contrasting brighter sharper tones.
Featured on this EP #2 are two diverse musical statements from a Chicago-based mainstay—Andrew Emil—who arrives on this release courtesy of Change Request.
Change Request | "Poème Three" — Using this EP #2 as a sampler for Emil’s upcoming conceptual Extended Play 12”—Dance Odyssey (Prélude à Trois Poèmes Sonores)—“Poème Three” (A2) immediately takes off into major deep house territory with lush polyphonic reverberant pads, that seem to come from the inside of a castle.
Taken from his “Dance Odyssey (Prélude à Trois Poèmes Sonores) EP—releasing on HousepitChi later this year—Emil pulls the song from this larger work, foreshadowing this upcoming series of tone poems inspired the very first French Impressionist Composer: Claude Achille-Debussy.
The pulsating harmonic motion works to propel this electronic eulogy through rand across such a huge frequency spectrum—employing a myriad of cascading synth sounds—effectively disguising and distracting from this tone poème’s very intentional missing baseline.
Change Request | "Distorted Dilemma" — A preluding transitional device, the cosmically cinematic, "Distorted Dilemma”(A3), arrives right on time as the second and final Change Request piece on this EP #2.
Climbing to entirely new altitudes of dramatic narration, Emil begins orbiting a series of rhythmic exchanges with their ostinatos. A sonic painting of literal alliteration, “Distorted Dilemma” offers up a pensive proposition by way of a lush short piece of nocturnal incidental drama.
(Poème Three/Distorted Dilemma) Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL Published by FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) Release Date: July 23, 2020
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The Various Artist EP #2
- Bai-ee | Get To Steppin'
- Change Request | Poem Three
- Change Request | Distorted Dilemma
- Grey People | Self Aware
- Chrissy | Shoes In a Dryer
- Deepsmith | Michigan Acid
Executive Producer: Bai-ee Mastered @ Studio 11 | Cut @ Complete Pressed by Archer Records (Detroit) Distributed By Gramaphone (Chicago)
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$12 Preorders For A Limited Time Release Date — July 23, 2020 PreOrder NOW — https://bit.ly/3g5e4Uq
PreOrders ALL Include Three Tracks (NOW)—streaming via the app as well as a high-quality download in MP3, WAV, AIF, FLAC, and more—plus the complete album, both physical and digital formats, the moment it’s released. _________________________
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HousepitChi Records | Various Artist EP #2
HousepitChi's second 12" Various Artist EP—focused on advancing Chicago inspired sounds and artists—features Bai-ee, Deepsmith, Change Request, Grey People and Chrissy. Alongside a thoroughly well-balanced offering of darker sounds in parallel to the contrasting brighter sharper tones.
Featured on this EP #2 are two diverse musical statements from a Chicago-based mainstay—Andrew Emil—who arrives on this release courtesy of Change Request.
Change Request | "Poème Three" — Using this EP #2 as a sampler for Emil’s upcoming conceptual Extended Play 12”—Dance Odyssey (Prélude à Trois Poèmes Sonores)—“Poème Three” (A2) immediately takes off into major deep house territory with lush polyphonic reverberant pads, that seem to come from the inside of a castle.
Taken from his “Dance Odyssey (Prélude à Trois Poèmes Sonores) EP—releasing on HousepitChi later this year—Emil pulls the song from this larger work, foreshadowing this upcoming series of tone poems inspired the very first French Impressionist Composer: Claude Achille-Debussy.
The pulsating harmonic motion works to propel this electronic eulogy through rand across such a huge frequency spectrum—employing a myriad of cascading synth sounds—effectively disguising and distracting from this tone poème’s very intentional missing baseline.
Change Request | "Distorted Dilemma" — A preluding transitional device, the cosmically cinematic, "Distorted Dilemma”(A3), arrives right on time as the second and final Change Request piece on this EP #2.
Climbing to entirely new altitudes of dramatic narration, Emil begins orbiting a series of rhythmic exchanges with their ostinatos. A sonic painting of literal alliteration, “Distorted Dilemma” offers up a pensive proposition by way of a lush short piece of nocturnal incidental drama.
(Poème Three/Distorted Dilemma) Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL Published by FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) Release Date: July 23, 2020
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The Various Artist EP #2
- Bai-ee | Get To Steppin'
- Change Request | Poem Three
- Change Request | Distorted Dilemma
- Grey People | Self Aware
- Chrissy | Shoes In a Dryer
- Deepsmith | Michigan Acid
Executive Producer: Bai-ee Mastered @ Studio 11 | Cut @ Complete Pressed by Archer Records (Detroit) Distributed By Gramaphone (Chicago)
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$12 Preorders For A Limited Time Release Date — July 23, 2020 PreOrder NOW — https://bit.ly/3g5e4Uq
PreOrders ALL Include Three Tracks (NOW)—streaming via the app as well as a high-quality download in MP3, WAV, AIF, FLAC, and more—plus the complete album, both physical and digital formats, the moment it’s released. _________________________
@HousePitChi Website: bit.ly/3g9S0rG Soundcloud: bit.ly/3eNJ6jh Instagram: bit.ly/3ghCgDb Bandcamp: bit.ly/3g5e4Uq (Pre)Order: bit.ly/3g5e4Uq
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Bruno Mars | Finesse (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I took on a rather contemporary song that was written as an homage to the greats of a previous music production generation. This particular era of contemporary popular music saw these influential producers coming into the vocation of record production just as many revolutionary new tools, instruments, and technologies were emerging.
This era of technological experimentation and the cross-genre artists that graduated from it would go on to create some of the most influential popular music of all time—simultaneously expanding the sonic palette of the modern music dialect—through the heavy use of drum machines and synthesizers.
Bruno Mar’s “Finesse" is directly inspired from the “New Jack Swing" sound—birthed with Janet Jackson's "Nasty”(Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis)—pioneered by Teddy Riley, whose rise to fame excreted such dominance over the popular sound of American Black Music, that there really wasn’t an artist in the categories of Hip-Hop, Rap, and R&B who wasn’t at least attempting to capitalize on the confluence.
Off his 2016 album, ‘24K Magic’—produced by Shampoo Press & Curl (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine) and The Stereotypes (Jonathan Yip, Ray Romulus, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Charles McCullough II)—Bruno Mars' track places a fat Model D bassline front and center on top of the highly swung drum programming.
I employed all the standard instrumentation that would be found in the production studios of this genre era, centered around Roland’s TR-808, JX-3P, and from the rackmount and tabletop synth units like the Roland XV-3080, JV-880, and JV-1080.
Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Summer Vibes
The fourth installment of Change Requests popular Neural Nocturns series. This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
This latest EP, skirts through his passions for Disco / House music and edgier Electronic sounds. Befitting the time of the year all tracks are scorchers ready to light up a big summer to come.
Track List: 1. Distinguished Dishonor (Original Mix) 2. Silent Endtroduction (Original Mix) 3. Dance Of Deceit (Original Mix) 4. Late Night Lessons (Original Mix)
Release Date: July 17th, 2020 Label: Campo Alegre Productions
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Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Summer Vibes
The fourth installment of Change Requests popular Neural Nocturns series. This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
This latest EP, skirts through his passions for Disco / House music and edgier Electronic sounds. Befitting the time of the year all tracks are scorchers ready to light up a big summer to come.
Track List: 1. Distinguished Dishonor (Original Mix) 2. Silent Endtroduction (Original Mix) 3. Dance Of Deceit (Original Mix) 4. Late Night Lessons (Original Mix)
Release Date: July 17th, 2020 Label: Campo Alegre Productions
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: bit.ly/2GT2ICK
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Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Summer Vibes
The fourth installment of Change Requests popular Neural Nocturns series. This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
This latest EP, skirts through his passions for Disco / House music and edgier Electronic sounds. Befitting the time of the year all tracks are scorchers ready to light up a big summer to come.
Track List: 1. Distinguished Dishonor (Original Mix) 2. Silent Endtroduction (Original Mix) 3. Dance Of Deceit (Original Mix) 4. Late Night Lessons (Original Mix)
Release Date: July 17th, 2020 Label: Campo Alegre Productions
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: bit.ly/2GT2ICK
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Summer Vibes
The fourth installment of Change Requests popular Neural Nocturns series. This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
This latest EP, skirts through his passions for Disco / House music and edgier Electronic sounds. Befitting the time of the year all tracks are scorchers ready to light up a big summer to come.
Track List: 1. Distinguished Dishonor (Original Mix) 2. Silent Endtroduction (Original Mix) 3. Dance Of Deceit (Original Mix) 4. Late Night Lessons (Original Mix)
Release Date: July 17th, 2020 Label: Campo Alegre Productions
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: bit.ly/2GT2ICK
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Syleena Johnson | Peace Pipe (Andrew Emil Remixes)
A huge contributor to the “Brooklyn Sound" of the early 1970s, Jeff Lane’s ensemble is the literal convergence of ‘The King Davis House Rockers’’, The Madison Street Express’, and ‘Brothers Trucking’, to finally settle on ‘Brooklyn Transit Express’ aka ‘B.T. Express’.
Written by Mark Barkan & Sammy Taylor, "Peace Pipe" was recorded by B.T. Express and released on the Brooklyn imprint, Roadshow Records (RD 7003), in 1975. Cementing its legendary status over the next decade, this record became a staple at the foundational institutions of American Dance Music, such as The Paradise Garage and Danceteria, and Chicago’s Warehouse, and Muzik Box.
The American R&B singer-songwriter, actress, and talk show co-host, Syleena Johnson (Official) took to music early, growing up with a musical father, Sylvester "Syl" Johnson. Moving his family to Chicago from Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1950, Sly sang and played with blues guitarist Magic Sam as well as Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells, and Howlin' Wolf, in the 1950s.
Her major-label career can be traced back to a chance meeting with a JIVE Records scout in 1997. That contact allowed her to send in a demo tape, which had an immediate impact; days later, she got a callback from a Jive executive with an offer for a deal. Now affectionately known as “the Queen of Chicago,”—2-Time GRAMMY® Nominee—the Truth Award and Chicago Music Award-winning host of Sister Circle Live—daytime talk show—released her 10th studio album in January 2020, titled “Woman”.
Leveraging the original dance classic by Barkan & Sammy Taylor, Johnson fused together her own blend of soulful R&B to deliver a flawless performance that was produced by 4-Time GRAMMY® Nominee Steve Silk Hurley, his world-renowned partner, Shannon "DJ Skip" Syas. Remixing this flawlessly remade classic, this was my second major label project, and just only my third project for the Steve “Silk” Hurley and S&S Records Inc. Global Family label exec, Shannon “Skip” Syas.
Having the time to explore this song and production with confidence—along the way—Steve "Silk" Hurley and DJ Skip became more than just colleagues, offering this VERY early-stage music producer many projects with major recording artists. Through those connections and growing into my own distinct music voice, it was these seminal experiences—afforded to me by Silk and Skip—that aggressively challenged my understanding of excellence in the recording arts.
S&S Records Inc. has curated a special multi-volume project for 2020, as a reactionary and supportive message which needs to be heard. Believing that we must continue to work together—irrespective of our nationality—through the dance music tradition of PEACE, LOVE, UNITY, AND RESPECT, we will make it known that we are not alone in this pursuit to normalize empathy over indifference.
Peace, Love, Unity, Respect (P.L.U.R.) Vol. 1 features a cross-section of various artists from the vastly diverse S&S Records Chicago catalog. It would be a great understatement to say that it’s a real honor to have my Syleena Johnson mixes be chosen to sit alongside the compilation’s exhaustive roster of artist excellence.
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Timeline | Song Life
Peace Pipe [Non-Stop] (1975): bit.ly/38gJILO Peace Pipe [Silk & Skip Extended Mix] (2013): bit.ly/2NKWGrR Peace Pipe [Andrew Emil Vox] (2013): bit.ly/3eOdkms Peace Pipe [Andrew Emil Dub] (2013): bit.ly/3eTcTqM Peace Pipe [Andrew Emil Instrumental] (2013): bit.ly/2NNLxXb Various Artists | P.L.U.R. Vol.1 (2020): bit.ly/38pI1vS
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// Put It In Your Peace Pipe And Smoke It On Up // // All My Love //
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Lovebirds | Peroe (Change Request ReDuex)
Released on “The Hamburg Years Pt. 1” EP, “Peroe” was found on a hard drive a decade previous to its release in 2016.
Featured on the first of Lovebirds’ three EPs of lost & found music, I made this ReDuex version of this personal favorite by the German Deep House Maestro, Mr. Sebastian Döring.
Adding new arrangements, musical elements, rhythm sections, and more, this version is much more suited for total dance floor consumption.
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/37WH7H0 Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3fPqlMx ____________
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Change Request Featuring Glass Slipper Keep The Fire Burning (Maxi Single)
Written By Willie hutch Performed By Gwen McCrae Produced By Webster Lewis Released by Atlantic Records From The LP “On My Way" (1982)
ReWritten By Andrew Emil RePlayed By Davis & Gustafson ReStyled By Glass Slipper ReVisioned By Change Request ReMixed By Chevals & Glass Slipper ReReleased By Midnight Riot Records _________
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Change Request | Looking Glass
Sometimes we can only see our lives through the looking glass of self-reflection.
"The linear relationship between survival times and the logarithm of the number of genera suggests that the probability of extinction is constant over time." - Red Queen
"Speak in French when you can't think of the English for a thing—turn out your toes when you walk—and remember who you are!"
Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL Published by FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
Get Looking Glass | Percebes Música: https://bit.ly/3142sN1
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Lionel Richie | Love Will Find A Way(Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I rewrote the song “Love Will Find A Way” off of Richie’s second solo studio album—1983’s “Can't Slow Down”—just after leaving his highly celebrated group, the hit factory known as The Commodores.
Released by Motown Records and featuring the massive hits "All Night Long (All Night)" and "Hello", the LP has sold over 20 million copies, and is Richie's best-selling album of all time.
Written by Richie and the hyper-prolific session keyboardist/musician, Gregory Phillinganes, “Love Will Find A Way” contributed to Richie winning the GRAMMY AWARD for Album Of The Year in 1985.
Written By Lionel Richie & Gregory Phillinganes RePlayed By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson ReVisioned By Change Request In Chicago, IL ____________
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Classixx | A Mountain With No Ending (Change Request Dreamix)
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Change Request | Standing Still
“Movement is the illusion created by the extremely fast, involuntary comparison of what is with what was. Mindfulness is the art of making love to reality.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request In Chicago, IL FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) ____________
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Change Request | Hommage à Herrmann
Particularly known for his many decades of collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock—Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo—Bernard Herrmann also famously composed the scores for Citizen Kane, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Fahrenheit 451, Taxi Driver, and The Twilight Zone.
The master of the ostinato and unique instrument orchestration pairings, his groundbreaking film scores—pioneering an entirely new idiom and musical dialogue—remarkably, tend to portray less obvious character traits, telling their narrative through musical subtext.
I went after the mysterious sci-fi fantasy orchestrations and cascading arpeggios of his classic approach to Rod Serling’s 1959 TV Series, The Twilight Zone.
Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request In Chicago, IL FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP) ____________
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Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Winter Vibes
This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
Taking drum programming queues from the production work of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, “Organized Disservice” incorporates a freestyle feel of 80s breakbeats with the bass programming of a nu-disco record.
Intersecting melodies and synthetic bells, this late-night number leads the way into the Larry Heard inspired “Callous Consideration”. Right out of a movie soundtrack, an ominous feeling of uncertainty and disillusion introduces this song. Building into a broken beat rhythmic pattern, the Juno-106 bassline takes over motioning the insensitive groove into a place of redemption.
Slowing down the tempo, “Lavish Lustfulness” signals a distinct change in mood with its calming ostinato. Repetitive orchestral bells watch over static organ chords, suspending glitchy percussion illustrations to form a lush musical palette.
Bringing about some emotional closure, “Symptom Seven” concludes as the last track on the record. Stretched out vocal arias sit atop sustained harmonies in this languid sonic painting. The swelling of this swarming motion is contrasted by an intersection of backspun percussion and sporadic transients. This last song provides some spiritual closure to this album, as it disintegrates into an angelic swell of sonority.
WINTER VIBES: bit.ly/2lKc78M
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Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Winter Vibes
This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
Taking drum programming queues from the production work of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, “Organized Disservice” incorporates a freestyle feel of 80s breakbeats with the bass programming of a nu-disco record.
Intersecting melodies and synthetic bells, this late-night number leads the way into the Larry Heard inspired “Callous Consideration”. Right out of a movie soundtrack, an ominous feeling of uncertainty and disillusion introduces this song. Building into a broken beat rhythmic pattern, the Juno-106 bassline takes over motioning the insensitive groove into a place of redemption.
Slowing down the tempo, “Lavish Lustfulness” signals a distinct change in mood with its calming ostinato. Repetitive orchestral bells watch over static organ chords, suspending glitchy percussion illustrations to form a lush musical palette.
Bringing about some emotional closure, “Symptom Seven” concludes as the last track on the record. Stretched out vocal arias sit atop sustained harmonies in this languid sonic painting. The swelling of this swarming motion is contrasted by an intersection of backspun percussion and sporadic transients. This last song provides some spiritual closure to this album, as it disintegrates into an angelic swell of sonority.
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Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Winter Vibes
This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
Taking drum programming queues from the production work of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, “Organized Disservice” incorporates a freestyle feel of 80s breakbeats with the bass programming of a nu-disco record.
Intersecting melodies and synthetic bells, this late-night number leads the way into the Larry Heard inspired “Callous Consideration”. Right out of a movie soundtrack, an ominous feeling of uncertainty and disillusion introduces this song. Building into a broken beat rhythmic pattern, the Juno-106 bassline takes over motioning the insensitive groove into a place of redemption.
Slowing down the tempo, “Lavish Lustfulness” signals a distinct change in mood with its calming ostinato. Repetitive orchestral bells watch over static organ chords, suspending glitchy percussion illustrations to form a lush musical palette.
Bringing about some emotional closure, “Symptom Seven” concludes as the last track on the record. Stretched out vocal arias sit atop sustained harmonies in this languid sonic painting. The swelling of this swarming motion is contrasted by an intersection of backspun percussion and sporadic transients. This last song provides some spiritual closure to this album, as it disintegrates into an angelic swell of sonority.
WINTER VIBES: bit.ly/2lKc78M
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Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Winter Vibes
This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
Taking drum programming queues from the production work of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, “Organized Disservice” incorporates a freestyle feel of 80s breakbeats with the bass programming of a nu-disco record.
Intersecting melodies and synthetic bells, this late-night number leads the way into the Larry Heard inspired “Callous Consideration”. Right out of a movie soundtrack, an ominous feeling of uncertainty and disillusion introduces this song. Building into a broken beat rhythmic pattern, the Juno-106 bassline takes over motioning the insensitive groove into a place of redemption.
Slowing down the tempo, “Lavish Lustfulness” signals a distinct change in mood with its calming ostinato. Repetitive orchestral bells watch over static organ chords, suspending glitchy percussion illustrations to form a lush musical palette.
Bringing about some emotional closure, “Symptom Seven” concludes as the last track on the record. Stretched out vocal arias sit atop sustained harmonies in this languid sonic painting. The swelling of this swarming motion is contrasted by an intersection of backspun percussion and sporadic transients. This last song provides some spiritual closure to this album, as it disintegrates into an angelic swell of sonority.
WINTER VIBES: bit.ly/2lKc78M
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Claude Debussy | Préludes, Livre 1 (Piano Solo) No. 8 | La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin (1910) (Change Request Orchestration) _______________
A monumental artist of the early 20th Century, Claude Debussy is universally regarded as the first Impressionist composer. His groundbreaking work ultimately guided much of the musical evangelism of the transfigurative French Impressionism movement. His music was a direct reaction against the previous German musical traditions of form and harmony.
Written By Claude Debussy Orchestrated By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced & Mixed By Change Request
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Hall & Oates | Method Of Modern Love (Change Request Extended Fantasy)
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The MarsSaturn Sound - Alba Mons (Change Request Dreamix) ____________________
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Penelope Antena Moses Grew On Me (OVox Vocal ReSynthesis)
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Change Request | The Escapist Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request
Dedicated To Those On The Front Lines _______________
All Proceeds Will Be Donated To Howard Brown Health Center
Who Is Partnering With Medical Teams To Combat COVID-19 _______________
"We Have Been Challenged To Overcome" - Keith Morris _______________
Change Request Feat. Keith Morris Overcome _______________
Written By Gustafson & Morris Produced By Change Request _______________
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Dedicated To Those On The Front Lines _______________
All Proceeds Will Be Donated To Howard Brown Health Center
Who Is Partnering With Medical Teams To Combat COVID-19 _______________
"We Have Been Challenged To Overcome" - Keith Morris _______________
Change Request Feat. Keith Morris Overcome _______________
Written By Gustafson & Morris Produced By Change Request _______________
Soundcloud: bit.ly/2xwOw1p Bandcamp: bit.ly/2QUGNBa Howard Brown: bit.ly/33WISSc _______________
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Change Request Feat. DJ Heather Stay With Me _______________
Written By Gustafson & Robinson Vocals By DJ Heather Produced By Change Request _______________
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SLOPE114 - AreYouTruly (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
This is a remix I did for two dear friends in The Bay Area. The husband and wife combo of Dmitri Bronson and Elise Gargalikis, aka SLOPE 114, never ceases to impress with their modular emotive electronic operatics.
Making records, videos, shows, or events, Bronson and Gargalikis do it LIVE with their arsenal of early drum machines, obscure synthetic polyphony, and the angelic aria of Gargalikis' powerful voice.
I have always loved their work, so it was more than a pleasure, and an honor to be able to link up and deliver a remix for them. Follow the link below to their Bandcamp page to Name Your Price for this EP.
SLOPE114 - AreYouTruly (Andrew Emil Dreamix): https://slope114.bandcamp.com/track/areyoutruly-andrew-emil-dreamix
SLOPE114 - AreYouTruly (Single): https://slope114.bandcamp.com/album/are-you-truly
Télépopmusik Feat. Jo Wedin It Hurts (Andrew Emil Dreamix) ____________________
Vocals By Johanna Wedin Produced By Télépopmusik Remixed By Andrew Emil Release Date: 27/03/2020 ____________________
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Claude Debussy | La Mer (Très Lent—RèVision à Animez)
A monumental artist of the early 20th Century, Claude Debussy is universally regarded as the first Impressionist composer. His groundbreaking work ultimately guided much of the musical evangelism of the transfigurative French Impressionism movement. His music was a direct reaction against the previous German musical traditions of form and harmony.
Debussy's influential musical metaphor, La Mer, reaches far and wide, shaping the works from a diverse offering of artists, including Luciano Berio's Sinfonia and John Williams score to JAWS, to Biosphere's ambient effort Shenzhou, as well as The Seduction Of Claude Debussy by Trevor Horn's iconic group, The Art Of Noise, and most recently, John Luther Adams' 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning work, Become Ocean.
For my Change Request RèVision of this significant artist—whose influence on my own musical language has been immeasurable—I choose to just concentrate on my favorite part of this piece, the first symphonic sketch "De l'aube à midi sur la mer" - Très Lent - Animez Peu à Peu to La Mer.
Employing an international ensemble—Germany, Holland, England, the United States, and even Budapest—of acclaimed software brands, whose award-winning instruments and effects are some of the most prestigious industry-wide, I wanted to ensure that the languid and dream-like polyphony of this ubiquitous masterpiece was preserved.
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This excerpt was taken from my long-form content editorial—using music software—where I illustrate through a granular detailed demonstration of just how I created this piece with the software listed below.
Instruments & Effects Featured: Best Service The Orchestra, Best Service Chris Hein Solo Violin, Best Service Chris Hein Solo Viola, Best Service Emotional Cello, Best Service Chris Hein Solo Contrabass, ProjectSAM Orchestral Essentials, Spitfire British Drama Toolkit, Eventide UltraReverb.
Recreating “La Mer": bit.ly/2vLZzDu Bandcamp: bit.ly/2Jap98g
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Written By Claude Debussy Orchestrated By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced & Mixed By Change Request
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The Tom Tom Club | Wordy Rappinghood (Change Request ReVision)
The first song recorded by pair of Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz aka The Tom Tom Club released “Wordy Rappinghood” as the lead single from their self-titled album, 1981’s Tom Tom Club.
As the former drummer and bass player of Talking Heads, Weymouth and Frantz continued to carry the post-disco torch that they helped popularize as they, along with David Byrne, galvanized the Downtown Sound of New York’s early eighties scene, centered around the iconic subcultural epicenter, Danceteria.
Resident DJ Mark Kamins would hold court at this seminal Manhattan institution where the cross-pollination of Disco, Post-Disco, Punk, New Wave, Industrial, Boogie, and Art Rock groups like Talking Heads would emerge alongside, Madonna, Jellybean Benitez, LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys, Arthur Russell, and Keith Haring would hang out during their most prolific years.
This leading track from the group was released only a few months after Blondie's "Rapture," which was the first big hit to feature a rap part from a rock-focused group. Heavily embraced by the burgeoning NYC hip-hop community, but distinctively different from the hip-hop of the era that featured mostly sampled breaks, both of these female vocal-driven earworms featuring original music with a dance floor focus.
Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz had bought a house in Nassau, Bahamas, next door to Chris Blackwell, owner of Island Records, and they recorded this song at the Compass Point Studios. Co-written with a 21-year old keyboardist name Steven Stanley, this post-disco classic features Monte Browne on bass, who had a long tenure with the disco all-star outfit, T-Connection.
Using part of a traditional Moroccan children's song and game, "A Ram Sam Sam", “Wordy Rappinghood” is literally just that, a long extended play on words, rhymes, featuring multiple languages all wrapped up as a metaphorical rhetorical question about the dangers and weaponizing nature of language.
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Alice In Chains | Nutshell (Andrew Emil Flammable Fantasy) Written By Alice In Chains [Staley, Inez, Cantrell, Kinney] ReDreamed By Andrew Emil // Change Request
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Toro y Moi | Rose Quartz (Change Request Dreamix)
“Rose Quartz” is the fourth single off of his third studio album, 2013’s “Anything in Return”, Chaz Bundick aka Toro y Moi released this “more accessible and poppy" album on his own Carpark Records imprint.
Recorded and mixed at San Francisco’s Different Fur Studios, Bundick shoots for a bigger sounding long-play effort, as he addresses romantic turmoil and the constant counterpoint of relationship dissonance brought on by life on the road.
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Drexciya | Aquabahn (Andrew Emil Extended Fantasy)
Written By Stinson & Donald Produced By Drexciya Extended By Andrew Emil
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Roosevelt | Hold On (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
For this Dreamix, I retooled the first A-side—of a double-A sided record—of his 2015 single, “Hold On”. Written, produced, and recorded by Marius Lauber aka Roosevelt. Lauber is a German recording artist from Viersen, who records mainly Balearic-influenced synth-pop for the notable indie label, Greco-Roman,
Written By Roosevelt Remixed By Andrew Emil Bandcamp: bit.ly/2tn60vr
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Drexciya | Aqua Worm Hole (Change Request Extended Fantasy)
Written By Stinson & Donald Produced By Drexciya Edited By Change Request
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Paul Hardcastle | Desire (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
Smoothing out an elevator ride, saturating the dentist's office, and lacing up your gynecologist, Paul Hardcastle went from making his unorthodox instrumental breakbeat records chart for major labels to becoming a leading figure of contemporary smooth jazz.
His efforts have collected him a staggering 31 number one singles and albums with “Desire” being released in the early 00s and an album of remixes coming in 2015. This Dreamix was made from the parts of the “On The Run Remix” of Desire.
Written By Paul Hardcastle Remixed By Andrew Emil Bandcamp: bit.ly/2Ufqhy8
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Dirty Sole | Lift Me Up (Change Request Extended Remix)
Written By Dirty Sole Remixed By Change Request
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Dirty Sole | Lift Me Up (Change Request Extended Instrumental)
Written By Dirty Sole Remixed By Change Request
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Róisín Murphy | Momma’s Place (Andrew Emil Dreamstrumental)
For this Dreamix, I reworked a single from an all-time favorite, Irish artist Róisín Murphy.
Known for her work in the production group Moloko, Murphy released “Momma's Place" as a single in January of 2010, after it leaked on the internet. The accapella became readily available via a promotional remix contest she did in partnership with Perez Hilton.
I remade this one with the standard orchestrations of late 90s house music, including live electric bass, guitar, and a mixture of Fender Rhodes electric pianos and Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 pads.
Polishing this one off with @waves-audio temporal and dynamic processing, as well as @eventideaudio modulation and reverberation.
Written By Róisín Murphy ReDreamed By Andrew Emil
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Róisín Murphy | Momma’s Place (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
For this Dreamix, I reworked a single from an all-time favorite, Irish artist Róisín Murphy.
Known for her work in the production group Moloko, Murphy released “Momma's Place" as a single in January of 2010, after it leaked on the internet. The accapella became readily available via a promotional remix contest she did in partnership with Perez Hilton.
I remade this one with the standard orchestrations of late 90s house music, including live electric bass, guitar, and a mixture of Fender Rhodes electric pianos and Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 pads.
Polishing this one off with @waves-audio temporal and dynamic processing, as well as @eventideaudio modulation and reverberation.
Written By Róisín Murphy ReDreamed By Andrew Emil
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Tangerine Dream | Love On A Real Train (Change Request ReVision)
The 1984 single from the soundtrack for the film Risky Business, "Love On A Real Train" was written by Tangerine Dream founding member Edgar Froese and was voted one of the best 200 songs of the 1980s.
Written By Edgar Froese ReVision By Change Request
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Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Spring Vibes
This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
A psychedelic rock-inspired track, “Floating Formation” is very reminiscent of the early works of The Police as it sails off into the night with a dark ballad of the sonic deluge and tight percussion.
Picking up the metric pace, “Parallel Palindrome” sees an array of traditional percussion programming paired with live electric bass and tape echoing guitar parts to create a dub-like atmosphere.
Bringing about 80s boogie and a Rufus funk fusion, “Ravaged Romance” takes inspiration from the Chaka Khan hit, “What Cha' Gonna Do for Me”. An orchestration of electric piano and a bubbling bassline meets live string arrangements and saw wave leads to take this steppers classic into the modern world.
Featuring the spoken word of the legendary poet and activist Ruby Dee, “Future Past Gone”, calls upon a variety of synth pads to form this foundation. Sections of her call to arms about seizing the opportunity and not living in the past direct this sonic poem into a two-section arrangement full of textural gesture and ornamentation.
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Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Spring Vibes
This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
A psychedelic rock-inspired track, “Floating Formation” is very reminiscent of the early works of The Police as it sails off into the night with a dark ballad of the sonic deluge and tight percussion.
Picking up the metric pace, “Parallel Palindrome” sees an array of traditional percussion programming paired with live electric bass and tape echoing guitar parts to create a dub-like atmosphere.
Bringing about 80s boogie and a Rufus funk fusion, “Ravaged Romance” takes inspiration from the Chaka Khan hit, “What Cha' Gonna Do for Me”. An orchestration of electric piano and a bubbling bassline meets live string arrangements and saw wave leads to take this steppers classic into the modern world.
Featuring the spoken word of the legendary poet and activist Ruby Dee, “Future Past Gone”, calls upon a variety of synth pads to form this foundation. Sections of her call to arms about seizing the opportunity and not living in the past direct this sonic poem into a two-section arrangement full of textural gesture and ornamentation.
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: bit.ly/2GT2ICK
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Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Spring Vibes
This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
A psychedelic rock-inspired track, “Floating Formation” is very reminiscent of the early works of The Police as it sails off into the night with a dark ballad of the sonic deluge and tight percussion.
Picking up the metric pace, “Parallel Palindrome” sees an array of traditional percussion programming paired with live electric bass and tape echoing guitar parts to create a dub-like atmosphere.
Bringing about 80s boogie and a Rufus funk fusion, “Ravaged Romance” takes inspiration from the Chaka Khan hit, “What Cha' Gonna Do for Me”. An orchestration of electric piano and a bubbling bassline meets live string arrangements and saw wave leads to take this steppers classic into the modern world.
Featuring the spoken word of the legendary poet and activist Ruby Dee, “Future Past Gone”, calls upon a variety of synth pads to form this foundation. Sections of her call to arms about seizing the opportunity and not living in the past direct this sonic poem into a two-section arrangement full of textural gesture and ornamentation.
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: bit.ly/2GT2ICK
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Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Spring Vibes
This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
A psychedelic rock-inspired track, “Floating Formation” is very reminiscent of the early works of The Police as it sails off into the night with a dark ballad of the sonic deluge and tight percussion.
Picking up the metric pace, “Parallel Palindrome” sees an array of traditional percussion programming paired with live electric bass and tape echoing guitar parts to create a dub-like atmosphere.
Bringing about 80s boogie and a Rufus funk fusion, “Ravaged Romance” takes inspiration from the Chaka Khan hit, “What Cha' Gonna Do for Me”. An orchestration of electric piano and a bubbling bassline meets live string arrangements and saw wave leads to take this steppers classic into the modern world.
Featuring the spoken word of the legendary poet and activist Ruby Dee, “Future Past Gone”, calls upon a variety of synth pads to form this foundation. Sections of her call to arms about seizing the opportunity and not living in the past direct this sonic poem into a two-section arrangement full of textural gesture and ornamentation.
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Prince | Erotic City (Change Request ReVision)
For the ReVision, I remade my ALL TIME fav Jamie Starr record. One that has been with me in regular rotation since I began playing records in 1996.
Released as the B-side to the 1984 single "Let's Go Crazy" and the 12" version of the 1986 single "Girls & Boys”, “Erotic City” was recorded directly after Prince saw Parliament-Funkadelic at the Beverly Theatre in Los Angeles in 1983.
Notable for its sexual references, and the use of the word “fuck”, although Sheila E—who sings the chorus—have claimed the word is actually “funk”, allowing it to be played on the radio in the late 1980s into the 1990s.
However, an original sheet of handwritten lyrics consisting of ink and graphite on ruled paper, with eraser marks, corrections, and additions—which came up for auction—proves Prince's intended lyric.
Remade with the classic Minneapolis lineup—LinnDrum LM-2, Oberheim DX, Oberheim OBX, and Yamaha DX7—this was recreated with @EventideAudio spatial processing, using the SP2016 Reverb, and reverb from @WavesAudio and Abbey Road Studios.
I have been playing this version of mine for well over a decade and figured it’s time to let this one go.
Every time I comb my hair Thoughts of you get in my eyes You're a sinner, I don't care I just want your creamy thighs
The Ides Of Profound Experience Changing The Outcome Slipping Back Into A Regular Life That Doesn’t Quite Fit Anymore
A Nascent Nocturne
The Change Request
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Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL Published by FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
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Apollonia 6 | Sex Shooter (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I remade the first single off of this Minneapolis group’s 1984 self-titled album, “Apollonia 6”
“Sex Shooter” was written and produced by Jamie Starr for his protégés, Vanity 6, but after Vanity left the group, Starr brought in Apollonia Kotero, and changed the name of the group simultaneously.
This only hit from the group primarily features the vocals of Apollonia with backing vocals by Wendy & Lisa, Jill Jones—key members of The Revolution—and rhythm sections courtesy of Shelia E.
The song appeared in the movie “Purple Rain” as did its lead singer, playing a prominent love interest role in the film. Charting at #7 on both the U.S. dance and R&B charts, Billboard named ”Sex Shooter” as #93 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.
Remade with the classic Minneapolis lineup—LinnDrum LM-2, Oberheim DX, Oberheim OBX, and Yamaha DX7—this was recreated with @EventideAudio spatial processing, using the SP2016 Reverb, the Instant Phaser Mk II, and reverb from @WavesAudio and Abbey Road Studios.
A Paroxysm Of Violence
Intensifies Grotesquely
Ominous Circumspection
Adversely Hostile Rampage
Vigilantly Portentous
Ferocious Peril
Violent Collusion
Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL Published by FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Change Request | Replicated
on the corner of quiescence at the edge of ambition the virtuous placid patience that pristine composed tranquility its desire to share subtle sincerities the flowering chrysalis that aspiration for fascination its admiration for the unknown __________________
Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL Published by FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Change Request | Universal Truth
Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL Published by FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
C R O W N | Shit To Do Change Request Dreamstrumental
Written by Stephanie Lauren Thom and produced by Jonah Levine, “Shit To Do” is an ode to self-love and self-recognition. The first single off her 2019 Unlearning LP, C R O W N is about letting go of what we may have been taught and appreciating our own greatness.
“I’m tired of waiting for you—when I’ve got shit to do”
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3cOOD88 Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/2Z8VMwd Unlearning: https://bit.ly/34mN5h8
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Clarence Jackson | Wrap It Up (Change Request Dub It Up)
Detroit bred R&B artist, Clarence "Chocolate Bar" Jackson was a regular feature on The Motor City’s R&R Records located on West Seven Mile Rd., Valtone Records on Webb St., as well as Abbott and Red Line Records.
Not much information is available on Mister Jackson, beyond his active years of releasing records from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. Many of his later recordings would go on to become benchmarks of what would be coined the “Boogie” sound.
Written by Glover, Dean, and Howard, “Wrap It Up” was released in 1984 and produced by the R&R main maestro and Detroit producer extraordinaire, Mister John Glover (The Dells, The Originals, One Way, Four Tops, The Supremes).
I have been sitting on and playing this personal DJ Tool for some years now, so I figured it’s time to let this one slide on out the studio.
Enjoy!
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Not All Who Are Lost Wonder _________________
Change Request | Lost Emotions (l'arrangement d'automne)
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sprinting rivers swimming traffic endlessly
a society rooted in projection fundamentally
the truth a contemporary metaphor maliciously
a deceptive utility the temptation of normality
ostensibly; a promise of dignity of residuality of complicity of infamy of immortality
a vanishing evanesce misplaced cognitively
the lost erosion of emotions become the proxy
of camaraderie of empathy of presently mindfully initiated to be compelled compassionately and found without loss available emotionally
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“Memories Don’t Live As People Do, They Always Remember You” -Mos Def
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Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL Published by FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
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Change Request | Kiss The Sky (For Chris Nazuka) ______________________________
For My Dear Friend Chris:
Ever since Alicia sent me the invitation, I had been thinking about what to get for a present, and it dawned on me last week what to do.
I made you something—handmade with lovely endearment—inspired by the worth and value that our friendship has come mean over the years.
Communicated through the language we both speak best, may it always remind you how much you mean to me and grateful I am to have you in my life.
Let’s celebrate the "Joy, Awe, Anguish, Love and Triumph" of living this life together and having good friends to share it with!
<3 HAPPY MF BIRTHDAY CHRIS <3
Forever Sincerely,
Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson
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Change Request | Kiss The Sky (For Chris Nazuka)
Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL Published by FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Change Request | The Darkest Hour
It's Always Darkest Before Dawn
When it is possible To detect light in the sky Before the sun reaches the horizon The people learn to fly
Putting aside the vagaries of light The moon and other celestial bodies It is the darkest part of the night After dusk and just before the dawn
Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL Published by FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Tommye | I Need To Go Away (Andrew Emil Dreamix) [Preview]
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Moussa Clarke | Leave Me Lonely (Andrew Emil Dreamsicle) ____________________
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Basement Jaxx | Romeo (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
For this Dreamix, I took on the first single of their second studio album—2001's "Rooty"—from the highly influential English dance music outfit, Basement Jaxx.
This song was written and produced by the seminal house producers themselves—Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe—and features the vocals of fellow British R&B singer, Kele Le Roc.
I rearranged this song entirely, using the bridge sections as the main material. Then, arranging dubbed out variations from the main thematic material form there to give this a more subtle take on one of their most poppy vocal records.
Enjoy!
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Change Request | False Illusion (Reprise)
thought materialized into the manifested matter
idyllic introspection into the psyche of a moment lived mindfully present
forging of permanence from an emotively fleeting feeling
recallable relic of reverence reissued through a ritual of redundancy
seminal seance of sacred spirituality serenading the sands of time
Erroneous delusions emerge their tangibility unobtainable
reminiscent reminder of the reverence of regality
false illusions abide semblance subside reveal immense malign
there is only here and now
no future nor past
ephemeral epoch evanescent of eternity infinity of immortality
it waits for no one there isn't any time only temporal paradigm
Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL Published by FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Change Request | False Illusion
thought materialized into the manifested matter
idyllic introspection into the psyche of a moment lived mindfully present
forging of permanence from an emotively fleeting feeling
recallable relic of reverence reissued through a ritual of redundancy
seminal seance of sacred spirituality serenading the sands of time
Erroneous delusions emerge their tangibility unobtainable
reminiscent reminder of the reverence of regality
false illusions abide semblance subside reveal immense malign
there is only here and now
no future nor past
ephemeral epoch evanescent of eternity infinity of immortality
it waits for no one there isn't any time only temporal paradigm
Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Produced By Change Request in Chicago, IL Published by FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Mikko Lindqvist | Let Go Now (Andrew Emil Dreamixes)
Dreamixes of Finnish singer and owner of SLP Studio Helsinki.
https://campoalegreproductions.com/playlist/let-go-now/
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: bit.ly/2GT2ICK
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Mikko Lindqvist | Let Go Now (Andrew Emil Dreamixes)
Dreamixes of Finnish singer and owner of SLP Studio Helsinki.
https://campoalegreproductions.com/playlist/let-go-now/
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: bit.ly/2GT2ICK
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Mikko Lindqvist | Let Go Now (Andrew Emil Dreamixes)
Dreamixes of Finnish singer and owner of SLP Studio Helsinki.
https://campoalegreproductions.com/playlist/let-go-now/
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: bit.ly/2GT2ICK
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Trailer Limon | Love Don't Pay The Bills (Change Request Dreamix)
I want you To come to testify I want you To just come clean I want you to Tell The Truth Tell The Truth
Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Autumn Vibes
This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
Preluding with the synthetic tapestry of “Polyphonic Paragraph”, this tone poem envelops a sense of calm and discovery as it continues to add layers of sound. Progressing into rhythmic arpeggios of percussive devices, this track breaks the ice with a poignant musical statement.
Ushering in a similar sense of textural form, “Systemic Instability” arrives with at a significantly slower pace, invoking the low-slung hip-hop and acid styles of J Dilla, Pete Rock, and DJ Premier.
Taking an entirely different direction to rhythm and meter, “Cross Examination” incorporates layers of percussive polyphony with an indie rock feel. This song’s swaying leads and bells to establish a significantly distinct color palette and emotional variety.
Departing from previous compositional approaches, “Languid Lullaby” employs a contrasting of disjointed synths and patterns of syncopation. Employing a glitch-style of sound design, a somber string section emerges in the distance as a classic Oberheim brass sound connects these dueling rhythmic components.
AUTUMN VIBES: bit.ly/2lEUlUy
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: bit.ly/2GT2ICK
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Autumn Vibes
Video Premiere: bit.ly/2phrXKr
This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
Preluding with the synthetic tapestry of “Polyphonic Paragraph”, this tone poem envelops a sense of calm and discovery as it continues to add layers of sound. Progressing into rhythmic arpeggios of percussive devices, this track breaks the ice with a poignant musical statement.
Ushering in a similar sense of textural form, “Systemic Instability” arrives with at a significantly slower pace, invoking the low-slung hip-hop and acid styles of J Dilla, Pete Rock, and DJ Premier.
Taking an entirely different direction to rhythm and meter, “Cross Examination” incorporates layers of percussive polyphony with an indie rock feel. This song’s swaying leads and bells to establish a significantly distinct color palette and emotional variety.
Departing from previous compositional approaches, “Languid Lullaby” employs a contrasting of disjointed synths and patterns of syncopation. Employing a glitch-style of sound design, a somber string section emerges in the distance as a classic Oberheim brass sound connects these dueling rhythmic components.
AUTUMN VIBES: bit.ly/2lEUlUy
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: bit.ly/2GT2ICK
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Autumn Vibes
This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
Preluding with the synthetic tapestry of “Polyphonic Paragraph”, this tone poem envelops a sense of calm and discovery as it continues to add layers of sound. Progressing into rhythmic arpeggios of percussive devices, this track breaks the ice with a poignant musical statement.
Ushering in a similar sense of textural form, “Systemic Instability” arrives with at a significantly slower pace, invoking the low-slung hip-hop and acid styles of J Dilla, Pete Rock, and DJ Premier.
Taking an entirely different direction to rhythm and meter, “Cross Examination” incorporates layers of percussive polyphony with an indie rock feel. This song’s swaying leads and bells to establish a significantly distinct color palette and emotional variety.
Departing from previous compositional approaches, “Languid Lullaby” employs a contrasting of disjointed synths and patterns of syncopation. Employing a glitch-style of sound design, a somber string section emerges in the distance as a classic Oberheim brass sound connects these dueling rhythmic components.
AUTUMN VIBES: bit.ly/2lEUlUy
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: bit.ly/2GT2ICK
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Change Request | Neural Nocturnes: Autumn Vibes
This multi-part album is an homage to the musical form of a Nocturne. A musical form dating back to the late Romantic and Impressionist musical eras, these expressive and lyrical pieces are evocative of the tranquility of the night. An eclectic musical voyage, Neural Nocturnes imagines a world of musical noir through its multifarious sonic paintings and idiosyncratic textures.
Preluding with the synthetic tapestry of “Polyphonic Paragraph”, this tone poem envelops a sense of calm and discovery as it continues to add layers of sound. Progressing into rhythmic arpeggios of percussive devices, this track breaks the ice with a poignant musical statement.
Ushering in a similar sense of textural form, “Systemic Instability” arrives with at a significantly slower pace, invoking the low-slung hip-hop and acid styles of J Dilla, Pete Rock, and DJ Premier.
Taking an entirely different direction to rhythm and meter, “Cross Examination” incorporates layers of percussive polyphony with an indie rock feel. This song’s swaying leads and bells to establish a significantly distinct color palette and emotional variety.
Departing from previous compositional approaches, “Languid Lullaby” employs a contrasting of disjointed synths and patterns of syncopation. Employing a glitch-style of sound design, a somber string section emerges in the distance as a classic Oberheim brass sound connects these dueling rhythmic components.
AUTUMN VIBES: bit.ly/2lEUlUy
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: bit.ly/2GT2ICK
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
The Jones Girls | Nights Over Egypt (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I recreated my favorite song from this Detroit-based trio of sisters who were backup singers for many years for artists such as Aretha Franklin, Lou Rawls, and Diana Ross, before breaking out on their own to form The Jones Girls.
Written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff protege, Dexter Wansel, this song, and arrangement are quintessential Philadelphia music mastery. Dexter, along with Cynthia Biggs, wrote many hits for other artists, including Yellow Sunshine, Instant Funk, Phyllis Hyman, The Jacksons, MFSB, Teddy Pendergrass, Patti Labelle, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Grover Washington Jr., Lou Rawls, and of course, The Jones Girls.
“Nights Over Egypt” was the second single from their studio album, 1981’s Get as Much Love as You Can, released on Philadelphia International Records. Most songs on this third studio album of theirs are written by TSOP kingpins, Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, and the album reached number twenty-five on the Top Soul Albums Chart in the US.
For this version, I recreated this R&B Classic with Roland’s Jupiter-8, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Live Bass and drums, and the best instrument ever created, the 73 Suitcase Fender Rhodes Electric Piano.
Mikko Lindqvist | I'm Movin (Andrew Emil Dreamixes)
Andrew Emil Dreamixes of Finnish singer and owner of SLP Studio Helsinki, Mikko Lindqvist.
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: http://bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: http://bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: http://bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: http://bit.ly/2GT2ICK
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: http://bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: http://bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: http://bit.ly/2J87UFH
Mikko Lindqvist | I'm Movin (Andrew Emil Dreamixes)
Andrew Emil Dreamixes of Finnish singer and owner of SLP Studio Helsinki, Mikko Lindqvist.
@CampoAlegreProductions Website: http://bit.ly/2VDTHXD Facebook: http://bit.ly/2vz4Vya Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2PDq976 Artist Page: http://bit.ly/2vyDWCY Contact: http://bit.ly/2GT2ICK
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: http://bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: http://bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: http://bit.ly/2J87UFH
Hall & Oates | I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)(Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I took on this classic by a duo who needs no introduction. Dropped right in the middle of their seemingly endless hit factory streak, this song was the second single from their tenth studio album, 1981's Private Eyes.
Landing them their fourth number-one hit single and the second from the same album, this song was written quickly in-between recording sessions for Private Eyes.
This song makes iconic of the fairly new Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm at the centerpiece rhythm section. The CR-78 was Roland's first microchip-based programmable drum machine. This machine this song marked the beginning of what would become the golden era of synthetic drums taking over the airwaves.
Released in March of 1981, “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” along with Phil Collins' January 1981 single, “In The Air Tonight”—which also prominently featured the Roland CR-78—would make this first programmable machine from Roland an icon overnight.
This song also features the state of the art Dave Smith Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, a Korg organ baseline, Fender Rhodes, and simple, but effective guitar motifs. I recreated this song with a Roland CR-78, Prophet 5, Fender Rhodes, Vox Continental Organ, and Live Bass.
Enjoy!
Crown Heights Royal | Drones (Crown Royal BKLN Mix)
I am absolutely distraught to hear of my dear friend Andrew Hobold’s passing. I got the call two nights ago from Luis Baro, about an hour before I had to play a live performance and was able to block it out. However, yesterday morning I caved in and it hit me like a ton of bricks.
Andrew was my oldest friend in New York City, I have been traveling to stay with him in play gigs in the city for many years now, and I would always stay with him in Crown Heights. With my platinum card status membership to Le Couch du Chez Andrew, we would explore Brooklyn together, from Williamsburg to Coney Island and back again.
Of these many adventures on the MTA, on foot, and in cabs we would always spring for trying to find something neither of us had done before, including a memorable experience when we waited well over a half a day to eat at Di Fara Pizza on Avenue J in Midwood—which was more than worth it, highly recommended—as well as the Kosher Smokehouse BBQ in Bed–Stuy, which might be the most fucking New York thing ever.
He was always down to try new things, experience new sensations, and always with the kindest intentions, care, and grace. He was an extremely hospitable human and keenly focused on everyone else’s comfort before his own. A rare selfless individual; they really don’t make these types anymore.
Both men of music, we would inevitability begin to work on music together. At this point in time, he introduced me to Ben Moon—a multi-talented musician and fine artist from Long Island. We all starting writing together and eventually, called our little project Crown Heights Royal, as it was inspired by a favorite group of ours—that came from that same area a few decades before—Crown Heights Affair.
I got busy with my Change Request project, Andrew and Ben busy with their own projects and then we never really got around to finishing the full EP. This is the first and only single to emerge from the three or four writing sessions back and forth, as the rest of the projects are somewhere on a hard drive in Crown Heights.
This very well might be the last piece of unreleased original music of Andrew's.
I feel it’s best to put it out into the world and allow the universe to employ its reach. Unfortunately, this is the debut single as well as the last single of Crown Heights Royal that will ever surface.
The world really lost a good one this week, a son, a father, a brother, a close confidant, and a collaborator.
He will be missed beyond measure in my world, but I am thankful that he left so much of himself in his artwork, which we can always reference for memories.
With that said, please download, share and play this track as a way to remember, and celebrate the life of one of the kindest friends anyone ever had a staple of New York City musical fabric, and really great friend, the kind you never have enough of.
Some Pics From Our Adventures: bit.ly/2ONTbnV
Deepest condolences Andrew's nuclear family, his brother, and his daughter.
I Love You So Very Much Andrew, Rest Well.
Ae
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Crown Heights Royal | Drones (Crown Royal BKLN Mix)
Written by Neal Gustafson, Andrew Holbold, and Ben Moon Drums By Andrew Hobold in Crown Heights Brooklyn, NY Keyboards By Andrew Emil in Crown Heights Brooklyn, NY Guitars By Ben Moon in Crown Heights Brooklyn, NY Vocals By Ben Moon in Crown Heights Brooklyn, NY Arranged and Mixed By Andrew Emil in Chicago, IL Produced By Crown Heights Royal in Brooklyn, NYC
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Andrew Hobolt | Resources
Resident Advisor: bit.ly/2MW9ufJ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2MUTniI Traxsource: bit.ly/2Z1rDzg Beatport: bit.ly/31vKOii iTunes: apple.co/2TmYrNO YouTube: bit.ly/2Tpm9cf Twitter: bit.ly/2OOeW6V Crown Heights Royal: bit.ly/2KFShEH
Crown Heights Royal | Drones (Crown Royal BKLN Mix)
I am absolutely distraught to hear of my dear friend Andrew Hobold’s passing. I got the call two nights ago from Luis Baro, about an hour before I had to play a live performance and was able to block it out. However, yesterday morning I caved in and it hit me like a ton of bricks.
Andrew was my oldest friend in New York City, I have been traveling to stay with him in play gigs in the city for many years now, and I would always stay with him in Crown Heights. With my platinum card status membership to Le Couch du Chez Andrew, we would explore Brooklyn together, from Williamsburg to Coney Island and back again.
Of these many adventures on the MTA, on foot, and in cabs we would always spring for trying to find something neither of us had done before, including a memorable experience when we waited well over a half a day to eat at Di Fara Pizza on Avenue J in Midwood—which was more than worth it, highly recommended—as well as the Kosher Smokehouse BBQ in Bed–Stuy, which might be the most fucking New York thing ever.
He was always down to try new things, experience new sensations, and always with the kindest intentions, care, and grace. He was an extremely hospitable human and keenly focused on everyone else’s comfort before his own. A rare selfless individual; they really don’t make these types anymore.
Both men of music, we would inevitability begin to work on music together. At this point in time, he introduced me to Ben Moon—a multi-talented musician and fine artist from Long Island. We all starting writing together and eventually, called our little project Crown Heights Royal, as it was inspired by a favorite group of ours—that came from that same area a few decades before—Crown Heights Affair.
I got busy with my Change Request project, Andrew and Ben busy with their own projects and then we never really got around to finishing the full EP. This is the first and only single to emerge from the three or four writing sessions back and forth, as the rest of the projects are somewhere on a hard drive in Crown Heights.
This very well might be the last piece of unreleased original music of Andrew's.
I feel it’s best to put it out into the world and allow the universe to employ its reach. Unfortunately, this is the debut single as well as the last single of Crown Heights Royal that will ever surface.
The world really lost a good one this week, a son, a father, a brother, a close confidant, and a collaborator.
He will be missed beyond measure in my world, but I am thankful that he left so much of himself in his artwork, which we can always reference for memories.
With that said, please download, share and play this track as a way to remember, and celebrate the life of one of the kindest friends anyone ever had a staple of New York City musical fabric, and really great friend, the kind you never have enough of.
Some Pics From Our Adventures: bit.ly/2ONTbnV
Deepest condolences Andrew's nuclear family, his brother, and his daughter.
I Love You So Very Much Andrew, Rest Well.
Ae
__________________________
Crown Heights Royal | Drones (Crown Royal BKLN Mix)
Written by Neal Gustafson, Andrew Holbold, and Ben Moon Drums By Andrew Hobold in Crown Heights Brooklyn, NY Keyboards By Andrew Emil in Crown Heights Brooklyn, NY Guitars By Ben Moon in Crown Heights Brooklyn, NY Vocals By Ben Moon in Crown Heights Brooklyn, NY Arranged and Mixed By Andrew Emil in Chicago, IL Produced By Crown Heights Royal in Brooklyn, NYC
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Andrew Hobolt | Resources
Resident Advisor: bit.ly/2MW9ufJ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2MUTniI Traxsource: bit.ly/2Z1rDzg Beatport: bit.ly/31vKOii iTunes: apple.co/2TmYrNO YouTube: bit.ly/2Tpm9cf Twitter: bit.ly/2OOeW6V Crown Heights Royal: bit.ly/2KFShEH
CHANGE REQUEST - ACID WATTS
Andrew Emil’s ‘Change Request’ project has been an expressive outlet for him since its creation. Never a dull moment in what to expect out of his Chicago based studio, his palette goes all the way from downtempo ambient, sleazy mid-tempo tracks, all the way to off-kilter high bpm records.
He comes to the Dallas, Texas-based Audiophile Deep with his brand new ‘Acid Watts’, a 105 bpm acid track that has completely captured the hearts of the label’s A&R team.
The package comes with remixes from label familiar Lewis Beck, who offers a higher bpm indie version, as well as The Outfit aka Dan X with a stripped back tech-house number.
LABEL: Audiophile Deep CATALOG: APD242 RELEASE DATE: 2019-08-08 BUY: go.apmg.io/APD242
CHANGE REQUEST - ACID WATTS
Andrew Emil’s ‘Change Request’ project has been an expressive outlet for him since its creation. Never a dull moment in what to expect out of his Chicago based studio, his palette goes all the way from downtempo ambient, sleazy mid-tempo tracks, all the way to off-kilter high bpm records.
He comes to the Dallas, Texas-based Audiophile Deep with his brand new ‘Acid Watts’, a 105 bpm acid track that has completely captured the hearts of the label’s A&R team.
The package comes with remixes from label familiar Lewis Beck, who offers a higher bpm indie version, as well as The Outfit aka Dan X with a stripped back tech-house number.
LABEL: Audiophile Deep CATALOG: APD242 RELEASE DATE: 2019-08-08 BUY: go.apmg.io/APD242
Next | Too Close (Change Request ReVision)
For this Revision, I went after an instrumental that has gotten much play from me over the years in countless sets. A 90s classic from my Junior year of high-school from the group R&B Next.
“Too Close” is was written by Terry Brown, Robert Huggar, Raphael Brown and features uncredited vocals from Vee of Koffee Brown.
Released in September 1997 as the second single from their debut album ‘Rated Next’, this song reached number one on the US Hot 100 and R&B charts and has been certified Platinum.
Produced by Kay Gee aka DJ Kay Gee from Naughty By Nature, featuring a sample of the Kurtis Blow user-classic Christmas Rappin’, “Too Close” is a quintessential Chicago Steppers Delight.
I remade this mid-tempo groove sandwich with standard instrumentations, including Fender Rhodes, DX7 Electric Piano, and Prophet Bass and Pads, reprogramed the drums around the same sample taken from the Kurtis Blow track.
Michael Gray | 24 7 People (The Remixes)
Another massive package of Midnight Riot dancefloor pleasure for you, raise your hands as the '24 7 People' remixes are here.
Michael Gray's summer anthem gets the party treatment from Yam Who?, Ladies On Mars, Andrew Emil & Mindbuster.
It's guaranteed sun-kissed disco magic, deep house dreaminess and electronic sleaziness, perfect for everything from festivals, daytime rooftop affairs, and massive all-nighters.
Label: Midnight Riot Catalog No: MIDRIOTD202 Release Date: August 5th, 2019
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Michael Gray | 24 7 People (The Remixes)
Another massive package of Midnight Riot dancefloor pleasure for you, raise your hands as the '24 7 People' remixes are here.
Michael Gray's summer anthem gets the party treatment from Yam Who?, Ladies On Mars, Andrew Emil & Mindbuster.
It's guaranteed sun-kissed disco magic, deep house dreaminess and electronic sleaziness, perfect for everything from festivals, daytime rooftop affairs, and massive all-nighters.
Label: Midnight Riot Catalog No: MIDRIOTD202 Release Date: August 5th, 2019
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
The SOS Band | No One's Gonna Love You (Change Request Extended Fantasy)
Having written for The SOS Band before and freshly coming off being fired from The Time—by The Purple One himself, Mister Jamie Starr—Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis officially started their full-time music production careers with this song and this album at Master Sound Studio for Tabu Records in Atlanta.
A favorite single off The SOS Band’s fifth studio album—1984s Just The Way You Like It—“No One's Gonna Love You”, much like this entire record, was written and produced by the Dynamic Duo from Minneapolis.
Peaking at just #6 on the Billboard R&B Albums charts, this song would continue to see Jam & Lewis developing their early takes of drum machines in popular R&B, this time featuring the brand new Roland TR-808.
Students of Prince, but graduates of The Minneapolis Sound, this would be one of the first productions of theirs that would go on to heavily influence groups like Loose Ends and 52nd Street as well as being sampled 49 times by artists such as Tupac, New Edition, Snoop Dogg, Foxy Brown, Maxwell, and A$AP Rocky among many others.
I have always loved this song and like most of their productions from this era, their arrangements and formatting were hyper-focused on developing their quick succession of sections that could all be hooks, a benchmark of the Jam & Lewis songwriting aesthetic.
Forging a new rhythm section here composed in the zeitgeist, I added all the Minneapolis Sound drum favorites for the era in the mix—from The Oberheim DMX/DX and LinnDrumm LM-1/LM-2 to the standard Roland TR-808 percussion ensemble as well as The Sequential Circuits Drumtraks (which wasn’t used on this album as it was released in the same year of it)—to put some “Get Right” on this 25-year old recording.
Extending the instrumental sections and symmetrically repeating the hook, I made the longest version of this there is, clocking in at just over 10mins. Saturating the polyrhythmic additional programming, this modern version is now armed for Dance Floor Destruction or Dinner & A Movie Devastation.
A Special Shoutout To A Special Someone: Whereas The Surreality Of The Reality Is What Really Feels Like A Fantasy
Enjoy!
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings
As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions.
His composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions.
Cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios, after a life in live music performance in orchestras to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones.
2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion.
Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records.
2018 saw the emergence of the second generation of the Change Request moniker with Emotive Emotion EP on Natural Rhythm Music, debuting tracks such as “Pieces Of A Dream”, “Sidewalk” and “This Time Around”.
Remixing artists along the way, including “Electricity” on Colette’s Candy Talk imprint and three songs for electronic pop duo Dirty Sole, Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions.
The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext.
The first of this series sees him diving into a Québécois fable of love lost and unrequited desire with “RiteOnRed” for Dufflebag Recordings.
This ten-track album is an explicit emotive journey into the depths of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
With All My Love,
@AndrewEmil | @ChangeRequest
Dufflebag: bit.ly/2HlBxlD Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH iTunes: apple.co/2JE3m9S Beatport: bit.ly/2JFHLho Traxsource: bit.ly/2XXRRyd Amazon: amzn.to/2Z0PPhR Juno: bit.ly/2GjJo2h YouTube: bit.ly/2GkgTBx
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings
As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions.
His composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions.
Cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios, after a life in live music performance in orchestras to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones.
2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion.
Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records.
2018 saw the emergence of the second generation of the Change Request moniker with Emotive Emotion EP on Natural Rhythm Music, debuting tracks such as “Pieces Of A Dream”, “Sidewalk” and “This Time Around”.
Remixing artists along the way, including “Electricity” on Colette’s Candy Talk imprint and three songs for electronic pop duo Dirty Sole, Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions.
The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext.
The first of this series sees him diving into a Québécois fable of love lost and unrequited desire with “RiteOnRed” for Dufflebag Recordings.
This ten-track album is an explicit emotive journey into the depths of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
With All My Love,
@AndrewEmil | @ChangeRequest
Dufflebag: bit.ly/2HlBxlD Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH iTunes: apple.co/2JE3m9S Beatport: bit.ly/2JFHLho Traxsource: bit.ly/2XXRRyd Amazon: amzn.to/2Z0PPhR Juno: bit.ly/2GjJo2h YouTube: bit.ly/30EBKqU
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings
As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions.
His composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions.
Cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios, after a life in live music performance in orchestras to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones.
2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion.
Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records.
2018 saw the emergence of the second generation of the Change Request moniker with Emotive Emotion EP on Natural Rhythm Music, debuting tracks such as “Pieces Of A Dream”, “Sidewalk” and “This Time Around”.
Remixing artists along the way, including “Electricity” on Colette’s Candy Talk imprint and three songs for electronic pop duo Dirty Sole, Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions.
The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext.
The first of this series sees him diving into a Québécois fable of love lost and unrequited desire with “RiteOnRed” for Dufflebag Recordings.
This ten-track album is an explicit emotive journey into the depths of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
With All My Love,
@AndrewEmil | @ChangeRequest
Dufflebag: bit.ly/2HlBxlD Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH iTunes: apple.co/2JE3m9S Beatport: bit.ly/2JFHLho Traxsource: bit.ly/2XXRRyd Amazon: amzn.to/2Z0PPhR Juno: bit.ly/2GjJo2h YouTube: bit.ly/2LuPPnw
George Maple | Talk Talk (Moon Boots Remix) [Change Request ReVision]
For this ReVision, I wanted to create a more dance floor friendly version of an already stellar remix, taking a long run for the listener and creating a more dance floor centric interpretation.
George Maple's “Talk Talk” was her first track that got three official remixes commissioned and the Moon Boots Remix was the first one to come out in 2015.
The tune itself features quintessential compositional approaches and sound design techniques that Pete Dougherty would later become well known for, informing his euphoric approach to dance floor delights as Moon Boots.
Rearranging the entire tune, I added more spatial effects for transitional purposes, programmed a much more vivacious rhythm section, and turned this remix I might play once and a while into something I will play often.
Enjoy!
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings
As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions.
His composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions.
Cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios, after a life in live music performance in orchestras to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones.
2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion.
Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records.
2018 saw the emergence of the second generation of the Change Request moniker with Emotive Emotion EP on Natural Rhythm Music, debuting tracks such as “Pieces Of A Dream”, “Sidewalk” and “This Time Around”.
Remixing artists along the way, including “Electricity” on Colette’s Candy Talk imprint and three songs for electronic pop duo Dirty Sole, Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions.
The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext.
The first of this series sees him diving into a Québécois fable of love lost and unrequited desire with “RiteOnRed” for Dufflebag Recordings.
This ten-track album is an explicit emotive journey into the depths of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
With All My Love,
@AndrewEmil | @ChangeRequest
Dufflebag: bit.ly/2HlBxlD Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH iTunes: apple.co/2JE3m9S Beatport: bit.ly/2JFHLho Traxsource: bit.ly/2XXRRyd Amazon: amzn.to/2Z0PPhR Juno: bit.ly/2GjJo2h YouTube: bit.ly/2xY4grm
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings
As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions.
His composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions.
Cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios, after a life in live music performance in orchestras to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones.
2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion.
Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records.
2018 saw the emergence of the second generation of the Change Request moniker with Emotive Emotion EP on Natural Rhythm Music, debuting tracks such as “Pieces Of A Dream”, “Sidewalk” and “This Time Around”.
Remixing artists along the way, including “Electricity” on Colette’s Candy Talk imprint and three songs for electronic pop duo Dirty Sole, Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions.
The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext.
The first of this series sees him diving into a Québécois fable of love lost and unrequited desire with “RiteOnRed” for Dufflebag Recordings.
This ten-track album is an explicit emotive journey into the depths of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
With All My Love,
@AndrewEmil | @ChangeRequest
Dufflebag: bit.ly/2HlBxlD Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH iTunes: apple.co/2JE3m9S Beatport: bit.ly/2JFHLho Traxsource: bit.ly/2XXRRyd Amazon: amzn.to/2Z0PPhR Juno: bit.ly/2GjJo2h YouTube: bit.ly/2JTKN0k
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings
As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions.
His composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions.
Cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios, after a life in live music performance in orchestras to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones.
2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion.
Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records.
2018 saw the emergence of the second generation of the Change Request moniker with Emotive Emotion EP on Natural Rhythm Music, debuting tracks such as “Pieces Of A Dream”, “Sidewalk” and “This Time Around”.
Remixing artists along the way, including “Electricity” on Colette’s Candy Talk imprint and three songs for electronic pop duo Dirty Sole, Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions.
The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext.
The first of this series sees him diving into a Québécois fable of love lost and unrequited desire with “RiteOnRed” for Dufflebag Recordings.
This ten-track album is an explicit emotive journey into the depths of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
With All My Love,
@AndrewEmil | @ChangeRequest
Dufflebag: bit.ly/2HlBxlD Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH iTunes: apple.co/2JE3m9S Beatport: bit.ly/2JFHLho Traxsource: bit.ly/2XXRRyd Amazon: amzn.to/2Z0PPhR Juno: bit.ly/2GjJo2h YouTube: bit.ly/2xVXrX7
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings
As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions.
His composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions.
Cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios, after a life in live music performance in orchestras to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones.
2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion.
Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records.
2018 saw the emergence of the second generation of the Change Request moniker with Emotive Emotion EP on Natural Rhythm Music, debuting tracks such as “Pieces Of A Dream”, “Sidewalk” and “This Time Around”.
Remixing artists along the way, including “Electricity” on Colette’s Candy Talk imprint and three songs for electronic pop duo Dirty Sole, Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions.
The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext.
The first of this series sees him diving into a Québécois fable of love lost and unrequited desire with “RiteOnRed” for Dufflebag Recordings.
This ten-track album is an explicit emotive journey into the depths of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
With All My Love,
@AndrewEmil | @ChangeRequest
Dufflebag: bit.ly/2HlBxlD Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH iTunes: apple.co/2JE3m9S Beatport: bit.ly/2JFHLho Traxsource: bit.ly/2XXRRyd Amazon: amzn.to/2Z0PPhR Juno: bit.ly/2GjJo2h YouTube: bit.ly/2JHfRSm
5 Magazine Premier: bit.ly/2Ljyu0n
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings
As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions.
His composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions.
Cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios, after a life in live music performance in orchestras to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones.
2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion.
Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records.
2018 saw the emergence of the second generation of the Change Request moniker with Emotive Emotion EP on Natural Rhythm Music, debuting tracks such as “Pieces Of A Dream”, “Sidewalk” and “This Time Around”.
Remixing artists along the way, including “Electricity” on Colette’s Candy Talk imprint and three songs for electronic pop duo Dirty Sole, Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions.
The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext.
The first of this series sees him diving into a Québécois fable of love lost and unrequited desire with “RiteOnRed” for Dufflebag Recordings.
This ten-track album is an explicit emotive journey into the depths of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
With All My Love,
@AndrewEmil | @ChangeRequest
Dufflebag: bit.ly/2HlBxlD Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH iTunes: apple.co/2JE3m9S Beatport: bit.ly/2JFHLho Traxsource: bit.ly/2XXRRyd Amazon: amzn.to/2Z0PPhR Juno: bit.ly/2GjJo2h YouTube: bit.ly/2LZDlmZ
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings
As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions.
His composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions.
Cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios, after a life in live music performance in orchestras to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones.
2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion.
Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records.
2018 saw the emergence of the second generation of the Change Request moniker with Emotive Emotion EP on Natural Rhythm Music, debuting tracks such as “Pieces Of A Dream”, “Sidewalk” and “This Time Around”.
Remixing artists along the way, including “Electricity” on Colette’s Candy Talk imprint and three songs for electronic pop duo Dirty Sole, Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions.
The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext.
The first of this series sees him diving into a Québécois fable of love lost and unrequited desire with “RiteOnRed” for Dufflebag Recordings.
This ten-track album is an explicit emotive journey into the depths of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
With All My Love,
@AndrewEmil | @ChangeRequest
Dufflebag: bit.ly/2HlBxlD Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH iTunes: apple.co/2JE3m9S Beatport: bit.ly/2JFHLho Traxsource: bit.ly/2XXRRyd Amazon: amzn.to/2Z0PPhR Juno: bit.ly/2GjJo2h YouTube: bit.ly/2M1QWdF
Change Request | RiteOnRed - Dufflebag Recordings
As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions.
His composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions.
Cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios, after a life in live music performance in orchestras to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones.
2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion.
Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records.
2018 saw the emergence of the second generation of the Change Request moniker with Emotive Emotion EP on Natural Rhythm Music, debuting tracks such as “Pieces Of A Dream”, “Sidewalk” and “This Time Around”.
Remixing artists along the way, including “Electricity” on Colette’s Candy Talk imprint and three songs for electronic pop duo Dirty Sole, Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions.
The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext.
The first of this series sees him diving into a Québécois fable of love lost and unrequited desire with “RiteOnRed” for Dufflebag Recordings.
This ten-track album is an explicit emotive journey into the depths of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sonic coloring, and languishing lieder.
With All My Love,
@AndrewEmil | @ChangeRequest
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Karl X Johan | Never Leave Me (Change Request 2M19 Mix)
For this 2M19 Mix, I went subaquatic, submerging the first single from the Swedish duo's debut.
Released on Stockholm’s #Emotion imprint, “Never Leave Me” was the first single off of Swedish electro-pop duo Karl X Johan debut album in 2014.
The tune itself is a looped slice of synthetic euphoria with a sticky hook that repeats the titular refrain boldly. I was drawn to its ominous vocals and lyrical content, reminiscent of Peter Gabriel.
Saturating this slice of electronic pop with soulful synthetics, I crafted a new version and laced it with electric bass, Prophet pads, multi-rhythmic reverberated pluck patterns, and a straight-up-the-middle rhythm section.
The extended vocal dub and the instrumental version of my mix are included here.
Enjoy!
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Karl X Johan | Never Leave Me (Change Request 2M19 Mix)
For this 2M19 Mix, I went subaquatic, submerging the first single from the Swedish duo's debut.
Released on Stockholm’s #Emotion imprint, “Never Leave Me” was the first single off of Swedish electro-pop duo Karl X Johan debut album in 2014.
The tune itself is a looped slice of synthetic euphoria with a sticky hook that repeats the titular refrain boldly. I was drawn to its ominous vocals and lyrical content, reminiscent of Peter Gabriel.
Saturating this slice of electronic pop with soulful synthetics, I crafted a new version and laced it with electric bass, Prophet pads, multi-rhythmic reverberated pluck patterns, and a straight-up-the-middle rhythm section.
The extended vocal dub and the instrumental version of my mix are included here.
Enjoy!
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Vladimir Petrovic | Ballade (Change Request Nocturne)
For this re-rub, I used clips of a video I found on Facebook of an artist whose work I have become to really admire. Serbian artist Vladimir Petrovic is a producer of lush electric soul music with a decided focus on his virtuosic guitar playing.
This particular song of his was a thirty-second video clip that checked off all the boxes for me as far as sound design, harmonic motion, and orchestration.
However, it needs a rhythm section with more vivacity, an arrangement that highlighted the original musical ideas and source material in a way that let them breathe, and benefited from a few connective passing musical gestures ornamenting his fantastic guitar work and tone.
I hope you all enjoy this emotive sliver of Musical Noir with my Nocturnal take on this delectable electric nu-jazz poem.
Written by Vladimir Petrovic in Belgrade, Serbia. Additional production and arrangement by Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson in Chicago, IL.
Enjoy!
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Perseus | Cool Runnings (Change Request 2M19 Mix)
For this remix, I update a very frequent summertime selection of mine from the French Express label founder, Perseus.
“Cool Runnings” was released in 2012 on the New York City imprint on his Russian Girlfriends EP. It features prominently vocal samples from “After The Club” by Ashanti.
This track has always been a favorite of mine since it’s release, but I felt is always needed more drum programming and a longer extended arrangement for my liking, which is what I did here.
Enjoy!
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Change Request | Hommage à Philippe
This was created in memoriam to Philippe “Zdar” Cerboneschi, the highly influential production maestro. Cerboneschi became one of the fathers of the French Touch movement, as half of the duo Motorbass with Étienne de Crécy, but later joining forces with Hubert Blanc-Fracard to form Cassius.
His work over the years included these two personal projects and La Funk Mob, as well as producing recordings for Kanye West, Daft Punk, the Beastie Boys, Pharrell Williams, Franz Ferdinand, The Rapture, Hot Chip, Mc Solaar, and the band Phoenix, to which he won a Grammy Award for with 2009’s “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix”.
For this Hommage, I finally produced an idea that I had for some time now to rework a sample from a favorite Phoenix song—unfortunate it took his passing to prioritize it—he produced, called “Too Young”. This song has been embedded in my subconscious for many years and it’s an exemplary representation of the type of timeless nature of Zdar’s work.
Using the chorus section, I built the entire piece around this harmonic motion and took it entirely somewhere else. Ambitiously, I tried to capture the same emotive qualities of the original whilst detouring a directional shift. I included audio excerpts from a Telegram interview with him (Dans Le Studio de Philippe Zdar).
For further understanding of his distinctive techniques, explore this comprehensive production discussion with Zdar from December 2018: Speakhertz | Philippe Zdar Interview: bit.ly/2WVt6a0
RIP Philippe “Zdar” Cerboneschi
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Andrew Emil Feat. Mz. Gabriela & Reggie Hall | When She Spoke (Original Extended Mix)
This record came out 14 years ago, but I produced it 16 years ago. I wrote this when I was 22 years old, and it was one of the first records where I felt the push to make organic mid-tempo jazz-laden deep house music.
Mz. Gabriela Rodriguez and I met as she was a regular at a weekly house night called 3Degrees, held every Weds at a former Chicago mainstay club, Zentra. She is a very talented wordsmith and dynamic human. This song features sections I pull out of her poem, “When Patrica Spoke”
The vocals came by way of an emerging friendship that was just developing with Glenn Underground, Boo, Tim Harper, Cei Bei, and the rest of the Strictly Jaz Unit. I used to hang with GU at his place out south, and wrote a few things together, and learned much more than I could have ever imagined about effortless mastery from the most prolific dance music maestro in all of Chicago.
Glenn was an advocate for me early on and would link me up with different session players and singers, knowing that I would be able to return the favor with my session work. One such session singer was Ten City, Joe Smooth, Paris Mitchell, and Quintin Harris collaborator and session singer, Reggie Hall.
This might even have been the actual birth of the Change Request project and sound, as I do remember from this period on, writing mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion songs, and not really knowing where to take them for release, as they would—of course—need remixes to appeal to the dance floor.
As much as I completely understand this point, I really wanted to explore what and where these types of grooves, moods, and tempos would fit in at and who they would appeal to.
This is music you can listen to all day long, it’s got all the elements to relax and reflect, but also contains the right formula to be utilized for dance recreation. This type of hybrid use case music was something that highly intrigued me then, and is a focus of much of my work now on Change Request projects.
I was grateful to find a label and an A&R who believed in this project and sound. Sean Smith was getting his label Smooth Agent Records off the ground and with the promise of a Johnny Fiasco remix to sweeten the offer, I knew this was the right decision for a 22-year-old to make with one of my first all original projects that I wrote every part for.
However, as it was a surprise to me, my Original Extended Mix wasn’t the one that made it to the single. It was an edit that Sean did, and It wasn’t a bad edit, but it wasn’t my Original Mix.
For the very first time in a decade in a half, I am making the Original Extended Mix and the Original Extended Instrumental available to the public as a FREE Download.
This record was a very special one for me in shaping my confidence in trusting my musical instincts—creating ideas that speak to my artistic vision first—then, figuring out what to do with the recordings after, and not the other way around.
Enjoy!
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When She Spoke (Smooth Agent Records) YouTube: bit.ly/2FeNt7s Discogs: bit.ly/2IhBiZa Spotify: spoti.fi/2Kkxo41 iTunes: apple.co/2IhZtXx FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
Andrew Emil Feat. Mz. Gabriela & Reggie Hall | When She Spoke (Original Extended Mix)
This record came out 14 years ago, but I produced it 16 years ago. I wrote this when I was 22 years old, and it was one of the first records where I felt the push to make organic mid-tempo jazz-laden deep house music.
Mz. Gabriela Rodriguez and I met as she was a regular at a weekly house night called 3Degrees, held every Weds at a former Chicago mainstay club, Zentra. She is a very talented wordsmith and dynamic human. This song features sections I pull out of her poem, “When Patrica Spoke”
The vocals came by way of an emerging friendship that was just developing with Glenn Underground, Boo, Tim Harper, Cei Bei, and the rest of the Strictly Jaz Unit. I used to hang with GU at his place out south, and wrote a few things together, and learned much more than I could have ever imagined about effortless mastery from the most prolific dance music maestro in all of Chicago.
Glenn was an advocate for me early on and would link me up with different session players and singers, knowing that I would be able to return the favor with my session work. One such session singer was Ten City, Joe Smooth, Paris Mitchell, and Quintin Harris collaborator and session singer, Reggie Hall.
This might even have been the actual birth of the Change Request project and sound, as I do remember from this period on, writing mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion songs, and not really knowing where to take them for release, as they would—of course—need remixes to appeal to the dance floor.
As much as I completely understand this point, I really wanted to explore what and where these types of grooves, moods, and tempos would fit in at and who they would appeal to.
This is music you can listen to all day long, it’s got all the elements to relax and reflect, but also contains the right formula to be utilized for dance recreation. This type of hybrid use case music was something that highly intrigued me then, and is a focus of much of my work now on Change Request projects.
I was grateful to find a label and an A&R who believed in this project and sound. Sean Smith was getting his label Smooth Agent Records off the ground and with the promise of a Johnny Fiasco remix to sweeten the offer, I knew this was the right decision for a 22-year-old to make with one of my first all original projects that I wrote every part for.
However, as it was a surprise to me, my Original Extended Mix wasn’t the one that made it to the single. It was an edit that Sean did, and It wasn’t a bad edit, but it wasn’t my Original Mix.
For the very first time in a decade in a half, I am making the Original Extended Mix and the Original Extended Instrumental available to the public as a FREE Download.
This record was a very special one for me in shaping my confidence in trusting my musical instincts—creating ideas that speak to my artistic vision first—then, figuring out what to do with the recordings after, and not the other way around.
Enjoy!
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
When She Spoke (Smooth Agent Records) YouTube: bit.ly/2FeNt7s Discogs: bit.ly/2IhBiZa Spotify: spoti.fi/2Kkxo41 iTunes: apple.co/2IhZtXx FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)
Vulfpeck | Disco Ulysses (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
For this Dreamix, I finally got around to reworking a song from one of today’s foremost funk phenomenons, the formidable force known as Vulfpeck.
Cory Wong, Jack Stratton, Theo Katzman, Woody Goss, and Joe Dart have made a career out of absolutely electric rhythmic counterpoint, virtuosic pocket playing, and crafting grooves that are just as infectious as they are memorable.
I made an extended—Bathroom Break Mix—version of their recently released instrumental, Disco Ulysses. A rework that explores longer arrangements, many further developed orchestrations, additional drum programming, and clocks in at a bit slower tempo.
Designed For The Discerning
Enjoy!
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Madonna | Live To Tell (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I went after a top-three song from this artist and one that is considered the most exceptional ballad she ever wrote.
"Live to Tell" is the lead single from Madonna's third studio album, 1986's True Blue and It became Madonna's third number-one single in the US, and her second number-one that is featured in a film after "Crazy for You."
Written by Patrick Leonard for the score of the film Fire with Fire, the instrumental was shown to Madonna, who decided to use it for her husband Sean Penn's film At Close Range. She then wrote the lyrics and co-wrote/produced them with Leonard.
I have always loved this instrumental for its classic 80s instrumentation, synth choices, drum machines, and iconic early digital reverb.
The drum sound on this recording makes use of a recently developed technique at that time of gating the spatial effects returns of the drum tracks. The gate opens and closes quickly giving a nurse of huge transient and attack, but cuts the sustain and removes the decay of the reverb as to make the drums, especially the snare, jump out of the speakers.
This intentional use of a noise age as a creative device in this manner is a now-standard recording technique called gated-reverb. However, this technique was invented by accident while producer Steve Lillywhite and engineer Hugh Padgham were recording Phil Collins drum tracks on the song "Intruder" off Peter Gabriel's third studio album.
Collins would go on to make this sound a centerpiece of his work with almost every single hit record he made after this featuring this gated reverb drum sound.
For this ReVision, I actually for the first time, used parts of the original record, as I want to re-arrange this song for some time now.
Eventide's SP2016, the Lexicon224, and the EMT250 reverb is THE sound of the era as some of the first rack-mounted studio processors were being introduced. The entire tone of 1980s recordings arts can pretty much be summed up with just these three spatial effects alone.
I added a relevant rhythm section and drum programming, using these classic reverbs, added many more synthesis layers and harmonic textures, some string melodies, rhythm guitar, and a re-written keyboard part in the section in the bridge with a classic Yamaha DX7.
Brazill Feat. Cheri Soul | Needing Your Love (Change Request Dreamix)
Being very fortunate to have crossed paths, as we see very much eye to eye about our perspectives on exploring and designing sound, it’s rare that I can find a writing partner that has as diverse of taste in music that they write, can keep up and has the chops.
One of the most important musicians I have worked with—consistently—writing a total near 40 projects together—over the past three years is a local multi-instrumentalist who might recognize from his sessions shredding your transit wait to pieces while he plays in the Jackson Blue Line Station weekly.
Adrian Davis (Adr Brazil/Brazill) is a virtuosic guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer of sensual future R&B, has a long history of live performance in many rock ensembles before he found his way to the music production world, digital audio workstations, and the limitless world of virtualized instruments and effect processors.
We exchange work, sit in on each other’s sessions, and directly write music together, many of our first songs together will be released on my Change Request album for the Minneapolis label, Abstrakt Xpressions coming this September.
Last year, as Adrian was putting together his next solo record, which is amazing, and he just began to shop around the full LP. Having a few of the singles done for some time, he asked I would like to remix one, and this song he did with the Chicago-based songstress, Cheri Soul, always stuck out to me.
For this remix, I took a four to the floor dance records, slowed it down, spaced it out, and created a love acid jazz meets smooth jazz, with all that jazz.
Thanks for all the sincere and endearing birthday well wishes!
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My birthday is coming up this week, May 29th, so I thought this would be a good time for me to give back—a musical gift—a piece of Chicago’s history.
Last year, I had the opportunity, pleasure, and honor to author my first long-form content project. This substantial piece of journalism took form as an editorial documentary of the musical instrument product category.
That product category happened to be the century-long contemporary history of the drum machine, tracing its diaspora through the years, and assessing its cultural impact within the modern musical landscape:
Electric Rhythm: The History Of The Drum Machine | Reverb Documentary: goo.gl/MfT1zq
Writing the initial research paper, and assisting with shooting and location scouting (Thanks again Danny The Wildchild), I was also tasked with rounding up some original music for this production.
Instead of just making some original music of my own—which could have been easily accomplished—I wanted to give this opportunity to an elder craft-master who deserved to have their commissioned original work be featured in the most comprehensive documentary about the drum machine ever made.
The idea for the music was just to have the producer craft each track based a particularly significant drum machine. The one person that I came directly to mind at the top of my list of candidates that would be perfect for this job, and absolutely deserved the opportunity was the prolific prodigy and hit-making beatsmith, Mr. Paul Johnson.
Paul turned in five fantastic works that are all featured in the film, and work perfectly for their scoring utility. However, three of them, I loved as self-contained dance musical works and made playable edits of them for my personal DJ use:
- Paul Johnson | LinnDrum Track (Andrew Emil Extended Edit)
- Paul Johnson | SP-12 Track (Andrew Emil Extended Edit)
- Paul Johnson | TR-808 Track (Andrew Emil Extended Edit)
For my birthday is this week, I am going to give them away to the world as they have brought me much joy far beyond their use in the project they were initially commissioned for.
Thanks again to the super homie deluxe—Mr. Paul Johnson—for being an admirable friend, an inspiration for decades, and for really coming through for me on this one!
Enjoy!
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My birthday is coming up this week, May 29th, so I thought this would be a good time for me to give back—a musical gift—a piece of Chicago’s history.
Last year, I had the opportunity, pleasure, and honor to author my first long-form content project. This substantial piece of journalism took form as an editorial documentary of the musical instrument product category.
That product category happened to be the century-long contemporary history of the drum machine, tracing its diaspora through the years, and assessing its cultural impact within the modern musical landscape:
Electric Rhythm: The History Of The Drum Machine | Reverb Documentary: goo.gl/MfT1zq
Writing the initial research paper, and assisting with shooting and location scouting (Thanks again Danny The Wildchild), I was also tasked with rounding up some original music for this production.
Instead of just making some original music of my own—which could have been easily accomplished—I wanted to give this opportunity to an elder craft-master who deserved to have their commissioned original work be featured in the most comprehensive documentary about the drum machine ever made.
The idea for the music was just to have the producer craft each track based a particularly significant drum machine. The one person that I came directly to mind at the top of my list of candidates that would be perfect for this job, and absolutely deserved the opportunity was the prolific prodigy and hit-making beatsmith, Mr. Paul Johnson.
Paul turned in five fantastic works that are all featured in the film, and work perfectly for their scoring utility. However, three of them, I loved as self-contained dance musical works and made playable edits of them for my personal DJ use:
- Paul Johnson | LinnDrum Track (Andrew Emil Extended Edit)
- Paul Johnson | SP-12 Track (Andrew Emil Extended Edit)
- Paul Johnson | TR-808 Track (Andrew Emil Extended Edit)
For my birthday is this week, I am going to give them away to the world as they have brought me much joy far beyond their use in the project they were initially commissioned for.
Thanks again to the super homie deluxe—Mr. Paul Johnson—for being an admirable friend, an inspiration for decades, and for really coming through for me on this one!
Enjoy!
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
My birthday is coming up this week, May 29th, so I thought this would be a good time for me to give back—a musical gift—a piece of Chicago’s history.
Last year, I had the opportunity, pleasure, and honor to author my first long-form content project. This substantial piece of journalism took form as an editorial documentary of the musical instrument product category.
That product category happened to be the century-long contemporary history of the drum machine, tracing its diaspora through the years, and assessing its cultural impact within the modern musical landscape:
Electric Rhythm: The History Of The Drum Machine | Reverb Documentary: goo.gl/MfT1zq
Writing the initial research paper, and assisting with shooting and location scouting (Thanks again Danny The Wildchild), I was also tasked with rounding up some original music for this production.
Instead of just making some original music of my own—which could have been easily accomplished—I wanted to give this opportunity to an elder craft-master who deserved to have their commissioned original work be featured in the most comprehensive documentary about the drum machine ever made.
The idea for the music was just to have the producer craft each track based a particularly significant drum machine. The one person that I came directly to mind at the top of my list of candidates that would be perfect for this job, and absolutely deserved the opportunity was the prolific prodigy and hit-making beatsmith, Mr. Paul Johnson.
Paul turned in five fantastic works that are all featured in the film, and work perfectly for their scoring utility. However, three of them, I loved as self-contained dance musical works and made playable edits of them for my personal DJ use:
- Paul Johnson | LinnDrum Track (Andrew Emil Extended Edit)
- Paul Johnson | SP-12 Track (Andrew Emil Extended Edit)
- Paul Johnson | TR-808 Track (Andrew Emil Extended Edit)
For my birthday is this week, I am going to give them away to the world as they have brought me much joy far beyond their use in the project they were initially commissioned for.
Thanks again to the super homie deluxe—Mr. Paul Johnson—for being an admirable friend, an inspiration for decades, and for really coming through for me on this one!
Enjoy!
@AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
Madison Avenue | Don't Call Me Baby [The Dronez Old School Mix] (Ae’s Dub Edit)
For this personal DJ Tool, I am releasing a private stock Ae Dub Edit of a sleeper remix of the Australian duo’s first single off their only album, 2000’s “The Polyester Embassy”.
Madison Avenue was an Australian electronic music duo consisting of writer-producer Andy Van Dorsselaer and singer-lyricist Cheyne Coates.
“Don’t Call Me Baby”, was their highest point in the duo’s history, peaking at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart in 1999 and number one in New Zealand and the United Kingdom in 2000.
The song features a bassline sample from "Ma Quale Idea" by Italo disco artist Pino D'Angiò, which was initially based on the McFadden & Whitehead super-hit, "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now”.
This 1999 single got the proper dancefloor treatment from the go-to dynamic team and masters of the vocal house middle-ground, NYC/NJ’s Subliminal Records.
The Dronez is a remix ensemble made up of the core production team at Subliminal Records—Erick “More” Morillo, Harry "Choo Choo" Romero, and Jose Nuñez—who all had reputable production careers individually before forming Subliminal Records, but would collaborate as a trio under this moniker.
Only releasing a handful of mixes using this title, the super trio would take Pete Heller’s instant classic “Big Love” to a euphoric place, as well as make singles from groups like Madison Avenue more assessable.
I always loved this early Speed Garage/UKG/US-NYC Garage House style of records coming from NYC around this time—largely pioneered from the distinctive artwork of the one and only Todd Edwards—but this needed a DJ dub without the vocals and since that didn’t appear on the single, I made it myself.
Enjoy!
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Mikko Lindqvist | I'm Movin (Andrew Emil Dreamdub)
Andrew Emil Dreamixes of Finnish singer and owner of SLP Studio Helsinki, Mikko Lindqvist.
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Andrew Emil | The Dub Is Right (For Kevin Mills)
My good friend and fellow man of music—Kevin Mills—brought to my attention, yet again, some music from the fabric of our lives that was severely overlooked and under-appreciated.
The music for the game show The Price Is Right, didn’t just have a catchy theme song—famously remade by Paul Johnson and another version by Crystal Waters called “Come On Down”—the show also featured top-notch music for the interludes, showcase showdowns and many more.
Absolute classic 1970s Black American Popular Musicianship was on full display on this game show during the Bob Barker days.
Since Kevin Mills brought this to my attention, I sampled and reworked an interlude from the show and dedicated it to him.
Enjoy!
Ae
Tangerine Dream | Canyon Voices (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, having two major objectives in sight—remake a less popular Tangerine Dream song, and only use one synth/category of synths to do it—I dug into a lesser know record of the German electronic music pioneers, Tangerine Dream.
“Canyon Voices” is off of their fourteenth soundtrack album—Canyon Dreams—was stand out part of their compelling score to Jan Nickman’s film about the Grand Canyon, earning the group their first GRAMMY Award nomination.
Recorded in 1986 and released in 1991, this era of group featured Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke, and Paul Haslinger wrote and produced this whole album in preparation for it been synced with the motion picture.
Incorporating regional instruments and many native sounds of the American southwest, Tangerine Dream further confirmed that their grasp on dramatically emotive electronic music is a perfect fit for motion pictures.
“Canyon Voices” being a favorite work on this record custom soundtrack, I made this entire work with two instruments, utilizing only the top three emulations of them.
Classic Roland; Unmistakably Juno
I used the @ikmultimedia Syntronik take on the Juno-60, The @rolandcloud Juno-106, and—my personal fav—the ever impressive TAL U-NO-LX.
This was produced with @EventideAudio effects processing, including UltraReverb, SP2016 Reverb, and Tony Visconti’s Tverb, in addition to @Waves-Audio SSL Bus Compressor, H-Delay, and TrueVerb.
Enjoy!
Andrew Emil | Change Request
This Change Request ReVision was recreated as an aural illustration in support of an editorial article in Attack Mag. Read that article here: https://goo.gl/eryGxE
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Esbjörn Svensson Trio | Seven Days Of Falling (Change Request TripHop Dub)
For this downtempo dub, I re-edited the title track off of their 2003 album of the same name and refocused it into a very golden-era NYC instrumental hip-hop version.
Esbjörn Svensson became one of Europe's most successful jazz musicians at the dawn of the 21st Century, with albums like “EST Plays Monk”, “Gagarin's Point of View”, “Good Morning Susie Soho”, “Strange Place for Snow”, and “Seven Days of Falling” leading the way for their rise to notoriety.
“Seven Days Of Falling” was released on ACT Music, and remarkably charted on both Jazz and Popular Music charts further cementing Esbjörn Svensson’s status a leader of the modern Jazz movement coming from Europe around the turn of the century.
Formed in 1993, the Esbjörn Svensson Trio aka E.S.T. consisted of Dan Berglund on double bass, Magnus Öström on drums, and Esbjörn Svensson on piano as the trio’s leader and main songwriter.
Blurring traditional genre lines E.S.T. sites the music of artists from Béla Bartók to Radiohead as influences. Firmly rooted in the orthodox idiom of American Jazz, they employ heavy use of electronic effects, multitrack recording techniques, and elements from Rock, Pop, and even the Techno music of Detroit into their sonic paintings.
E.S.T. has been a massive favorite of mine since I came across their work in early 2013. Sadly, in June 2008 Esbjörn Svensson tragically died in a scuba diving accident near Stockholm.
This was produced with effects processing from @EventideAudio, including the SP2016 Reverb, and Tony Visconti’s Tverb and with @Waves-Audio TrueVerb and the H-Delay hybrid spatial processor.
Enjoy!
Andrew Emil | Change Request
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Deee-Lite | Groove Is In The Heart (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I reconstructed the most famous and successful song from one of the leaders of the New York New School of the 1990s.
Released as the first single from their debut album—World Clique—“Groove Is In The Heart” was released in August of 1990, and shot Deee-Lite into the stratosphere. This track’s crossover appeal was by design—claiming the number one spot on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Play in 1990—featuring guest vocalists Bootsy Collins and Q-Tip.
This song—remarkable—was a beacon of creative sampling, as one of the first radio played pop records to feature such an extensive list of source material, including snags from Bel-Sha-Zaar, Herbie Hancock, Vernon Burch, Ray Barretto Theme From Green Acres, Ralph MacDonald, Billy Preston, The Headhunters, Hateful Head Helen, and even more.
I remade this mimicking the programming of the original—which was a major challenge just to get the percussion sections to emulate a multilayer of samples being summed—added additional drums and rearranged the song to be a longer version that I always wanted.
I used the Roland JV-1080 to reproduce the horn sections and saturated everything to 1990. This was produced with @EventideAudio effects processing, including UltraReverb, SP2016 Reverb, and Tony Visconti’s Tverb.
SG Lewis | All Night (Change Request ReRub)
For this ReRub, I stripped down a track from a producer who has recently slid into regular rotation for me, SG Lewis.
The UK based young talent enlisted London wonder-kid, Dornik, for the vocal stylings on this first single from his 2016 full-length LP, Dusk.
Co-producing this track with Phairo, “All Night” utilizes a low slung groove with a decidedly French Touch synth side-chaining technique, one that has come to define much of the aspiring producer's recent sounds.
I stripped this down, sped it up, and added some extra synth and rhythm sections to dub this dance floor focused version far out into the night.
This was produced with @EventideAudio effects processing, including UltraReverb, SP2016 Reverb, Instant Phaser Mk II, and the H3000 Factory plugin version of the legendary hardware unit.
Enjoy!
Andrew Emil | Change Request
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Daft Punk | Something About Us (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I went after one of the less obvious hits from the French outfit. It’s always been a song of theirs that I have listened to more than any other. It’s a great example of subtle simplicity in harmonic motion and songwriting.
“Something About Us” is the sixth and final single off of Daft Punk’s LP, Discovery, from 2001. This song was also featured as a promotional item for the feature film—Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem—from 2003.
Beyond its use to score the animated love story of Shep and Stella from the film, its universal notions of unrequited love is a timeless plot within the context of the human emotional experience.
I recreated this with the standard orchestration the original calls for plus adding additional parts, rearranging the sections, and allowing the few instrumental part more room to spatially breath—by programming my drums around them, instead of affixing them on top of the groove—something I always wished the original did.
This was produced with @EventideAudio effects processing, including UltraReverb, SP2016 Reverb, Instant Phaser Mk II, and the H3000 Factory plugin version of the legendary hardware unit.
Oliver Cheatham | Get Down Saturday Night (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I took on the most popular tune from an all-around Detroit mainstay, Oliver Cheatham.
“Get Down Saturday Night” is the first single on his second album, 1983’s Saturday Night. The song reached number 37 on the Billboard R&B chart, as well as reaching number 38 on the UK Singles Chart that same year.
Produced by A.D.K. aka Al Hudson, vocalist, Kevin McCord, bassist, and Dave Roberson of the producer of the Detroit group, Soul Partners. They would later change their name to One Way, after their debut on ABC Records with 1979s, Especially For You LP.
I took this initial idea and fleshed it out into an entirely different place, teasing the arrangement until the full statement happens midway into the song. I recreated this with standard and modern orchestrations of Oberheim Pads, Juno-106 Bass, Electric Guitar, and more.
This was created using their award-winning Eventide Audio effects processing, from the ground-breaking modulation of the Instant Phaser Mk II, to their one-of-a-kind and spatial design tools—#SP2016Reverb, #UltraReverb, and the Tony Visconti designed #Tverb Reverb—this was
Janet Jackson | Escapade (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I took on the third single from her fourth album Rhythm Nation 1814, released in 1989.
Written, recorded, and produced by the dynamic duo of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, “Escapade” peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in early March 1990, becoming Jackson's third number-one single, and her sixth consecutive number-one single on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. This song also won a BMI Pop Award for Most Played Song in 1990.
Produced during the prime time of their relationship, Rhythm Nation 1814 is arguably the trios best effort—commercially and artistically—mastering the formula they had been progressively perfecting since their first outing together with 1986’s Control.
Remade with the classic Minneapolis lineup—LinnDrum LM-2, Oberheim DX, Oberheim OBX, and Yamaha DX7—this was recreated with @EventideAudio spatial processing, using the SP2016 Reverb, and the brand new Instant Phaser Mk II.
Moloko | Sing It Back (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
For this Dreamix, I put together a classic from an all-time favorite artist, Róisín Murphy.
Written and performed by Murphy and English bassist Mark Brydon—from Chakk and Cloud Nine—this song was recorded under the name Moloko.
Released as a single in 1999 off Moloko's second album, I Am Not a Doctor, “Sing It Back” peaked at #4 in the UK after it was given the remix treatment from the hit factory of Boris Dlugosch at Peppermint Jam.
Inspired during her time in New York City, Murphy later co-wrote and appeared on Boris Dlugosch's "Never Enough" single as a trade for his remix work that took this song to new heights.
I remade this one with the standard orchestrations of late 90s house music, including live electric bass, guitar, and a mixture of Fender Rhodes, electric pianos and Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 pads, and @eventideaudio modulation and reverberation.
Enjoy!
The Time | Chocolate (Ae's Dub Edit)
The second single from 1990’s Pandemonium, “Chocolate” by The Time, was written and produced by Jamie Starr / Prince.
Released on Paisley Park, this fourth album from The Time was a featured musical accompaniment to Prince’s fourth and final film production, Graffiti Bridge.
Re_Rubbed + Re_Dubbed
Enjoy!
Teddy Pendergrass | Love TKO (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I took some artistic freedom to redo one of my all-time favs from Mr. Teddy Pendergrass. This song was written by Cecil Womack & Gip Noble, Jr. for singer David Oliver appearing first on his album Here's To You in 1980, then being recorded by Teddy P for his fourth album the same year, TP.
Reaching Number 2 on the Billboard R&B Chart, this album from the mighty Teddy Pendergrass was the only album he recorded for Philadelphia International Records without any input from label founders Gamble and Huff.
“Love T.K.O.” has been covered by several artists including Deborah Harry, Regina Belle, Hall & Oates, Bette Midler, Boz Scaggs, Lambchop, Michael McDonald, Seal, and Modern Man. The original writer Cecil recorded it with Linda Womack, as Womack & Womack, appearing as "T.K.O." on their debut album Love Wars in 1983.
Using a mixture of Roland, Oberheim, Moog, and Fender instruments, I remade this song for the modern era with a touch of WNUA love. @AndrewEmil @ChangeRequest Website: bit.ly/2Vc9qOv Facebook: bit.ly/2vvHZQb Soundcloud: bit.ly/2vDI30h Instagram: bit.ly/2J87UFH
RYEBREAD | DIBS IS OVER (Change Request WNUA Steppers Delight)
Dibs - The practice of holding a shoveled-out parking space after a heavy snowfall by putting chairs, laundry baskets, or other items in the street to mark the claimed space. This is a time honored tradition in The City of Chicago for over a century. A practice supported and endorsed by many politicians and a majority of residents alike, the practice is not without its dissenters.
Love it or hate it, it's a Chicago tradition.
The Chicago MC—RYEBREAD—comes correct with his take on the practice, the vernacular and implications for the assertion of it. His original mix is a low slung hip-hop soundscape, featuring his internal dialogue as the narrator to the enduring dibs saga. RYEBREAD proclaims a contentious view—shared by many—with his seminal track “DIBS IS OVER”.
Having loved this track from the first time I heard it—mainly, for the controversial nature—I knew that I needed to do a mix of it to shed a different conceptual musical light on this indigenous tradition. For this Change Request mix, I took to creating a homage to the late, great WNUA radio station. An FM station that saw the likes of Ramsey Lewis—among others—find a home for contemporary jazz musicians from 1987 to 2009. No longer active, this station steadily broadcasted dusties, steppers, and modern smooth jazz for the sophisticated—Grown Folks—crowd for over two decades.
RIP | WNUA 95.5FM Chicago
Change Request WNUA Steppers Delight - https://goo.gl/Jm5rPt Change Request WNUA Stepstrumental - https://goo.gl/p7d4jm
RYEBREAD | DIBS IS OVER (Original Mix) Soundcloud - https://goo.gl/kGHnYh Youtube - https://goo.gl/QueVDK Vimeo - https://goo.gl/EEpQK8 Follow @ryebread on Soundcloud Follow @andrewemil on Soundcloud Follow @changerequest on Instagram Created using @eventideaudio effects processing
RYEBREAD | DIBS IS OVER (Change Request WNUA Steppers Delight)
Dibs - The practice of holding a shoveled-out parking space after a heavy snowfall by putting chairs, laundry baskets, or other items in the street to mark the claimed space. This is a time honored tradition in The City of Chicago for over a century. A practice supported and endorsed by many politicians and a majority of residents alike, the practice is not without its dissenters.
Love it or hate it, it's a Chicago tradition.
The Chicago MC—RYEBREAD—comes correct with his take on the practice, the vernacular and implications for the assertion of it. His original mix is a low slung hip-hop soundscape, featuring his internal dialogue as the narrator to the enduring dibs saga. RYEBREAD proclaims a contentious view—shared by many—with his seminal track “DIBS IS OVER”.
Having loved this track from the first time I heard it—mainly, for the controversial nature—I knew that I needed to do a mix of it to shed a different conceptual musical light on this indigenous tradition. For this Change Request mix, I took to creating a homage to the late, great WNUA radio station. An FM station that saw the likes of Ramsey Lewis—among others—find a home for contemporary jazz musicians from 1987 to 2009. No longer active, this station steadily broadcasted dusties, steppers, and modern smooth jazz for the sophisticated—Grown Folks—crowd for over two decades.
RIP | WNUA 95.5FM Chicago
Change Request WNUA Steppers Delight - https://goo.gl/Jm5rPt Change Request WNUA Stepstrumental - https://goo.gl/p7d4jm
RYEBREAD | DIBS IS OVER (Original Mix) Soundcloud - https://goo.gl/kGHnYh Youtube - https://goo.gl/QueVDK Vimeo - https://goo.gl/EEpQK8 Follow @ryebread on Soundcloud Follow @andrewemil on Soundcloud Follow @changerequest on Instagram Created using @eventideaudio effects processing
George Benson | Love X Love (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I reworked a top cut from a man that has never done anything musically suspect in his decades-long prolific reign as one of the treasures of Black American Music.
“Love X Love” is the second single off of his 18th studio album, 1980’s Give Me The Night. Being recorded and produced during prime time the late 70s and early 80s era, this album is produced by Quincy Jones. This album would score Benson three Grammy’s in 1981 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male, and Best R&B Instrumental Performance. This album would also pick up a Grammy for Quincy, winning Best Instrumental Arrangement for the song "Dinorah, Dinorah."
Give Me The Night features almost the exact same line up of session players and writers Quincy used to make most of his work around this time, including most of the members of Rufus—David "Hawk" Wolinski, Kevin Murphy, and John "JR" Robinson—“Love X Love” was written by another regular of Quincy’s circle, Ron Temperton.
Just three years after this album, Ron, Quincy, and these session players from Rufus would go on to make one of the most famous records of all time with Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
I did an extended arrangement of this song that I have always wanted, recreating it with Live Electric Bass, Fender Rhodes, and a Juno-106.
Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly | Joy And Pain (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I chose an iconic song that has had a great influence on me and my artwork throughout my lifetime. Featuring a west coast-style songwriting balladry, their sound was something I immediately connected with from the very first time I heard “Joy And Pain” on the radio as a child.
Often referred to as the “Black Grateful Dead” for their loyal cross-generational fanbase, Maze was formed in San Francisco, California in the late 70s, fronted by the Philly-raised songwriter and former gospel singer, Frankie Beverly.
Originally called Raw Soul, the group changed their name to Maze upon the recommendation of Beverly’s mentor—as well as a major catalyst for their meteoric ascension in popularity—Marvin Gaye.
Featuring conventional instrumentation of this era for an R&B ensemble—Electric Bass, Guitar, and Fender Rhodes, Oberheim OB-X brass—including innovative use of the—then-new—Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm Drum Machine.
For as much as they have written and recorded timeless songs and records, you really have not fully experienced their spiritual mastery until you've seen Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly live in concert.
The Cure | In Between Days (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I did one of my all-time favorite tracks from the seminal British ensemble.
Written by Robert Smith—Smith solely wrote the entire full length—“In Between Days” was The Cure’s first single from their sixth album, 1985’s The Head on the Door.
Inspired by Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Human League, Smith wanted to present an album that featured a variety of styles and moods. This single—often compared to New Order’s "Dreams Never End”—was their first single to reach the Billboard Hot 100.
The lyrical content surrounding the maturity of loss is contrasted by the decidedly up-tempo music. This song sees a very familiar ensemble orchestration from The Cure, featuring Smith on vocals, guitar, and—the most distinctive instrument that came to define their unique sound—the 6-string bass.
Janet Jackson | When I Think Of You (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I recreated my favorite song off of my favorite album of Ms. Jackson’s.
Written by Jackson, and her newly adopted two dads: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Already having much success with their recent productions for SOS Band, and a host of the endless talent that Minneapolis was manufacturing at that time—such as Cherrelle and Alexander O’ Neal—this dynamite trio would go on to influence pop music immeasurable over the next three decades, as a team, and individually.
The third single from Janet Jackson's third studio album, 1986’s Control, “When I Think of You" would be Janet Jackson’s first Billboard Hot 100 Number 1 Hit.
At just 20 years old, she was the youngest artist since Stevie Wonder to have a Number 1 Billboard Top 100 record, which also made her and brother Michael the first two siblings to both share that accomplishment.
This song—as well the album Control—features the very early era of Jam and Lewis adapting their Minneapolis Sound of electronic funk—developed alongside former band members, and high school mates, Morris Day, and The Purple One, Mister Jamie Starr—to Pop Music.
The second single, “Nasty”—with its innovative phrase sampling usage and a unique timpani melody—is widely regarded as the blueprint for the birth of a genre they would ultimately godfather, New Jack Swing.
I reimagined this song with the standard Minneapolis Orchestrations in play: pitched up LinnDrum, snappy and mid-range Oberheim DX, Moog Bass, and the new editions of early FM Synth sound with the Yamaha DX7, Roland D-50, and 1984’s Roland Super Jupiter, the MKS-80.
Prince | I Would Die 4 U (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I recreated my favorite from one of the best albums of all time.
"I Would Die 4 U" is the fourth single from Prince’s sixth studio album—the second with The Revolution—Purple Rain. With over 25 million copies sold, this Diamond status record is the third best-selling soundtrack album of all time.
Touching anything from this musical genius is sacred territory, but I have always wanted an instrumental to this most revered track off this magnum opus of Jamie Starr’s.
John Legend | Green Light (Change Request ReVision)
For this Revision, I pull a tune that I have always loved from this artist, as it was very different sounding for him.
A great production, with a nice pop-rock, Hall and Oates type up-tempo feel, but more smoothed out and soulfully synthesized, drawing orchestration inspiration from atmospheric Drum & Bass. I always liked the feel of this song but felt a slower version with more expanded drums programming was needed.
Written by John Stephens, Andre 3000, Fin “Fink” Greenall of Ninja Tune, James “Malay” Ho, and Rick Nowels. This track was then produced by Malay and then, label A&R, Kawan "KP" Prather. “Green Light" was the first single from John Legend’s 2008 album, Evolver.
Multi-instrumentalist producer, James “Malay” Ho, did the entire album, Evolver, for John Legend, taking his sound into new territories, which eventually got the full-length effort certified Gold, with this particular single achieving Platinum certification from the RIAA.
This most unique track on the record, I recreated this by taking the double-time feel of the record and dropping it down about 24 BPM to coast around 60BPM/120BPM. Keeping roughly the same arrangement as the original, I extended this song from what was a radio edit length into an extended main mix.
Using a mixture of Oberheim, Roland, and Sequential Circuits bass, pads, brass, and synth stabs, I was able to mimic the simple, yet effective synthetic textural gestures of the original. The slower speed of these parts, without changing the key of the original, sounds more dramatic contrasted against the now more polyrhythmic drum patterns that I thought the original was lacking.
Jamiroquai | You Give Me Something (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I wanted to take a stab at an artist whose work has been a great source of inspiration for many modern disco and jazz-funk enthusiasts.
Formed in 1992, and fronted by singer-songwriter Jay Kay, London-based jazz-funk ensemble Jamiroquai rose to fame with their 1996 song, and most importantly video, “Virtual Insanity”. This single and iconic music video earned them 10 nominations at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, the same year.
Fast forward 4 years, “You Give Me Something” was released as the second single from their fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey. The group’s first single to be released in DVD Single format, this song was written by Jay Kay, guitarist Rob Harris, bassist Nick Fyffe, and contributed to certified European Platinum sales status of the full-length.
I recreated and arranged this as an extended 12” mix instrumental DJ Tool. This version will be able to offer an alternative mix of this single for your prime-time DJ purposes.
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Robert Palmer | I Didn't Mean To Turn You On (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I tuned up one of my favorite tunes from roller skating days.
A classic Flyte Tyme production, this song was originally performed by Cherrelle in 1984, during the massive Minneapolis Production Exodus of the early 80s, written by The Minneapolis Masters, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis.
Robert Palmer recorded this cover version one year later and it was released as the fifth single from his 1985 album Riptide. Also, Colette covered the song in 2005 for her album Hypnotized.
This instrumental version features the classic Minneapolis orchestrations, employing heavy DX7 E.Pianos, Oberheim DX, MiniMoog Leads, Oberheim OB-X Brass, and Roland Jupiter-8 Bass Parts doubling the live electric bass.
Chaka Khan | What Cha' Gonna Do For Me (Change Request ReVision)
The title track of her third solo album, 1981’s What Cha' Gonna Do For Me" was written by Ned Doheny and Hamish Stuart of the Average White Band. They had recorded the song a year earlier and released it on their LP Shine, produced by David Foster, but it was Hyde Park’s Very Own that took this song to another world.
Released on Warner Bros. Records and produced with Arif Mardin, Chaka Khan’s “What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me” has been a top “port of call” of my personal affinity for the early 80s post-disco electric funk. The Queen Of Everything put this song on the map as the first single off the album that would seal her stardom with other iconic tunes, such as "I Know You, I Live You”, and the Stardust-sampled, “Fate”.
Even beyond my Reprise-styled stripped-down take on this, I also continued to lust after this harmonic motion through an original track—Change Request | Ravaged Romance—that was directly inspired by the chordal arrangements that Doheny and Stuart set forth in their original composition. Have a listen to the evolution of this song—through these four versions—including my two interpretations of this all-time classic.
Average White Band | Whatcha' Gonna Do For Me (1980): bit.ly/31bcD2v Chaka Khan | What Cha' Gonna Do For Me (1981): bit.ly/31cRZ28 Chaka Khan | What Cha' Gonna Do For Me (Change Request ReVision)(2018): bit.ly/2VbGcgH Change Request | Ravaged Romance (2020): bit.ly/2VcVQs2
Change Request | JayDee DeeeLite
Written as an homage to one of my favorite creatives, JayDee DeeeLite is tribute the iconic Detroit musical enigma, Mister James Dewitt Yancey aka J Dilla aka Jay Dee.
A founding member of Slum Village, J Dilla racked up nearing a thousands of credits in his career crafting beats, originals, remixes, and songs, beginning his prolific journey just out of high school.
Writing and recording under the moniker The Ummah—including Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammed, D’Angelo and Raphael Saadiq—Jay Dee wrote originals and remixes for Janet Jackson, Busta Rhymes, Brand New Heavies, Something For The People, alongside many more. His uncanny ability to produce unique arrangements and effective musical grooves, quickly, was a major contributing factor to his desirability as a first call producer for many artists.
Along with his contributions to The Ummah, he was also an active member of The Soulquarians—a nationally dispersed collective of hip-hop musicians—Yancey’s influence on the musical progression of hip hop culture—significantly beat oriented music production—is immeasurable.
In 1992, Detroit artist Amp Fiddler introduced J Dilla to the machine that would become the centerpiece of his artistry, the AKAI MPC. His MPC3000 now residing in the Smithsonian, this sampled based music production center was the last MPC design lead by Roger Linn at AKAI before he parted ways with the Japanese company in the mid-90s.
Known for it’s unique “Swing” quantization function, This feature of the MPC60 and MPC3000 a end result of many years of Roger’s pioneering efforts to incorporate a more human way to work with machines designed for programming aspects of music. Crafting a unique approach to sampling and rhythmic programming, Jay Dee manifested a prolific catalogue of work that emphasized and borrow many of the genre, harmonic, and spiritual elements of Black American Music, while contrasting his off-kilter, programmed rhythm sections of punchy 12-bit grit, presented in a contemporary manner.
For this homage, I created an original work that celebrates some of the zeitgeist of Dilla’s music—sampled drum sounds, recorded off of records, edited and played back from a 12-bit digital audio sampler, the lilt drum programming combined with an arpeggiated Moog bass. A Roland Juno-60 and Oberheim OB-X are both used for pads and brass tones—then resampled —played them forwards and backwards to create evolving lush layers that providing contrast to the gritty slug drums, and then added a live string section.
A legacy that has yet to be fully realized, as more unreleased tracks sporadically see the light, we will still be calculating the massive influence of this musician for many years to come.
Enjoy!
Jill Scott | Golden (Change Request ReVision)
The first single from her second studio album, Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2. This album earned Jill Scott her first Grammy Award with "Cross My Mind" in 2005.
This first single, “Golden”, has always stood out to me as a timeless reminder of how precious life is, the passing of time, and that it all starts and ends with self-respect.
Featuring standard Philly instrumentations and arrangements, this song is a beacon of the new class of contemporary Philly music that producers like Anthony "Ant" Bell are responsible for generating.
This ReVision is dedicated to the memory of the homie, @seanhaleyofficial [RIP Brother]. This was created the same week of his passing—two years ago—he was a man who certainly lived his life Golden.
Anita Baker | Been So Long (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I recreated one my mother’s all time favorite artists. She used to have this album on repeat when I was a child and it always stuck with me as the one song on that LP that I would always go back to.
Rapture, Anita Baker’s second studio album, released in 1986, this album won her two Grammy Awards, with timeless tunes such as "Sweet Love”, "Same Ole Love”, and this track "Been So Long”.
Written by Baker, this is one of two songs on the album that features her alone as the sole writer, the other being "Watch Your Step”.
Produced by Grammy Award winner Marti Sharron, this track features standard R&B arrangements of the 80s with her decidedly “Quiet Storm” approach to sound design.
Featuring live drums, live bass, Yamaha DX7 Electric Piano, Fender Rhodes, Polymoog leads, Oberheim OB-X and Prophet 5 brass, I recreated this song with a modern touch on vintage synths.
Enjoy!
- Andrew Emil | Change Request
The Weeknd | Secrets (Change Request Revision)
For this ReVision, I reworked the song “Secrets” from the Canadian singer, Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd, off of his third studio album, Starboy.
The original features samples of “Pale Shelter” by Tears For Fears and is a cover of “Talking In Your Sleep” by The Romantics.
Having been a fan of the production work from Toronto and the OVO section of sound design, my version removes and rearranges parts of the original, discarding the beat-driven focal point, taking a more sonic space design approach to this work.
Change Request | Sidewalk Feat. Gil-Scott Heron
The duo of Thomas White & Pete Williams Kolodzey, better known as Natural Rhythm, have been making and releasing Midwest-influenced west coast top-shelf recordings for well over twenty years.
A duo whose excellence of work is only matched by their more diligence, and friendship. I was honored they wanted to release "Sidewalk" on the Change Request Emotive Emotion EP as NRM019.
This is an Unreleased Private Stock mix of that song featuring the visionary artist, musician, activist, and poet: Gil-Scott Heron.
Artist: Change Request Track: Sidewalk [Unreleased Version] Release: Emotive Emotion Label: Natural Rhythm Music Catalogue: NRM019 Released: 2018-06-22
Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly | Before I Let Go (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision—my third one from this same group—I chose an iconic song that has had a great influence on me and my artwork throughout my lifetime. Featuring groove-intensive rhythm and blues, combined with a west coast-style songwriting balladry, their sound was something I immediately connected with from the very first time I heard “Joy And Pain” on the radio as a child.
Often referred to as the “Black Grateful Dead” for their loyal cross-generational fanbase, Maze was formed in San Francisco, California in the late 70s, fronted by the Philly-raised songwriter and former gospel singer, Frankie Beverly.
Originally called Raw Soul, the group changed their name to Maze upon the recommendation of Beverly’s mentor—as well as a major catalyst for their meteoric ascension in popularity—Marvin Gaye.
Written and produced by Frankie Beverly and released on their 1981 Live In New Orleans recording, "Before I Let Go”, is the quintessential Maze record. Peaking at number thirteen on the Billboard R&B chart in 1981, this masterpiece would later go on to define the group, achieving iconic status as a cross-generational cultural benchmark of contemporary Black American Music.
“It was about somebody who was really having trouble letting go of something”, states Beverly of the “ode to a love lost” that helped inspire the song's lyrical content. Initially written in a slower tempo, the members of Maze developed the song into the seductive groove that cemented its musical legacy.
Featuring conventional instrumentation of this era for an R&B ensemble—live percussion, Electric Bass, Guitar, and Fender Rhodes—I replaced the Electric Guitar lead parts with standard polyphonic synth choices for that period, including Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 bright brass pad, layered over a saturated Oberheim OB-X brass tone, for harmonic texture.
For as much as they have written and recorded timeless songs and records, you really have not fully experienced their spiritual mastery until you've seen Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly live in concert.
Peter Gabriel | In Your Eyes (Change Request ReVision)
For this ReVision, I recreated one of my all-time favorite Peter Gabriel masterpieces.
Inspired by an African tradition of ambiguity in song between romantic love and love of God, “In Your Eyes” eventually brought Peter Gabriel his first certified Gold Single in 2005, almost twenty years after its release on his fifth studio album, So, from 1986.
An apogee of Peter’s ingenious studio production techniques meeting his benchmark libretto talents, “In Your Eyes” is a timeless tale of discovery and the human condition.
Featuring Gabriel’s newly-innovated gated reverb drums, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, live bass, and then, state-of-the-art Fairlight CMI sampler, my ReVision sees a full-on re-orchestration of this track with an Oberheim OB-X, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, Arturia CMI, and updated drum programming.
Janet Jackson | Go Deep (Change Request ReVision)
My love affair with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and Minneapolis production continues.
For this ReVision, I reconstructed the fourth single off of her sixth studio album from 1997, The Velvet Rope.
Reaching number one on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, this song sees Janet approaching the familiar subject matter, in regards to her desires of club cruising for that lucky guy.
Utilizing a low-slung funk feel—featuring guitar, poly-lead, and pop string arrangements—Jam & Lewis explore classic 80s RnB musical ideas, revamped for the 90s, with its decidedly slowed down New Jack Swing beat production.
I have always been drawn to this song for its out-front bassline funk, making it very memorable for DJ use, from backyard BBQs to the club, “Go Deep” is one of the quintessential 90s records.
Ready For The World | Oh Sheila (Change Request ReVision)
Today’s ReVision is my recreation of a song that for years I thought was produced by Prince, for its very academic Minneapolis instrumentation and production choices. Furthermore, I always thought this was written for and about Sheila E.
Come to find out, none of those things are true.
From Flint, MI and discovered by groundbreaking Detroit DJ, The Electrifying Mojo, Ready For The World signed to MCA in 1985. Releasing this single the same year, this song went to #1 on the R&B, Pop, and Hot Dance Club Play charts that year, becoming the first-ever single to hold the #1 spot on all three of these charts simultaneously.
The group disbanded in 1991 after many failed attempts to reclaim the success of their first two albums.
I have always loved this song, a definitive memory from my childhood, from rollerskating rings to raves, the most Prince song bit that Prince didn’t write.
Fanfare For Flyte Tyme | A Change Request ReVision Of A Beloved Production From My Favorite Duo | The Magicians Of Minneapolis - Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Artist: Amp Fiddler Track: 1960 What? Remix: John Mork & Andrew Emil Label: Black Riot Release Date: 11/04/17 Catalog: BR002
Change Request Feat. Lailah Reich | DayLight
Written by Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson, Adam Pickrell, and Lailah Reich Produced by Change Request in Chicago, IL
This is the first project I worked on with the Chicago songstress and was prominently featured throughout my set at the Northside Chicago House street festival on July 5th, 2019.
Ae's Dub Edit of J-Louis's Version From The Ever Impressive LA Collective Soulection Crew.
Cubicolor | Falling Feat. Tim Digby-Bell (Andrew Emil Dreamix)
Falling like you ever did fall Sleeping like it's never never enough Calling back the man who looked so sure He seemed like he knew what he was for Performing like you ever did perform The same old speech I heard all before Falling like you ever did fall We both know these waves never reach the shore These waves never reach the shore
Produced By Cubicolor Vocals By Tim Digby-Bell Remix By Andrew Emil
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Chris Brånn | Silence (Change Request Dreamix)
For this Dreamix, I updated a lesser-known production of the Atlanta native’s off his 2011 self-released album of the same time.
“Silence” was released in 2011 on CBE Music, but didn’t get a full release until a Japanese version of it—Octave Lab (OTLCD 1810)—appeared in 2012, renamed as “Unspoken”.
Beginning his production career in 1994, Brann teamed up with Chris Clarke and Chris Udoh to form the production ensemble Wamdue Kids.
The Wamdue Kids began releasing house music EPs on Kelli Hand Detroit label Acacia Records, while also releasing tracks under the names Wam Kidz and Wambonix.
The trio remained together until 2000—while still affiliated with Clarke and Udoh—when Brann branched out to start producing tracks on his own, exploring other genres.
Using a variety of names—mainly, Wamdue Project, Ananda Project, and P'Taah—Brann went through a period of incredibly prolific output from 1996-2006, racking up credits on over 600 productions.
I added an entirely new rhythm section, extended certain sections to add additional orchestrations, and re-arranged the entire song.
Enjoy!
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I made this Ae Dub Edit after discovering the sad news of Whitney's passing. Please Download and Share in honor of this great American singer... RIP...
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Bon Iver | Re Stacks (Change Request ReVision)
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An End The Beginning
Like A Circle
You Ended
Where You Started _______________
Don’t Waste It It Does Not Exist
A Sequence Of Statically Changing Things
Always Use It There Isn’t Anymore
Spiraling Into Clairvoyant Dreams
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Bon Iver | Re Stacks (Change Request ReVision) Written By Justin Vernon ReVision By Change Request
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Uptown Tones | Uptown Interlude Written By Neal Gustafson Produced By Andrew Emil Broadway & Wilson Uptown (2003) Chicago, IL
Taken From: Uptown Tones | Next Stop Chicago EP Produced By Andrew Emil & Pat Nice Season's Recordings SEA-051 (2005) Discogs: https://bit.ly/3CmRSR3 Traxsource: https://bit.ly/2ZzJNuh Beatport: https://bit.ly/3CmGEMl
Justin Long, Andrew Emil "Game Over" (Original Mix) RELEASED: 2005-01-01 LABEL: Dotbleep CATALOG: DBR002
Étude De L'esprit For Piano & Violoncello Parts I & II (Full Suite)(2001) Composed By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson Published By FOUR FOUR BEAT (ASCAP)