We Love... launches new series with Mat Playford

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  • The UK synth addict helms the first edition of Artist Portraits.
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  • We Love... have tapped Mat Playford for the first edition of their new compilation series, Artist Portraits. The basic idea of Artist Portraits is to delve deeply into an artist's style with a release that's part mix CD, part "Best of..." compilation. In Playford's case, that can only mean one thing: synths, and lots of them. "The early synth artists Jean Michel Jarre, Giorgio Moroder, Herbie Hancock and Paul Hardcastle have shaped me—they have so much more feeling and harmonics," he says. "The main basis of my sound in the studio is inspired by '80s synths. I have owned over 30 in my time and I've had this obsession since I was around five years old!" The first half of the collection focuses entirely on Playford's own productions, by himself and with Tom Gray as Weird Police. All of the tracks are previously unreleased, but are drawn from the past six years of Playford's work in the studio. The second half is a mix that highlights peers of Playford, like Paul Woolford and Tim Deluxe, plus a few his as-yet unreleased remixes for Mutiny, Joe Morris and Luca C Brigante. Tracklist 01. Weirdo Police - Evidence 02. Weirdo Police feat. Talvin Singh - Kung Fu 03. Weirdo Police - Alfredo 04. Weirdo Police feat. Danielle Moore – Can’t Reach 05. Mat Playford – That Experience 06. Mat Playford - Transmoog 07. Weirdo Police - Luca 08. Weirdo Police featuring Shelly Poole – Pretty Thing 09. Weirdo Police – Barbican 10. Weirdo Police - Missed Wish (Mat Playford's Last Meteor Mix) 11. Ford Inc. - Delirium 12. Salt City Orchestra - Downtime 13. Luca C Brigante and Ali Love - Different Morals (Mat Playford Super Moon Rework) 14. Joe Morris - Velocity Heights 15. Kerri Chandler & Christopher McCray - Heaven (Phil Asher's Restless Soul Dub) 16. Pariah - Prism 17. Mutiny - Deep Blue / Mason feat Roisin Murphy - Bodecia (Acapella) 18. Onionz - Chasing Death 19. Mat Playford and Tim Deluxe - Back 2 The Rocket 20. Mat Playford - Analogue Tear / Salt City Orchestra - The Book (Acapella) 21. Tim Deluxe - Face The Music We Love Music will release We Love… Artist Portraits 01: Mat Playford on July 18th, 2011.
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